Hi all, I have a question about A&P I and II. In general, after approx. the first one-third of A&P I semester, after a lot of the students drop out, is there a minor change in grading or testing of labs, or perhaps more direction/cooperation from the teacher, as they know these are the hard core students?
Also, when a student gets to A&P II, is there a more consistent class without so many dropouts, because they would have dropped out in A&P I? Not sure if I am wording this clearly... Just curious as to how the flow goes, and the unspoken truths about A&P I and II, with dropout rates versus students who stay in the class and then pass.....
My classes were separate: Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology. I took Micro during a summer semester which shortens the class to 8 weeks instead of 16. The only class I saw a massive drop in was Anatomy. We started out w/ 30 students and ended up w/ exactly 15 - half the class. In Microbiology, we had 26 students and ended w/ 23. Not bad. In Physiology, nobody dropped and we started with and ended with 28 students. I think by the time people take Physiology at the school I attended, it tends to have the more serious students in it, so people are not so quick to drop because they need the class to transfer out or get their AA/AS degree. Most people in the Physiology class I was in were either already applying to a nursing school or would've been immediately applying right after the class was done.
I did notice one thing w/ the Anatomy class I was in. A lot of the people in there would not pay attention due to being on their phone all the time and going around copying each others labs and trying to cheat on every exam. Luckily we had a very observant teacher so they didn't get away w/ it too often. I'm starting to see this in a lot of the younger students (I'm older) that they cannot leave their phone alone for more than 5 minutes. Besides Anatomy being a difficult class, the whole obsessed w/ the phone thing is causing a lot of people to not pay attention or focus during class. These are the classes people need to completely turn their phone off unless you're recording the lecture for later use.
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A&P 1 definitely had more drop outs in my class. Most of the class dropped. After the first and second exam, people were dropping like flies. In my opinion, a lot of students went into it not understanding how challenging these classes are and they require serious committment. A&P 2, I'd say a little less than half the class made it to the end. Out of all those people that made it through, a handful made it into the program. Granted, I am sure not all of them applied to my school and maybe it wasn't their first pick - just my observations.
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My friends that are nurses say that AP I &II will be the hardest of the whole program. It however is the building blocks.