Summer session classes just started this past Monday, and I already feel wiped out! I'm taking an 8-wk Microbio class, to be followed by a 5-wk A&P II class before I'm finished with prereqs and off to start to my ABSN program in the Fall.
I have my first test in Microbio this coming Tuesday (after just ONE wk of class!) and the professor is intense! Not to mention the fact that I'm already at a disadvantage because I'm in a highler level Microbio class than I should be. Due to low enrollment in, and the cancellation of, my originally scheduled class, I was forced to take whatever Microbio I class was available in order to complete the prereqs in time to start my program. What the heck have I gotten myself into!??? I earned my first Bachelor's degree at a school that operates on quarter systems, so I'm used to the quick turnover of courses. However, during that degree I wasn't taking sciences lol!
Of course it can be done, but working full-time and trying to incorporate workouts and healthy eating is NOT helping. Up at 5am, at work by 7:30a, off work by 4p, on the road to classes for an hr and 15mins, class and lab from 5:30p-8:05p, and then a 40 min drive home to do it all over again, 4x a week...and somewhere in there, I have to find the time to study, do homework, workout, clean, prep meals and fundraise to finance my nursing degree (bye bye weekends! ) Anyone else out there feeling the pressure this Summer? If so, just know that we're all in the struggle together! This is only the beginning! Be encouraged everyone.
Specializes in Maternal Child, Home Health, Med/Surg.
I'm taking chemistry in the summer with my human life span and development and ouch. Both are 8 week courses. I kind of love it though. It's so quick that it forces me to be on my toes, where normal semesters bore me(not that I can't do it, I had never done accelerated before). But the demand of information makes me a diligent studier because I know I literally CANNOT get behind.
I feel you!!! I'm taking 3 classes this summer, work full time and am a single mom if 2. Sometimes I so see how crazy I really am taking all this on!!! But like you, I have to take a certain amount if credits/classes this semester to get everything completed on time. Good luck with your first test!
I'm taking a 5 week MicroBio class that just started today... Lab and class 4 days a week! I really hope I can do this ~ I'm terrified but it's my last science pre-req and I hear from the BSN program in October for Spring start! We can do this! AHHHH! :)
I'm taking an 8-wk Microbio class, to be followed by a 5-wk A&P II class before I'm finished with prereqs and off to start to my ABSN program in the Fall. 
) Anyone else out there feeling the pressure this Summer? If so, just know that we're all in the struggle together! This is only the beginning! Be encouraged everyone. 
CareQueen, BSN, RN
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It's great to know that we're all in the struggle together! How are classes going for everyone??