Dug myself in an academic hole

[MusicEMT]

Hey all, I am currently in an Accelerated BSN program, I am Taking Med/Surg 2 this term as well as Nutrition.. I have been struggling with Med/Surg 2, I feel like I study but its never enough, and then I take the tests (While I feel like I did pretty good), I bomb them.

Anyways here is the situation: Earlier this year (three terms ago) I failed Pharmacology, So I had to retake it, at my school we cant fail more than one class or else we get dropped from the program. This term in Med/surg 2 my grade in the class is a 72% after the third exam (76% is passing). I have one more exam plus the final. I have to score at least an 80% on both of them. The last day to drop the class without penalty is this Friday. Here is the breakdown on what I got on my exams for Med/Surg 2 so far:

Exam #1: 80%. Exam #2: 65% Exam 3: #70%

Now I have Two Options:

Option #1: I can not drop, continue with the course and try to get an 80% on the last two exams, but if I dont, I get kicked out of the program. (which I dont feel too confident in my abilities right now)

Option #2: I can drop this course and be a Term behind, and prolong my graduation date by 10 weeks. Its gonna cost me a bit more in Tuition, and on top of that I already am I term behind from failing pharm

I am stuck in a rock and a hard place right now, and I could use some opinions/views

[strawberryluv, BSN, RN]

I had a similar situation but chose to withdraw. I didn't want to screw up my near perfect G.P.A.

I am thankful to say I passed the semester I repeated and am going to go onto my last semester.

Good luck on retaking the course. I recommend these supplemental materials for your retake of the course:

They have been excellent aids for me when I took med-surg and helped a lot of my classmates who also took it.

http://www.amazon.com/NCLEX%C2%AE-Review-4000-NCLEX-RN%C2%AE-Individual/dp/0781777909/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418258646&sr=8-1&keywords=nclex+4000

http://www.amazon.com/Saunders-Comprehensive-Review-NCLEX-RN-Examination/dp/1437708250/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1418258691&sr=8-2&keywords=saunders+comprehensive+review+for+the+nclex-rn+examination+edition+6

[nking54580]

If getting back in at the next term is a guarantee, then I would drop and use this time to evaluate what exactly is causing you so much difficulty. In the grand scheme of things, 10 weeks really isn't that long and you truly might learn something about yourself and your study habits. If you haven't taken an NCLEX review class then I highly suggest taking one. Mine was taken right before I graduated and I learned so much from it. I wish I had taken it at the beginning of my classes because it taught me how to answer those horrid nursing questions. One thing I learned was when answering questions to imagine that you have all of the resources that you could possibly imagine, but can only do one thing for the patient and then leave. It helps with those questions where you get it down to 2 questions.

I can tell the review course you took was from Kaplan just by that statement.

[SilleLu]

Before you drop...double check that dropping with a failing grade does not count as a fail for your program.

Edit: nm, I didn't see you already dropped