Just scored in the 99th percentile and would be happy to answer any questions!

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Hi everyone!

I have been obsessing over posts in this forum for a while trying to prepare for the TEAS, so I figured, now that I completed it maybe I could answer some questions for others!

(plus I have all this useless information crammed in my brain that I can't talk to anyone about because I don't have any friends/family in nursing!)

I took the TEAS 6 today, I got an overall score of 92, putting me in the 99th percentile.

I just want to say, that I bought several study guides (including Trivium, McGrawHill and Mometrix), and did the practice questions in all of them. I found that I spent a lot of time obsessing over the English section because I was scoring the lowest in that during my practice tests (always in the 70s), however when I actually took the test I found their questions to be a lot easier than any of the practice tests (I scored an 88 on the real test- still my lowest score on the test- but much better considering the practice test I took last night gave me a score of 71).

I did all three practice tests on the mometrix secrets study guide. (All in the past week)

So I can give you how those compared to my actual scores (I did feel that they were pretty good in comparison to the actual test)

Reading- Practice test avg= mid-80's. Actual test=94

Math- Practice test avg= low 90s. Actual test= 97

Science- Practice test avg= mid 80s. Actual test= 88

English- Practice test avg= 70's. Actual test= 87

English: Like most people, I am not a pro on adverbs, prepositions, etc.. So definitely take some time to know how to identify each part of speech. Another thing I got several questions on were subject-verb agreement, they can throw in some tricky questions. Also, the use of commas. I thought I knew how to use commas until I started studying for the TEAS...

I spent a lot of time learning the different sentence structures (compound, complex, etc) but I didn't come across any questions about that. Some tests may though.

Reading: I really don't like any part of the TEAS reading questions because I feel like you could argue several answers as being correct... However, what helped me was just doing the practice questions and reading the explanations from the study guides. It helped me figure out what answers the test was looking for.

It definitely helped me to really sit down and read what the study guides had to say about choosing main ideas, fact v opinion, and writing style (narrative v expository etc).

However, I wouldn't say that this was too difficult. I scored a 94, which was higher than my practice tests (in the 80s). I felt that the practice tests were pretty comparable though. I've seen a lot of people say the reading passages were longer than expected; all of mine were fairly short though.

Math: The last math class I took was six years ago, it was a college Pre-calc. And let me tell you, the first time I took that class I got a D, but I retook it and got an A. So that gives you some background of how bad I am at math. However, I didn't have any problems with it. I felt the practice tests I took went more in depth than the actual test did.

A few things that took me by surprise, was needing to know the conversions between feet, cm, yards, and meters.

But make sure you do know proportions. (for ex. If you need 3 cups of water to make 4 cakes, how many cups of water do you need to make 20 cakes-- 3/4=x/20, solve for x).

I feel like I was able to use proportions to answer half the questions.

You should also feel comfortable working with decimals, fractions and simple algebra.

Science:

The beast.

All I can say is REVIEW YOUR A&P NOTES.

My study guides that had questions about genetic mutations, astronomy, gravity, laws of physics and chem, energy.. but I didn't see any questions that weren't about A&P or the scientific method (just needed to know about hypotheses, identifying dependent var, independent vars and controls, and steps of the scientific process).

None of my study guides went as in depth as the actual test did on A&P. So go through all the body systems, the macros and what enzymes break them down, different hormones-where they come from and what they do, and the passage of air through the respiratory system, steps of digestion (know all parts of the small and large intestine and what they do), flow of blood through the heart (where is oxygenated and the names of valves).

I had the ATI TEAS 6 Practice test app by Nhu Quynh Nguyen, and I actually found those science questions on there to be really helpful. Plus its a lot of questions for free.

Please feel free to ask me anything :)

Best of luck to everyone! And thanks again to everyone who answered all my questions on here!:)

OrganizedChaos, LVN

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First, congrats on a great score!

A lot of people say they only needed the ATI book to study. Do you think the other books helped or could you have done just as well with just the ATI study guide?

I will be taking the TEAS towards the end of this year so I want to get everything I need.

mergatonin

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Thanks!!

Unfortunately, because of the cost of the ati study materials, I wasn't able to buy it. But if you can afford it I would definitely suggest getting it. once you take their practice test (and the actual test as well) you get a report that tells you the exact types of questions that you need to improve your score and then shows you where in the study guide that section is. And since they made the test, I would say they most likely have the best information. However I haven't seen their study guide so I can't say for sure.

To first start studying I think it's best to start with a practice test just to see where you are. Doing it through ATI will help immensely since it gives you the report along with your score.

If you can't afford it or want to try something else, I found the mometrix teas secret book to be great. I was able to download the entire ebook from amazon for about $20. The downfall of it is the science section though- But again, I would suggest spending a lot of time going over your a&p notes or textbook if you still have it. No TEAS study guide is going to have enough room to fit everything you need to know. Going over old notes freshens up what you already learned!

best of luck!

OrganizedChaos, LVN

1 Article; 6,883 Posts

Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
Thanks!!

Unfortunately, because of the cost of the ati study materials, I wasn't able to buy it. But if you can afford it I would definitely suggest getting it. once you take their practice test (and the actual test as well) you get a report that tells you the exact types of questions that you need to improve your score and then shows you where in the study guide that section is. And since they made the test, I would say they most likely have the best information. However I haven't seen their study guide so I can't say for sure.

To first start studying I think it's best to start with a practice test just to see where you are. Doing it through ATI will help immensely since it gives you the report along with your score.

If you can't afford it or want to try something else, I found the mometrix teas secret book to be great. I was able to download the entire ebook from amazon for about $20. The downfall of it is the science section though- But again, I would suggest spending a lot of time going over your a&p notes or textbook if you still have it. No TEAS study guide is going to have enough room to fit everything you need to know. Going over old notes freshens up what you already learned!

best of luck!

I am lucky enough to have my mother purchase the ATI study guide for me. So I will definitely be using it.

I haven't been to school in awhile & A&P was some time ago so I don't have notes or a book to reference. It seems everyone is saying the same thing about the science section so I'll probably also utilize Khan Academy to refresh the science section.

castoku

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Are u provided a calculator for the math section??

Hi everyone!

I have been obsessing over posts in this forum for a while trying to prepare for the TEAS, so I figured, now that I completed it maybe I could answer some questions for others!

I've been obsessing about both! I hope I do well when I take the HESI or the TEAS. The community college I'm doing pre-reqs at is changing their nursing program entrance exam to the TEAS 6 I believe. They're replacing the Kaplan with the newer TEAS. The Kaplan replaced Teas 5 but because they had IT support issues they feel it's unreliable and not worth it for students trying to place into nursing school. I still have my old TEAS Version 5 book that still looks brand new and I hope the two practice tests codes I haven't used yet are still good. Is it worth buying the TEAS 6 version study book? Or is the 5th edition still okay? I don't care if companies need to make money. I NEED TO MAKE MONEY. And constantly enriching publishers pockets and not mine own isn't going to leave them a good reputation.

Can you take pictures of the books you used so we know what to buy? Or at least the weblinks of the books you used? I have a McGraw Hill for the HESI as well as the Purple and white one that University I'm trying to get into recommends.

Danni_

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Congrats! I have the yellow mometrix study manual and Im using that currently to study for my exam! xxx

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