Grading scales

Nurse Kyles, BSN, RN · Mar 15, 2012

I am not sure how getting 367 is well above the range for A- when you stated an A- cut off was 367? When I calculate that out, this score is a 91.75%. Does your school really grade on this point scale or do they use percentages to figure out grades? Sometimes programs are strict regarding rounding, and they will not round up. In my program anything less than 92.0% was B+ & that was that. If you are really concerned that you earned an A-, but were given a B+, I would go have a discussion with the nursing dean. I would imagine this is a pretty cut & dry matter. Good Luck!

mttzakr87 · Mar 15, 2012

I meant that I finished well above their A- cut off point of 367, ... sem 1 I had 368 points in my theory class, and sem 2. i had 370 points....and in my clinicals the grades were close to similar, and they gave me and the very few others...i believe there were 4 other people to my knowledge who achieved these grades a B+., basically they knocked us down... I dont know whay but its almost like they dont want us getting those grades. And yes I tried going to the dean, and even President of the college about this.... and I just get the run around, so I gave up trying...... I was more or less wondering if other people have had similar issues with grading and their nursing schools, or if people feel like schools want you to accept being mediocre.

Wow below 92 is a B+ at your school? Dare I ask what a C is lol?

Nurse Kyles, BSN, RN · Mar 16, 2012

I never had the experience of earning a grade and being given another grade. I can see how that would be really frustrating. Our grading scale was A 94-100, A- 92-93, B+ 90-91, B 86-89, B- 84-85, C+ 82-83, C 80-81, and below 80 was an F. Nursing grading scales are really crazy. Good Luck to you!

Skips, MSN, RN · Mar 16, 2012

Dude, a 94 at my school is an A-. Below an 80 (no rounding) is failing. I don't get how people get straight A's, but I'm trying anyway.

It's so frustrating!

mttzakr87 · Mar 16, 2012

We do round up and even push people who fail by a few points .... not too many like only 5 or 6,.....like if you get 296 points of the 300 you need to progress, they give it to you only because the people that fail the lecture course and not the clinical are entitled 1 repeat and they really dont want to have a flooded class of people repeating so it helps i guess

And honestly my "success" its simple, I just follow these rules for success: (of course these will vary for different people/ programs)

1.) People who try to read all thats assigned are crazy because you will not retain and remember all of that, and if you can....drop out, go to med school ....the world needs great minds like you !!! (Some Sarcasm here)

2.) Lecture Notes/ Powerpoints..... I live and die by these, usually a majority of material we will be tested on comes from these, so I just take excellent notes in class and I study immediately after class and I NEVER EVER WAIT UNTIL LAST MINUTE to study ....you do this in an RN program ....and you're executing yourself

3.) I Supplement my notes with Saunders NCLEX Review which gives outstanding summaries and Pearson NCLEX review (I feel like im cheating for my exams when I read Pearson)

4.) If I have time, I match my notes up and what we covered in class on the powerpoints/ lecture with the textbook and read...if I have time to only supplement my knowledge.....reading does not hurt...but some programs actually make it a hardcore and strict requirement to read

5.) Dont Complain: RN school is hard..... if you complain because its hard and spend hours and hours of time complaining, ....ask Why? ..... Seriously What did you think you were going to school for? Paint Mixing? Liberal Arts? Gym? I can understand initially when we all started because of the shock, but really complaining is just time I can use to study.....it's hard on all of us ....deal with it.

----- Overall all the above is useless if I waste time, so I just stay on top of things and stay organized.... thats how ive achieved my "disputed" B+/ A- which is in the mid 90%..... yes ive worked hard but hey..... All of us will be getting our lisences and be moving on and I guess thats all that matters, but i guess i just again believe in getting what I earned.

x_factor · Mar 16, 2012

At my school:

94-100 = A

88-93 = B

80-87 = C

Anything below 80 is failing, and there is no rounding.

shortnorthstudent · Mar 18, 2012

At my school

92.0% and up is an A

84% - 91.99% is a B

76% - 83.99% is a C

anything below 76% is failing.

Our instructors do not round.

Our theory grade is entirely based on exams (no quizes or other points) . Our courses generally have 3 exams, each worth between 40 and 50 points. So, the total number of points available in each course ranges from 120 - 150. One course had only 100 total points. Not a lot of wiggle room. We generally have written assignments for seminar. However, our seminar and clinical portion of our courses are pass fail.

Katie71275 · Mar 18, 2012

Out my schoooi

93-100A

87-92-B

80-86-C

Anything under 80 is failing.

For clinicals-We get a satisfactory.

They do round up, so an 89.5 would be a 90.

OB-nurse2013, BSN, RN · Mar 18, 2012

94-100 is an A

93-A-

90-92 B+

86-89 B

80-85 C

below 80 is failing