Getting into MCC Nursing

Thanks for the info. I feel pretty good now.

Oh and thank God I beat that murder 1 rap on a technicality last year.

hi guys im also going for nursing at mcc. by the way pbid ill be at the test tommorrow (18th)as well. im kinda freaking about the hesi exam. i did good but not great in my classes this semester (about a 3.7 gpa for 14 cr hrs)so now i know that i have to get a good hesi score to tip the scales in my favor, but im freaking about about not getting a good score. i borrowed the hesi study book from a friend and while its been a good help in sharpening my math skills, its not a great help with reading, grammar, or vocab. im an EMT and have been for a few years so im hoping that will help in the vocab section if medical terminology is used. any other areas of particular to study on would be greatly helpful to me since i take the exam in about 16 hours. sorry for the babble, just nervous.

The hardest part of that exam for me was the reading (got 91 on that section). The questions were so ambiguous. If you studed the vocabulary in the guide, and are familiar with some medical terminology you should do fine on that section, I only missed one, I think! Grammar was a piece of cake. The math is exactly what's in the guide too. There were a couple story problems that screwed me up, though. I also didn't anticipate that some of the math questions would have write in answers. The test was overall much easier than I anticipated and after each section was complete and I saw my score I was quite relieved! Good luck tomorrow!

thanks for the tips anurse2be09. i will definitely try to grasp the reading concepts better. the math, once i began practicing and doing it again, is actually quite simple and if the math on the test is similar to the study book like you said, than i should be ok.

is the vocab on the test just answering the definition to a word. in grammar, how are the questions worded? is it like they give a sentance and ask what the pronoun or adjective is in the sentance or is it they give a sentance and ask if the nouns, pronouns, verbs, etc. used are correctly used in that sentance?

are you in the nursing program now and if so what was your score and what was your gpa for the last 12 before you were accepted?

sorry for the bombarding of questions, but i just kinda want to know what im up against.