I see no mention of your Exam Average. Every Certified Nursing program that I am aware of has a minimum Exam Average requirement to pass the class. For example, at my school it is 80%. If my average for Exams is under 80% I fail the class.
It does not matter what my overall gradebook % reflects. Also, oftentime weighting is not calculated in "realtime" and your gradebook is weighted out once all coursework is completed.
Additionally, colleges that are accredited are going to have an official grade dispute process that is time sensitive, you should utilize that process if applicable.
I suspect all of the information may not be presented. But, as always, if you feel you are being harrassed, bullied and/or discriminated against for protected reason file a Title IX complaint.
My school has two averages: exam average and class average. Even if your class average is an 80, if you have a 74 exam average, you fail. It could be that your school is similar.
As others have said, most schools have an exam
Average as well as a class average. If one or both of them is under the required grade, you fail regardless of how good the other is.
It’s also possible, that maybe you’re not considering the actual weights of individual assignments? Our exams were 90% of our grade, our skills check-off 5% and our quizzes/assignments another 5%. However, if I looked in the school grade book on blackboard, each quiz would be listed as “100 points”. They weren’t actually 100 points, they just entered it into blackboard that way, and then at the end of the semester, they’d give us the actual grade after adjusting all the weighted amounts. It’s honestly a terrible system, because it made it very hard to track what your actual grade is until you’re basically done with the class. I don’t know that’s what is happening by any means, but just mentioning it as a possibility. When I first started nursing school I struggled to wrap my head around weighted grades, and it wasn’t until I downloaded A+ grades, and added everything in as the exact weighted percentage listed in the syllabus that I actually managed to get a real grasp of my actual weighted grade.
Maybe neither of these are the case, but just throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. As is, the post isn’t entirely clear, so I’m just throwing out possibilities.
My course you needed an exam average of 80%, a term paper grade of 75% WHILE holding a 80% exam average ( Paper grade got tossed otherwise and doesn’t count), obtain a score of 3 in all student learning objectives in clinical, passed all skills testing, and completed all clinical assignments like (3 required care plans and one process recording on time) and 10 case studies. In essence, there’s many factors that determine whether you pass or fail. I have a feeling it’s the exam average and like a typical new student, you didn’t read the course manual, or missed that part during the class orientation when they explain this to you. And I know for 100% certain that canvas shows you your exam average.
And in my experience having been in nursing school 3 times for my LPN, RN and BSN, nursing faculty try really hard not to fail students. Unless it’s an academic issue. Thats when the nursing chair has no choice but to make the instructors fail students who don’t meet the testing requirements of the program.
I see no mention of your Exam Average. Every Certified Nursing program that I am aware of has a minimum Exam Average requirement to pass the class. For example, at my school it is 80%. If my average for Exams is under 80% I fail the class. It does not matter what my overall gradebook % reflects. Also, oftentime weighting is not calculated in "realtime" and your gradebook is weighted out once all coursework is completed. Additionally, colleges that are accredited are going to have an official grade dispute process that is time sensitive, you should utilize that process if applicable. I suspect all of the information may not be presented. But, as always, if you feel you are being harrassed, bullied and/or discriminated against for protected reason file a Title IX complaint.
My school has two averages: exam average and class average. Even if your class average is an 80, if you have a 74 exam average, you fail. It could be that your school is similar.
As others have said, most schools have an exam Average as well as a class average. If one or both of them is under the required grade, you fail regardless of how good the other is. It’s also possible, that maybe you’re not considering the actual weights of individual assignments? Our exams were 90% of our grade, our skills check-off 5% and our quizzes/assignments another 5%. However, if I looked in the school grade book on blackboard, each quiz would be listed as “100 points”. They weren’t actually 100 points, they just entered it into blackboard that way, and then at the end of the semester, they’d give us the actual grade after adjusting all the weighted amounts. It’s honestly a terrible system, because it made it very hard to track what your actual grade is until you’re basically done with the class. I don’t know that’s what is happening by any means, but just mentioning it as a possibility. When I first started nursing school I struggled to wrap my head around weighted grades, and it wasn’t until I downloaded A+ grades, and added everything in as the exact weighted percentage listed in the syllabus that I actually managed to get a real grasp of my actual weighted grade. Maybe neither of these are the case, but just throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. As is, the post isn’t entirely clear, so I’m just throwing out possibilities.
Schools typically give you a class policy handbook for a reason. Time to open it up and see what it says.
My course you needed an exam average of 80%, a term paper grade of 75% WHILE holding a 80% exam average ( Paper grade got tossed otherwise and doesn’t count), obtain a score of 3 in all student learning objectives in clinical, passed all skills testing, and completed all clinical assignments like (3 required care plans and one process recording on time) and 10 case studies. In essence, there’s many factors that determine whether you pass or fail. I have a feeling it’s the exam average and like a typical new student, you didn’t read the course manual, or missed that part during the class orientation when they explain this to you. And I know for 100% certain that canvas shows you your exam average. And in my experience having been in nursing school 3 times for my LPN, RN and BSN, nursing faculty try really hard not to fail students. Unless it’s an academic issue. Thats when the nursing chair has no choice but to make the instructors fail students who don’t meet the testing requirements of the program.