Hardest Prerequisite

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Just an opinion, what has been the hardest pre-class u have taken

...a lot of people say A&P but I thought it was easy..now math I struggle...

For me so far Statistics has been the worst. I'm horrible at math. I ended up with a C in the class and was thankful. I thought Chem would be bad because of all the math, but I got a B in the class and it ended up not being so bad. I studied my booty off.

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Definitely Stats and Chem :mad:. I thought I would die with both lol

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I would have to say chem as well! I study so much and I am not kidding! I had two tutors one was free through the school and I would see her every Fri. for 2-3 hours. Then I had a private tutor which charged $40 an hour and I would see her twice a week; two hours each time. Plus I studied a lot on my own and barely passed. I strive for A's and B's, however, that C looked BEAUTIFUL!!! :D

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Specializes in CNA/LPN.

So far it's all been easy to me, for the most part. Of course I have struggles with certain lessons, but nothing a bit of studying won't fix. ;) I take A&P and Psychology this coming semester, can't deny that I am a bit nervous on this combination!

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Specializes in Med/ Surg/ Telemetry, Public Health.

Math 110,college algebra. I hate math but got to pass it to apply to nursing program, I have two weeks left, one final test to go. I was never this stressed with any of the other prereqs.

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Specializes in LTC/Rehab.
I would have to say chem as well! I study so much and I am not kidding! I had two tutors one was free through the school and I would see her every Fri. for 2-3 hours. Then I had a private tutor which charged $40 an hour and I would see her twice a week; two hours each time. Plus I studied a lot on my own and barely passed. I strive for A's and B's, however, that C looked BEAUTIFUL!!! :D

lol. Your school didn't have a tutoring center? Mine did. I was in there every day for College Algebra.

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Specializes in Med-Surg/DOU/Ortho/Onc/Rehab/ER/.

Tough one. Chemistry I love, really easy. Anatomy was a bore with all the memoriation, physio was Meh. Labs were boring. I really enjoyed micro, so much as I am going fo be assisting the instructor and help tutor students.

I have biochem/o chem in the fall so we will see. Probably a piece of cake since I am a science person.

I would say developmental psych was tough. It was onlije and my teacher was brutal. He made like taking a graduate class.

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Micro

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Specializes in Critical Care, Med-Surg, Psych, Geri, LTC, Tele,.

So far, my hardest class since I've been taking prereqs has been A&P 1. I had already taken General Chem (not O chem) and passed with a B. I ended up dropping A&P after 6 weeks of an 8 week summerschool course. I think that the different prereqs are harder or easier because of several factors. 1: some people are better @ rote memorization, some people are visual, some people need to understand the whys/hows/interconectedness (this is me).

A&P was hard for me because my instructor couldn't explain the "why?", she was disorganized and I'm not a natural born memorizer. A&P requires a student to memorize the A and understand (or at least be able to explain) the P. LOL!

Even in a class like Chemistry, some teachers teach it using all algebra and formulas. My teacher taught it in a way that made sense logically without the need for algebra.

I think the key to suCcess in any prereq is to get a general understanding of the subject matter as well as the teaching style. Tis way you can adapt the material to suit your learning style.

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Specializes in Infusion.

Research writing. Hate figuring out the APA and/or MLA standards of the month. The micro, A&P, nutrition, and psych were fun. Tested out of math so I have no idea how hard that was for students but I admire the heck out of those who had to start at square one and are RNs now.

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I hear you but creative writing is many times worse...

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Specializes in Infusion.

If we had to do creative writing, I would have needed to drop out of school. I have learned with creative writing that you should always write about a subject the instructor loves. Tell her what she wants to hear and you will get through it without ruining your grade point average.

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