[GoodyNurse2b]

I took A&P 1 at a small, private liberal-arts school.

For those of you who took it at a 4 year school, was it easy to get an A in the class? Were there many? Did the class seem hard to you?

It seems like there are a lot of people on here who easily get A's....

In my class, there were three A's and about ten B's and then the rest C's. We even had open book lecture exams, but the lab was hard! We had to know every origin, insertion, action, innervation, bone marking, etc.

I'm so worried about the second half. I happened to get an A, but I worked really hard. Just curious to hear others experiences.

[goodknight]

I went to a small 2 yr school for my AP1 also. I don't think it was an 'easy A' by any means. I firmly believe you get out of it what you put in. As long as you are learing anatomy and physiology, i wouldn't worry about where you took the class.

[ER1010]

I went to a major national 4-year public university, and HELK NO, A&P was not easy?!?!?!

Very very few A's, a lot of B's, C's and lower

[JamieB]

I took A&P 1 and 2 thru a community college and there were very few A's. We also had to learn all the insert/origin, action, bone markings etc. AP 2 was hard but I found it a bit easier and more interesting.

[Achoo!]

I am at a community college and 5 people out of 23 got A's. A lot dropped out also.

[grapejuice01]

I took A&P I and II at the Univ. of North Texas (4 year school)

A&P I was HELL! I think it was because it was 98% memorization. A&P II was MUCH easier for me because it was the physiology portion and it was more understanding than memorizing (A&P I was just anatomy). I did much better in A&P II (made an A) In the end, out of 113 in A&P II, we had a total of 23 A's. We had several Bs and Cs and LOTS of Ds/Fs--I dont think people really took it as seriously as they should have. (I dont remember the stats for A&P I because it was so long ago)

Im glad I took it at a 4 yr institution, though, because I think our prof. MADE us learn the info (our tests were hell, too...you had to understand the organ system, etc. and how/why it does what it does to get the answer correct...there were never any obvious answers or any that you could guess/narrow down because he wanted to make sure that we knew WHY the answer is what it is...) He has always been my favorite professor because he taught us so much and he didnt give easy A's to the people that didnt give 110% all the time.

Rachel

[MryRose]

I am taking Anatomy and Physiology at our local community college. They are separate courses that count for University credit as well as Community college credits. There were about 20 A's out of 100 students in our Anatomy class. But those of us who got them worked our buns off and memorized everything. We were told what was going to be on the tests as we went thru each chapter so if you made up your own practice tests along the way it was not too hard.

Our exams consisted of multiple choice, fill ins, essays, drawings, models, color plates and actual animal organs systems. I studied everything as if I had to write an essay. I took my practice test over and over until I knew it all and could write the answers down immediately.When the questions came up on the test I immediately knew the answers.

There were also quite a few folks in our class who rec'd D's and those who failed. They figured with multiple choice questions they could figure it out.

I'm so thankful that I studied like I did. It gave me a real boost in confidence on test day!

[Tanzanite]

Originally Posted by MryRose

I am taking Anatomy and Physiology at our local community college. They are separate courses that count for University credit as well as Community college credits. There were about 20 A's out of 100 students in our Anatomy class. But those of us who got them worked our buns off and memorized everything. We were told what was going to be on the tests as we went thru each chapter so if you made up your own practice tests along the way it was not too hard.

Our exams consisted of multiple choice, fill ins, essays, drawings, models, color plates and actual animal organs systems. I studied everything as if I had to write an essay. I took my practice test over and over until I knew it all and could write the answers down immediately.When the questions came up on the test I immediately knew the answers.

There were also quite a few folks in our class who rec'd D's and those who failed. They figured with multiple choice questions they could figure it out.

I'm so thankful that I studied like I did. It gave me a real boost in confidence on test day!

Thanks MryRose, I couldn't have written this post better myself! It's hard where-ever you take it!