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Speaking from experience, I would say take A&P separate from microbiology in the summer. These classes are your foundation for your future career, you really want to focus and KNOW the material. Just memorizing to get an A is not the way to go. There's no need to rush, I was caught by that mentality and had to force myself to take a step back. In my honest opinion I think taking all three during the summer will get you burnt out. Nevertheless, power to you if you go for it ! Remember to enjoy the pre-nursing process, the knowledge you gain is priceless !

Satellite nurses ! How is the program going ? Is it what you expected ? I hope to hear from you guys !

I'm guessing 102 is general chem with organic and biochem as well ?Introductory chem is definitely pretty easy, you go at a much slower pace. I took intro chem last summer and I am in fundamentals of inorganic, organic, and biochem right now. At my school, I'd say about the first 4 or 5 weeks is all review from intro, we did many of the same labs as well. But now we've moved onto organic and compared to 101 it's definitely way more of a challenge. Mainly because i've never done this type before. Just be prepared in a sense that although gen chem seems easy at first, that will change. Study study study. --I hope this helps

That's funny, i'm in medical microbiology right now, and I have to say i think it's the hardest class i've taken out of Anatomy, physiology, and chemistry !

First of all-- Congratulations for getting in and sticking through it all, what an accomplishment ! And happy early birthday !(what day in April?) You are an ANGEL.! I appreciate you taking time out of your chaotic nursing school life to give me insight. A little background for you: I'm 19, a pre-nursing student at SBCC halfway through medical microbiology and organic chemistry. I actually just came across mayo clinic while doing some internet research and loved how great the reviews are. I was wondering, does mayo help with tuition reimbursement in exchange for working for them for a number of years? I'm currently looking at schools right now, and tuition is really hindering my possibilities. I'm going to apply for spring 2013 semester at CSUCI for this Goleta Satellite Campus program that accepts a cohert of 25 people once a year. But i'd really like to go out of state, so i'm taking an EMT course this summer and will most likely be working as an EMT next year while finishing up general classes like human development and sociology needed for a BSN, then apply to other universities. I've been looking at Minot State University in North Dakota. But also universities associated with mayo. I've gotten A's in A & P and am volunteering in SICU at my local hospital. Unfortunately I got my one and only C in a cultural geography class I took in the summer when I graduated high school which weighted my GPA down a bit. So you started at ASU right out of high school ? I noticed you said you were taking nursing courses before you started upper division? I'm curious what courses you took ? Wow I didn't know there was such a span of ages in nursing programs. The monotony sounds so difficult, I too don't do very well with that style. Have you gotten a look at the oncology ward? Or is that something you have to go back for more schooling for? Thanks for all this, i've been kind of lost trying to figure out where to go and the reality of nursing school. I've tryed to talk to a few health care professionals but they seem to not reallly have time. But talking to a current student is extremely helpful. Feel free to speak your mind about any input and such, i'm all about others opinions !

energizerbunny, I was just wondering what happened in regards to your situation ? I would love to hear where the rest of your story lead to !

Momtojosh, I think you just need to take a deep breath and break all your questions up, work on one at a time. I've found that pneumonics work wonders when needing to memorize the information. Also, the word association game really helps! Example: First glance 'ribosomes' has 'rib' in it which makes me think of meat which is a source of protein, and wha-la ! Ribosomes make protein chains. With the metric system think back to chemistry and converting moles to grams to atoms, set your problems up that way and cancel out units. Purplecav, great job on your test you must be proud ! Micro students I have a question: I'm drawing a concept map for aerobic respiration we have a word bank. Does this sound accurate? Glycolysis results in the synthesis of 2 ATP and Acetyl-CoA which is used in the krebs cycle which includes substrate-level phosphorylation yielding 2 ATP used in oxidative phosphorylation which includes the electron transport chain and chemiosmosis resulting in 34 ATP.

Great idea ! Microbiology W/Diseases By Taxonomy by Robert Bauman (3rd edition) Microbiology: A Laboratory Manual by James Cappuccino (9th Edition) A Photographic Atlas for the Microbiology Laboratory by Leboffe & Pierce The professor that has been teaching the only microbiology class on campus took medical leave so I have a new professor that was interviewed for the job a week before our first lecture. So far two weeks in there is a lot of disorganization and confusion ! She has never taught medical microbiology before. Yikes !

I thought I had significant figures down but now i'm second guessing myself.. Problem: convert 426000 microLiters to Liters My work: 426000 uL x 1/0.000001 uL = 4.26 x 10^11 Now 426000 is an exact number so it has an infinite amount of sig figs 0.000001 microLiters has one sig fig since leading zeros don't count according to the rule So the final answer should have 1 sig fig : 4 x 10^11 ? This doesn't seem right.. Any feedback is appreciated !

More like micro text.. Micro lab manual.. Micro photographic atlas..check !

Compared to nursing prereq's, thclasses like physics are a breeze. We hardly had astronomy in our course. Our teacher had fun little demos throughout the lecture to emphasize his points. Basic topics like gravity and inertia come up often. It wasn't a favorite class of mine, but definitely wasn't bad. Good luck and read the chapters the book really helps !

Haha no worries not many people automatically think Santa Barbara when you say So-cal ! I believe you, it seems like most types of experience around the medical field will help in the long run. Thanks again for the detailed advice :)

Another Micro student here this semester that will definitely be frequently involved with this thread

Thanks you guys. I'm aware that the summer course will be no walk in the park. The minimum wage thing does not bother me, I want to do this for experience. Unfortunately traveling 3 hours is a bit out of my preference considering I live in Santa Barbara. I appreciate the feedback !

I'm attending a city college currently doing nursing pre req's and applying to nursing schools next year. Ideally I would like to earn my EMT license this summer in the mean time. I live in southern california, does anybody know colleges offering summer sessions around that area ? I'm willing to commute. Or can anyone contribute a summer experience story ?