aalvar82

aalvar82 has 5 years experience.

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1. Not doing as well as I had hoped - questions for the future

   aalvar82 replied to samrusrn's topic in General Students

   I know how you feel, I had a 3.75 GPA pre-nursing school and while I'm doing better than most in my class my expectation was A's all the way, but that didn't happen. I'm in my third semester now and have learned that nursing is a totally different a...

2. New nursing student

   aalvar82 replied to jsouder0004's topic in General Students

   Do you know what kind of learner you are (audio, visual, kinesthetic)? That would help narrow it down to some options more likely to work for you. I'm an audio/visual learner and ever since A&P I know what works for me. I use the book as my pr...

3. Prereq Q

   aalvar82 replied to shesham's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I didn't take in high school or college and got A's in Micro and A&P I, if your just going for your A.S. I would skip it since the first chapters in both those classes give you a basic rundown of what you need to know. If your going for your bac...

4. Low GPA

   aalvar82 replied to Bindi's topic in Pre-Nursing

   It all depends on how your school weighs certain criteria. My school has minimum GPA requirement but when it comes down to it they do take into consideration what your grades were in bio classes (A&P, Micro, etc). My suggestion to you would be ...

5. Losing my superpowers

   aalvar82 replied to rholman's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I know how you feel, I had micro last semester and this semester I have A&P I and II (accelerated 7 week courses) plus another class. Barely got an "A" in A&P I and am already feeling drained from A&P II, I've never had so much coffee in...