Re: Anyone taken HESI A2 admission assessment test yet? Originally Posted by suec_83 
I took the HESI A2 yesterday and it was hard, only because of how you study before(since you dont know what to study for) and how the questions are asked. I am not going to lie. I took both A&P and ACED them, took chem and passed with an A, biology was the same deal and math a B+. I studied forever and nothing prepared me for what was on the test. I knew alot but the stuff I studied in the guide was never asked.
The test at first seems easy and simple but some of questions can get you caught up looking in depth. But dont do that. I thought Chem was gonna be the hardest for me but I actually did better then I thought. I studied the guide that is available through the school for 3+ hours and nothing that I read was on it. It didnt have that many questions to practice on and it just all around reeked.. I bought a Kaplan book for nursing entrance test and it goes way more in depth than the school guide. It actually has questions that were in the test. If it helps make sure you look through the biology and A&P of DNA/RNA, alot of questions were on it about that. That is what got me I think. Good Luck and I hope you do great!!
When I signed up for the December HESI test at my school last week, I got a chance to talk to one of the women working at the Learning Resource Center at my school. I asked her for a Study Guide low-down and she just rolled her eyes, and said the HESI Study Guide is terrible. (She should know, they make the LRC people take the tests they are going to administer, so they know what's on it!) She told me that because the company just got bought by Evolve recently, the whole HESI Admissions Test is in flux. She thinks they will eventually come out with a good HESI A2 study guide, but right now, it's terrible.
I don't have to take the A&P portion, but I do have to take the Chem. and Biology. I took the NET last week and did great on it, but I know the HESI is gonna be a real challenge.
I think more and more schools will eventually move to the HESI A2 as an entrance exam, because they are using the other HESI tests to test their nursing students as they progress through their nursing program.
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