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Friday, May 21, 2010

The Waiting is Driving Me Mad!!!


I'm sorry I haven't posted in forever, but finals kicked my butt and I've been waiting on the acceptance/rejection letters from my school's nursing program. They are supposed to be mailed out on or before May 30th and some campus' received their letters yesterday. The scores for that campus were so high that I'm really, really nervous. I think I wrote before how my school decides admittance into the program, but I'll go into it again.
Acceptance or denial is based on the total scores received in the four prerequisite classes of English, Psychology, and A&P I and II. The grades are scored like this:
A = 30 points
B = 20 points
C = 10 points
Anything less is unacceptable. ;-)
These points are added with the TEAS score to get the total points available. If you live in one of the counties that the campus deems 'in region' then you receive 3 extra points.
So, I received all A's in the prerequisite classes which gives me 120 points. I made an 87 on the TEAS giving me a total score of 207. My county is not deemed 'in region' even though I'm only about 15 minutes away from campus, so I did not get those extra 3 points. The highest score you can get is 223 points and the highest score that I've seen is a 219 which means that person is definitely in the program (and I'm glad she was at another campus!).
However, the scores for the campus that received their letters already was very high, with the lowest score for the RN program being 207 and the highest score for the LPN program being 207. So, I'm worried that I won't make the cut for the RN program. I should have my letter by next week, though, so wish me luck!


Sunday, May 2, 2010

A&P 101 Notes


Anyone interested in a little extra A&P 101 help? I've got some notes that I typed out for Chapters 8-12 of Marieb Human Anatomy and Physiology that I'm adding for anyone who needs them. I've also added a few from the first chapters along with some blank pictures to label. I found the ear, eye, neuron, and skin at EnchantedLearning.com, the rest I have typed, scanned, etc. You can find them on the menu to the right!

Have an awesome day!





Saturday, May 1, 2010

Quizzes, papers, exams, and finals, oh my!!


Took the last lab practical in A&P 102 today and guess who rocked it? Oh yeah! I did even better than last time with a 103/100! Woohoo! I'm so happy because that means I only have to make an 80% on the final to keep my A!!!! I didn't find out what my grade was until about an hour or so ago and I literally danced all over the living room and pc area. My kids thought I was crazy, lol. I can barely contain my excitement, can you tell?
On a less happy note, we received our scores from last week's lecture exam and I made 105/120. Ouch. A couple of the questions were strange because of the way they were worded and I wasn't very happy that I missed them. Oh well, I guess. I can make it up on the final (hopefully).
Tonight I'm finishing up my last two credit quizzes in chemistry so I will be completely finished with that class, which makes me very, very happy. It also looks as though I'll end up with an A unless I bomb those two quizzes (my fingers are crossed). I have a formal report left in Technical Writing, but that's a cinch if you're good at writing papers. The final for A&P 101 is Monday and I've barely studied, which I'm worried about, but I only need a 68.5% to keep the A in that class and since I have to have at least 60% to even PASS, a few more points should be easy, yeah? That's what I keep telling myself anyway.
I hope everyone is doing great!!