Is it bad to get b's in nursing school?

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Does anyone know how hard it will be to get into a msn program with b's in nursing school?

I personally know that all of the nursing programs in my area (Kansas City/metro area) base their acceptance into programs on applications, essays, TEAS test scores, and GPA. I had a low A/B GPA average when I applied for my program and was accepted the first time around. But it also depends on how many people are applying to programs in your area with higher GPA's.

I know that one girl in my program applied to the KU Nursing Program twice before applying to our school and even though she had almost a 4.0 GPA she was waitlisted the first time and rejected the second time all because the rest of the applicants had perfect 4.0's or even higher. Good luck!

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The whole C makes degrees mentality is all fine and dandy... For those that do not care to further their education... I want to further my education after nursing school and can't get into MSN school with C's. So does anyone know how difficult it is to get into a masters program? HALP!!!

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Specializes in EMS ER Fixed-wing Flight.

Should you get an A, B, or C... In the fire department A shift is the A holes, B shift is the best, and C shift is the crappy shift... just kidding. You can get Bs and Cs in school, but if you strive to constantly improve yourself you can become an A class nurse. I remember not doing well in pediatrics early on in my Paramedic career, so I decided to learn more and more and more. I took Pediatric Advanced Life Support and eventually became an Instructor. Soon, I was one of the best Medics in my FD, so said the docs and nurses in the ER. Soon, I was being recruited to work with Children's Hospitals public education department. Just because you get off to a slow start doesn't mean you can't improve. I'm going to keep tweaking my study habits to get from a high B to an A. I don't have far to go, but I'm always analyzing the way I do things and striving to find a better way that works for me.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, NICU.

I'm glad my school isn't like this! At my school, a 90 is an A-, 93 and above is an A.

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Specializes in Labor and Delivery.
The grading scale for my program:

90-100-A

85-89-B+

80-84-B

75-79-C

My priority is graduating from the program with a good GPA so I can be competitive enough for grad school. All A's are possible in NS, but B's are good too. ;)

If that was our grading scale I would have straight A's. Ours to get an A is 94-100, B+ 91-93, B 86-90, C 80-85 and below 80 is failing.

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Specializes in EMS ER Fixed-wing Flight.

I think the schools that set an A higher, like at 94--my school, force you to work harder and eventually do better on the NCLEX. Our school, the Beazley School of Nursing (Tidewater Community College--Portsmouth Campus) had the best NCLEX pass rate for the whole State of Virginia in 2008. We beat out all programs--diploma, ASN, BSN, MSN, and PhD!

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Specializes in Critical Care (ICU/CVICU).

Ugh...all these different scales make me mad! This is why people are at an automatic disadvantage when it comes to getting into NP programs, CRNA programs etc. I don't get what the purpose is....is it to hinder the students or give the schools bragging rights of "having high standards". Because I don't see many students with these ridiculous scales benefitting from it...only having a low GPA to show for their hard work. I think it's stupid!

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Specializes in Critical Care (ICU/CVICU).

Question for the people with crazy grading scales: do you feel essentially screwed over in terms of how hard you worked, only to get a low grade? Or no matter how hard you work, getting that 93, 94, 95 or EVEN 96 needed to get that A is close to impossible? (Or for some of you all Bs are tough to get). Do you feel your school is practically limiting the GN residencies/graduate school/CRNA hopefuls? (For most GN residencies in my area want at least a 3.0 to be competitive). I guess I just think that all nursing schools should have the same scale. That way it would be more fair. And I do realize that every school differs as far as difficulty level, but to intentionally raise the scales so high that it hurts the student is wrong, IMO.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Postpartum.
If that was our grading scale I would have straight A's. Ours to get an A is 94-100, B+ 91-93, B 86-90, C 80-85 and below 80 is failing.

This is the same throughout the entire state, except a 70-75 is considered a C.

@Trill don't know what is considered "crazy grading scales?" NP school requirements are different anywhere you go, so I'm not worried when I get there. Visit the NP forum and you'll see people got accepted into NP school for different reasons. I have a goal GPA I want to have when I graduate from my program and most importantly, getting the experience as an RN before applying.

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Specializes in EMS ER Fixed-wing Flight.

I'm not worried about getting into NP school. They like my resume at George Mason University. They told me that with my Emergency Management BS from GW School of Medicine, years of experience, Adjunct Faculty experiences (decades of instructor experience), and having been published that all I had to do was get my RN and take a couple classes and I'm in.

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my nursing school grading scale is:

100-93 A

92-85 B

84-80 C and you must have an 80% in test grades overall in each course to pass; then after your total exam grades are 80% and then they add the other grades and you still have to meet the 80% again to be ok

anything below 80 is failing

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95 and up is an A in my school and they don't round up!

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