What was your hardest prerequisite course?

barcode120x, RN, NP · Sep 12, 2016

Physiology was the hardest pre-req for me where as everything else (anatomy, microbiology, stats, etc) was what I called easy. I had a horrible instructor. She was a cool person and chillax and very attractive, but she did not know how to teach. During lecture she read directly off the powerpoints instead of "teaching" it to us and providing examples. During lab, she had huge ass printouts that she gave everyone to read and follow directions and that's what we did in lab. She said just to follow the printouts and if we had any questions to ask her. Aside from that she was on her phone every lab session for the 2-3 hours. No joke. Barely passed with a C, I duno how other people made it with A's. Then again, during this time I wasn't the most studious student out there.

Friskee, BSN, MSN · Sep 12, 2016

A & P for sure. Only class I got a C in (79%) I hated it so much that I did not want to retake it for a higher grade. I LOVED pathophysiology though!

Beldar_the_Cenobite, CNA · Sep 12, 2016

If you can, take one or two classes a semester. That's what I'm doing. I'm doing Pre-calculus 1 and Microbiology. There is so much time for me to study. if you have a good teacher, I don't know how they test, just read, study flash cards, play with models of the human body to see where what goes, and watch youtube if you have to. Micro and Pre-calc, those materials are not easy to find topics on youtube or khan academy.

I'm trying to baby and massage my grades. I live on my own through section 8 and the Dept. of VA (very sensitive topic, not going to get into it). But yeah I'm on financial aid through my community college and once I get done with community college, hopefully I'll get into the university here and use my gi bill. That's how I'm doing it. Community college first then university. If you're slow at learning like I am, community college, to me, is easier and the cost keeps the mind at ease.

Thank goodness for Rate my professor. It weeds out those who don't make learning fun or interesting and like to make a big deal out of everything ("powerpoints are copyrighted, if I let you take a picture I could sue you" I've heard it before)...yeah easy A but you still want a good teacher and ones that make learning fun and interesting like what I like to find.

Beldar_the_Cenobite, CNA · Sep 12, 2016

A guy I know who is in te nursing program at a school I want to get into, this was last fall, he said if I were you, I'd take AP I and II with like a arts and crafts class.

SummerMac · Sep 12, 2016

Chemistry was the absolute worst, for me.

Agreed. I loathe Chemistry. 5 weeks left and I'm wishing them away EVERYDAY. Haha.

healwithlove · Sep 12, 2016

I loved my anatomy and physiology classes! I believe it helps if every time you learn something in that class, apply it to yourself, your body! All of what you are learning is going on inside of you! Having that outlook throughout this class helped me remember, because throughout the day I would think to myself... I am breathing through my trachea, into my bronchioles, the alveoli is exchanging oxygen I breathe for the carbon dioxide to be released. While I am eating: this food is going down my esophagus, past my gastroesophageal sphincter into my stomach, past the pyloric sphincter into my small intestine which includes areas of duodenum, jejenum, ileum, and then into my large intestines which includes ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid colon leading out the anal canal... This worked for me and as you can see I can still remember almost everything pretty good! I got A's in both A&P's, too!

On a side note, I hated chemistry and I got a B in it. It would have helped if I went to tutoring for it.

WCSU1987 · Sep 12, 2016

I already hold a bachelor's degree. Only pretty reqs needed for the program was AP1, Chem 1, & Computer Science class. In the past have taken a non credit math once to advance in college, 3 times an intro math class (Ended up with a 4.0), a math class in my program think averaged around a C/C+, and Stats a D.

I dropped out of a Pre Calc class.

In AP1 not that challenging yet. It's a rehash of Intro to Bio, EMT class, and jargon picked up at the Hospital. The Prof and Friends say AP2 will be tougher.

So far Chem is the worse for me. It's math mixed with science mixed with hands on math and metric systems. I sometimes feel overwhelmed and utterly confused that I am never going to be a nurse due to this class.

WCSU1987 · Sep 12, 2016

I don't really have a choice of failing ha. Want to be in a nursing program or PTA (backup program since LPN program is gone in my State).

cocoa_puff · Sep 12, 2016

The hardest were Sociology, Art History, and Drawing 101.

I loved A&P, Micro, Stats, Chem....should have majored in something science related.

Nurse2BeCam, ADN · Sep 13, 2016

I can't include A&P2 or micro since those are the last 2 courses I have to take before graduating with my associates, but chemistry hands down was the absolute hardest. I managed to make a 90 in it but holy cow I've never studied so much in my life, and the course was only 5 weeks long. I ended up having the same professor I had for high school chemistry 7 years ago :no: . He was worse in high school but he hasn't changed much, and I had to youtube and teach myself everything I learned in that class. Stats was pretty difficult too and I felt like there wasn't really a "good way" to study for that course.

mindofmidwifery, ADN · Sep 13, 2016

Chemistry!!! Amazingly, I finished with an 80%, barely a B.

Arrinm1 · Sep 13, 2016

For me, right now, it's taking Med Term! We have a 70 point weekly test for each chapter every Friday. 15 tests total. We go over the current chapter on Mondays and move forward to reviewing the next chapter on Wednesdays. I'm also taking psych 1 and Enc 1, but those are way easier.