POSSIBLY repeating one pre-req, already in a BSN program

[Kellcat]

OK so here's the deal. I'm already accepted and enrolled in a 4 year BSN program. It's not pre-nursing or anything like that. However, as a freshman I'm not taking any NUR classes.

I have all A's and B's in Anatomy and English, all those other classes, but I struggle A LOT in Survey of Chemistry. I've got a 72, a 60, and a 69 on the exams, mediocre grades on quizes and homework, and all 90 - 100s in lab.

I need a 70 in order to pass the pre-req.

Last time I checked I was at a 68, and that was before I got a 69 on the last exam. BUT-- that was when I was calculating my grade "the wrong way".

I cannot figure out my current CLASS grade because the professor uses this strange "point" system that keeps changing because she keeps adding and taking away assignments that mess with the total "points".

I've met with her several times just to try and figure this out and either she keeps changing her answer, or I just am too stupid to figure it out. I don't know.

My chemistry final is TOMORROW at 12:30, and I've been studying for a really long time. For each of the last exams I've made these huge packet study guides that give me any and all info I know I'm going to need before the exam. I go to tutoring every week (though I skipped this week because I was insanely sick and I already feel like I should've gone but I slept right through my alarm to go and aaaggh)

I've been studying and I KNOW I'm learning a lot, but I don't know if it will be enough for me to reach that 70!

IF, I don't get the grade I need, I read in the handbook that I can repeat one nursing course one time. But this isn't even a traditional nursing course! It's just a pre-req. I have the impression that I can retake it even over the summer as an accelerated course if I need to, but I don't want to get my hopes up.

Also, I don't really care about staying an extra semester or graduating late, apart from money. I know that sounds bad since I'm a nursing student so I HAVE to be oh so competitive and annoyingly perfect, but I'd rather repeat courses and graduate late than flunk out because I lose my sanity-- and my desire to be in this damn program!! Besides, I'm not looking to go into a traditional nursing pathway right off the bat (in fact, I may not even go into nursing right away)

But-- that doesn't mean my enthusiasm for nursing is any less than anyone else's...

Sorry for the rant. Anyone ever had to repeat a pre-req while already in a BSN program? Any thoughts are appreciated, I just feel like I can't see this as the end of the world if I don't pass this class. I'd REALLY like to pass because I feel like I'm so close and I've learned so much, though.

Anyway, thanks.

[OsceanSN2018]

I honestly think you can get that 70 especially since you're only a couple points away from your mark. So, I suggest to just keep studying hard and make sure you actually understand all of the important concepts before moving on to the next.

Also to answer your other question: no one is perfect nor does anyone has to be when trying to become a nurse because it's all just a learning experience and you're bound to make mistakes no matter what. I never had to retake a prerequisite to get into a nursing program but I have come very close to failing a class in nursing school but my constant studying and hard work is paying off in the end. So don't give up.

[al3x117, RN, EMT-B]

No worries you can do it. Even if you have to retake it you gotta prove to the nursing faculty what you did to change that and succeed. Remember nurses are not perfect. And perfection is a joke. Literally nobody is perfect. In nursing school to be perfect is impossible because the questions are so damn hard! The key is to not think about being perfect, it's about giving your all and doing your best to become a nurse! Hey I got a D in statistics. I thought I would never make it to nursing school. I retook the class and kicked butt and got a B+ in it. And guess what I understand it better! And on top of that I am still in nursing school trying not to lose my sanity lol. The point is perfection is not what makes the nurse. Yes you don't want to make mistakes or do anything wrong but to be honest on every single nursing exam you will miss questions. It is designed that way. Just don't miss the easy ones! Good luck to you! You can make it to nursing school! Keep pushing foreword!