cjens27

I understand the idea of needing to provide "A" level care even when you are spread thin at home. My problem isn't not being able to do work well because of everything at home. When I am at work, I am 100% at work and I do a great job. My issue is that homework is outside of class time and I don't have a ton of study time. I do feel like I got a great basis in knowledge in Anatomy, despite my C. I did test corrections for every test, and although my grade doesn't reflect it, I did learn the information very well- just not in time for the tests, unfortunately.

To be clear, this wasn't an A/P class. It was just Anatomy and I will be taking Physiology in the fall. The school I'm attending separates them, so I do have a chance to get a better grade in physiology. I understand that everyone is "spread thin," I just don't understand how in the world I am supposed to study more when there are only 24 hours in the day. I can't cut my work hours any more than I already have. Does anyone have any great advice on how to still get excellent grades when it seems like everything else keeps eating up your time to study?

I've been lurking on this website for a couple years now and have finally joined now that I'm getting closer to applying to nursing school. I've had doubts about whether I'll be able to make it in. My GPA is not the greatest and I've had to retake classes. When I'm able to really focus in on school I can get A's but I've been spread really thin these past few years, with work (as a home health CNA), having two small children and needing to help quite a lot with them plus housework due to my wife having PPD (I'm not complaining, just the way it is), moving three times, tons of home repair projects, etc. Anyway, you get the point. Life has been busy and my grades have suffered. I just finished Anatomy and passed with a C. I'm confident that had I studied more I could have done better but that didn't happen! I'm worried about not getting into nursing school. If my overall GPA was better I wouldn't worry so much, but as it is.... Has anyone on here made it into nursing school with a C in Anatomy? If so, what was your overall GPA?