Taking Micro, Phsyio, and speech together?

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So it looks as if I'll be taking microbiology, physiology, and speech together. Has anyone ever taken a combination of classes similar to this? How difficult was it? How did you fare? Do you think it's advisable? Let me get your take on this please, I'm a little panicky.

Thanks!

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If you have a job or a busy life outside of school I WOULD NOT take the two science courses together.
Science majors do it routinely, even with the upper division stuff... and often toss in some serious math to boot.
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So it looks as if I'll be taking microbiology, physiology, and speech together. Has anyone ever taken a combination of classes similar to this? How difficult was it? How did you fare? Do you think it's advisable? Let me get your take on this please, I'm a little panicky.

Thanks!

I've heard that if you can handle an A in A&P and micro that you can rely on it as an early indicator of your ability to pass the nursing program with at least a C. I took micro and physiology together and our speech is integrated into other courses. I got A's in both classes and have struggled ever since the nursing courses began watching my 4.0 sink like the titanic ramming the iceburg....but true enough i'm passing and only a short hop skip and a leap of faith till I reach the wizard of Oz.

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I took A&P II and Microbiology the same semester while working 25 hours a week. It's certainly possible. A&P II and Micro are both based completely on memorization. Be prepared to stay on top of the material. As long as you stay on top of it, it's do-able. Once you start to fall behind, it gets harder and harder to catch up and do well. I got in the habit of spending about a half hour every evening reading over the material and it helped me to keep the material fresh. Good luck, it is certainly do-able. Just keep pushing on! :)

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If you can avoid it, I would not take any of the science courses together at all costs.

However, I dont know what school youre at, who your teachers are, if there is a high competition in your area for nursing.... Every single school is different, Im at a CC, and even schools within the district are completely different. The teacher I have now in Physio, if I had him for micro and anatomy I'd probably be able to take them all at the same time. You just never know. I would use ratemyprofessor.com and try to start or look for a thread for your area. I know someone who took 6 classes in one semester including all 3 science pre-reqs and they did amazing. I know someone else who took 2 science pre-reqs in a semester and they almost had a mental breakdown. So..... talk to more people in your area.

Thats a tough one.

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ya, in Spring

don't forget to study, you'll be fine. What school are you in?

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Pierce community college, but I got into a Winter speech class, so now it's just micro + physio in Spring.

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If you can avoid it, I would not take any of the science courses together at all costs.
That attitude doesn't speak very well for the state of nursing education.
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I was just told that RN classes amount to 3, 5-credit classes. Anyone find this to be true?

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