End of 1st Semester

hjhogle · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject:

I'm thrilled to hear about ummmmm 'more mature' students - I think you guys are terrific!

IN GENERAL, older students are better motivated, less focused on grades and more focused on mastering the material.

GOOD LUCK to all of you
hjh, RT

azradgirl · Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Posts: 36 Location: Mesa, AZ

azradgirl · Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Posts: 36 Location: Mesa, AZ

Kevin · Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 46 Location: Central Florida

I started this thread over a year ago after finishing my first semester. I'm now in my 6th and final semester and applied for graduation today. Time sure does fly. Cool

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lmh47 · Joined: 18 Mar 2008 Posts: 18 Location: jacksonville fl

GOOD FOR YOU!
Im only in my 3rd day but love it already!
I wish you well on this last semester and happy graduation.
Good luck on boards

Kevin · Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 46 Location: Central Florida

And so the thread comes to an end. Yesterday was my last clinical day, today was my last day of class, and I take the registry next Friday.

Wahoo!!!!! Razz

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papa · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:57 am Post subject:

congradulations! welcome to the x-ray club
... first rule of x-ray club, don't talk about x-ray club....

sorry, long night, and i've got an even longer night ahead of me tonight..

little tip for the boards... relax. relax. relax. i've known too many techs who get so frazzled by "oh god, these are the boards, i don't know if i can do this, " etc. etc.

it's just a test, no more, no less. you've spent your time in school preparing for this, just let it all out.

after i graduated from x-ray school, i was working at a place that gave me a year after graduation before they required me to be board certifyied. i took that year and just worked. no school. no requirements. no books or teachers. 3 weeks before i took my boards, i opened up one of my old books for a couple days, then put it down. the night before my boards, i got drunk off 3/4 of a bottle of scotch, and took the boards the next morning at 7:00 am with a hangover. i scored a 92. i was relaxed.

on the other hand, there was this one girl in my class who was an A student throughout school. studied night and day for the boards. panicked the morning of, and got a 75. granted, that's passing, but she could have done so much better if she had just relaxed.

good luck to ya, welcome to the radiology field, and relax.

papa

p.s. - just think, now all you have to wory about is CE credits Wink

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droz · Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Posts: 20

Is there any advantage to scoring a 92 instead of a 75? Employers don't know what you scored, only that you passed. Am I wrong?

hjhogle · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:42 pm Post subject:

Nope, you're not wrong. Employers do not care 1) where you went to school or 2) what you scored on the exam. They care that you passed the exam and earned your certification and that you maintain it (registration).

hjh, RT