Microbiology...

markuskristian · May 2, 2009

I'm probably going to have to take it again - and I'll do it at the school my friend attends, with the professor he had. The school he attends REQUIRES that you take A&P I and II prior to Micro, and one of the universities here requires Chem and A&P before Micro. My only pre-req was BIO 101. I did NOT feel prepared for Micro.

Not to hijack the thread.. but I think colleges should drop the pre-requisite deal being that so many colleges do their pre-reqs differently. My college also requires only basic bio as pre-req to micro, however they require precalulus pre-req to basic chemistry. The pre-requisite deal should really be a suggestion by the college rather than mandated.

On the college's part, I feel they MAY do this so that if by second year you've changed your major like many people do, then you will have to spend more time/money at the university if you have to take different pre-reqs than you have already taken. Just my :twocents:

Back to the thread!

Future-nurse · May 7, 2009

I feel your pain... :cry:

I ended up doing really well on Micro but it really depends on what your professor gives you to work with...

Mine gave us a packet of bullet points of the important facts summarized so I would go through every bullet point and try to come up with a question for it and type both out on different word documents.

An example would be "1. What is a drawback of using a broad spectrum antibiotic?" "Might cause a super infection where it kills off your normal flora".

After I went through a packet I usually had about 25-30 questions and would memorize the first five by heart, then move on to the next five, then the next five, etc.

Sounds pretty simple which is what I needed to compress the micro material into a manageable class.

Good luck.

MomWifeNursePractioner, ASN, BSN, MSN · Jun 20, 2009

Finally got the courage to look at my grades.... B's straight across the board! I could have done much better because my prof was amazing, just didn't take enough time. But I'll accept B's with a SMILE!!! Thanks for sharing in my pain of Microbiology... can't say I'm sad to see it go! LOL:nurse: