studentapplicant1001

I totally understand your frustration about working hard and then not getting into the university program. A lot of that happens at my current college. There's only 40 slots currently, and they had like 800 people apply last time (2,000 if you listen to the paper, but most of those hadn't completed their prerequisites). Anyway, yes, I'm keeping my options open; I just would rather get out in the shorter length program, start working again as my oldest will be in college by then, and then get my BSN (if I haven't already earned it through dual enrollment of some kind). Glad you got into a program. And in the long run, when you're working, I don't think it's going to matter what college you graduated from as long as you pass the RN exam and you're a knowledgeable, hard, dependable worker. Employers are going to value that more than where you got your degree from.

The 3 hours a day every day is not overkill for this class since Gwinnett Tech recommends at least that for this class because they teach in 10 weeks what UGA teaches in 16 weeks. This number of hours each day of studying has been confirmed by people who've completed the course and who have earned an A. Think of it as an accelerated pace A & P class. My study group came today -- it took the four of us 4 hours just to go through the review questions. And I still feel like I need to study on my own since going through our questions just entails making sure we all agree on the answers, maybe explaining something to someone who does not get the concept, etc. Still, I am open to trying to find more effective ways to study and trying to spend not more than 3 hours on it most days.

I study A & P I every day, for anywhere from 3 to 8 hours a day. Don't think I can study much more than that. I am taking college algebra at the same time, and at some point, I will have to give algebra more study time than I am. I just going to keep plugging along, doing what I'm doing and hope for the best.

Thanks for your reply. I just got an invite from Phi Theta Kappa last week and will be joining and going to an info session this week. I'm hoping that helps too. I am trying to do what you say -- just do my best, get to know others at the school, and hope it all works out.

I am currently a student at Gwinnett Tech. I have a 4.0 GPA, but that may change with this A & P I. I've always been a hard worker, always gotten good grades, but this class tries to teach a lot in a little bit of time and the tests can be a little tricky since it's applied knowledge (though I've only taken one test so far). Need to complete A&P I, II, and Microbiology before I can apply to the nursing program. Getting discouraged as I'm working really hard, taking unpaid leave from my job to concentrate on my school work, and then I keep hearing how students with 3.65, 3.8 and 4.0 GPAs cannot get into a nursing program anywhere (with Gwinnett Tech being the most difficult to get into, it seems). This would be a new career for me. Can't imagine doing my current career for the next 25 years or so till retirement. Guess I'm just wanting to know how many 4.0 GPA or close to 4.0 GPA students are out there who have not been able to get into a program anywere. Is a lot of this hype to discourage competition or is there a lot of truth to it?