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Thank you very much! What interested me the most was when you mentioned the individual study rooms/cubicles. I've always seen them around my library, but I never knew their purpose until your post. I'm definitely going to start using them. Your post gave me a good outline of how I should manage my courses. If I can find a way to form or join a study group, I'll definitely try. I'll start that once I begin General Biology I this summer. The link you gave me is very in-depth and helpful; thank you for that. I've bookmarked it along with my thread so I can use the information given on that article (and the advice given here) to help me out during my pre-nursing years. I've never heard of self-fulfilling prophecy, but I did look it up for a brief moment before my mind went to mush (I had just woke up when reading the Wikipedia article about it). I'm going to read about it some more, but from just the few sentence I've read, it does appear as something I would be heading towards. In fact, your entire paragraph from then on is something I find highly relatable. Once I get the right attitude as of how I'm going to go about my prerequisites, I'm sure the application/hard work will be a cakewalk. Well, not exactly; but at least I will have the right mindset in order to pass the rest of my courses with high(er) grades! Thank you both for your posts!

Let me know how your finals go! It won't be long before I end up having to go through that, so I'll probably do whatever it takes to prepare for finals like that, too.

So far, I've only taken a handful of my prerequisites for my nursing program. I've yet to make a single A, and I seem to be plagued by C's with few B's. Now I know my problem; I'm still too much of the slacker that I was back in high school. In high school, I managed to always scrape by my courses and pass them, but I never put much of the effort into getting high grades. At the time, I always assumed this was pure luck on my part that I was able to pass and graduate high school without putting much effort into my courses, but now I'm starting to see a pretty detrimental side-effect going into my college courses. Before starting my freshman year in the fall of 2013, I went to college with this mindset that I want to do well. I really thought I was going to finally put the time into my studies for once and break away from the slacker version of myself back in high school. However, somehow or another, I still slacked off and now I'm sitting at a 2.8 GPA with these courses ranging from C's to slight B's, where I'm hearing most others get A's in. Anyway, the courses thus far: Human Anatomy/Physiology I - W (planning to re-take during the summer of 2015) English Composition I - B English Composition II - W (planning to re-take the spring of 2015) American History I - B American History II - C College Algebra - C General Psychology - C Public Speaking - B Music Appreciation - C Human Growth & Development - W (planning to re-take the fall of 2014) Optionally, I have an A in Creative Writing and a W in World Geography. Neither of these classes are going to count towards my prerequisites, however. Also, I'm sure my GPA will change once my final grades are given, which I've already listed above along with my courses for the fall term of 2013. Now, I still have much more courses to take before I'm finished. This summer, I'm taking General Biology I along with Computer Applications I. As for the fall, I'm taking Microbiology, Human G&D, two sociology courses, and Statistics. During the spring term, I'll take English Composition II, General Chemistry I, Nutrition, and a literature elective. I'll finish up my prerequisites after the summer 2015 term by taking Human A&P I & II. I guess what I'm really searching for is; how do I keep myself motivated into doing well in my courses? I know for sure that I want to be a nurse (once I got a glimpse of the ICU, I've been obsessing over honing my career into that. It's just too interesting)! I just suffer too much from burn-out within my courses, which I know contributes to my slacking off problem. Does anyone have any examples of how they used their time-management skills in order to complete their prerequisites? I feel like I can do better if I managed my time much better than what I am doing. Sorry if this topic is all over the place with my ramblings.

Yes, re-taking the course would be your best alternative. With great grades in your other prerequisites, I wouldn't have anything to worry about if I were you. Best of luck your second time around in Psychology!

Even though I dropped Human Growth and Development (took it as an online course, which did not work to my benefit), I remember that we referenced heavily on the same concepts learned in General Psychology. We talked about the different theories of any given development stage, in particular. We also had this project where we took care of this virtual baby in a simulated environment. We named the kid, went through several months and years of the baby's lifespan, so on and so fourth. To me, I believe the course is easy. Taking it as an online class, however, not so much. (Then again, the notes given by my instructor were just too abstract for my liking). Best of luck with this and Human Anatomy & Physiology II!

I'm not entirely sure. I remember back when I was in Human Anatomy & Physiology, the idea was to combine my overall mark in lab into my lecture grade. My best guess is that you will need to take lab again; however, I would do further research on this. Maybe you can talk to your particular school's academic counselor? Or maybe one of the instructors of Human Anatomy & Physiology?

Don't sweat it, Nursingdreamsx0. There are plenty of nursing schools to go to, and I've found that many of them are different when it comes to your prerequisite years. One nursing school I've found does not have a limit on the amount of times you re-take a particular course, so long as you obtain a 'C' or better and that the science courses were taken within the last ten (10) years. Don't focus on just one particular nursing school, there's plenty of them out there. The only prerequisites I've finished thus far are: College Algebra - C General Psychology - C English Composition I - B American History I - B American History II - C Public Speaking - C Music Appreciation - C (but possibly a D should I not pass the exam tomorrow) I've dropped out of Human Anatomy & Physiology I and Human Growth and Development due to the lack of preparation. I'll be re-taking Human Growth and Development in the fall of 2014, and I'll re-take Human Anatomy & Physiology I in the summer of 2015. I feel like I should take General Biology I this summer and Microbiology in the fall to sort-of get back on track with my science courses. If you really want to be a nurse, you'll become one someday. Yes, you'd have to work hard (as I need to be doing rather than slacking off so much), but it is possible. Nothing is impossible until you give up.