School Grading Scales

ChristineN, BSN, RN · Nov 30, 2008

When I was in nursing school our grading scale was as follows:

A 92-100

B 84-91

C 76-84

Anything class grades less than a 76% was an automatic failure. There was no rounding up to the next percentage either.

Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN · Nov 30, 2008

Scales vary widely. My NS has this one:

80-86: C

87-93: B

94-100: A

AFAIK most instructors round to the nearest whole number, so an 86.6 would (usually) get a B but an 86.4 has to live with a C.

This topic always seems to come up in here in the beginning of the school year, and again around finals time...guess we're all nervous about those grades

gillytook · Nov 30, 2008

100-94 A

93.9-88 B

87.9-80 C

No rounding! When 75 was passing, I know someone who got a 74.9 and had to repeat.

LaceyRN · Nov 30, 2008

Since when is an 86 or 87 a "C"??

I find grading scale ridiculous but what can you do?

CharmedJ7 · Dec 1, 2008

It's crazy these grading scales, though I can tell you that the absolute scales seem to matter very little - I've taken classes at schools where 93 is an A or where 85 is an A, and it was way harder to get an A at the latter! My undergrad has the following scale:

85+ = A

80-84 = A-

75-79 = B+

70-74 = B

65-69 = B-

60-64 = C+

55-59 = C

50-54 = D

I thought I was so set! I mean, 85, doable, right? But no, it just turned out they made it so incredibly hard that they told us to be happy if we got more than 50 on midterm and are EXTREMELY pleased if averages approach 75.

My point is that grading scales are arbitrary and somewhat meaningless, they will scale the tests to be appropriate to the scale used to get an approximate appropriate grade distribution.

sunnysideup09 · Dec 2, 2008

A 92-100

B 83-91

C 75-82

Anything below 75, have to repeat.

picurn10 · Dec 2, 2008

ours is the same except that anything below 80% is failing :down: It's annoying to have high 90's and several 100% and still be considered a "b" student :bugeyes:

missjennmb · Dec 2, 2008

100-94 A
93.9-88 B
87.9-80 C
No rounding! When 75 was passing, I know someone who got a 74.9 and had to repeat.

This is how ours is as well. Including the no rounding up part.

smartin13 · Dec 2, 2008

A 92-100
B 83-91
C 75-82
Anything below 75, have to repeat.

This is what ours is as well. Also no rounding so if you get a 74.9 youre out.

Sara5229 · Dec 2, 2008

A 92-100

B 83-91

C 78-82

Anything below 78 is an F.

Unfortunately, I failed med-surg with a 77 exam average and my transcript now shows an F for all of med-surg ughhhh.. They really should work on the grading scale.. because that 77 F killed my gpa, when you consider it is an 8 hour class.

aellisrn10 · Dec 2, 2008

Ours is

A=93-100

B=87-92

C=82-86

Anything below 82 in our program is failing....

They say they that our grading scale is held to higher standards, because of NCLEX. The ADN program at my school, the grading scale is totally different from the rest of the college. But I'm fine with the higher standard grading scale, because our program has a 100% pass rate on the NCLEX-RN.