LEWIS UNIVERSITY

I'm confused. Is the entrance exam referred to on the website as the KAP test really the NET test? Is there an accelerated option for regular BSN students, or is the 18 mth option only for ABSN candidates with a previous bachelors degree?

I believe they just recently changed their entrance exam. I took the NET in June and shortly after I noticed they changed it on their website. The accelerated option is only for students who have already have a bachelors degree. Good luck!

Sorry,
yes they just changed their entrance exam...at the beginning of this current semester (fall 2009).

Penny 84 is correct the BAC/BSN is the accelerated program only for people that have their bachelors already.
Information is posted on the site...

Side note: some accelerated students drop down to the regular program, either voluntary or after failing a class.
The BAC/BSN program (accelerated) is very time consuming...hence why they recommend you don't have work. In my cohort (group) some work and some don't...no one works full time...at most 3 days a week...honestly you can tell by the grades by who works and who doesn't.

All in all, it's very do-able, you're just gonna be busy for the next 18 months...

Oh, darn! Thanks for the explainations, now I understand. Has anyone taken the new KAP entrance exam?

Yes I took the KAT test Nov.2 and passed it..... We took the whole test but they said they are only looking at Math and reading..... I thought it was really easy.... Anyways I'll give a run down on what I remember:

Math:
--- very basic stuff, lots of fractions... I also took the Hesi A2 for another school so I guess I had a lot of practice on that.... The KAT study guide had geometry but I don't remember seeing a geom problem.

Reading:
--- Again, very basic....

Science:
--- The study guide only helped on a few questions and honestly there was way too many info on the book to study

Sentence Structure:
--- This is where an essay is presented and you have to know what's wrong w/ it. It is multiple choice so that makes it easier..... but the study guide didn't prepare you at all for this type of test. But they said they're not looking at this section anyways...

So my advice is.... sign up for the test then ask them which section they are emphasizing on and focus on that.... I wish I can have back those 4 weeks that I spent reviewing the Science section of the KAT book which is well over half of it......

Wow! Thanks, Lizze818. That sounds very doable. I'm not exactly a math whiz, so I guess I need to start studying!

You guys have a lot of good information here. I'm currently taking my prereqs. When should I apply I still have 1 semester to go until I'm done?

I think, that once you start the application process they give you 60 days or something to take the entrance test. Maybe one of the others that has taken it recently can expand on that more. When I took it you could take it whenever. Then they changed it soon after I started. So if they give you a time period, then plan accordingly on when to take it, so that you're not rushed and have time to refresh on some of the content.

The math really isn't that bad, it's just you don't use it that often. I have a Bach in Accounting so math is one of my strong points, but when I first looked at the review book, I was like...uh when did I do this stuff last, seriously it was like 7th grade, going from fractions to decimals and back again, etc. But the review book is a good refresher!