Now I know why nobody ever gets a 4.0 at my school ...

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I was looking through a syllabus for one of my classes (worth 900 points total). This is the grading scale

A = 899.07-900 points

A- = 810-899.06 points

B+ = 787.5-809.99 points

B = 742.5-787.49 points

.. I'm not even going to post the rest of the scale. But as you can see, it is damn near impossible to get an A. A's count as 4 points on the GPA scale, A-'s count as 3.75, B+ as 3.3, B as 3.0

Keep in mind that this a pharmacology course! We all know that it is not a walk in the park. Isn't that bizarre??

How many errors in pharmacology do you want your mother's nurse to make? Of course it's hard. :)

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That's ridiculous something should be done about that. As far as bonus points in nursing school, our instructors are allowed to give up to 12, (out of 504 points), and most of them use them all.[/quote']

Bonus points? That must be nice. Our instructors don't give any. No bonus points no extra credit assignments. You get what you get.

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Specializes in Emergency.

I feel your pain, I had a 4.0 before my first semester.

An A is 93-100

B: 86-92

C:80-85

and anything below an 80 is failing. Plus you have to get 80% of possible exam points before anything else even factors in so it's tough, but I kind of understand why they do it that way. I think 5 people in my class walked out with straight A's the first semester. I ended up with straight B's, 3 of which were in the 90-92 range

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I had a 3.95 in nursing school until our last semester when they changed to the A+, A, a-, etc scale...knocked me down to a 3.85. I was furious. They retro activated the scale and most people went from B average to C average because of low Bs through the whole program.

Posting from my phone, ease forgive my fat thumbs! :)

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I had a 3.95 in nursing school until our last semester when they changed to the A+, A, a-, etc scale...knocked me down to a 3.85. I was furious. They retro activated the scale and most people went from B average to C average because of low Bs through the whole program.

Posting from my phone, ease forgive my fat thumbs! :)

That strikes me as completely unethical if not civilly actionable.

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That strikes me as completely unethical if not civilly actionable.

Agreed.

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I was ****** but then realized, no one is really going to care about my GPA. I just felt BETRAYED. but got over it, graduated, passed NCLEX and got my ideal job. It was simply WRONG though. I know a few 4.0 people who were knocked down also :/

Posting from my phone, ease forgive my fat thumbs! :)

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Welllll, we can't give legal advice, but the word "Actionable" has a very specific meaning. You were Annoyed, you were Affronted, you were Angry, and you felt Abandoned, perhaps, but I strongly doubt that you really have any cause for prevailing in a legal action. Don't waste another minute worrying about this.

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Welllll we can't give legal advice, but the word "Actionable" has a very specific meaning. You were Annoyed, you were Affronted, you were Angry, and you felt Abandoned, perhaps, but I strongly doubt that you really have any cause for prevailing in a legal action. Don't waste another minute worrying about this. [/quote']

I haven't! I got into grad school just fine, and I've moved on! Even if I did have cause, legal crap is just that- crappy!

Posting from my phone, ease forgive my fat thumbs! :)

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I had a 3.95 in nursing school until our last semester when they changed to the A+, A, a-, etc scale...knocked me down to a 3.85. I was furious. They retro activated the scale and most people went from B average to C average because of low Bs through the whole program.

Posting from my phone, ease forgive my fat thumbs! :)

Out of curiosity, did this change cause anyone to be dismissed from the program? Where I went to school, you did not have the "luxury" of getting a C in a nursing course...get a C, you were gone.

PS, I agree that this was 'crappy,' but I cannot see how this is actionable. Why is the first instinct for some to contact an attorney?

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Specializes in Emergency, Telemetry, Transplant.
How many errors in pharmacology do you want your mother's nurse to make? Of course it's hard. :)

I certainly agree it should be hard; however, I think this grading scale is a bit ridiculous.

Do you want you mother's nurse to make an error in basic nursing practice? Of course not. At that same time, you are not going to demand every GN to get a 100% on the NCLEX to pass.

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Out of curiosity, did this change cause anyone to be dismissed from the program? Where I went to school, you did not have the "luxury" of getting a C in a nursing course...get a C, you were gone.

PS, I agree that this was 'crappy,' but I cannot see how this is actionable. Why is the first instinct for some to contact an attorney?

No. If you we're a C- student they didn't change your GPA. UGH. that's what got a lot of us mad. And just to be clear- I wasn't the one to mention a law suit. Another poster said I should have talked to a lawyer. Why? LMAO. I already paid for school, I'm not paying for a lawyer. LOL

Posting from my phone, ease forgive my fat thumbs! :)

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