kinokoboy

Are you still an undergrad? If you are, you can always minor, double major (depending on the school), or just do the required pre-req courses on the side from your BSN. My friend was an English major but did a minor in pre-med studies so he could do all the pre-reqs. If you already have your degree, you are now officially a post-bachelor student.

Your grades from a graduate program DO NOT get factored into your cumulative and science GPA. Med school only cares about your undergraduate GPA, MCAT, and additional pre-req classes you took as a post-bachelor student. Also, I know a lot of you think that just because you're an NP or RN, med school ADCOMs will look at you with more interest than a kid right out of school. Majority of allopathic ADCOMs will say you will have a more difficult time getting accepted because for some stupid reason they will question you on why you "want to jump ship so soon." I know there are NPs/PAs/RNs that do go onto med school, but they have to prove that they're not indecisive because ADCOMs may question whether you're in it for the money or helping patients. Good luck and make sure you talk to some NPs/RNs/PAs and ask them what they did to get into med school!! You're going to have to get creative!

Sounds like the consensus is that you should read the material before lecture. I agree, this helped me know before hand what I was having trouble understanding. If I still didn't understand it after lecture, I'd ask the professor to clarify something. You have a lot of work to do!

Now is the perfect time for you to learn how to study efficiently! This doesn't come naturally for a lot of people, including myself. It took me several years to get good at this and it may also take you some time to figure out what is best for you. I think you should ask the students who are in the top 10% of your class and see what works for them and then you can pick and choose what works for you. BTW, those students who don't really need to study to get good grades; ignore them since they're naturally gifted. I guarantee they're not the only ones in the top 10% of your class.

You're disorganized. Better learn how to study or you might fail NS.

Honestly, the more I read about you guys complaining about group projects; it just reminds me what it's like to work full-time for a corporation. For those of you who've never worked full-time, there are always people who do more work than others and the lazier people sometimes get the credit if they're liked by their boss!

The OP isn't concentrating on her reading because she is relying on the study group to explain all the concepts/definitions to her.

Stop doing group study!!!

I'm glad that they weed out the students when they get into your program! However, i wish they did more weeding out in the STEM department because a good chunk of those students fail upper level science courses when they get to four year universities. Many pre-nursing students in my A&P and micro classes were always talking about how they were aiming for a B- to get into RCC or BHCC. It also annoyed me when they asked me to study with them because they knew I was an A student but didn't put in the necessary time to memorize everything on their own. Seriously, I told them my study methods; which was putting everything on flashcards and memorizing everything. IMO, group study is a waste of time (at least for me) and I think that's why a lot of students can't grasp the material on their own (they rely too much on group study).

Wear flip-flops, jeans, and a t-shirt.

I am not saying that all students at RCC are terrible and lazy. I've actually met a few really smart people doing their pre-reqs for nursing/NP/PA/med school and those just doing their associates so they can transfer to a four year university. Also, I learned a lot from the science classes at RCC and was totally prepared to take 300 & 400 level science courses at Northeastern. However, do not underestimate the amount of dumbasses at this school, at least in the non-nursing program. Many of the students in my science classes didn't put in the time to get good grades and the professors' were extremely generous with inflating their grades. I hope to God some of those students don't make it into your nursing program!!! Do people with a B- in Micro and A&P1&2 make it into your program?

I hope the nursing students are more studious than the people going for their associates degrees at RCC! Some of those students don't have a clue on how to study and expect the teachers from the science classes to spoon-feed them an A! This applies to the pre-nursing students at RCC too!!

Dermatology NPs can see 40-60 patients a day.....it's totally possible for NPs to make $150-$200k a year if you're in the right specialty.

Have you guys started filling out your background check?

Kay, good luck!