Crazy Classes?

RANCH GIRL · Jul 19, 2006

I really wouldn't take A&P and chemistry during the same semester, especially since you are taking a math class as well as communications.

HeartsOpenWide, RN · Jul 19, 2006

This could be too much. I hope you are not working, you will drown for sure. I took Micro with Chem and Human Growth & Development and I got an A in all three. I can not imagine doing A&P (we take them separately at my school) with Chem. My first semester I was taking Phyio and Micro (along with a math class) and ended up having to drop Micro. I end up with an A in physio and a A in micro the following semester but it put me a year behind in the application process. However, I have a 4.0 in all my pre-reqs and I have to stay above a 3.0 throughout my BSN program to become a midwife so it was worth the sacrifice. If you have to have straight A's it might be more doable it you break some of the classes up.

I did Physio alone (along with a math class)

Micro with Chem (Organic, Inorganic and Bio) and Human Growth & Develop

Anatomy with Stats and six hours a week straight Art class for transfer

(Nutrition when I was still working full time)

browneyedgirl71 · Jul 19, 2006

It sounds like you will have a full load. Remember that A&P and Chem will both have labs and that adds to the work load. I found that Chemistry really helped my in Physiology, so it is a good background to have. If the workload is too much, why not take only 3 classes: Chem, A&P, Comm or Math. I know you want to get the classes out of the way as fast as you can, but it's not worth it if you don't get the grades that you want. Those classes are a lot of work and require lots of time. Best of luck :)

jones21498 · Jul 19, 2006

I hate to say it because I am a gluten for punishment myself, having taken micro with A&P II, but I would not take chemistry and A&P together. They both can be a bit overloading and together it is just insanity. Perhaps you can compensate during one of the summer sessions so you don't get off track. I hope this helps and I really would listen to everyone's advice. :uhoh3:

BeccaznRN, RN · Jul 20, 2006

I believe that taking A&P and Chem together will be a tough load, but can be done. You'll just need to be extremely disciplined with your study habits....and don't forget that you're taking two other classes you'll need to keep up with! Best of luck in whatever you decide.

manofbess · Jul 21, 2006

Is your intro chemistry class just a basic chemistry class or is it Organic? I took two semesters of intro basic chemistry...we learned a little bit of everything but it was not the "hard" chemistry as the people who were chemistry and biology majors said. Despite what they said, it wasn't a simple class. I got a B in the first section and an A in the second. You'll need lots of time to study chemistry alone, so I wouldn't recommend it; however, as said earlier, it's not impossible. You just have to stay very focused and very much so on top of your game.

On the flip side, I took public speaking in college. I LOVED that class. It wasn't hard at all. If you like talking in front of people or like to prove a point, then this class would allow you to shine--can you tell I like to talk a lot? Hahaha

allthingsbright · Jul 21, 2006

Nope-I wouldnt do it unless you are an unbelievably good student w/ lots of time.

I took Micro last semester and that class alone just about killed me!

casi, ASN, RN · Jul 21, 2006

I took chem and A&P1 in the same semester plus a wmns studies class. I managed B's in A&P and Chem. I think the only thing that saved me was the wmns studies class was online and rather easy and Chemistry comes easy for me.

It's possible to do, but I don't recomend it.

kmarie724 · Jul 23, 2006

I wouldn't do it if you can help it. I'm in a post-bac nursing program and have a complicated schedule where some of the pre-reqs are on a semester schedule and considered part of the regular day program and some are on a trimester schedule and part of the weekend program. Anyway, I had chemisty winter trimester which started at the begining of January and went through mid-March. Then, spring semester I had physiology, which started the end of January and went through mid-May. So, for all of February and most of March, I was taking both physiology and chemistry, and it sucked. To make things more difficult, we also bought a house in February. (I didn't actually plan things that way, we looking to buy a house in the spring, but we found one we loved, so we had to act fast.) We were so on top of working two jobs and taking two demanding classes, I also moved! Looking back, I'm not sure how I made it through alive. Anyway, my point is, it is possible, but I wouldn't recommend it. It might seem like it will be no problem now, but who knows if something unexpected might happen that will add even more stress to an already stressful schedule.

WDWpixieRN, RN · Jul 23, 2006

Off track a bit -- I just left Hemet as my mom passed away and I went to tend to her things. She was living off of Florida on the far east side of town...a neighbor of hers was a CNA from many years ago and she told me that MSJ had an excellent reputation....plus it looked like a beautiful campus and seemed like a nice place to live.

Best wishes to you!

treezuh_lvn · Jun 21, 2008

Slow and steady beats the race. I don't think you should overload yourself trying to get into the Mt. San Jacinto College. There are other community colleges that require those classes. Better to get exceptional grades in them no matter how long it takes (you're never too old to be in school) than get so-so grades and endure long waiting times. I think that makes sense.

Good luck!