A & P and Microbiology

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I've seen several things about how hard A & P and Micro Biology are and people who take them together don't have a life...How hard is it really?

I'm thinking about taking them together Fall 2017 and topping them off with an intro to Spanish class. Does that sound do-able?

I know the prof who teaches Micro and she's very nice, and easy to work with. I took her this semester with Biology 1107, she told me that it was a hard course. I came out of the class with A's on lab and lecture. Now I did study hard, I asked for help when I didn't understand something...We started with like 36 people in the lab and ended with around 18.

I really need to take them together if I want to reach my goal of making it into nursing school by 2018 (with ALL my prereqs out of the way!) so...any insight?

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I'll find out next year. Micro Tuesday and Thursday eves. AP 2 Friday all morning. Work 32 hours. See what happens kind of excited!

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I took A&P1 and micro during the Fall 2016 quarter and it was by far the toughest quarter I've had, yet. It was soooo much work, but I managed to get B's in both classes. I feel like I could have done much better in both of those classes if I hadn't taken them together.

I'm looking forward to next quarter because I'm taking A&P2 with lifespan psychology.

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I just finished A&P I and I didn't find it hard at all - it's just a lot of memorization.

Next semester I'm taking A&P II with Micro. So I'll let you know in May ;)

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Thanks everyone! I feel like I could handle it. I'm actually dual-enrolled and since I'm homeschooled I don't have any school work except for my college classes. I'm on a program where I get everything free--and I live at home so I don't have to work. So...school is my only focus. Maybe that will make it easier for me... Please do let me know how it goes though!!

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I'm taking A&P II and Microbiology right now, along with Chemistry and Statistics. Like you, I don't work and I live at home. I'm busy, and I'm focused, but it's not insane, and my grades are good. Sounds like you could probably handle it...you never know until you try! Good luck.

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I am in a similar boat, but you're quite a bit ahead of me. I'm looking into getting a BSN as my second undergrad and a MSN specializing in psychiatric nursing as my second grad degree. I'm really excited about it because i've always been good at science. I took A & P in high school and we dissected cats (why cats, i dont know, but yeah) and i was really into it and learned everything easily. I also took biological anthropology in college and did really well on the labs where we had to memorize bones. Is A & P in college really different from high school? I'm curious because this is going to be one of the first prereq's i take.

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Ill be taking a&p 2, micro, nutrition, and lifespan next semester. I'm a little worried but I have to do it.

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Wow! That sounds like a heavy load! I'm planning on taking Chemistry 2, Statistics and Psych this coming summer. I'm a little worried about how much will be crammed into those few weeks but...I'm not looking forward to Chemistry at all!! (I'm taking Chem 1 this coming semester). Who knows?..I may decided I like if after all. :)

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Micro has been one of my hardest classes. Maybe because I took it when I was a pre-med student. I took a micro class for science majors instead of the lower level one that are for nursing students at my college.

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Ill be taking a&p 2, micro, nutrition, and lifespan next semester. I'm a little worried but I have to do it.

Nutrition isn't bad at all, especially since you're through with A&P I - I got a 97 in that class. It wasn't "easy", but it had a lot of similar concepts of A&P I. And Lifespan Growth and Dev was an easy A for me. I think you'll be just fine :)

Since I'm taking two sciences this next semester, I'm padding my other two classes - World Religions and Government.

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Wow! That sounds like a heavy load! I'm planning on taking Chemistry 2, Statistics and Psych this coming summer. I'm a little worried about how much will be crammed into those few weeks but...I'm not looking forward to Chemistry at all!! (I'm taking Chem 1 this coming semester). Who knows?..I may decided I like if after all. :)

Stats kicked my butt (final grade is a low B for me), but I took it online, which was a mistake. Chemistry isn't bad really - the labs were fun. Psych is a pretty easy class.

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