Microbiology - Summer 09

lightsnoise · Jun 23, 2009

**** just started micro today and my god I HATE IT. I rather do anatomy + online pysch class than do this class.... :cry:

Sand_Dollar, BSN · Jun 23, 2009

I find the class very interesting but I honestly don't care for the labs, I'm not very good remembering that they are in the incubator, lol. I am SO thankful that the units are due every other week, my last AP unit took me over 30 hrs to do in one week - a 15 page lab report!!! When I started micro I thought I would have to do up a whole lab report for each lab, that wasn't the case, thank goodness. Its a report that puts them all together and asks questions, that sort of thing. I only have to do two full lab reports this class, I love it because I am up to my eyeballs in AP labs! Oh, and we get to take the quizzes TWICE - sweet!

phoenixRisin9 · Jun 23, 2009

Just finished a simple stain lab tonight and it seems my brain is stuck on stupid. Anyone care to help with an answer? "Consider a coccus and bacillus of equal volume. Which is more likely to survive in a dry environment? Which would be better adapted to a moist environment?"

nursoon · Jun 23, 2009

My thoughts now that I only have 2 weeks left of micro. The class is okay, kinda interesting kinda boring, I haven't actually been going to lecture because the professor just reads straight off her slides which are posted online and I can read myself. Death by powerpoint anyone? First test I got an A on so apparently I'm learning what I need to know just showing up on test day. Micro is all memorization and that I am good at.

The lab on the other hand sucks, very boring material, we have a different ta teaching us everyday, no clear guidence. We are now working on our unknown projects, which is a random bacteria with a number, we are supposed to put it through all the tests independently then write a lab report on what bacteria we think we have based on the test. Problem, no one was told how to write it, each tests takes atleast 24hours and we only have one more week to finish it. My bacteria failed to grow so I had a replate meaning I am behind, if it fails to grow again I don't know what I will do.

lightsnoise · Jun 24, 2009

I hope micro is all memorization or else it's going to be hardddd. Conceptually the material is not too bad, but the labs are terribly long because we do like 3-5 labs in a day and I am the worst at following directions. So scared of doing the unknown =[

mom35 · Jun 24, 2009

We started our unknowns today. I think it will be fun, I did a streak plate and found out it is gram positive. That narrows in down to about 10 possibilities. I just hope that I get a good isolated colony. We had practical yesterday and it was not too bad. However, lecture test 2 was KILLER! Two more lecture tests, the unknown, and 12 pages of extra credit to finish by next Thursday-and prayer to get through it:nuke:

SierraMoon, ADN, BSN, RN · Jun 25, 2009

I love Micro, it's so interesting to me. Makes me want to do research.

redbeans · Jun 25, 2009

i'm taking micro online this summer (lab is not required at my cc) and its not as bad as i thought. we are taking our second test on tuesday.

nneokill175 · Jun 25, 2009

so hows everyone doing in their microbio class...?

is it harder than AnP? (some people told me its easier, but im not so sure due to the fact thats its condense into 4 weeks...)

my class starts next week

wish me luck

horselover1 · Jun 25, 2009

I've heard that Microbiology is VERY VERY tough, but of course VERY helpful!

Sand_Dollar, BSN · Jun 25, 2009

I find it easier than AP2 (which I'm also taking) and AP1. Its very interesting, but AP is taking up most of my time right now.

Brighten · Jun 25, 2009

Micro has definitely been harder than anatomy. micro is so much memorization but at the same time you have to know the conceptual stuff and lab can be a drag...