Need some advice please!!!

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I'm pretty sure I'm going to make a C or D in my Anatomy 1 lab. Even if I make As on all of my quizzes and practical. I have making As on all my quizzes since the beginning the semester. What is bringing my grade down so low is the 60% on my first practical. We only get two practicals the whole class so you can imagine how much these practicals impact my grade & how much material is on them. I'm not trying to make excuse though. Since then I have changed my study habits & I'm very hopeful to make an A. Or a B on the next practical which might give me a D! But I have decided that I'm going to retake the class. At my school they take the AVERAGE grade of both classes. I KNOW the second time around I'm going to make an A. So I'm looking at getting a C or B after retaking the lab. But do you think I will still get into a nursing program? I know how hard it is to answer this question considering the many factors of getting in but if anyone can shed some light. I just want to know if getting a C or D in this lab the first time has destroyed my chances of getting in? Will they consider the A I made the second time? Like honestly should I even keep trying? I really really really want to me nurse & I will do anything to get in. But I also know that sometimes you can dream of something & it can't come true in life. No matter how much you want it.

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Withdraw if possible.

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Specializes in Neuro, Telemetry.

^WSS. Withdraw. If you will retake it anyway, the W will get replaced with the new grade when you retake it.

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I can't withdraw. I've miss the deadline.

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Specializes in Hospice, Palliative Care.

Good day:

The moment you get a grade on any quiz, exam, etc. that is less than your goal is the time to see your professor, a tutor, etc. to see what can be done for improvement.

Have you talked with your professor?

Does your school offer tutoring services?

Thank you.

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Specializes in ICU.

Do they not combine your lab and lecture grade? Our lab grade is worth 40% of our total grade. We have 4 practicums but in micro I only have 2 lab practicums but again is combined with our lecture grade. I guess in this instance I would retake but you need to read the syllabus at the beginning of the semester so you know how everything is weighted. Although I have had a teacher this semester tell us that if people put half the time into studying as they do into figuring out their grades everyone would have A's.

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Specializes in Hospice.

I got a C in A & P I and an A in A & P II. I got in the nursing program. The A & P I course was a Maymester. UGH! I don't recommend that for anyone. Don't give up hope!

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Go to your teacher and ask for extra credit assignment.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

PP's are offering wonderful advice.

Just a side note. As an educator, the OPs history of making good grades on quizzes but not on practical/lab is indicative of over-reliance on memorization (quizzes) rather than on application of knowledge (lab). This disparity normally becomes even more significant in nursing classes. It is the 'academic wall' that is a huge obstacle for those high-GPA students who have never experienced a C or D test result before. Success in nursing education will require the ability to actually apply all those 'factoids' that are obtained from the textbooks.

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