Student1010

wow!! what a great advice. I like the way you divided pages to get to the required reading within time limit so that you know exactly how much more to cover, and have situation under control. I also took the computer course but I did it after first exam n then I had to make decision (drop or stay) but definitely that course was worth taking before. I now have all those books (fundamental success, comprehensive Review guide NCLEX-RN, Test Success), I bought those after wards(I should have before). Thanks a lot there is so much helpful information in this thread. (answering to your next thread) no I don't have study group, but I am trying to find people who are genuinely interested putting serious efforts toward this. anyways Good luck with the program.

Hello SunraygurlRN2B, I go to North Campus, Yes U r right I will not have Pharm and Math in summer, but it still so much reading. If I don't have strategic approach, I might be in trouble again. Yes I am reading fundamental book. my approach is that I read chapters before lectures( I read everything in the chapters including all boxes, don't leave any pages) , after lecture I open fundamental book, open objectives, open power point slide for the chapters, and listen to the lecture again if it contains important information about objectives, and then try to answers all objectives by using above sources(book,slides,lecture), and then I have written complete answers to all objectives. However, all these take lot of time, and I feel like I should be more efficient as that's what the program requires. so r u a nursing student or former nursing student? if so which campus you go/went? and if this is right what is the best way to manipulate required material, take apart information, get to all required reading, and answers to all objectives and finally review at least 7 to 8 times(as they say) to send information into long term memory(so you know material very well). Please hlep me on this. Also BumblebeeRN please give me your insight as well

Thank you so much BumblebeeRN!! you are doing really great job helping and sharing your experience with students like me. God bless you!!! Yes I forgot to mention that actually I am rejoining the program in May2010 and Not August2010, and again I heard that it's even crazier in summer as we get only 6 weeks for NP I and NP II each, but your insight was helpful.

Hi, Thank you all for very informative discussions , glad to say that this discussions have helped me a lot. I am BCC nursing student , I got on Jan 2010 program , but as many of my classmates faced I got low numbers in NP1 exam which lead to me to decide to avoid risk of failure and I ended in withdrawing from the class. I will be readmitted to BCC for May 2010 , but at this point I am a bit wary about BCC because of my daunting experience and some stats like dropout or fail rate of more than 70%. So at this point I have to decide whether I want to continue with BCC or go for other options such as Nova. If I continue with BCC and incase I fail/ withdraw from one more class that ends my admission chances for Nova as per admissions advisor at Nova. (I have 3.6 GPA and one W on my transcript). This even put my aspiration to be RN in jeopardy as will get only one more chance at BCC. Don’t want to lose both BCC and Nova. If decide to go drop BCC and go with Nova for Jan 2011, I have to complete one prereq class. Again the dilemma is how is Nova as compared to BCC , from the point of view of successes fully completing the program. To all experienced and new users please help me decide….thanks a lot again for all your time and help.

Hi, Thank you all for very informative discussions , glad to say that this discussions have helped me a lot. I am BCC nursing student , I got on Jan 2010 program , but as many of my classmates faced I got low numbers in NP1 exam which lead to me to decide to avoid risk of failure and I ended in withdrawing from the class. I will be readmitted to BCC for May 2010 , but at this point I am a bit wary about BCC because of my daunting experience and some stats like dropout or fail rate of more than 70%. So at this point I have to decide whether I want to continue with BCC or go for other options such as Nova. If I continue with BCC and incase I fail/ withdraw from one more class that ends my admission chances for Nova as per admissions advisor at Nova. (I have 3.6 GPA and one W on my transcript). This even put my aspiration to be RN in jeopardy as will get only one more chance at BCC. Don’t want to lose both BCC and Nova. If decide to go drop BCC and go with Nova for Jan 2011, I have to complete one prereq class. Again the dilemma is how is Nova as compared to BCC , from the point of view of successes fully completing the program. To all experienced and new users please help me decide….thanks a lot again for all your time and help.