I never thought it was possible...

[brinley_s]

I never thought it was possible that I could fail a test, I've never failed a test, I'm always prepared, and know all of the necessary info, but not this time. I took my first A&P lecture test of the semester yesterday, and have never felt so dumb in all of my life, I felt like I studied all of the wrong things- and now I know I am going to have to go back and review those 4 chapters b/c they are going to haunt me come time for finals!! Yesterday was also the first time I doubted my ability to finish nursing school- is it dumb to doubt your ability for failing one test???? Well... here's hoping for an 8 pt curve so that I can at least get into passing range...... Thanks for listening

[MIKelly]

To the poster that asked about website quizzes and tests, I have used them in the past, and they are helpful, just make sure you are really questioning your knowledge and that you haven't just memorized the questions and answers that the program gives you!

Do you recommend taking key points out of the text and making notecards to study from? Does your instructor give you study guides at all? Have you bought any study aids like flash cards? I bought the book "How to Survive Anatomy and Physiology" and it seems like a pretty good guide to help break stuff down and help you remember it. I'm looking for some ways to help me through the class when I take it. I will probably take the acclerated version (6 wks) so I need to be prepared! The only thing that scares me, after purusing the books I bought, is the cellular activity and the DNA stuff too.

[smk1, LPN]

yeah A&P was rough. when I took it, we started with about 135 students in september and by the beginning of 3rd quarter we had about 50 and i many of those didn't pass after 3rd quarter. Not to mention that just "passing" wasn't good enough to get into the program... Keep your head up and just buckle down and resign yourself to being responsible for anything and everything that has to do with the subject matter being tested.