[gemberly]

Originally Posted by Tommybabe

First, the advice Csantos has provided is great. Wish I'd had it before I took the NET earlier this year. Anyway, I just wanted to say that my version of the NET test that I took earlier this year (February) did not have a science portion. Also, the NET prep book I got stated that there is no science portion on the NET.

However, I had a science section on the TEAS test which I took earlier this month. In fact, I never heard of a science section for the NET, so I'm wondering where a science section for that test came from.

At our school they gave us a handout that says this about what the NET has on it:

• your science reading ability, comparing it against the level of mastery required for success in college
• basic mathematics, the math necessary for you to function in academic courses.
• your effective speed in reading college level material.
• your study approach and your most effective learning styles
• assesses your grammar, capitalization, spelling skills and your ability to organize your ideas in a written format.
• your science vocabulary strength for biology, anatomy and physiology, cellular biology and chemistry.

I have the study guide from the company, and in one paragraph in the front it states almost the same thing about the science. That is all it has on it, the rest of the study guide is set up exactly like the pre-test from that company. No study portions about the science, and no pre-test on science on the pre-test. It is rumored that our school just added the science portion. Not sure exactly how it all fits in.

I have the NET Monday morning, and a Pharmacology exam that night, and then the next day an exam in Pathophysiology. I need to stop stressing. LOL

[tiger01]

When I took the NET in March, there was a science section. It was only 10-15 questionsn long, and it did not count toward the score. The exam proctors and the NET study guide said it was more to gauge where the incoming class was in their studies of science. Hope this helps!

[bearhugs1981]

Okay, yall, took the NET this past Friday, and....
I did exceptionally well on the math portion; score of 97. However, I did mediocre at best on the reading comp portion; score of 73. And the written expression was 85. (Do they average the 2? Testing center didn't make it sound that way.)
The lady in the testing center suggested I retake because they are really looking for scores in the 80s. So, now I am trying to study to bring up my score, and I am at a complete and total loss as to how to do this. I did check out all the common sites, testpreview.com, eri's site (total disappointment, want my money back!), and others. I just found the reading comp section so confusing! I have a really hard time with inferrences and predicting outcomes.
I know some will ask why I want my money back from ERI; so, I will explain. I bought the practice test yesterday and used it twice. Both times they were the exact same test, and when you complete the test they give you a printout similar to what you get when you actually take the test. But they do not tell you what questions you got wrong or give you any kind of explanation regarding answers. I personally felt it was a $15 waste. After all, to be quite honest, I took the actual test the first time to just see what it was like; I didn't need to "just see what it was like" again at a price.
Oh, and I have been studying townsendpress.com to bring up my main idea and inferrence scores, but the examples seem too simple. They seem too easy compared to the actual test. I guess I am running out of material to study also; I can't time myself the second time I read something because I read faster than the first time, so the time-taking is pointless along with the whole point of studying. Aaaahhhh!! (so frustrating!)
BTW, I have to retake the whole test just to attempt the reading portion again. Which maybe isn't so bad; I think I could get 100 on that math!
Still don't understand why I need to take this dumb test when my CPT scores are above college level, I already have a college degree, and the program I want to get in (LPN) is a vo-tech program??! BTW, they won't be looking at anything except the NET scores in considering students for acceptance; geez-o-pete!
Nuff ranting! Thanks for listening, Liz

[gemberly]

Originally Posted by bearhugs1981

Okay, yall, took the NET this past Friday, and....
I did exceptionally well on the math portion; score of 97. However, I did mediocre at best on the reading comp portion; score of 73. And the written expression was 85. (Do they average the 2? Testing center didn't make it sound that way.)
The lady in the testing center suggested I retake because they are really looking for scores in the 80s. So, now I am trying to study to bring up my score, and I am at a complete and total loss as to how to do this. I did check out all the common sites, testpreview.com, eri's site (total disappointment, want my money back!), and others. I just found the reading comp section so confusing! I have a really hard time with inferrences and predicting outcomes.
I know some will ask why I want my money back from ERI; so, I will explain. I bought the practice test yesterday and used it twice. Both times they were the exact same test, and when you complete the test they give you a printout similar to what you get when you actually take the test. But they do not tell you what questions you got wrong or give you any kind of explanation regarding answers. I personally felt it was a $15 waste. After all, to be quite honest, I took the actual test the first time to just see what it was like; I didn't need to "just see what it was like" again at a price.
Oh, and I have been studying townsendpress.com to bring up my main idea and inferrence scores, but the examples seem too simple. They seem too easy compared to the actual test. I guess I am running out of material to study also; I can't time myself the second time I read something because I read faster than the first time, so the time-taking is pointless along with the whole point of studying. Aaaahhhh!! (so frustrating!)
BTW, I have to retake the whole test just to attempt the reading portion again. Which maybe isn't so bad; I think I could get 100 on that math!
Still don't understand why I need to take this dumb test when my CPT scores are above college level, I already have a college degree, and the program I want to get in (LPN) is a vo-tech program??! BTW, they won't be looking at anything except the NET scores in considering students for acceptance; geez-o-pete!
Nuff ranting! Thanks for listening, Liz

I understand exactly what you mean by the preview test, being the same each time, and not telling you what exactly you got wrong.

I haven't taken the NET even once yet, so I took the preview as a way to give me an idea about what I am in for. How does the preview compare to the actual test?

And I agree with trying to find material that is as hard as what is on the test. I have the study guide from ERI as well, so there are two more that are similar (and different) so I am at least got to practice with that.

[livinlife1257]

How many questions are on the reading part ? I take the test this week and am worried about the reading just from reading how others did......I have followed the sticky note here ...hope it helps !

[bearhugs1981]

I think the preview is quite similar; however, it doesn't include things that you cannot really study for such as science and "personality"/learning style.

I think most of the science involved biology and human biology and a little bit of chemistry.

I believe there were 30 questions on the reading portion.

Liz

[Csantos]

basicaly your learning style will not affect your composite score, wich is math+english, and if you had a 97+73 you have a composit of 85 wich is great, you can retake it, but basicaly, there is no way how to study for that, you either understand the text and answer it or you dont, there is no better way to answer the questions, my advice would be that you plan on reading science related articles, the boring ones, so that you are sort of pair with what you will expect, as you know because you took the test, there is no fun at all on those text they are plain confusing and catchy!

about the preview for 15 bucks, i thought it was great, since it is not to prepare you for the net, but it is there so you can have a taste of the real thing, being timed etc..., that it is why they call it preview, moreover you should relax, to me the english part was sooooo boring, but you can not loose your focus, once you cant waste time, nor wonder around, so basicaly after you finish the math, you can take a quick break, stand up leave the room, stretch drink some water, clear youor head from the math, and there you go, it will be 33 minutes, and of course, after that they will give you those questions, to learn wich kind of learner are you.... but that is a piece of cake! all you have to do is be prepared for those 30 some minutes,!!!

[Csantos]

i found that the testprepreview.com to have a great english portion!

if you want to study well for the english, i will tell you something, go to the testprepreview.com and choose TOEFL, that is the test of english fluency, i had to take that, and that is by far harder then the english portion of the net, so if you need to get your mind ready for that, the TOEFL will make you scrach your head, because the infrarential amount of reading on it is huge, plus prediction of outcomes, and there is also grammar!

so ... that would be my best advice!

[odooma]

Hei Carlos,

You are great. Thanks for the advice. I am taking the TEAS Test and I am really freaking out. I have all summer to do that. Do you have anything on the TEAS?

My problem is that the TEAS has science and i have an accounting background just decided to change careers so I am really scared. Can you or anyone who has taken the TEAS help please

[vegasmedic]

i took the NET here in las vegas in march. I studied using the study guide. got a composite score of 136 and percentile of 95. im trying to get into the LPN program here which is limited entry.

overall I thought i failed the test. lol. the science portion had alot of electricity questions and graphs. the science portion i did the best in. got a 99 percent. the reading/word association portion was hard.