What was your hardest prerequisite course?

busybeeSN · Sep 14, 2016

Statistics was torture for me. I thought it would be easy because I did so well in Algebra. Nope it was way harder than any other class, for me.

BubbyBoogs · Sep 14, 2016

I didn't find the a&p courses to be that hard for me but that's just me. Its all memory and I did study. Statistics, however, was an absolute pain. Some of the equations were so long and if you forgot a single step it was completely wrong. I took it online but had to take the tests on campus and without the book it was stressful. I somehow pulled off an A.

Aj32Cna · Sep 15, 2016

Just study and you will get A's in all your classes like I did.

carolinapooh, BSN, RN · Sep 15, 2016

Stats was pretty difficult too and I felt like there wasn't really a "good way" to study for that course.

Stats is the only math I can do because it's concrete. I thought it was a big puzzle and a game of sorts. I do agree that it's a hard one to "study" for - I think it's one of those ones you either get it or you don't. The guy I was engaged to at the time took stats with me (this was 20 years ago) and he really struggled but could do calculus with no effort. I wanted to hang myself most of the way through calculus but breezed through stats.

carolinapooh, BSN, RN · Sep 15, 2016

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

Still a three on the four point scale. :) Well done!

ItsThatJenGirl, CNA · Sep 15, 2016

I didn't find the a&p courses to be that hard for me but that's just me. Its all memory and I did study. Statistics, however, was an absolute pain. Some of the equations were so long and if you forgot a single step it was completely wrong. I took it online but had to take the tests on campus and without the book it was stressful. I somehow pulled off an A.

I'm so glad my professor lets us bring notes!

hartab · Sep 16, 2016

I took stats and A&P online.. I initially was concerned with stats, but it ended up being way easier than I expected. As long as you read each chapter twice, you shouldn't have a problem. It's really just a series of plugging in numbers via several equations that go in sequential order. The math isn't hard, just long processes.

Anatomy is also pretty easy to learn and is all a big memorization game. Physiology on the other hand... you really have to be prepared to focus and motivate yourself to want to learn. Some of the anabolic/catabolic reactions and methods of gas exchanges can get very complex.. and there are just too many to remember them all perfectly by the end of it. I do agree with what another person said earlier in that it's really fascinating when you start making connections and realize how your body interacts internally and externally with everything.

A&P is absolutely one of the more valuable classes you can learn from and is extremely applicable to everything else that follows.

quarterlifemess, ADN, RN · Sep 18, 2016

I find my English and psych classes the hardest/most frustrating. The psych department at my school assigns a ton of busy work, like coloring and going around campus asking people take surveys (let's not mention the mandatory attendance policies). Online classes at my school fill up within minutes so I was stuck on campus. Both my psych classes (different professors) had 4 to 5 times as many assignments as all of my other classes combine for their respective semesters. With English, it was just all the arbitrary page and word length requirements and seemly random formatting rules that got to me. I would rather take a 250 question math test any day.

I don't know how to explain how I feel about my science classes. It's like I expect them to be hard and overwhelming so I'm not surprised that they are. Chemistry blows and definitely isn't my favorite science course. The sheer amount of information thrown at me in A/P I overwhelmed me for the first part of that semester but I work through it. But I like a challenge, the harder a course is made out to be by others, the more I want to take it. I am very much a sucker for punishment. :) I prefer my grade be a reflection on how much I know the class content not whether I showed up to watch yet another TedTalk/YouTube video about autism.

Meesh21 · Sep 21, 2016

I think my A&P class was the hardest just because of how much information you need to know in a short amount of time. It was definitely an eye opener. That class taught me a different way to study, so even though it was hard it was well worth it. I enjoyed learning about the human body so it made it more bearable.

I'm so glad my statistics professor let us use a page long formula sheet for every exam we had, if it wasn't for that I wouldn't of came out of the class with an A :)

gere7404, BSN, RN · Sep 21, 2016

Math isn't my strongest, so probably algebra or stats. Chemistry was also a good level of difficulty harder than the basic biology class I took and it was a slap in the face that to do well in science classes I needed to get my stuff together more than I thought or was use to.

cadrea · Sep 21, 2016

My toughest courses were AP II and Microbiology (presently taking). What I can say is that the professor teaching the course will make all the difference in the world. These are the only two professors that I had no say in getting. All of my other professors were handpicked due to their high ratings and the reviews from previous students. Do yourself a favor and use Rate My Professors - Review Teachers and Professors, School Reviews, College Campus Ratings. Its probably too late for that now so I will tell you that reading all of the assigned readings prior to class and making index cards for memorization was very helpful for me but extremely time consuming. Having did all that I still only received a "B." Its not impossible but put the effort in and make sure you go to the professor's office hours a couple of times so they see your serious about learning.

Breytiful · Sep 22, 2016

Chemistry :l