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Like I said in my previous post, TIME MANAGEMENT. I was going to say to, but many others have said instead of staying on Facebook or going online, study.

I'll tell you what Emily, you gotta be flexible and dedicated. I'm still a young guy and in the same age range as you. All my years in school, I was told I would barely pass to get to middle and high school. Well, once I was able to utilize resources such as a tutor, I started getting better grades. Move on to high school and my having a coach inspire me during summer, I graduated high school. The kicker is that all the teachers that told me I wouldn't succeed, I proved them wrong by getting honors every year until graduation. The important aspect was that I NEVER GAVE UP, I UTITLIZED MY RESOURCES (going to office hours even in elementary school), I WAS FLEXIBLE (being able to adjust to various situations and conditions), and also I HAD TO BELIEVE IN MYSELF AND STAY DEDICATED. I never was an A student, but when I applied all of those factors together everything later on went well. Still though, now that I'm in Nursing School after pursuing it for 3 long years, I gotta say all the struggles I been through was worth. I'm here now and all I have to do is keep my spot. Let's fast forward now to my experience so far in Nursing School. So many of you already made posted great advice that even I found useful to implement in some future classes. Anyways, Nursing School is not going to spoon feed you like regular universities. Seriously, in one of my classes here there has been very few handouts other than NANDA and Gordon's Health Patterns. Nursing is not a very easy major at all. Even pre-req's required my 110% effort to succeed. The fact of the matter is YOU NEED TO BE MORE POSITIVE IN YOURSELF. Don't pay attention to distractions just focus on you. The second thing is YOU NEED TO STAY MOTIVATED. YOU GOTTA WANT TO SUCCEED. Through DEDICATION, HARD WORK, AND UTILIZING YOUR RESOURCES AND TIME MANAGEMENT will get you very far. Another aspect that is important is YOU MUST BE ABLE TO ADJUST TO CRITICAL THINKING. Not the average definition and bam answer. That is something I had to acclimate to and I'm glad I struggled and did better than pass the last exam. I always stayed after for office hours even in middle school. That has helped me the most in pinpoint issues or when I had trouble understanding. Even though I got my first grade and it wasn't passing, I WORKED, I UTILIZED, I STAYED HUNGRY ABOUT DOING BETTER, I STAYED POSITIVE. It's definitely a different ball game, but if you truly love nursing pursue it and STOP THINKING NEGATIVE. Last thing again that I want to reiterate is TIME MANAGEMENT!!! Keep fighting Emily!!!! Excuse all the caps, but that's just something I wanted emphasize that helped me even now. Good luck.

Just found it, yup tuesday thursday. Thanks for the help.

Really Tuesday and Thursday? I can't seem to find a key for the days.

Hope you guys/gals are having a great labor day! Anyways, since we had today off does my monday's class start tomorrow? Or do I just go on Wednesday as scheduled? Also, does Tr mean just thursday's only and not tuesday and thursday? All my classes are going to be taken on site. I'm a little confused. Here's my schedule. Thanks everyone! Math 114 MWF 12-1:50 pm. SPCH 277 Tr 12-1:50 pm

It's not really disorganized, I just wish that they would have gave us this information way back so we're not all rushing.

The SSA (---------------) said to me once the background check is completed all my classes and everything are good to go.

Nice! I was in the very last row in the white shirt when they called who was from out of state. haha Btw, do you know when they will be posting up our schedules on our portal?

Just wondering who is going to orientation again this friday @ 10 am as well as who got accepted so we could all network with each other.

That's very true. There is still some classes such as the health and wellness, intro to nursing class, and a few more, but in January it's the real deal with everything nursing. Glad you got accepted as well!!!

Thank you all! It's definitely a great feeling. Good luck to you all this year!

Also, if your taking chemistry and math, practice practice practice.

Still read your text book and always go to office hours when you feel confused or unsure. Be on top of everything.

Thanks. Don't stress out too much. Enjoy your years in school because it only gets harder, but still when you need a break take it. Don't constantly do work all day. Have some fun.

Thanks, I start in September at Chamberlain College of Nursing down here in Phx. I have orientation next week to get my class schedule, background check, and finger printing done. Good luck to you! I'll be making a thread on the first week.