Whats this mean??? Ughhh

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To get in my nursing program, it says plus and minus grades dont count. They said if i got a C+ or C- it would be considered a C.

If i got an A- would that be an A+?

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It would be an A, just like the C+ or C- is considered a C.

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Specializes in PP, Pediatrics, Home Health.

Nope it would just be considered as an A.

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To get in my nursing program, it says plus and minus grades dont count. They said if i got a C+ or C- it would be considered a C.

If i got an A- would that be an A+?

No, A,B,C and so on. An A is an A. The rules do not change from C to A.

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often nursing schools have their own values for a letter grade. for example, my school counted everything below an 80 as a d or f. to pass a class our average had to be at least an 80 which counted as a "c" on our transcript.

get some clarity from your program advisor when in doubt. understanding your programs scoring system and how to caculate your grades is important.

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Specializes in ICU of all kinds, CVICU, Cath Lab, ER..

I don't know about the rest of the world, but if I got an A- it would be a freaking miracle!!!!

Sorry, my silly bone is aching and I couldn't help myself. lololo

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

OP, given the nature of your various questions, I'm inclined to ask....are you in high school?

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Sounds pretty common for grading. An A is an A, so it doesn't matter of you bust your hind end and get a 100% on a test while someone barely squeaks by with a 92%... they still get the same A on the transcripts.

I went to a university who experimented with a system of giving two grades per course. If you got an A+, it would be recorded as an A/A. If you got a middle of the line A, it would be just an A. If you got an A-, it would be recorded as an A/B. This grading system caused a lot of confusion when I transferred to another university. They would call me back after looking at the transcripts and ask: was this a retake? Was this two classes? If not, what grade did you get, an A or a B? Although it does give a more adequate picture of the grade received, it turned out to be a mess when another university would try to calculate my GPA.

Wish they'd have a system in which an A+, A, or A- would have a corresponding GPA to reflect the work instead of 4.0 is an A, a 3.0 a B...

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