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So here is the spill. As embarrassed and ashamed of myself to say it, here it goes. I started school Aug. 24th at Ivy Tech here in Lafayette, In. I'm taking Sociology, A&P I, English 111, Math 123 (which is the only math required for the ADN here) and a one credit he Student Success in healthcare class this also required here. I started off so strong but over the past two weeks I have slacked off completely. I'm failing A&P and is dropping my Math class until next semester. All my other classes I'm doing great in. I'm failing A&P because I haven't been to class. We just moved and I'm in between jobs and so life pretty much has been a nightmare for me. I need support to recharge myself back up and follow through with this. I'm not determined anymore and wanna just give up and work but I don't deep down. I look at my son and want the absolute best for him but I don't know how to get back motivated. Am I too far behind? I feel terrible. I have completely slacked off and feel like I can't catch back up. Is there any advice you guys can give me. I want to do this! I need to do this! It's not too much on me as far as school. It's just that life got in the way a bit and I really feel like I can't make up my work. Should I reach out to my professor?

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If you're failing A&P already, it will be hard to catch up. Ivy Tech highly weighs your A&P grade as one of the factors to get into their program. Sorry, don't know what to tell you.

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I figured as much so. I just don't see me catching up at all. I feel terrible. Do you believe I should withdraw from the class and retake it next semester or do you think I should finish it out and retake it next semester also?

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I can't remember the policy with the nursing program. Personally, I would take the W and withdraw. But I'm not sure if they account that into the admission decision (I don't think they do, but don't hold me to that). You can still get a refund, correct?

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I believe so yes. I just scheduled a meeting for Monday with my Academic Advisor. Hopefully this all works out for me. I was reading on here that since I will have all the guides and info I should do great if I retake it next semester because I will know what to expect. And my professor is amazing. So wish me luck! And thank you for your advice!

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No problem. Good luck!

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Thank you!

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It might be worth it to reach out to your professor and/or advisor. The first thing I would do before that is determine how you would do in the class if you did well on everything else. Once you have that figured out, maybe you can talk with your professor about reevaluating your grade, if you show an upward trend in performance. If your professor is not willing to do that, you can either take it pass/fail (if you think you can pass, which might show that you had a high enough grade to pass) or withdraw. Either of those choices will require a retake (meaning to register soon to retake) since I imagine the nursing program wants a numerical/letter grade. If your professor is willing to reevaluate your grade, see if you can study the organ system for next exam, while reviewing previous chapters. Finally, if you are withdrawing because of scheduling issues, it might be worth it to ask how that will not occur, during the next time you take the course.

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I am choosing not to withdraw from the course. I have a meeting with my professor for my A&P class Wednesday. He said I'm not failing his class, I just don't have an A and that's what is needed to get accepted into the Nursing Program. So for me if I don't have an A, I'm failing. He said we are going to talk about study habits and what I need to get on the next exams to earn my A, so I am 110% giving it my all and never letting myself get that distracted again.

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That's a good choice. Generally speaking, I hear you can get in with mostly A's, a B won't ruin your chances. If you can focus on getting A's in everything else especially, pulling your grade up to at least a B would have you set for nursing school.

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I believe so too. Thank you for your kind words

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Just make sure you are putting forth your efforts into the right classes. I took 5 classes my first semester back in fall 2013. I took micro and A&P II along with English 111, remedial algebra, and a student success class. I was getting an A in micro but a B in A&P II. I needed the A in A&P as that was worth 30 points and micro is not worth any points. I ended up with the A in A&P and a B in micro. But those extra 10 points helped to get into the program. You don't need straight A's in everything, you just need them in the classes that count for points. And now that they lowered the amount of classes they have points for, your point total is lower.

Make sure you have all of your coreqs and prereqs done before entering the program. You will have enough to do as it is while in the program. All coreq classes have to be done before your final semester of the program. And while math123 is all that is required for Ivy tech's ASN program, that math class will not help you in any BSN program if you are looking at getting that down the road. Math 135 or 136 is what transfers and what is needed.

Look at the big picture. I honestly feel the reason Ivy Tech changed the prereq requirements was in the end to try and make more money. Plus, trying to take coreq classes on top of their program is not a great idea. The clinical hours can be wonky and may change from week to week making it close to impossible to take anything during the day. There is a lot of work involved and trying to study for other classes is also difficult.

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