Re: Dallas Nursing Institute
Hm well I just took the NET and it wasn't very hard. If you want to do exam prep I would suggest just using websites online. I bought a "Nursing School Entrance Exam" prep book at Barnes and Noble because it was only $20, but since it wasn't specifically for the NET the questions were a lot harder. I felt like that was good, though, and I felt more prepared.
The math questions are around maybe 8th grade level and the reading ones aren't hard either. Percentages, fractions, decimals, multiplication, division. Maybe a couple of algebra equations and one or two geometry questions, but easy ones.
Basically you will go to the testing day and sign in. First they will give you a short free quiz called a "pre-entry" test. If you pass it, they let you go on to pay $40 and take the NET. What they told us is that if you have an easy time with the quiz then you'll likely pass the NET. Then...you go in the room, they talk more about the NET and what scores you have to get to pass (55% on each section.) It doesn't matter what you get as long as you pass, they don't rank people based on their scores.
Then you wait two or three days to get your scores in the mail. When you get them, you call the school up and make an appointment with admissions, where you fill out a ton of paperwork and write a short essay about why you want to go to nursing school and stuff. They don't judge you based on it as long as you pass, so don't worry about it. After you've done all your admissions stuff, you have to go to financial aid where you'll start that process.
To make your financial aid easier and enroll quicker, I would suggest doing your FAFSA
now!! They will help you at the school if you can't figure it out by yourself, but if you get it done beforehand it'll make your admissions process a lot quicker. You have to remember to input the school code and all that (you can look it up.) After you fill out the FAFSA and sign it online, write down your Data Release Number and bring it to your appointment. Also, memorize or secretly write down your PIN because it's a pain to reset when you forget it.
The financial aid process is what's taking so long for me.
it's a real pain in the butt and I'm already used to it because I've been through it twice (last year and the year before) and STILL it takes forever.
Basically, before you go to your admissions/ appointment, you should fill out your FAFSA, acquire anything you don't have. You need your Social Security card, High School Diploma/GED, BCLS CPR, yours & your parent's 2008 tax return if you're a dependant student (under 24, not married, and not a parent), your driver's license, and your immunization record. i think they do some kind of clinic to get your shots up to date if you aren't, but if you can it'd probably be better to try and do all that beforehand.
To make your financial aid process more streamlined, you should also do research on who you want to get your loans through and who has the lowest interest rates for you, so that way you already know.
Sorry for writing a novel, but I wish people had told me all this before I started, because it's going on the third week for me! There were people I took the NET with who hoped to start the class the next week, I have no idea how they got all this done in two or three days!
Re: Dallas Nursing Institute
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