RN-BSN Grading Scales

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Specializes in Psychiatric.

I am about to finish my ADN this May and as we all know the grading scales in Nursing School are more intense than regular university style programs. Anything below a 77% in my program is failing and all exams are NCLEX style. I attribute this increase in grade standards to NCLEX style learning format and curriculum, examinations/assignments, and conditioning since they differ from regular education formats. (I think most healthcare majors are similar since the student has to be dedicated, serious, and really want to be there.) Since a person will have passed the NCLEX upon the start of an RN-BSN program is it possible to assume that their grading scale at that point would reflect the more universal kind (where a 70% is a C, 80% - B, and so on..)?

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At GCU (Grand Canyon University)RN to BSN, the grading for most classes was as follows:

A..95-100

A-..92-94.99

B+.. 90-91.99

B..87-89.9

B-..84.86.9

C+..80-83.99

C....76-79.9

D..72-75.9

F.. 71.99 and below

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Nursing is nursing- and at whatever level tends to have higher grading scales.

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Specializes in Psychiatric.
Nursing is nursing- and at whatever level tends to have higher grading scales.

Luckily, the RN-BSN program I am wanting to enroll in this Fall is 2% lower than my current ADN program which is nice. 83% instead of 85% for a B is a huge difference ^_^

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