Sooo I broke my A streak today, and what a fall from grace it was. Allllll the way down, down, doooooown to a big, fat, D!!! Holy CRAP.
I was in shock when I clicked submit and it popped up with 34/50. Complete shock! I worked with a partner on the test and she was in shock too- we had no idea we'd done that badly.
I have a former bachelor's degree (graduated cum laude!) under my belt. I studied. I read. I looked at my ATI books. I understood the concepts! I got an A on the last test in that class, have made straight A's so far in nursing school, and I have never gotten worse than a C in my life.
But, this test was completely different. It seemed like she was looking for tiny random details, rather than general concepts. Last time she used material from lectures and some from the review questions in the book, NCLEX book, and ATI. I studied those along with the book- but this test was completely, 110% different. Different style, different question types... like night and day. Pretty cruddy.
Anyways. The good news is that I am FAR from the only person to have failed. Almost our entire class did- including the people who normally make A's and set the bar. And, there were at least a few questions where I am confident I picked the right answer, but they were marked wrong at the end. Several others had the same concern so she said she is looking into it. I also have heard from more than one source that the cohort before mine consistently failed every single one of her tests, all the way up until the final when they miraculously passed. So, maybe that's just the way this professor rolls? Doesn't seem right. :-/
Overall, not a good feeling to fail a test completely out of the blue! First and hopefully LAST time ever! All I can do is hope she gives back a few questions, and keep on studying hard as I can!
