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Just curious - our grading scale (RN) is: A (92-100), B (86-92) & C (80-86). Is this pretty consistent with all schools?

Thanks!

Specializes in LTC.

At my cc:

c= continue

Continue = getting a 75 or above

74.999999999 = Failing ( Yes, its written exactly like this in the syllabus, I'm not exaggerating... wish I was )

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

I don't think individual teachers should have their own grading scale, as in, in their class a 95+ is an A but the same class taught by a different teacher it is a 90+.

I don't particularly have a problem that the nursing system has a different set of standards, I understand it but I think it should be the same throughout the program not varying by teacher.

What I do have a problem with is different colleges having a different inputting system. That screwed me up big time when transferring school. I think it should be the same for colleges across the board.

I don't know the technical term for it by inputting system I mean, one college I attended did it as varying points. You had to have a 2.5 to pass a class and at the end of the semester you can have a 2.8, 3.6, 3.9 etc. etc. That is how my first college was.

Well the college i go to now is a set, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 so when I transferred if I had a 3.7 in my class it transferred in as a 3.0 and so on. This seriously messed up my grades and GPA

It would also be nice if we stuck to either semesters or quarters. That was another thing that messed me up. A&P at my college here is a 4 credit class and it's done on semesters.

In my previous college it was a 6 credit class and we had quarters. Transferring over it transferred in as a 3.3 credit class??? Not even the 4 it was here for the same class.

Anyway, I wish when it came to that stuff colleges stuck to the same standards.

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Specializes in OR.

Lucky... here at a state university for the ADN program:

A: 94-100

B: 84-94

C: 76-84

AND we dont get the + or - factor.... so ya. I usually get anywhere from 81-83 on my final grades for our 9 hour classes. Actually for Med/Surg I i got a freaking *** 83.5 *** and ended up with a 2.0 =(

So ya... my GPA is WRECKED.. and I usualy make over 80s! It sucks cause now I have to take supplemental classes just to get my GPA BACK over a 3.0. Good thing I dont have plans to apply for a well-known masters program eventually.

I agree with the poster who said one girl with an 81 can look better in one program versus the one who makes an 85 but THEIR B grade is an 86.

Trust me, I understand completely! It's NOT an even playing field. :scrying::(:banghead::cry:

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

That said, I and many other people at my school grumbled at the classes we took, worked our tails off for, and received grades of A- and B+ for, when for equivalent class at any dinky community college all we would have had to do was walk in, wipe the assignments/exams on our behinds, turn them in, and receive grades of 100 on everything.

That's a little harsh, don't you think? :(

I'm in a BSN program, but I can bet that anyone attending a CC that reads this segment of your post is bound to be offended.

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Specializes in OR.
spoke as I did because it is increasingly apparent that you have not yet come to terms with the capriciousness of undergraduate education,

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That said, I and many other people at my school grumbled at the classes we took, worked our tails off for, and received grades of A- and B+ for, when for equivalent class at any dinky community college all we would have had to do was walk in, wipe the assignments/exams on our behinds, turn them in, and receive grades of 100 on everything.

i guess when you reach master's level the higher level vocabulary becomes a necessity.

i guess it also becomes necessary to look down on other, yet legitimate programs. that comment was extremely ignorant, because i have known people from community college courses that worked very hard on some degrees, especially a two year program.

might wanna rethink some of the things you say before making an extremely ignorant blanket statement.

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Specializes in Urgent Care NP, Emergency Nursing, Camp Nursing.

In my undergraduate, I had a great many friends who transferred in from CCs with 4.0 GPAs that then got hammered by their courses at my university and were doing good to get high Cs and low Bs. I admit that I should have specified which school I was referring to (my non-nursing undergrad instead of my master's entry school), but I do not speak out of ignorance on this topic for general classes. I'm not saying that your friends didn't work hard for an associate's. Don't go putting words in my mouth. I'm saying that the level work needed to get an equivalent grade in a supposedly equivalent class at a major university is even more than that.

I would also point to what I said previously about accredation providing the equivalency and setting some standards. That, along with the NCLEX-RN (yet another standardized exam) level the playing field. An RN is an RN is an RN. When we graduate we all have to wipe the same behinds. I have nothing against ADN programs, except that you possibly are all getting screwed over since you end up being more or less one semester shy of a bachelor's anyway when your prereqs are all said and done, but get only an associate's for your time and trouble. I accept that once you hit the actual nursing classes your classes are at least as in-depth and time consuming as mine are, because an accrediting agency says it is. The only difference between an ADN, BSN, and generalist-entry MSN is what options are open once that grad has their RN and has proven their compentency on a floor somewhere.

To get back to my original point - comparing grade scales between different schools, different departments in a school, different classes in the same department, or even between some professors, is a matter of comparing apples to oranges to squash. Either you accept that 4.0 is a 4.0 everywhere and rely on your GPA in the future, accept that some places will be different and rely on the name of your school and/or your standardized test results to get you in places, or realize that half of it's a con game to get your money and do well in both your classes and on the tests so that you can get where you need to go regardless.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

I am very happy to go to a dinky CC system, I have not been babied, it has not been a piece of cake. I think their is only 1-2 people with a 4.0 currently in my Pathophysiology class and majority of the instructors have been very good and caring instructors. Being a mom to 4 kids and the closest state school being quite a commute, the CC college is close, it's affordable and I find more diversity in age within my classmates then you see at our state college that is a big party school. We have 2 state colleges, the local one doesn't do the nursing, the one further away does a strictly online RN-BSN program so I will just go that route, it's what is most benificial for me and my family even if some feel I am getting a pittily education.

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I actually wish I was going to community college for my pre-reqs now instead of a 4 year university. It would be a lot cheaper, my parents are paying it now but still.......

One must finish what they start though I guess.

Oh, and 90-100 is an A here. We must make Cs 75+ in all program courses, the sciences basically. A 70 is considered C- and failing.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
I actually wish I was going to community college for my pre-reqs now instead of a 4 year university. It would be a lot cheaper, my parents are paying it now but still.......

One must finish what they start though I guess.

Oh, and 90-100 is an A here. We must make Cs 75+ in all program courses, the sciences basically. A 70 is considered C- and failing.

Yea paying out of pocket for my last few classes I am for sure glad I am going CC. Here in CO we get a Co Stipened fund credit thing to try and keep residents here, it comes off your resident tuition, it's like 85 bucks a credit.

With that, this semester taking my 4 credit Patho and 3 credit nutrition class and all the fees and such my total is 670 for the semester with everything but books. Not bad!

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Paying like $4,000 a semester here, $316 per credit hour and that doesn't include fees and books. Taking 17 hours this semester, don't know if that adds up or not.

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Specializes in OR.

well, my apologies if you meant a specific community college... but when you say any community college, its a blanket statement, because i know some community colleges around here that id rather go to than the state university i go to now and would be just as hard or harder. its all on the attitude of your professor.

i know one particular community college here that has tough grades.

ive accepted the fact that we just have a ****** grading scale. im just saying i understand how some of the poster's feel on here. they understand that fact too, but not to say they shouldn't vent on here if it makes them feel any better.

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Specializes in OR.
Yea paying out of pocket for my last few classes I am for sure glad I am going CC. Here in CO we get a Co Stipened fund credit thing to try and keep residents here, it comes off your resident tuition, it's like 85 bucks a credit.

With that, this semester taking my 4 credit Patho and 3 credit nutrition class and all the fees and such my total is 670 for the semester with everything but books. Not bad!

thats awesome.... dear god. ive always wanted to go see colorado springs and aspen!! where do i sign up :p

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