Take Pathophysiology before you enter the program. It will make life a lot easier for you during the first summer semester. One less class on your plate. Not to mention that if you take Patho at Downstate you will be subjected to NCLEX style questions. NCLEX style questions turn straight A students into B- students.
I've seen it happen. You will too. If you get in.
If you do take patho before coming into the program be sure to review during summer session I, as you will need the information fresh in your head for the MedSurg classes coming in fall.
Take a research class and do some research before you enter the program. You can place out of Research class, and will only have to write a critique at the end of the semester.
If you have a masters degree in education you can place out of the Teaching and Learning class. If you didn't take graduate level teaching courses you will have to take the class anyway. I had a classmate who was a former art teacher in the public school system that wasn't able to place out of the class because she didn't have a graduate degree.
You can also take pharmacology before entering the program and place out of that as well.
What was your class schedule like I Downstate?
ReplyDeleteThe second summer semester is killer. OB OB clinical and gang of other classes. I mean split your head open, Hope I don't fail out killer.
ReplyDeleteThen the very last semster with Community where you have to do this huge group project and the last thing in th world you want to see is your fellow classmates faces and you have a bunch of work.
Frist summer semester was kind of busy. The rest is okay. Again if you get in. I don't recommend working during the second summer semester. People did it. I wonder how to myself.