[pandaluck]

WhoNeedsaShot - congrats for passing it! I think I had like six minutes by the time I got to that article so I just randomly picked answers..it was pitiful!

Does anyone remember how the reading comprehension was broken up? To the best of my abilities, I remember it being 3 passages and I'm thinking..11 questions for each passage?

The reason I'm wondering is...I got a 63 and assuming I got most of it wrong on the last passage due to lack of time, that would mean that I did pretty well on the first two. Anyone care to make my day?

[clhRN2b2010]

I took my NET this morning and got a 100 on the math and a 85 on the reading comprehension! Utlizing all of the resources mentioned in this thread really helped.

I thought I would break it down for anyone who was interested.
Math: 30 total questions
decimals=8, fractions=4, percentages=6, conversions=8, algebra=4
Reading comprehension: 33 total questions
main idea =7, predicting outcomes=11, inferential=15

A couple things: They ask several times "What is the purois eof this paragraph?" I wasn't prepared for purpose... Also, my reading passages were 3 diffferent passages. One dealing with microbiology, one with Hippocrates, and I forget the other?

The only tricky peice was that at the end the screen would show the final paragraph given, follwed by several questions that were not related to that specific paragraph. If you intended to go back and find the answer in the paragraph you had to go back and sort through them to find to find the correct paragraph.

I would suggest really practicing focusing on the reading and practicing understand the paragraphs. I'm not sure of a better way to do this than timing yourself with any of the practice tests. Really try to put yourself in the positionof the author. If someone ask what the author was trying to say in the passage, youshould be able to given them a quick sketch.

Anyway, I'm so glad it's over and grateful that I did well!

[2bnurse-1]

i live in palm beach and we seem to have a differnt version of the test. our NET READING is is on bacteria, day and night people and how the ear works.

[2bnurse-1]

A couple things: They ask several times "What is the purois eof this paragraph?" I wasn't prepared for purpose... Also, my reading passages were 3 diffferent passages. One dealing with microbiology, one with Hippocrates, and I forget the other?

HEY YOUR TEST IS JUST LIKE MINES, CAN YOU HELP ME SCORE A GRADE LIKE YOURS IN THE ENGLISH? WHAT IS YOUR STRATEGY?

[pandaluck]

Originally Posted by clhRN2b2010

I took my NET this morning and got a 100 on the math and a 85 on the reading comprehension! Utlizing all of the resources mentioned in this thread really helped.

I thought I would break it down for anyone who was interested.
Math: 30 total questions
decimals=8, fractions=4, percentages=6, conversions=8, algebra=4
Reading comprehension: 33 total questions
main idea =7, predicting outcomes=11, inferential=15

A couple things: They ask several times "What is the purois eof this paragraph?" I wasn't prepared for purpose... Also, my reading passages were 3 diffferent passages. One dealing with microbiology, one with Hippocrates, and I forget the other?

The only tricky peice was that at the end the screen would show the final paragraph given, follwed by several questions that were not related to that specific paragraph. If you intended to go back and find the answer in the paragraph you had to go back and sort through them to find to find the correct paragraph.

I would suggest really practicing focusing on the reading and practicing understand the paragraphs. I'm not sure of a better way to do this than timing yourself with any of the practice tests. Really try to put yourself in the positionof the author. If someone ask what the author was trying to say in the passage, youshould be able to given them a quick sketch.

Anyway, I'm so glad it's over and grateful that I did well!

You did such a great job!!!! 85 would guarantee me getting accpted. So happy for you!! And thank you so much for coming back to share your knowledge with us.

Do you remember if each passage had the same amount of questions? Was each passage harder than the one before? The one I took I felt like the hardest passage was the ear and that was at the end.

Oh, and how did you do with the timing on reading? Did you get enough time to finish all the questions?

Any ways, congrats for doing SO WELL!

[clhRN2b2010]

I studied almost nightly for about 3 weeks. I googled and did almost every SAT, GRE, and NET practice test I could find. The ones that really helped were the kind that explained the answer when it was incorrect. Try:

http://education.yahoo.com/college/e...ZEt87Y8fkQmrQF

http://www.majortests.com/

I also utilized a web site from the author of my Eng. Comp text.

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/writ...ages/Main.aspx

The best thing I found for simple definitions of terms was:

http://www.studyguidezone.com/nursingtest.htm

plus, earlier in this thread someone posted an excerpt from the ERI study guide. Those definitions were helpful!

Best wishes!

[clhRN2b2010]

It's oddly hard to remember! I do believe that there were an equal number of questions. I also had the ear passage.

Another thing I wanted to add was that I really thought that some of the most difficult questions were at the beginning of the Math section. if you let yourself get bogged down in the beginning, you'll start flailing. Skip ahead and get some questions under your belt and then when you feel more confident at the end , go back to the more difficult ones. I know everyone says that, but it really was KEY!

[2bNurseLove419]

Originally Posted by clhRN2b2010

I took my NET this morning and got a 100 on the math and a 85 on the reading comprehension! Utlizing all of the resources mentioned in this thread really helped.

I thought I would break it down for anyone who was interested.
Math: 30 total questions
decimals=8, fractions=4, percentages=6, conversions=8, algebra=4
Reading comprehension: 33 total questions
main idea =7, predicting outcomes=11, inferential=15

A couple things: They ask several times "What is the purois eof this paragraph?" I wasn't prepared for purpose... Also, my reading passages were 3 diffferent passages. One dealing with microbiology, one with Hippocrates, and I forget the other?

The only tricky peice was that at the end the screen would show the final paragraph given, follwed by several questions that were not related to that specific paragraph. If you intended to go back and find the answer in the paragraph you had to go back and sort through them to find to find the correct paragraph.

I would suggest really practicing focusing on the reading and practicing understand the paragraphs. I'm not sure of a better way to do this than timing yourself with any of the practice tests. Really try to put yourself in the positionof the author. If someone ask what the author was trying to say in the passage, youshould be able to given them a quick sketch.

Anyway, I'm so glad it's over and grateful that I did well!

Oh MY Gosh!! Congrats! Can you take my test for me??!!
J/K but I hope I can score that high too!! Good for you!

[2bNurseLove419]

Originally Posted by clhRN2b2010

I took my NET this morning and got a 100 on the math and a 85 on the reading comprehension! Utlizing all of the resources mentioned in this thread really helped.

I thought I would break it down for anyone who was interested.
Math: 30 total questions
decimals=8, fractions=4, percentages=6, conversions=8, algebra=4
Reading comprehension: 33 total questions
main idea =7, predicting outcomes=11, inferential=15

A couple things: They ask several times "What is the purois eof this paragraph?" I wasn't prepared for purpose... Also, my reading passages were 3 diffferent passages. One dealing with microbiology, one with Hippocrates, and I forget the other?

The only tricky peice was that at the end the screen would show the final paragraph given, follwed by several questions that were not related to that specific paragraph. If you intended to go back and find the answer in the paragraph you had to go back and sort through them to find to find the correct paragraph.

I would suggest really practicing focusing on the reading and practicing understand the paragraphs. I'm not sure of a better way to do this than timing yourself with any of the practice tests. Really try to put yourself in the positionof the author. If someone ask what the author was trying to say in the passage, youshould be able to given them a quick sketch.

Anyway, I'm so glad it's over and grateful that I did well!

Oh my Gosh! Thats such a great score! CONGRATS!! I wish you could take my test for me!! Hopefully I score that good for my second attempt on Monday! But great job!!!

[2bNurseLove419]

sorry bout the double post. my comp messed up and i thought i had to re-do it!