Breakthesky

I was required to complete a drug test last semester. I had the same concerns as you since I am prescribed Adderall. I contacted the campus director and my advisor to ask about how that all worked and they told me that it was between me and the drug testing company. I made a note of my prescriptions prior to giving my sample. After the results were available, I received a call from the medical review officer with the drug testing company. To confirm my prescription, he told me I could either send a picture of my prescription bottle (had to be dated before the exam) to them or have my pharmacy fax the information over. So all worked out and I got worked up for nothing :)

Congratulations on getting accepted and the new addition! I agree that you should absolutely contact your school, and soon. My school also has a mandatory orientation, but they make exceptions for extenuating circumstances. Case in point, my classmate was due around the beginning of the semester, and she stayed in communication with the director of the program. She was told that she wouldn't lose her spot if she went into labor and couldn't make it to the orientation. And sure enough, she didn't lose her spot when she missed the orientation. Just communicate with the director of your program prior to orientation. The worst thing they can tell you is that they cannot make an exception, and hope for the best (which yes, I realize that would be awful). If they are going to work with you, it's not going to be if you miss orientation and contact them after the fact.. Best of luck!

Before you take A&P, I would DEFINITELY recommend taking Human Biology. That made my life a whole lot easier. Physics, geometry, english, and computer classes all seem unnecessary. Sure they could raise your GPA, but they could lower it too. If you feel that high school didn't prepare you for this education level, you're probably right. And there's nothing wrong with that, but you should have been taking remedial courses to work your way up to the more difficult ones. Good luck, study hard.

If someone is going to cheat on an exam instead of putting effort into studying, I'd bet that it wouldn't be the last questionable thing they would be willing to do. There was a student in my program that wrote notes on her arm before an exam and even tried to ask my friend for answers during the test. My friend was torn over whether she should report it or not, but she didn't want to get pulled down with this girl. So she reported it and got some backlash from the cheater. Ultimately, I think my friend did the right thing letting the instructor know. The next semester, the cheater was caught falsely documenting care. So you could say that she would have hung herself anyway, but I think that it's important that her previous offense was noted.

I took Medical Terminology during pre-reqs thinking it would be beneficial for future classes. Looking back I wish I would have taken something else because I feel what I learned in the class was pretty well explained in my A&P classes.