How does nursing grading scale translate?

[as2633]

The school I am attending uses a nursing grading scale (100-93=A 92-86=B 85-80=C Anything below 80 is failing).

It's an associates program and I would like to earn a BSN once I'm finished. When I turn my transcripts in will the BSN school I apply to know my current program grades on a stricter scale or will I have to apply with a lower than normal GPA? Looking at my unofficial transcript, my GPA for the current school has been figured out using their grading scale.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

If you were to earn 85% in all of your courses, 'C' grades will be recorded on your transcripts, which would translate into a 2.0 grade point average. The BSN program that you plan to attend will see 'C' grades on your transcript and the 2.0 grade point average.

[as2633]

Thanks so much. That's what I assumed, but it seemed odd that a school would want their students graduating with lower GPA's. Though I see the benefit of the strictness of our grading scale.

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

the bsn program admissions people will be quite familiar with the program you come from, will know what their students are like, and will know how they grade.