Why cant I see my final test paper?

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Anybody else have this policy in their school?

I've never cared much to see my paper in the previous semesters but being a senior I think its helpful for the nclex to see the answers for the final. teacher reviews and lets us see all exams except the final. what is up with that? ive even approached her privately but still is a no go. I really wanna see my paper only for nclex purposes. dont care to argue questions anymore, just want to see the answers and why. any ideas on how i can convince teacher to let me?

At my school they don't let us see the final because they are afraid that someone will steal it. We even had a janitor in our school that was stealing tests. When we reviewd old tests for the final it was a 30 min time frame with all of our stuff at the front of the room.

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At my school they don't let us see the final because they are afraid that someone will steal it. We even had a janitor in our school that was stealing tests. When we reviewd old tests for the final it was a 30 min time frame with all of our stuff at the front of the room.

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Specializes in Trauma ICU, MICU/SICU.

Too many people sell tests, take pix of questions with picture phones. Also, the semester is over, it would be pretty labor intensive for profs to make time for students to see the final exams.

I don't see how your final is so elemental to NCLEX though. I would think an NCLEX study guide with rationales would be more useful.

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Specializes in Trauma ICU, MICU/SICU.

Too many people sell tests, take pix of questions with picture phones. Also, the semester is over, it would be pretty labor intensive for profs to make time for students to see the final exams.

I don't see how your final is so elemental to NCLEX though. I would think an NCLEX study guide with rationales would be more useful.

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There was a lot of management questions in our last exam and you dont see a lot of them in nclex reviewers. Thats why i wanted to see my paper. Overall it was a pretty good exam and excellent questions (fewer questions taken from nclex books this time), covering all the topics, even fundamentals. Thats why I think it would help me a lot for nclex. Plus I got a low score and I wanted to know where I messed up hehhe.

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I understand exactly what you are saying. I have done so well this semester with my lowest grade being an 86%. Our nursing final was cumulative, and I studied everything that I missed on past exams and things like ABG's that just didn't stick with me. After each 50 question exam over the semester I highlighted everything in my notes that the test covered and put a red checkmark beside it in my notes if I missed the question ( we did have test review for our 50 ? exams where they would put the test on the overhead and give us rationales). When I studied for my final I went back to my text and re-read what I missed in the passed and reviewed all of my weak points. I was hoping to get an A this semester and ended up with a B. I only got a 78% on my nursing final. I don't understand this because it was cumulative and like I said earlier my lowest grade all semester was an 86%. I felt great comming out of the exam and only had 6 questions that I wasn't sure about (out of 100 ?'s). I called the school to go over my final and was told that I passed and that the final exam would not be reviewed. I am still ticked off about it.

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Specializes in ER, Surgery, Community, Geriatrics.

I agree that we should be allowed to review the final - and for a different reason from the others mentioned above. I have found several errors on the quizzes we did throughout the semester and on mid-term exams from previous semesters - so who is to say the questions were right ont he final? I understand the worry about theft of questions and what-not - but honestly we get really screwed on the final exam thing - the professors could make errors and we would never know!!:angryfire

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but honestly we get really screwed on the final exam thing - the professors could make errors and we would never know!!:angryfire

Sometimes I think that's exactly why they destroy them....so we won't know!

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Specializes in Emergency Dept, M/S.

How strange.....I'd be pretty po'd.

We were invited, just before our finals were passed out, to make an appt. after grades were posted on Blackboard to come back and review them for as long as we wanted. This was offered for each exam, and we are allowed to bring pen and paper.

It doesn't do anyone any good to NOT know what they missed. I want to know, so I can work on that area. It's obviously something I didn't understand, or I didn't understand the question. Either way, it's MY work and I should be allowed to review it.

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