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Does anyone have any experience with the program at FCC? I am currently taking my pre-req's now and I'm worried about getting in. They keep raising the GPA every year, now it's a 3.39 min. and you can only apply once a year as they only have 56 slots or something. And it seems like everyone in my BI55 class is going for nursing. Can anyone say anything about what the program is like?

Thanks!

I'm in BI 103 now, too. I'm very thankful that BI 55 is still pretty fresh in my mind from this past spring! I was originally going to do BI 120 but a slot opened up for 103 after they dropped students for nonpayment so I switched. Very glad I did.

What do you think of BI103 so far?

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I'm in BI 103 now, too. I'm very thankful that BI 55 is still pretty fresh in my mind from this past spring! I was originally going to do BI 120 but a slot opened up for 103 after they dropped students for nonpayment so I switched. Very glad I did.

Good idea. I think EVERYONE should take A&P before Micro. By the time you get to micro, a LOT of the things they cover in micro you will have heard before in A&P (cell structure, transport, cellular metabolism, etc) I also like to save the best for last, and for me, micro was SO SO much fun!

Good luck with A&P 1 girls! I remember how scared I was going into that class, turns out it wasnt so bad. Just do your readings, study up on your lab stuff. IMO A&P 1 was more memorizing and A&P 2 was more concepts. Memorizing all those muscles and bones............UGGGG! But now thinking back to how A&P was and how Med/Surg 1 is this semester.............makes me laugh really. Its a whole other level. You think that's hard.............LOL! Pay attention in A&P gals, trust me, you WILL see this stuff again! We did our class on respiratory problems and I was like, "Yeah, I seem to remember that from A&P". Save your books! Very helpful if you need a refresher, cause the nursing instuctors wont go in depth on refreshing you. You already took A&P, they expect you to know it.

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I am loving BI 103 so far! I have Dr. Mason who was highly recommended to me. I pray I can get him for 104 also. We've had one quiz so far.

And yes, I was thinking that saving the books would be helpful for nursing school so I plan on doing that. I guess each semester we will get our "feet wet" just a little bit more. I can barely think about nursing school right now...seems so far away.

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I can barely think about nursing school right now...seems so far away.

There was a time in the not so distant past where I thought that too. Trust me, it will be here before you know it!

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We have a lecture quiz and a lab test every week. This is also the first week of the physio x or whatever it is. It is supposed to take 1-2 hours, and that's in addition to everything else. So far the tests haven't been to bad though. Some are tricky though!

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Thank you to the person who recommended Professor Dormo for BI55 (I don't remember who specifically). I'm taking his class now and really like it!

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We have a lecture quiz and a lab test every week. This is also the first week of the physio x or whatever it is. It is supposed to take 1-2 hours, and that's in addition to everything else. So far the tests haven't been to bad though. Some are tricky though!

What is physio x? Do you have to do it outside of the regular class time?

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I think we both recommended him. He is also my lab teacher for AP1. He is good, I like him. Oh and yes pysio x is a lab that we do outside of class and lab time. In addition to regular lab. Lot of work!

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Does anyone know how difficult Medical Terminology is? Would I be crazy to add it to my other five classes this fall? I have a 2 year old, but I don't work.

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What is physio x? Do you have to do it outside of the regular class time?

Oh sorry, I think I missed this. Yes, it's an additional lab experiment. IT took me forever, I felt it was sort of a time suck.

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As a nurse for the past 13 years and a mentor at FMH to the FCC students, I just want to say Good Luck and hope you do well. I think nursing school was some of the toughest times in my life. But you can do it!

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As a nurse for the past 13 years and a mentor at FMH to the FCC students, I just want to say Good Luck and hope you do well. I think nursing school was some of the toughest times in my life. But you can do it!

Thank you so much!

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