2 lab sciences in 1 semester

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Anyone done this? How hard is it? i will have to do it 1 semester!!! It will be micro and A&PII

I will only have 1 other class that semester, and it will be soemthign non sciency- liek history.

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i've done it, it wasn't that bad. i took chemistry and a&pII. i've had classmates who have taken a&pII and micro together.

so anyway, taking chem and a&pII wasn't that bad b/c they were different types of sciences, so i wasn't getting anything confused.

i also took them on seperate days so that i wouldn't have to "double up" on studying for tests, completing labs, etc. i believe i took chem on MW and a&p TTh

i also was taking 2 other classes online, and i pulled through.

you can do it! :D

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I think it can be done...but drop the history, and if you are working more than 20 hours in a week, that might be too much.

Taking two labs with two classes is already like taking 4 classes.

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A&P II is much harder than the first A&P. Micro isn't easy either. Be ready to dedicate a lot of time to those 2 classes.

Also, History is not a good choice to take along with sciences. History requires lots and lots of reading. I would choose something that takes up less time.

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all i can say is oooh weee. good luck!!!!

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Hi golden,

It can be done, but like WC posted above, be ready to spend time on it. I took both A&P II & Micro together along with Psych last fall, and I passed, but not with the A's that I would have liked. I failed the first 4 tests in Micro, and put A&P on the back burner to focus on it, and I brought it up to an 87, but screwed up getting the A in A&P. There was just so much to learn, and our Micro instructor was so tough. The good thing is, everyone said that she tested like nursing classes do, so it gave me a heads up on how to study!! It would be much better to take Micro with A&P I, but if you ahve already taken A&P I, there isn'tmuch that can be done!!!

Good luck to you and plan to study hard!!!

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I havent taken any of my science classes. The problem is, I cnat take micro until ive taken reg bio 102. And I cant take a&P until then either.

Oh and I flubbed..I will be taking micro with A&P I. If I seperate them all, then I would have to go a whole other semester and then that puts me getting into nursing school back 6 months!!!

Do you think sociology with it would be better?

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I havent taken any of my science classes. The problem is, I cnat take micro until ive taken reg bio 102. And I cant take a&P until then either.

Oh and I flubbed..I will be taking micro with A&P I. If I seperate them all, then I would have to go a whole other semester and then that puts me getting into nursing school back 6 months!!!

Do you think sociology with it would be better?

Better put your nursing school back 6 months than messing up your GPA and not getting in at all...it's something to consider.

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Better put your nursing school back 6 months than messing up your GPA and not getting in at all...it's something to consider.

:yeahthat:

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I havent taken any of my science classes. The problem is, I cnat take micro until ive taken reg bio 102. And I cant take a&P until then either.

Oh and I flubbed..I will be taking micro with A&P I. If I seperate them all, then I would have to go a whole other semester and then that puts me getting into nursing school back 6 months!!!

Do you think sociology with it would be better?

Whether or not you can "do this" depends on you and how you handle it. When I was taking my prereqs, I took Chem II and A&P I together and worked 40 hours a week for a clinical research organization as a research associate. Both courses had three hour labs once a week. Nothing and no one suffered and I scored "A's" in both classes. You have to know what you can handle - how much do you believe you'll actually have to read? Do sciences come easy to you? Have you looked over the books required - are they readable, or mind-numbingly boring? Does the professor provide PowerPoints (which will generally highlight what the instructor feels is the important stuff to know), or will you have to take your own notes? Have you spoken with other students who have taken the class or gotten your hands on copies of the syllabi for each course? (The syllabus is a useful tool if you can get a look at one; you can often judge the course quite well by reading it.)

In deciding what other class to take, I would find out how much reading is required for the course. You could end up with a course where the professor feeds you all the information you need and you end up not really needing to read at all. Also, if history or sociology or whatever you're contemplating is your bag, then the course may just flow for you and not really seem like work at all.

You just have to know what you need to do, and then do it. Time management is the key thing. The one thing I would say is I don't think I'd do it if I had kids, but I did it; sciences are my forte, though, so I didn't find it to difficult to do. Sometimes I'd feel a bit stressed (there was one week where I had two exams back-to-back, but that's just the way it works), but it wasn't a constant feeling.

If you think you can do it, then go for it. You will have time to drop the class if you realize it's too much. If you're having major doubts, then maybe you shouldn't do it. But only you can answer that question accurately. :)

Good luck; whatever decision you make will certainly be the right one.

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Specializes in Pulmonology/Critical Care, Internal Med.

I had at one point during my sophmore year for my first degree. Organic I w/Lab, Calculus Based Physicis III w/Lab, Differential Equations, and Thermodynamics for Engineers w/Lab plus band :lol2:. If I coudl do that and make it through, I know you can do the other two together. Now granted I wasn't working and school was my only job.

When I did my nursing pre-reqs the hardest thing I had was AnP I, Micro, and Developmental Psych. I was working around 30 hours give or take an hour.

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I don't work so that wont interfere. But, I am a stay at home mom. However, by that point 2 of my kids will be in school. So I figured that I could do the main studying during school hours, and my youngest will be around 3 by that point, so much more independant.

Subjects like sociology tend to be fairly simple for me. Science, not as much, but I havent had it since high school and to tell the truth, I am not sure if it wasnt because I didnt try very much. I was much more interested in boyfriends at the time than studying.(I still graduated with honors in the national honors society, however)

I think I will probably feel out my first science courses and see hwo I do. This is a few semesters up the road, so I have time to think it through.

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