Your nursing school's grading policy

RN and Mommy · Dec 14, 2005

93-100 = A

84-92 = B

77-83 = C

Below a C is failing.

I also agree with the fact that maintaining a 4.0 GPA is difficult with this grading scale, but I wouldn't want a nurse taking care of me who got below a 77% in nursing school.

MereSanity · Dec 14, 2005

Yep...our "A's" cut off at 93%. I would have 4 "A's" right now but only have 3 because I have a 90% in one class (grrrrr) :angryfire . Makes me so mad. 75% is the lowest in our scale though. Below that is failing.

93-100 A

83-92 B

75-82 C

rice8020 · Dec 14, 2005

my school is impossible to get a 4.0. If you are used to get A's is your classes, this scale sucks. my scale is

100.00 4.0

98.00 - 99.99 3.9

96.00 - 97.99 3.8

94.00 - 95.99 3.7

92.00 - 93.99 3.6

90.00 - 91.99 3.5

88.00 - 88.99 3.4

86.00 - 87.99 3.3

84.00 - 85.99 3.2

82.00 - 83.99 3.1

80.00 - 81.99 3.0

78.00 - 79.99 2.9

76.00 - 77.99 2.8

74.00 - 75.99 2.7

72.00 - 73.99 2.6

70.00 - 71.99 2.5

TLC RN · Dec 14, 2005

my school is impossible to get a 4.0. If you are used to get A's is your classes, this scale sucks. my scale is
100.00 4.0
98.00 - 99.99 3.9
96.00 - 97.99 3.8
94.00 - 95.99 3.7
92.00 - 93.99 3.6
90.00 - 91.99 3.5
88.00 - 88.99 3.4
86.00 - 87.99 3.3
84.00 - 85.99 3.2
82.00 - 83.99 3.1
80.00 - 81.99 3.0
78.00 - 79.99 2.9
76.00 - 77.99 2.8
74.00 - 75.99 2.7
72.00 - 73.99 2.6
70.00 - 71.99 2.5

Do you go to the same school as me? I have the same scale. I would be happy if my school had a 95 as an A :)

guitarguy2 · Dec 14, 2005

The grading scale for me in 2004 was this:

94-100 = A

92-3 = B+

84-91 = B

82-3 = C+

74-81 = C

Below a C was failing.

I think nursing school grading scales are garbage. If their trying to prove that nursing school is harder, then actually it makes sense to make the grading scale easier because, if what they're saying is true, then the difficulty of the material is a built in component to ensure it's hard to get good grades. Escalating the grading scale is an artificial way of denying A's. It also makes Nursing Colleges' claim that nursing school material is difficult seem bogus and like they are using a jacked up grading scale to hide the fact that they are being deceptive. Of course, I know nursing school was hard, but the fact is a lot of As might be gotten on an easier grading scale not because nursing is easy, but because nursing students are smart. I wish nursing schools would just realize this.

AgentR · Dec 14, 2005

93-100 is A

85-92 is a B

78-84 is a C

anything below 78.0 is failing!

SFCardiacRN · Dec 14, 2005

My ASN school had 97 or above for an A. 74 and below was failing. We lost 50% first semester but only a couple after that. We all passed our boards first time!

tinaroo07 · Dec 14, 2005

My school's grading scale is similar to the others:

92-100=A

91-84=B

83-76=C

Hard to get a 4.0

Nikkik163 · Dec 14, 2005

92-100 A

84-91 B

78-83 C

some of my other classes are a 94 for an A---it is tough

if you are below 78 it is failing and you cannot register

Tweety, BSN, RN · Dec 14, 2005

Rice that is a tough scale. Yikes.

I have the same scale as the original poster, but one point lower in all cateorgies. (Thank goodness, I just made a 94 in my Western Civ class squeaking out an A.).

nurse4theplanet, RN · Dec 14, 2005

ADN program here

93-100A

85-92 B

78-84 C

78 and below failing.

Tests count 80% of final grade

careplans 20% (but you must have a 78 or above for them to add in your careplans for your final grade...if you have a 77.4 or below and you have made 100's on all your careplans you still fail)

Clinicals and Check off's are on a pass/fail basis.

We have to pass a pharm test each semester and the passing grade goes up with each semester. This past semester it was 80%, next semester will be 85% and so on.

the only complaint that I have about the grading scale is this:

If I pass with a 92.4 that is a B on my college transcript

but if I fail with a 70, I still get a C on my college transcript when in reality it's not a C but an F by the program standards, because the general college scale (usual ten point scale) is lower than the program grading scale.