Informal poll on grading scale

[PaulBaxter]

Our school has decided to change its grading scale for nursing classes recently. Essentially the score required to pass a course has moved from 77% to 80%.

Just curious what other schools are using for grading scales these days.

[nlitened]

At my school, you must get at least a 76% to pass and move on to the next semester.

[studentnursemon86]

For my program, 78% is required to pass. That is a 2.2 GPA.

I believe 78-84 is a C, 85-94 is a B, and anything higher than that is a A. It is a highly competitive ADN program and my school has one of the best NCLEX pass rates in the area.

This is my first semester. I got 2 A's but they were both take home projects. B's for everything else except one test I got a C (81%).

[Elevense]

77-84.99 = C

85-92.99 = B

93+ = A

Anything under 77 is failing, and having

Really the bigger factor is probably the quality of the instruction, difficulty of the exams, etc.

[Duttygal86, BSN, RN]

My BSN program requires a C, no C- allowed. So basically that is a 73 or greater. However, the way our paradigm is set up we take A&PI, II and Micro concurrently with our Nursing classes and clinicals making for some suicidal level course loads. Next semester I have A&P II, Pharmacology, Mat/Fetal Health and Communication.

[augurey]

We have:

80-84%: C

85 - 92%: B

93 - 100%: A

They round up from 0.6 on up, and down from 0.5 and down; however, I don't know if they round up if the score is below 80% (say 79.9 - not sure).

We also have to maintain a minimum of a 2.5 GPA which they said would be Bs and Cs (so we would be dropped from the program if every class was passed with an 80%). We also have to achieve a level 2 on all ATI exams.

[strawberryluv, BSN, RN]

My school grading scale is 75% and up for passing.