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I just need to share this with someone (or several someones) who will understand. Earlier this semester, I decided to blow off a small, 5 point pharmacology assignment because I was feeling a bit crunched for time. I figured 5 points aren't going to make much of a difference in the long run. Well, I just saw my end of semester grade - 4 points from an A.

Moral of the Story? There are no small assignments. Do your homework. :banghead:

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Ouch!!

Live and learn, right. Sometimes the hard way!! :cool:

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We do these prep-point assignments in my foundations class which count towards 1-pt of your grade so everyone blows them off.

You need 322 points to pass our class and my friend calculated his points and got exactly 322... so one blown off point would have held him back a whole year. Don't take ANY points for granted.

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Specializes in Utilization Management.

I did the same thing in Pharm. It was a 10-point assignment that was approx. 1% of my final grade. I ended up with a 91.5...half a point away from an A (my school doesn't round). Lesson learned! I haven't missed an assignment since.

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Specializes in ICU.

Ouch! Tough lesson to learn, but fortunately it didn't have any major consquences, like failing!

I almost did the same in my pharmacology class. At the beginning we were told we could write up and present a short summary of any article we could find regarding medications errors or research. Each would be worth 1 pt and we could do a maximum of 4. At first I wasn't going to bother, figured I was too busy and that 4 pts wasn't going to make a big difference. Fortunately, towards the end of my semester, I calculated my grade and realized that at the time I was 0.5% away from an A and that those 4 pts would easy bump me up! Needless to say, I got to work on those articles :)

Every point counts!!!!

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
I just need to share this with someone (or several someones) who will understand. Earlier this semester, I decided to blow off a small, 5 point pharmacology assignment because I was feeling a bit crunched for time. I figured 5 points aren't going to make much of a difference in the long run. Well, I just saw my end of semester grade - 4 points from an A.

Moral of the Story? There are no small assignments. Do your homework. :banghead:

Been there done that!!!!

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Specializes in Critical Care, Clinical Documentation Specialist.

OUCH! I'm sorry that happened to you.

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Specializes in L&D/Maternity nursing.

major bummer! At least it wasnt 4 points from passing...could have been way worse!

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