A&P II Club! Come on in!

stpauligirl · Sep 12, 2006

Now that would be cool. I wish so bad we got to do something like that. We just look at slides and answer questions. B O R I N G. We arent having lab Wednesday, and he said we would use lab time sometimes for class lecture. I can deal with that. I like the class, and that will help us to cover more material. I just dont like lab.
I did go and talk to my nursing advisor today and she figured my total g.p.a and it is 3.7. She told me it looks like everything is in order, but I know, that doesnt mean I will get in.:uhoh21:

That's a great GPA...you will get in. Mine is in that neighborhood also and if I get all A's in the remaining classes it may even go up some.

Hang in there you are definitely competitive.

qaqueen · Sep 13, 2006

Thanks I will need it.

lisabeth · Sep 14, 2006

Well, we started on the heart today. This is so interesting. I just hope my first test shows it. I cant wait till tomorrow night to watch Grays Anatomy. :)

stpauligirl · Sep 14, 2006

Well, we started on the heart today. This is so interesting. I just hope my first test shows it. I cant wait till tomorrow night to watch Grays Anatomy. :)

We also started the heart yesterday in lab and the Immune System in lecture.

It is a lot of stuff to remember though. :rolleyes:

lisabeth · Sep 14, 2006

We also started the heart yesterday in lab and the Immune System in lecture.
It is a lot of stuff to remember though.

very true, but soooo interesting. I think I will love this class.

JaxiaKiley · Sep 15, 2006

We just started blood. We had our first test in lecture last week. Hopefully we will find out our grades on Monday. They weren't graded when we went to class on Wednesday.

It is hard to tell the difference between some of the different WBCs under the microscope. Especially on a test, when we cannot compare them to other cell types! I am not excited about the microscope part of the lab tests.

lisabeth · Sep 16, 2006

Yes, blood is much more complicated than I ever dreamed. Isnt it so interesting though? I just love it.

We just started blood. We had our first test in lecture last week. Hopefully we will find out our grades on Monday. They weren't graded when we went to class on Wednesday.
It is hard to tell the difference between some of the different WBCs under the microscope. Especially on a test, when we cannot compare them to other cell types! I am not excited about the microscope part of the lab tests.

stpauligirl · Sep 16, 2006

We just started blood. We had our first test in lecture last week. Hopefully we will find out our grades on Monday. They weren't graded when we went to class on Wednesday.
It is hard to tell the difference between some of the different WBCs under the microscope. Especially on a test, when we cannot compare them to other cell types! I am not excited about the microscope part of the lab tests.

Neither am I and I am concerned about the very same aspect. We did a bloodsmear of our own blood. Luckily the stains turned out ok and I found ONE basophil among my WBC...at least I now know what a real one looks like. What concernes me even more is the blood typing thing and the dreaded Rh factor stuff....we will have our first lab test one week from Monday...We wil also need to identify all the different parts of the heart, know how the blood flows thougy it and identify the coronary arteries. It's a whole bunch of stuff and my eyes are spinning :uhoh3:

Heads will roll in that class:roll

JaxiaKiley · Sep 16, 2006

Figuring out the sheep's heart is going to be a challenge. I cannot figure out a good way to know which side we are looking at! Hard to admit I cannot tell the left from the right, lol...Hopefully I will figure out something before the midterm.

Our lab only has two tests -- the midterm and the final.

stpauligirl · Sep 17, 2006

Figuring out the sheep's heart is going to be a challenge. I cannot figure out a good way to know which side we are looking at! Hard to admit I cannot tell the left from the right, lol...Hopefully I will figure out something before the midterm.
Our lab only has two tests -- the midterm and the final.

I already have nightmares about the sheepheart, we will disect one on Monday. Professor has already announced that we won't have the best possible specimen...it will also be on the test a week from Monday. He loves the Immune System and is giving us more information about it then any other teacher, he told us that we will thank him later for it :wink2: the lecture part is enough to give you a headache, and I have listened to his lectures which I tape, this afternoon to "fill in the blanks" I don't know how I would make it without taping him, he talks so fast. We will have 3 lab tests and 4 lecture tests in this course and one of the 7 total can be dropped.

Together we can do this....hang in there, you are not alone and I am here for you to listen and vent. I will do plenty of whining and venting, that's for sure!

JaxiaKiley · Sep 17, 2006

Wow, I wish we could drop a test! The way our class is set up is that lab counts for 30% of the overall grade, and there are two tests in lab. Lecture counts for the other 70%, and we have five tests including a comprehensive final that are all weighted equally.

We don't even officially dissect it in class. There was just a bucket in the back with a bunch of sheep hearts that we could look at if we wanted to!

stpauligirl · Sep 17, 2006

Wow, I wish we could drop a test! The way our class is set up is that lab counts for 30% of the overall grade, and there are two tests in lab. Lecture counts for the other 70%, and we have five tests including a comprehensive final that are all weighted equally.
We don't even officially dissect it in class. There was just a bucket in the back with a bunch of sheep hearts that we could look at if we wanted to!

We get no extra credit opportunities though, that kind of stinks :madface:

I don't know for sure if we'll disect, the lab book talks about it and I assume we do the only thing he said is that he will have a bucket of sheep hearts for us on Monday....we'll see how it all turns out if they are bad specimen.

I will post about it since I expect it to be quite an adventure :rolleyes: