Posting your Exam Grades on Facebook

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Does anyone find this really annoying? I'm usually private about my grades unless a good friend of mine from class asks me..... Does the whole world need to know? This is how the posts usually look. A&P 93%... just weird to me.. anyone else feel the same?

i feel like some people can be really annoying with it if they are ALWAYS posting but if i have worked really hard on something and do really well then i will post it on my facebook, not after every single thing though

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Specializes in Telemetry, OB, NICU.

Ahhh, nursing school times.

Nearly my whole class had facebook, and we were friends there. We posted our grades nearly every time for each other to see. I posted my failing and perfect exam grades. I couldn't care less about my elementary school friend saw them or not, it was going to my classmate. So, what is the problem with that? You see on there stuff you care and stuff you don't care. If I have right to hate to see someone's pic with their tongue sticking out, sure they have right to hate my posts. That's normal. If you don't like to see them, unfriend the person. Problem solved. :)

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Specializes in Telemetry, OB, NICU.
I dont get the whole thing with people and sharing grades/not sharing grades. I want to know who is doing well to tap them as a resource on how maybe I can do better.

All the ********/cattiness that people do about others grades is what annoys me. Yes people are doing awesome and they want to share the awesomeness that they are doing. But heaven forbid they might **** off/offend/make someone cry because they didnt do well on the test. Seriously people if you cant handle facebook get off it.

This. People need to chill out. :)

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Personally, no, it wouldn't bother me at all. Some people are extroverts and some people just enjoy getting feedback, doesn't make them bad people or make me feel weird. I would never post my grades on Facebook because I'm introverted to the point of being a hermit but whatever floats your boat I suppose

(this is of course if they're just posting about being happy with their grade and not putting down the rest of the class, whole different ballpark ;) )

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I posted some of them. If I did really well and didn't think I would, then I did.

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Specializes in Neuro/ MS.

I will admit to posting my grades sometimes but most of the time I will say that I did great/well or even horrible/bad on a test. There is a person that only post when she of course has gotten A's, right now I am so over nursing school. I have a few days left until I finish and I cant wait. Good Luck to you! My best advice would be to ignore it. It may be the only thing good that the person does in life. Just because they get good test grades don't make them excellent clinical students. Trust me we have a few that ace most test and suck in clinicals and the clinical instructors know it.

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I happily post my grades on FB if I feel they are well deserved. As a SAHM of 2 young children, I bust my rear studying late nights and any chance I get where they arent bothering me. I work hard for my 4.0 and so when a major exam comes up...or the end of a semester I will gladly share (or brag) about my accomplishments! =) I can however, understand the annoyance of it to someone who perhaps struggles a bit more than others.

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Specializes in ICU, Trauma, ER, Peds, Family Practice.
If it was a hard test and I did well on it I'll post because I am happy I passed and glad it's over. I don't post every single grade though!

It's never really over. Guess what whatever you learned on that test you might actually use in nursing. But the stress of the test is over. Whew I am glad those days are over.

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I should just add that I don't friend everyone I've ever spoken to on Facebook. If you request me as your friend and I know you I'll accept but I only go out of my way to friend those who I am truly interested in. The kind of people who ask me about how I'm doing in school (& expect a real answer) every time I speak to them anyway.

I'm the same way, I am very selective about who I friend on Facebook, so I don't feel weird about posting anything.

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I do it if I got an amazing grade. As more and more people from nursing school are adding onto my facebook, I tend to do it less - but it's hard sometimes when I just want to shout it out that I got an awesome grade! I also post when I'm dissapointed in a grade. I guess I'm just emotional either way, lol.

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Specializes in medical.

I don't have any fb friends that are in nursing school but I don't think posting grades would be a good idea . No one is going to post unless it was a good grade which makes it bragging. It isn't a very interesting topic to most people.:yawn:In general I think it is unwise to post about work or whatever one's main occupation happens to be.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
I don't have any fb friends that are in nursing school but I don't think posting grades would be a good idea . No one is going to post unless it was a good grade which makes it bragging. It isn't a very interesting topic to most people.:yawn:In general I think it is unwise to post about work or whatever one's main occupation happens to be.

That's not exactly true. I posted a few times that I did poorly on a test and was disappointed as did a lot of my classmates. I posted when I rocked a test because I was proud of myself and it wasn't about bragging. No one else can decide another persons motives. They can only make assumptions and well we know where that leads.

This next part is a general statement not directed at you, I just don't want to make another post.

I find it more annoying when I see posts from others trying to dictate what people can put on their FB. It's their FB it's up for them to decide and if they post something not OK it's them that will suffer the consequences. But where does someone get off saying "Well it's ok to post a grade once in a while but not if you do it often." Well it's OK if you post a ball park idea but not if you post it in a bragging fashion" Who are you to decide? I had people telling me others were upset that I was "bragging" about getting my job. Ummmm have you seen the economy? I was flippen excited and wanted to share in my excitement. I knew which people most likely wouldn't comment or congratulate and I expected it. Same when I passed boards. I made sure when weeks later they posted they passed boards that I went and congratulated them. Others were happy for me I got a job so quickly and asked me for advice. If my FB posts offend people then they should hide my statuses or they should delete me. JMO

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