Ugg.... let me start out by saying this is by no means a slam at those of you taking more than one class..... I'm just venting here....
I am in Anatomy. Yes... it is my ONLY class. But.... I have 3 children, who I take to pre-school, dance, basketball, baby class, and art class. (not to mention things like the zoo, children's museum, etc).... I also volunteer at our hospital and teach Sunday school at church, and my husband travels 80% of the week for his job.... (and these are just "planned" activites... not including Dr. appts, things like that)
And I'm working my butt off in Anatomy. I've studied harder for this class than I did for any of my courses when I received my BS degree.... And even though I'm only taking one class.... I'm getting an A because I'm working hard for it....
I had a girl who is taking 2 courses tell me that she's getting a C/D because she is taking 2 classes at the same time. Ummmm hello.... don't most full time students take 16 credits at a time as it is??? If everyone who was taking a full course load were to get C's and D's.... imagine what the school would be going through???!!!???
Anyway... I just wanted to get that out.... I don't have any "extra" time in my week to study any harder than someone taking more than one class. I just plan and organize my time so that I can fit it in. Granted there are many times when I'm up at 1am having to study.... but I'm doing it! And it's not because it's my only class!
Ok, I feel better now! Thanks for letting me rant!!!!
Folks need to take care of their own business in the time that works for them and not worry about their neighbor.
I will say though that I get annoyed when I express concern about an upcoming exam to a friend or classmate and the response I get is, " Oh, you're smart, you'll do great." While the confidence in my ability to do well is nice, the idea behind it that I'll just magically do well is annoying.
I do have good grades....but I have them because despite my full time work and full time school sched....I study my but off at every opportunity. I go to work, I go to school, I go to Church and I study....that's about it. Dismissing it with a remark that I'm smart and will do fine, makes it seem like I waltz into the test with little or no forethought. I went to college the first time right out of high school and didn't finish....when I ended I had a GPA of 1.47....I haven't grown smarter since then, I just work harder.
Curious me I get the same response. People always say, i know you got an A or don't worry you know you'll do fine. The truth is I do not worry but, the lord and I are always in conversation about Nursing. So, it's always a concern. I love the quote. It is powerful!!!
I'm of two minds about my "one class" situation. Yes, it's just one class, but I do have a full time job, husband, kids, other responsibilities. And I've been the full-time student at age 20 with virtually no other responsibilities, so I know what that is like, too.
I will say that the one advantage I have right now is that when I find time or make time to study, there's no question what I'm going to study. I don't have to prioritize school tasks.
I will say that the one advantage I have right now is that when I find time or make time to study, there's no question what I'm going to study. I don't have to prioritize school tasks.
I hear that, but I dont let it bother me. I do let them know that I work really hard to get the grades I get, and, no, it doesnt just come naturally. It just lets me know that others admire my ambition to be the best I can be, but it doesnt bother me to hear that.
Folks need to take care of their own business in the time that works for them and not worry about their neighbor.
I will say though that I get annoyed when I express concern about an upcoming exam to a friend or classmate and the response I get is, " Oh, you're smart, you'll do great." While the confidence in my ability to do well is nice, the idea behind it that I'll just magically do well is annoying.
I do have good grades....but I have them because despite my full time work and full time school sched....I study my but off at every opportunity. I go to work, I go to school, I go to Church and I study....that's about it. Dismissing it with a remark that I'm smart and will do fine, makes it seem like I waltz into the test with little or no forethought. I went to college the first time right out of high school and didn't finish....when I ended I had a GPA of 1.47....I haven't grown smarter since then, I just work harder.
I agree with the posters that said you have to organize your life the way it works for you. Who cares if someone else takes 5 classes and works 40 hours a week and bakes fresh bread for her 7 children every night and gets straight A's. Don't get sidetracked about what other people can or can't do. You know that you need to take one class at a time, that's what you do. We're not in constant competition about who's smarter, who's more capable, more hardworking or more organized. We have to learn to do what we can handle. I think in the long run the most successful people are the ones who know their own strengths and weaknesses and work with them instead of trying to be something they're not.
BTW I'm getting A's in my classes too. For one class I have to study for weeks in advance, both because of my schedule and because I'm simply not capable of cramming 6 chapters of cell biology in one night. I study about an hour of bio a night, I get high marks but it's still hard for me to retain all the information. It's important to me to get high marks not because I need to prove to myself or anyone how smart I am, but because I am serious about getting into nursing school and this is what I have to do.
This is not to scare you, but just keep in mind, that any of your prereqs classes can not compare to the NS classes. Nursing program is a fixed program and you can't choose to take only one class. Depending on your school it can be as many as 7 to 15 units at one time. What are you going to do if you have this big of a load? And the classes are completely different. The anatomy will seem like an easy course in comparison to the nursing courses. While I was taking my prereqs, I had A's, but in a NS its different. No matter how hard you try you get either A-, B+ or B's. In my fundamentals class there is not one person who had an A.
The difference is that once you're in, you're in, and as long as you can maintain a C average you don't have that pressure over grades. Until I get accepted into nursing school I need a 4.0 or as close to it as I can manage. I don't think it affects your nursing career if you had a 3.0 or a 4.0 as long as you can pass your boards.
A girl in my class took her test on the Rat Dissection the other day. She scored a 100%. When she went back to her lab station, the girl next to her asked her how she did (it was an oral exam)... when she told her that she scored 100... the gal said, "Well you scored 100 because you are cute, young, and within your appropriate weight range"!!! ***??? FWIW, this is a girl in her 30's, married with 3 kids, and while she is cute, for this woman to even incinuate that the instructor would give her an A because of this is rediculous!
This girl works her butt off! She has been in the lab more hours than you could count... she knew that rat inside and out (literally)... and that is why she did well...
Why do people have to knock down others accomplisments just to make themselves feel better??? It's sick.
Why do people have to knock down others accomplisments just to make themselves feel better??? It's sick.
Unfortunately, it's not going to end ... especially when you get to nursing school and people start flunking out in even higher numbers. They'll say all kinds of stuff to try to make themselves feel better.
Just my opinion but ... you really just have to ignore all of it. Anything that distracts you from the task at hand, well ... distracts you from the task at hand. All of the drama and stuff just doesn't help.
This girl works her butt off! She has been in the lab more hours than you could count... she knew that rat inside and out (literally)... and that is why she did well...
I haven't taken any labs yet, but is it really necessary to spend hours upon hours in the lab in order to do well? I have kids and a job, and while I can study at home for as many hours as I need to, I simply cannot spend hours away from home in a lab. (Getting worried now.)
Micro where I took it required an extra hour or two in lab most weeks, but we had a major project due at the end of the semester that had me spending a lot of my free time in lab the last couple of weeks. It depends how much hands on experience they're giving you and how much of that is done in scheduled class time, and whether there is material available online to study from. I'm taking A&P online, and we rarely have to go to campus at all. However, my current school doesn't let us dissect anything whether we take it online or on-campus. Micro I took back in Louisiana before Katrina.
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Folks need to take care of their own business in the time that works for them and not worry about their neighbor.
I will say though that I get annoyed when I express concern about an upcoming exam to a friend or classmate and the response I get is, " Oh, you're smart, you'll do great." While the confidence in my ability to do well is nice, the idea behind it that I'll just magically do well is annoying.
I do have good grades....but I have them because despite my full time work and full time school sched....I study my but off at every opportunity. I go to work, I go to school, I go to Church and I study....that's about it. Dismissing it with a remark that I'm smart and will do fine, makes it seem like I waltz into the test with little or no forethought. I went to college the first time right out of high school and didn't finish....when I ended I had a GPA of 1.47....I haven't grown smarter since then, I just work harder.
Peace,
Cathie