Re: Enrolling in Concorde *PLEASE HELP ME OUT!!!*
I'm sure this post is probably late, but this may help others...
I just took the NET at Concorde in Aurora Colo to get into the RN program. It is 60 minutes and 60 questions on the Math, and 33 questions and 30 minutes for Reading Comprehension.
You take the test on a computer, and the program is DOS-based, so once you give your final answer on an answer, you can't go back. This was ESPECIALLY nerve-wracking on the reading comprehension, as questions about the "entire passage" were on something you read quickly and could no longer refer back to!
I brought a stopwatch to pace myself, which helped.
Google "NET practice tests"
http://www.testprepreview.com/net_test_breakdown.htm
Google "reading comprehension tests" - those especially for SAT tests are great, like...
http://www.majortests.com/sat/reading-comprehension.php
Also, look up in your local Library, "Nursing Entrance Tests" - Kaplan's entrance test is great for tips and strategies, but for the NET just focus on Math and Reading Comprehension. Again, practice reading comprehension!
For the Math section of the NET, the ONLY thing you need to know is basic...
long division (example: 85/35863)
long multiplication (example: 456*2351)
long addition (.4523+34.32+.00345) or (34529+3482)
long subtraction (7.2134-6.92538)
complex fraction addition, subraction, multiplication and division (3/4 / 4/15, 2 3/9* 4 3/15)
how decimals, percents, fractions and ratios translate (6:10 =?%, correct answer, 60%. Other questions, like "32 is what is 0.0625% of what number?)
very basic algebra (Solve for x: 5(3x-4)-3(2x-20)=5x+23)
If you can answer one question per minute effectively, you'll do well.
Hope this helps, and good luck!
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