Nervous about this upcoming fall!

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Specializes in LTC.

I've had a pretty easy past two semesters but this fall I'm going to be taking A&P 2 and Micro at the same time! I've read plenty of posts on here about people who have taken both and passed with A's, but I can't help but be nervous too! Ready for the challenge :sneaky: I would love to hear about your schedule!

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Specializes in Gerontology RN-BC and FNP MSN student.

Microbiology was not easy...It was hard to get an A. Other than that, I took advanced physiology with micro this past semester and it was doable.

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Specializes in LTC.

Well I'm a pretty strong student. A&P is a breeze for me. So I'm hoping to spend more time on micro and do well. And that's awesome :) I love hearing others success stories!

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My friend is doing that and I called her crazy for it. Those courses are both tough but she did better in Microbiology. One class will suffer if you are doing both. It also depends on what other things you have to do, if you have kids, if you work. Both of those classes take a LOT of memorization! You just want to make sure you can do them both and do very well in them both. If you don't mind a B in one of the classes, I say go for it. My other friend tried doing it and had to drop one. It's tough but It can be done. It matters on the individual.

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Specializes in N/a.

I personally wouldn't take them both. A&P 1&2 is a prerequisite for Micro here.

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Specializes in LTC.

I don't have any kids nor do I work so I'm good on that front! And at my school the pre req for micro is a&p 1, you don't have to have 2. And yes Dezi I understand exactly what your saying, thank you for your advice. I've thought long and hard about taking both and I believe I can manage it because, as I previously posted, I am a very strong student with an excellent memory. And a&p comes very easily to me as well. So Hopefully I will be alright!

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Specializes in N/a.

I think you'll do fine though. What else do you plan on taking that semester?

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Specializes in LTC.

Nothing, just those two. I'm not that crazy :wacky:

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Specializes in MICU.

I don't see why you should not take both of them at the same time. I took Microbiology and A&P 2 together with other two courses " Math and Written communications" and got all A's. Besides that I have my 30+ hours of work. You can make it! Good luck. Starting my Nursing program fall 2014.

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Specializes in MICU.

These courses are preps/requirements towards Nursing program.

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Specializes in LTC.

Thanks for the encouragement! And wow that's great congratulations on your acceptance and good luck!!!

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I took A&P II and Micro together this past fall and got a high "A" in both classes. I actually found that a lot of the same concepts were being taught in both classes so they kind of reinforced each other. If you did really well in A&P I (I ended up with nearly 100%) you should do great taking these 2 classes together. Just put it the study time. I am married, with two teenage kids, and I work part time. Just about all of my "free" time was spent studying for these 2 classes.

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