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vintagemother, BSN, CNA, LVN, RN · Sep 26, 2012

My suggestion: commit yourself to a small goal each day. For example: do 2-5 pages on your test prep book. Or do 10 practice problems each day. The goal should be tiny, something you can do in 15 mins. Also, I highly reccomend altering your attitude toward math, attitude makes a huge difference in performance. After I chose to believe in nyself that "yes I can do math", I now typically score better on math than on English! I used to score horribly in math and considered myself "dumb" in math. One more tip: can u hire a tutor? Even for just a few lessons?

stefonee356 · Sep 27, 2012

You're absolutely right! i took your advice and I am going to do a little at a time! Thank you!!!

willowita, ADN, RN · Sep 27, 2012

It sounds like you're spread thin and you need some kind of support system in place. You're trying to do it all alone. I'm not sure if that's because you have no one else but if you have friends, family, husband/bf/partner/whatever, can anyone pitch in to relieve some of the load for you? Even if it's just to spare you an hour to devote to your studies.

And like vintagemother suggested, how about tutoring? Does your school offer any tutoring services for free (if cost is an issue)? Any friends or fellow classmates that can tutor you?

dkmamato3 · Sep 27, 2012

You may also want to check out ALEKS.com. You can try a free trial too - it is a great self paced online program for math. I think a 6 week access course is like $35. Then if you can commit a little time everyday to work in it you can study up on a lot of different areas and prepare for the math test.