3 Science classes, will it be too much?

[bearbearkim]

The nursing program I am going to apply for in community college suggest that we might need to take the science before getting in.

So, I am planning to take A&P2, Micro Biology, Chemistry101 for nest semester. Is there somebody who did same thing? How was that? Please give me any advices! I will appreciate it!

[HelloWish, ADN, BSN]

These are 3 important classes that will carry forward through out your education. They aren't classes, that I feel should be crammed in just to pass and then not retain. They will all be helpful going forward. I think you can take 2 classes like chem with either A&P II or micro, but definitely not A&P II and micro together.

You may be able to take them all 3 together but probably will not retain much and get grades that may not be competitive for nursing school. I personally feel that if I am paying for it, I want to get the most out of it.

Also, I don't think 4 hours a day for 3 science classes is enough. Instructors of these science classes say you usually need about 20 hours per week for a science class...which I have found to be true in order to get A's and really learn the material.

[dt70]

Check when the nursing program applications are due. If it's due before spring classes are over, whatever you take in spring will not count towards next fall's entrance. In that case, might as well only take one or two science classes in spring.

[Lexicon]

I'm not sure what science classes are like at community college but I am taking anatomy, micro, developmental psych, vocal pedagogy, and my senior portfolio right now and am doing well in everything but micro (and I guess vocal ped, but that's a different story). I originally was taking nutrition as well (which put me at 17 credits), but I withdrew from it because I was way too overwhelmed. I have a C in micro right now and need a B in it for all of my nursing programs but one. I would definitely check ratemyprofessors to see what the professors for each of those classes is like to determine if you want to take them all together. I had no choice with mine since I'm graduating and the admissions people want you to have completed anatomy/physiology/micro by the end of this semester, but if I could, I would have taken micro by itself because the professor is not good and makes the class way more difficult than it needs to be.

[ixchel]

I disagree with not taking a&p 2 with micro. I actually took them together and got As in both. I think adding chem would have made that impossible, though. If possible, I would take chem before a&p 2 and micro because it will help make micro and a&p 2 a little easier to digest.