I might fail A&P 1, I'm really ashamed. What should I do?

[NenaRK]

Hello all,

I am a 20 year old pre-Nursing student currently taking my prerequisites. The only college classes I have completed so far are basic courses such as English, Math, and Psychology. In those classes I made A's and B's.This semester I took Anatomy and Physiology 1 and I was SO excited about it. Even before enrolling in the class, I had been on allnurses.com for awhile and was reading a lot about Nursing and getting advice from RNs. I felt prepared for the class. However I could never figure out a best way to study, or a best time or place to study. It's hard for me to study at home. I DO read and highlight key points in the chapter, and I label and color pictures and review online resources provided by the textbook. Yet I still have not made a higher grade than a C+

At this point, there is 1 more lecture and 1 more lab exam, and then the final. Our professor said he would drop the lowest lab exam grade, and he would replace the final grade with our lowest lecture exam grade, so I'm HOPING that will help me pass.

I am slightly proud of myself though because over half of the original class withdrew from the class, I am in the remainder. And the class average is still a 68.

Anyways, my question is...What can I do in these last 3 weeks to get A's on these last tests? Should I change the way I study?

Thanks :heartbeat

[phuretrotr]

What might help is knowing how you learn best. Do you learn by reading, writing, seeing, hearing, doing, ect.? For A&P, it was very helpful to me to see pictures and models of the different organs and systems. I have somewhat of a photogenic memory so when I write things, I can visualize where I wrote them sometimes. I am not fond of just listening to a lecture and getting it. I have to write things down and go over it again and again. Recently, just this semester, I have started actually reading the chapters because we have 10 point quizzes everyday before lecture so I have to. Before, reading never helped me retain information but now, it has greatly helped me. By knowing what my best ways of learning are, I can go over the information for a test in about an hour once and get more information every time I go through it.