So, i am guessing we've all registered for our classes for next semester...i wanted to start a thread where everyone taking the course can come together to ask questions they need help with or just vent or LOL....watever the case may be...so if you are taking A&P 1 in the spring...introduce your self...
a. How many credits you are taking next semester
b. What part of A&P 1 you are looking forward to, are you nervous?
c. How long you have to apply?
d. Some random thing about you?
Lets gooooooo................
Check this thread for some amazing notes by a member.... Polka-dot.(You Rock!!)...for notes on A&P....and welcome to anatomy heaven...:)
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Hi, I'm Anya. I am taking 17 credits this semester: Spanish 2 (72%), Elementary Algebra (86%), Intro to Computers (silly pre-req 100%) and Anatomy (65%).
I am having such a hard time with ensuring I study well enough to recall all the material that could possibly be on the exams, quizzes and lab practicals.
I just need microbiology, physiology and two more math classes to be done with my pre-reqs for Nursing. But I am also pursuing an AA in Spanish/Healthcare Science prior to getting into a program - I need to get back to work!
I've been following your thread portion about your A&P professor and want to underline the suggestion made by bhanson that you find another instructor for II. Some people just aren't meant to teach and, unfortunately, degreed people willing to teach undergraduate science are hard enough to find for most schools so, all too often they are willing to grant adjuncts to people who just don't really care much about whether you get it or not.
Ask around, there are websites as well where students "grade" their professors, check your school, find out who the best instructors are and select them for your courses.
I have been blessed to have a dynamite science instructor, I had him for BIO and A&P I and rearranged to get him for II. He's a n MS in Biology with an EMT license and experience as well, so he really understands medical application. He's not easy but he's an awesome communicator and someone who was, clearly, born to teach.
I hope you can find someone like him to make your experience better, the knowledge is worth it.
Hi, I'm Anya. I am taking 17 credits this semester: Spanish 2 (72%), Elementary Algebra (86%), Intro to Computers (silly pre-req 100%) and Anatomy (65%).
I am having such a hard time with ensuring I study well enough to recall all the material that could possibly be on the exams, quizzes and lab practicals.
I just need microbiology, physiology and two more math classes to be done with my pre-reqs for Nursing. But I am also pursuing an AA in Spanish/Healthcare Science prior to getting into a program - I need to get back to work!
Does anyone have any tips?
Yes!
Get back to work!
I say that with affection, Anya. It's all too easy to let things slide, but you have to stay engaged, take copious notes, involve yourself in study groups, actively compete with the best students in your classes for grades, study often and really hard, use 3x5 cards.
This doesn't last forever, keep your eyes on the objective, time is getting shorter every day though it may seem a long way off but soon you'll be graduating and the best jobs go to people with the best transcripts (unless their mom is a nurse manager at the hospital they are going to work at but that's another story).
I don't do the study groups thing, to be honest. It'd probably be easier if I did, but I have trouble making friends (I'm shy) and, well, to be honest...most of the people in my class are preppy idiots. So.
I'm taking 21 credits next quarter. All science-based. It's gonna be rough - non-school days, I plan to study six+ hours a day or so. I'm only in school two days a week.
To explain, I'm a quarter-system. You guys are starting the nervous system in A&P1 - well, that's A&P2 for me, along with Endocrine and Reproductive systems.
Hey everyone! Hope everyone is well and studying hard!
Just got back my results from my muscles lab exam, Whew, I was sure I was gonna blow that one. That was the first test that I was super nervous about for some reason. Turns out I only missed 1:yeah:
Got a 94 on the rest of those pesky drawings so I'm feeling good coming down the home stretch. 5 weeks left, I feel drained but gotta keep pushing.
I have a solid A right now and If I can do really well on the last Lecture exam, I dont have to take the last Lab exam. Im so happy! Im actually enjoying the last few weeks of this class now, knowing I am probably not going to have to do the last Lab.
I just started A&P2 (I'm on a quarter system) and I'm exhausted after the first week. Not from A&P, but from my six other classes (I'm taking 8). Two days of class a week...but ugh. This sucks.
Our class started out with @ 34 students, after the muscles exam we're now down to maybe 15.
I'm feeling a little rejuvenated, but we still have 2 exams and a final to go, until we're finished at the end of May. Hard to push on when the weather is warming up and I can almost smell summer...
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Hi, I'm Anya. I am taking 17 credits this semester: Spanish 2 (72%), Elementary Algebra (86%), Intro to Computers (silly pre-req 100%) and Anatomy (65%
).
I am having such a hard time with ensuring I study well enough to recall all the material that could possibly be on the exams, quizzes and lab practicals.
I just need microbiology, physiology and two more math classes to be done with my pre-reqs for Nursing. But I am also pursuing an AA in Spanish/Healthcare Science prior to getting into a program - I need to get back to work!
Does anyone have any tips?