Who's taking summer courses?

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To make sure I got the professor I wanted I decided to take Chemistry over the summer. Accelerated... I know, crazy! So far listening to upper classmate's advice about instructors hasn't failed me yet so I'm going for it! Anyone else taking summer courses? What are your plans for the kids over the summer while you go to school?

I taking Pathophysiology this summer...so far still A

I'm taking Pathophysiology as well. How are you able to keep up with everything? It's sooo much information. Every week feels like finals week.

How is your class set up? Do you have quizzes, homework, in-class assignments, or just tests? And how are your tests set up? Our tests are NO MULTIPLE CHOICE AT ALL. Everything is all short answer/fill-in-the-blank/essay. It's literally draining me :dead:

How do you study? I normally do flashcards, but it's soo much info so by the time I finish making all of them, I basically have no time to study.

Sorry for all the questions, I'm just curious as to how someone else is handling this class during the summer.

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A&P 1 and a few easier online classes. I have my hands unbelievably full with A&P but the online classes are just some general ed classes and are pretty simple. I'll be ridiculously glad to see the end of summer though!

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

We just had our summer mid-terms. I cannot wait to be done with this semester!!! I find Organic Chemistry to be harder than nursing school :eek:

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Done my midterm last week for psych (94%)

My current grades are Writing Comp II (A-) and Psych (A-)

My classes are 8 weeks and I already have my fall schedule picked out :)

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I agree. Taking a chemistry in the summer is overwhelming lol . I literlly have no life. I'm always studying but its a prep for when I take a&p next semester

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I just finished my A&P I lab and lecture yesterday....got an A in both!! Now I start II on Monday & hoping for the same, as I still currently have a 4.0 with 35 credit hours under my belt toward a BSN.

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I just took chemistry during summer 1 session at my school and I am taking A&P 2 and Human growth and development for the summer 2 session. It is definitely challenging taking summer classes especially the sciences. Chem stressed me out but I ended up getting an A. I am worried about A&P 2 because I remember how difficult A&P 1 was during a regular semester. My counselor strongly urged me not to take all these classes but I really want to be eligible for the spring nursing program so I went for it. Fingers crossed!

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Specializes in PACU.

I'm almost done with my first semester back in school (in 15 years!). I underestimated how long/hard some of these classes would be over a short semester. I'm currently taking English, Psychology, College Algebra, and General Chemistry and Lab. I have an A in all but Algebra. Also, taking all of the classes online except Chemistry and Lab. I feel like I'm doing school work 8am-10pm and my poor kids are just fending for themselves...hehe. Finals are in a week and a half and I cannot wait to get it done with!!!

I have a little bit of a lighter load in the Fall, taking a CNA certification course (6credit hours), English II, and A&P I. I really want to get an A in A&P so I hope this crammed semester has prepped me to kill it. :) Pre-reqs are hard, in the sense that it just seems so far from the actual goal of nursing school, but a necessary step as well.

Chin up! Summer is almost over! :up:

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In the final week of my summer semester and I should be finishing my anatomy class up with a 4.0, which I am elated about. The class average on the exams has been in the low 70's and I will be finishing as one of the top grades in the class. It has been a crazy summer with all the studying that I have been doing, an average of 40 or more hours a week, working a full time job and getting volunteer hours in, but I do love being back in school after a 7 year break. Looking forward to my 3 weeks off before the start of Fall semester.

For those who took summer classes how did you end up doing?

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Specializes in LDRP.

Final practical and final exam is next week, but I'm looking right now at either an A or and A- in A&P1! :)

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Specializes in LDRP.

Great job Barb-H btw! That's amazing getting that high of a grade and juggling all that along with back at the grind after a school hiatus!

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

Just took my Organic Chem Lab final, got an A...yay! Still wait for the results of the lecture final (cumulative exam)

Tomorrow's final is History and then I'm DONE for the summer :)

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