Chemistry and Anatomy over summer break??

araew2129, ADN · Feb 11, 2019

Have you taken two sciences together in the 8 week format before (and been successful)?

Carpelibrum · Feb 11, 2019

I personally would not do it, but I'm in Southern California and had to get A's in everything to even stand a chance. Do the teachers have good reviews on rate my professor? Does your school penalize repeats?

n0rse, BSN, RN · Feb 20, 2019

It's doable! I took Gen. Chem 1 and A&P II (both with labs) this past summer and I got by. Made Bs except for my A&P II lab where I got an A. Challenging but manageable.

rachelalexis23 · Mar 1, 2019

I just have to say I took a&p 1 and 2 with lab last summer and it was insane!! I made A's, but it about made me sick!! I dont think i could have managed anything else, but thats just me. I see people manage to go to work, take care of small children and take full course loads all while maintaining a 4.0. If you are one of these people you might be just fine.

Kotylynne · Mar 18, 2019

Good luck if you do. If you take traditional classes you might have an easier time but I am taking a&p II and chem 101 online and I am just JUST keeping my head above water. I spend SO MUCH time on chemistry it's insane so i am going probably end with a B in A&P II but I do also have two young kids... I think you could do it but you're going to wonder what the heck you did to yourself for a while because that's how I feel right now lol

Mergirlc, MSN, APRN, NP · Mar 18, 2019

If you have never been exposed to a chemistry class before or have taken a chemistry class before, I wouldn't. This is the class that typically will do a lot of people in.

I guess you can try it and then just drop if it's too much. I'd rather take the time with these core classes and make sure to pass with an "A"

Etak, BSN, RN · Mar 18, 2019

Sorry, but no. I would not. Again, this is coming from someone that lives in an area that needs as close to a 4.0 as possible for a snowball’s chance.

I was strong in Chem. I spent about 10 hours a week on homework/studying outside of class/lab for a 16 week class.

I spent probably 30 hours a week outside of lab for anatomy over 16 weeks. However, this was a hybrid so those 30 hours do include lecture online.

I finished with an A in each, but not without effort. I have too many obligations besides school to have taken either over 8 weeks. If school was it for me, then yeah, I think it’d be ok. But BOTH together in 8 weeks?? No way. Not even if school was the only thing I had to do and could spend 80 hours a week studying.

mcary94 · Mar 22, 2019

Definitely don't do both at the same time during a Summer semester. It would make you feel really overwhelmed with all of the material you'd have to learn in such a short period of time. I'd say only take 1 class over the Summer semester and then take the other in the Fall.

Jeff G · Mar 11, 2020

I usually recommend students take no more than 2 science classes per term. The same goes for Summer. I would be cautious about A&P as it can be rather intense.

That being said, I try to accommodate students and their diverse schedules. For example, if I have a student who wants to take Chemistry and physics in the Summer, I will give him/her the materials ahead of time so that they can work ahead in the courses. This allows them to spread the work out and decreases their stress.

I always recommend students alerting their instructors about logistics issues and workload issues. Sometimes the instructors will be accommodating and sometimes they won't.