Is this CRAZY?--What do I drop?

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I have obsessively checking online to see if a section of Micro. opens up, and today, one did. I had been checking because that will be the last co-req. I will need. I snatched it. It had never occurred to me what, if anything, I would do to my schedule if I was able to register for it. I was currently enrolled in English, Arts, and Pharm and because I hadn't been able to get a Micro. that would work with my schedule, I also picked up Elementary Spanish. I was excited about the Spanish, because even though I don't need it, I wanted to take it and would be able to take the next section in the Spring.

Well now, this puts me at 17 hours. Is this totally crazy, should I drop something, or can I do this? I have only ever taken 11 hours at a time. Last semester I took A&P2, Sociology, and Psych and felt totally fine. I don't need the Micro. to get into my program, it won't count toward my app., and more than likely I will get in. However, in order to be in a really good place for another close by school, I needed the Micro. I don't know if I am being overly ambitious and eager to get this all done, thinking I might be able to do it, or if I really could. I have looked over the Arts info. It will be easy. I also expect that Freshman English will not be a big deal. Pharm. I will need to pay attention to but it's also just an introduction course and a rather slender book in comparison to some. In fact, part of it is a work book.

I have a 3.89 GPA. I don't want to mess it up but I'm not sure what to do. Yeah, I could drop the Spanish but that will mean I will only have beginners Spanish in before N/S because I will be taking it in the Spring instead of the next section. Any advice would be appreciated.

(By the way, all but Arts is online. I thought I would do English in class but it seemed like my time would have been better spent doing the work then being in class for that. Introduction to Pharm. is only offered online and Spanish I could make work no other time. I will have three full days of childcare and more if I really needed it and I do not work. Thanks!)

I'll just go ahead and answer my own question....just because I could, doesn't mean I should. It may not be crazy to do it but I guess it's really unnecessary. I'm going to go ahead drop the Micro. back off.

I think a little bit of the "What ifs?" are getting to me. What if I don't get into my school, I should be prepared for the other. When in reality, even without the Micro., I could probably still get into the other school, if I wanted to. However, I don't really want to go to that school, I want to go to mine.

I feel pretty confident about my school, so I guess I should just chill out a bit and relax when there really is no reason to cram. With my Pharm. class this Fall, I will be as prepared as I could be for the application process at my school, so I will just leave it at that. Plus several of the class I have had to take as reqs. for my school I would have had to take again as part of the other school's nursing classes and I really don't want to re-do them and cram more into less time. I also need to keep my hours up for Spring semester to keep me eligible for childcare expense help if my name ever comes up on the wait list. So I guess I just need to calm down and quit having this convo. with myself. Lol.

Specializes in Public Health.

ummm micro is wayyy harder and more important than spanish. drop spanish. pharm is NOT easy you have to memorize alllllllll those meds. plus you will not be using that spanish unless you're already fluent.

I know that Micro. is hard. I will take it Spring semester and will have nothing else but Spanish 2 to take with it. I really didn't have to have it this Fall for any other reason than it would have been nice to say I had it all done (It would have also given me the last possible point for the second choice school). It won't count to toward my app. for my school. I do plan to eventually take all four Spanish courses at my school. That is just a personal goal, since my children's birth family only speak Spanish.

Specializes in Pediatric/Adolescent, Med-Surg.

I would personally take Micro now and drop English or art. I would not drop spanish if there is any way you can keep it. My reason being even a basic understanding will help you. I work in an area where there is so many Spanish speaking immigrants, you'd really be at an advantage if you knew some Spanish.

Specializes in Cardiac Critical Care.

I say don't drop anything!! You can do this. You're obviously a good student. I am finishing a summer of taking 15 hours (I know that's not much but obviously everything is way accelerated in the summer) AND working full time. It was crazy but I've only had one meltdown and my last final is tomorrow, so I'm not anticipating a second :) I don't know if I'm crazy or what but there is something that feels so good about pushing myself that hard for something I want. In my case, this was really the only way I'd get into my program in the Spring semester but I really am not going to know what to do with myself until that semester starts... I hope this helps!!

Thank you for the feedback. As much as it would be nice to do it all, and I'm sure that I could, I think I will just go ahead and leave alone and pace myself. As I said earlier, this will allow me to fit more Spanish in, in the end, and still leave me enough hours Spring semester.

I think you can do it all, you sound like a dedicated student with your GPA and all. I have taken semesters with 20 hours and 17 hours ( I went from music to nursing and had a LOT of catching up to do). But, I took micro and A&P in the same semester, and so did a lot of other people at my school. It just depends on how busy you want to be. You can take your time and not be as busy with classes, or just get it over with and take them together. It's definitely not impossible, and the semester I took 20 hrs I got a 4.0, so if you stay focused, you can do it.

Haha, nevermind my post, goodluck with your semester! :)

Personally i wouldnt concern myself with taking Spanish, but if its important to you then go for it. As far as the load, i have been overloading for 3 quarters up until now with a full time job and 4 kids. Some can do it and others cannot. We all have different gifts in life =) U sound very intelligent, I think that you can handle that load=)

I would drop the spanish also the art..even though Micro is not need for the school ur at it will be benificial if ur applying to other school.

I may change my mind. I bought my books on Thursday and I should learn a great deal from this Spanish class by the end, enough that I wouldn't be too upset if is the only one I got in before nursing school. However, by the second chapter of the book, even most of the instructions are in Spanish. I'm not sure I will be able to absorb much of it right now, with the other classes, and this one not being in class. It is supposed to be Elementary Spanish but it is far from Elementary and each chapter has tons of info. It is nothing like either of the Spanish classes I took in high school. I'm not real sure I like the way the book is laid out.

I really want to take it but it may have to wait til next semester when my load won't be as great and when I can get it in class. I'm going to keep looking over the book for the next week and think about it some more but I may be switching for Micro. after all.

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