What is a "passing grade" for your nursing program?

[aspiringrn1987]

I am just curious as I have noticed that it varies program to program.

For my program that I will be starting next month, a passing grade is 80% and anything less is failing. Furthermore, your exams must average out to 80% prior to them adding any of your other assignments into the grade. So even if you have an 89%, but your exams average to 79.9, you will be failing then semester.

[vc01ca]

We have to have an 82%. No rounding. 81.999 fails. Our math test each semester has to be at least a 90%. Its a tough program. Only a handful of people make it through without failing anything. My original class was 60 students. Only like 6 people ended up making it straight through to graduation.

Our nclex rates are one of the highest in the state and they intend to keep it that way. Its sad how many people fail each semester and have to come back and repeat and spend more and more money. Its a 4 semester ADN program. If it was longer I think we may have more people continue on through.

[RED1984, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

Our program required a 75% minimum average. Our grades were based solely on standardized exam grades. Our clinical components were graded as pass/fail.

And level 2 on ATI tests, 100% on dosage calculation test each semester.

[lillady04]

76 is required in testing before any homework can be added at my school. And its tough!

[rls927]

We have med dosage exams but we have to get 100%. I believe you are allowed one retake though. 100% is intimidating. I think it is one per semester for the dosage exams.

We have a dosage exam too- you have to get 100% as well, but it does not count towards your grade. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be (at least the first one)

[kaw957]

I have the same set up at my school and I had a friend who that happened to just last term. Our school is based on terms not Semesters so every 5 weeks we change to new classes. It's an excelled program. It's absolutely crazy but we all seem to do it!

[PurpleLover]

My program requires a 69.5 to pass a nursing course.

Wow! How I wish that applied for my school. I am in pharm now, lol.

[28studentsfailed]

A 75% was passing at my crooked nursing school. But that was only if the instructors got satisfactory results. If too many students were failing when "final" grades were calculated, my nursing school just fixed final averages either by: manipulating weights of exams, arbitrarily applying points, or awarding more correct answers for test questions (which called for "select the BEST" answer) that were determined by them to be ambiguous after they had already been determined to be good, valid questions all semester long. Seems difficult to believe, right? It's the truth, I swear!

[NaeRN]

Woah, in my program a 74 is passing. Anything below and you fail (:

[thehumbleRN]

My program was 75% but they stated that they were going to raise it soon. Had many many assignments. Teaching time mgmt and organization I'm sure. They rounded up with the final grade only at 74.5% or above being passing. Don't worry if you don't make it through the first time or have to retake a class. I have a few friends who had to repeat a semester and they are great nurses, just not the best student. Take time to look into what resources are available to you. We had an awesome tutoring service which was free. I used it and I was a really good student. I love school. Weird I know.

[Andoo]

Seems as though BScN program I take is probably the most lenient. A passing grade at my school is a 60%, the med math portion we needed a 100% in order to pass. The teachers and coordinators however do mention to the students, quite often, those who hover around the 60% average have shown to not pass the CRNE exam. They mention in order to pass the CRNE (in 2015 we start NCLEX), a 70 and above will likely allow you to pass the exam.

[3rdGenRN]

Seems as though BScN program I take is probably the most lenient. A passing grade at my school is a 60%, the med math portion we needed a 100% in order to pass. The teachers and coordinators however do mention to the students, quite often, those who hover around the 60% average have shown to not pass the CRNE exam. They mention in order to pass the CRNE (in 2015 we start NCLEX), a 70 and above will likely allow you to pass the exam.

That's just nuts to me. 60% isn't even passing in our gen ed classes for non-nursing majors at our school.

[NICUmiiki, DNP, NP]

80% is passing. They round to the nearest percent so 79.5% is passing.