Is Microbiology really that scary

FullMoonMadness · Dec 10, 2002

My instructor was a vet who had lost her practicing rights and just needed a job. Our tests were straight from her notes and our final was a takehome. I to felt a little cheated, but it was an easy A, and Im not going back now for knowledge either.

bet0326 · Dec 10, 2002

Thank you all for your encouraging words. I am so obsessed with starting school that it is all I can talk about. It's nice to finally speak to people who understand. My boyfriend looks at me with a confused look and says that he's never seen anyone this excited to go back to school. He thinks I'm nuts. Well if I am there is something wonderful to say about insanity!!

BMS4 · Dec 10, 2002

bet,

I totally understand. I love school and can't wait to get back in.

As for Micro, I really enjoyed it. And amazingly, I remembered a good bit that helped me out in nursing classes. It is a hard course, but I think you'll do fine. This is a course where you will really need the info for your nursing courses. :)

jdomep · Dec 10, 2002

I had a wonderful instructor and he made it a great learning experience - I was scared to take it too but absolutely loved it:)

colleen10 · Dec 10, 2002

Well Bet, as I sit here in front of my open Micro book and the computer I will tell you that my class has not been that bad.

I think it all really depends on the instructor and the book. My book gives way too much information and specifics for a first level class. So, when I get to lecture my instructor just basically blurbs out some main points straight from the book. We do a whole chapter in about a half hour. All of our exams are open book and in groups.

I will tell you though, that I thought the class was really boring in the beginning because we covered a lot of stuff learned in bio. like cell structure, genus, species, etc. but now at the end of the course we are covering chapters that deal more with how microbes affect humans and different types of diseases.

Good luck, I'm sure you will do well.

MidwifeWannaB · Dec 10, 2002

I'm just finishing up Micro this semester (actually, I just had my Lab final earlier this morning) and it has been my most challenging class. I have studied and studied and studied some more--even in my sleep, I think. However, it has also been one of my most favorite classes, too, because my professor is awesome! She's very smart and cute and has a great personality. I think I'm gonna end up with an A in there--WOO HOO!!!

Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that, like any other class, how easy or hard it is depends mainly on your professor. Micro is difficult and was harder for me than A and P, but here's a word to the wise--if you just coast through Micro without a hitch and without really having to study, you're either a genius and I want your brain, or you have a bad professor. This is information that you'll need to know later on if you're going into the health profession, so you need a professor that is going to challenge you to retain the information, not just regurgitate it for a test.

Best of luck!!!

:nurse:

aimee

bet0326 · Dec 10, 2002

I'll be sure to let everyone know how it's going next semester. Thanks again

Stargazer · Dec 10, 2002

you need a professor that is going to challenge you to retain the information, not just regurgitate it for a test.

Exactly. We had quizzes every Friday, and my prof would always give us scenarios that we hadn't covered in class, so we would have to extrapolate from what we did know in order to reason it out. It was hard, but exellent practice for critical thinking--and for the NCLEX.

bet0326 · Dec 10, 2002

The way that my school has it set up you have to attend the class, the lab and then a mandatory one hour review session. They say it helps people a lot.

KELLYGIRL · Dec 11, 2002

i learned a great lesson one day....don't believe what other people say....make the decision for yourself.....go into your class with a neutral attitude....better yet, go into your class with a positive attitude.....remember the little engine that could?....you can do it......without other people's opinions influencing your thoughts..........many people like broccoli...but they had to take a taste of it to know if they did. GOOD LUCK!!!

2banurse · Dec 11, 2002

Originally posted by bet0326
Hi everyone,

I start school in four weeks and one of my first classes is microbiology. I have heard major horror stories about this one. How scared should I be?

I guess it all depends on the instructors who teach it. In my college, I've heard good things about it. Question though...you state that you will start school in four weeks, have you already taken A&P? I know that is a requirement to get into micro.

Kris

BadBird, BSN, RN · Dec 11, 2002

I loved Micro, just look at it as a puzzle to solve. I remember my final where we had to find the unknown, it was so interesting.