SRNALola

I'm finishing up my second semester of crna school and am feeling overwhelmed...lost. I am receiving positive reviews in clinicals, averaging an A- in all my anesthesia courses but am doing poorly in my physiology class (C+/B-). I participate in a study group, have used a tutor and used a variety of practice questions. I understand the concepts and am able to apply them in my anesthesia courses (as noted by A-/As on exams) but am not pulling through in this course. I have used all the suggestions my advisor suggested...I'm studying day and night for this class and by no means am I a slacker... My program's faculty has the tendency to pick on students that are not doing very well... Though I've shown through clinical and anesthesia courses that I am doing well, I feel like I'm always walking on thin ice. In my entire lifetime, I have never had so much difficulty with a class nor an administration...

I recently started anesthesia school and am loving everything I'm learning. One caveat - most of my classmates are highly competitive, spending most of their time trying to show off or are very cliquey. I assumed that though I'd be working hard, I would make some life long friends along the way. I'm an open minded person and have never had issues making friends wherever I went to school or worked. Did any of you guys experience this when going through school? How did you handle it?

Hi I just recently started an anesthesia program and am disheartened to find that many of my classmates are cliquey or very competitive. Though everyone is seemingly nice, I feel like I have no real friends in the program. I guess I made the assumption that though I'd be working hard, I would make friends along the way. I've never had a problem making friends wherever I went to school and worked. Is anyone else having this issue? How are you dealing with it?