Just out of curiosity. What is passing at your school?

[Conrad283]

The school that I attend has established a passing grade for all nursing classes at 80 (B), and all non-nursing classes a ©. What's passing at your school?

[Rage, RN]

78% at mine, average test scores must be above 78, clinicals pass/fail, posology 85 can retake 3 times then you fail the course. 2 course failures and your out of the program, fail a clinical and you fail the course.

[2bNursewith7kids]

WOW...it seems lots of colleges have slightly lower standards than ours. We must maintain a minimum of an 80 average in all courses (nursing and science), also maintain a minimum overall GPA of 2.7 (which is basically a C+). Clinicals are pass/fail and we also must pass med. math tests. The only difference is that we have 3 math tests this semester alone, and must pass each of them (80 or better) within 3 attempts or we flunk the course entirely, regardless of how good we are in the other components. Another thing our college does is give us WRITTEN notice if we do not maintain the 80%. For instance, it is mid-term at our college right now and many students will be getting the formal written notice because they did not maintain 80 or higher.

[ZooMommyRN, ADN, RN]

80% for nursing classes, C in general ed but a C can realy bite you in the butt so I'm retaking A&P I & Algebra after graduation to boost my gpa b4 grad school lmao

[jbjints]

77 (C+) at my school and a 90 on drug calc. tests.

[Nurses-Rule1987]

Ours at NVCC is 78 for all nursing classes

Good luck Guys

God Bless

We are the nurses of the future!

[harley007]

Diploma progam "back in the day"

below 75 = F

76 - 80 = D

81 - 86 = C

87 - 93 = B

94 - 100=A

I graduated 9th in my class with a 3.6 GPA. I look back now and think goodness that was three long years of hard work, never ending days of classes, clinicals and studying until so late at night. Only two weeks vacation each summer. The pink & white bib dress uniform with that giant bat wing cap held on in only one spot so a quick turn and you looked like the flying nun! They really prepped us for taking the "Nursing Board Examination" One person,in our class, flunked one of the then 5 sections. He passed on the second try. Before him I had never heard of anyone from my school not passing on to be a RN on their first and only try. How did we do it? It was so darn difficult running from the college campus to the hospital campus, so little time. Carrying that constant challenge that "you could always give better care and know more about your patient's condition". How? The many diverse close, close friends that would do ANYTHING AND I MEAN ANYTHING FROM THEIR HEART TO HEAD to help you study, make you laugh, cook a meal, starch a uniform + polish the white shoes and best of all convince you tomorrow would be a better day. 30 years later I work in a Cath Lab and still think about the special family of nurses I graduated with - the majority of them still working in nursing. Wonderful, caring, smart, make you laugh until you smile again nurses down to last woman or man. Bless them all

[StudentNurseAbby]

73, which is a C.

[franciscangypsy]

WOW...it seems lots of colleges have slightly lower standards than ours. We must maintain a minimum of an 80 average in all courses (nursing and science), also maintain a minimum overall GPA of 2.7 (which is basically a C+). Clinicals are pass/fail and we also must pass med. math tests. The only difference is that we have 3 math tests this semester alone, and must pass each of them (80 or better) within 3 attempts or we flunk the course entirely, regardless of how good we are in the other components. Another thing our college does is give us WRITTEN notice if we do not maintain the 80%. For instance, it is mid-term at our college right now and many students will be getting the formal written notice because they did not maintain 80 or higher.

This is the way my school works.

[MrsHarrison0526]

non nursing classes are 70%, nursing classes are 75%. We have periodic quizzes throughout the semester... and we do not get credit for the quizzes unless we have atleast a 74.5 at the end of the semester, so essentially they count as bonus.

Heather

[Achoo!, LPN]

78% but they are bumping it to 80% next semester due to falling NCLEX pass rates last year.

[student456]

non nursing is 50%

nursing classes are 63%

I think the USA has higher grading passes for classes...here in canada (at least in my province) those seem to be the norm but i know in the states its alot higher

[Gauge]

75 is passing at my school. We must have a 75 average in each category individually, thats tests, quizes, and written work. If we have a 74 average on quizes and a 90 on the other two, you still fail. We also must make a 75 on the med calc test, with one chance to retake it if you fail.