New to this page and hoping to get some insight, advice, etc.
I started my pre-nursing pre-reqs roughly 2 years ago I think (part time) and things have been going fairly smoothly, holding a 3.8 GPA (that dang psyc class that I got 3.5 in dropped my GPA a smidge- dangit) and dealing with very little stress for the most part. That was until... my Physio class. The school that I attend has Anatomy and Physiology as two separate courses, which is why I don't refer to it as A&P. Anyhow, since the first day of class I've been completely lost. I look at all of the other students around me and they all seem to "get it." They can answer the instructors question with ease and I'm just left to stare, with a dumbfounded look on my face, thinking "what on earth are you talking about?!" Needless to say, I have felt like the dumbest person in the class all semester and have decided to withdraw from the class and take it again next semester, with a different instructor, thinking that maybe the instructors teaching style and my learning style just aren't a match. Then a panicked thought crept into my head- what if it isn't the instructor? What if it's me? What if I'm just too dumb for this field? What if my brain just isn't hardwired to understand things like Physio? Has anyone else struggled like this with a pre-req class? I'm worried that even if I manage to scrape by the next time that I take the class, that everything is just going to become so much more harder for me to grasp and that I'm going to fail. Any advice, suggestions, or stories on personal experience is welcomed. I'm almost at wits end here! Thanks in advance everyone!
The thing that has helped me most with Physiology this semester is making test questions for myself and entering them to Quizlet. The other thing that helps a lot is drawing things out, either in pictures or diagrams. For whatever reason it helps me to remember. My professor told us at the beginning of the semester people often score a full letter grade lower than they did in anatomy. I've been able to keep my A, which I attribute to Quizlet and my crazy looking diagrams. :)
Lizzie7800
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The thing that has helped me most with Physiology this semester is making test questions for myself and entering them to Quizlet. The other thing that helps a lot is drawing things out, either in pictures or diagrams. For whatever reason it helps me to remember. My professor told us at the beginning of the semester people often score a full letter grade lower than they did in anatomy. I've been able to keep my A, which I attribute to Quizlet and my crazy looking diagrams. :)