Poll: Your school's grading scale

[RNin2007]

I was wondering if everyone's school was the same as mine. We have to get a 92% or better to get an A (75% = C). They base this on how the NCLEX exams are graded.

How does it work for you?

~J

[LPN Soon]

My schools grading systems

A 93-100%

B 86-92%

C 77-85%

D 70-76%

F 70-76%

[Couch30]

My school's grading system is as follows:

93-100 A

85-92 B

77-84 C

Lower than 77-you are out!!!!

Clinical and labs are pass/fail!

However, our grades are also weighted. Care plans, homework, presentations, quizzes, etc. are 10%; comprehensive final is 10% (thankful for this); and 5 exams in semester are 80%. So, if you average a 92 on your exams this is what your grade will reveal, if the rest of your stuff is 100%.

[isabing, ASN]

My school's scale has to be the strangest compared to the others on here.

A = 94 - 100

A- = 93

B+ = 91-92

B = 86-90

B- = 85

C+ = 83-84

C = 77-82

Anything below 77 is failing. I guess the pluses and minuses are to calculate our GPA, but the range between them is not even at all. We are graded with this scale on 2 exams, 1 final (which is tomorrow), and 2 papers. All labs and clinicals are pass/fail. Our math quiz must be passed with a 90 within three attempts, but it is also pass/fail. Exams count as 50% of our grade, the final counts as 30%, one paper is 15%, and the other is 5%. We got a 5pt. bonus added to the 5% paper if we passed the med quiz on the first try. I never had to work so hard to calculate my grade. I think I am at about 89% right now. I'd love to bring it up to a 91 for that B+ to keep my GPA up so I don't get booted out of the Honor Society, but I don't think it's going to happen. I am more concerned with just passing right now than making A's, and I never thought I'd say that!

Good luck everyone!

Lisa