Afraid of entrance exam!

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I haven't scheduled it yet, I'm too scared I'm going to fail it & then all of my dreams of becoming a nurse will be ruined! Any advice? I bought a book off amazon to study from but in the math section it's a bunch of fractions..no algebra which seems weird to me..Ugh! What did you use to study? Thanks.

I dont consider myself super smart, and here was my story.

I took the entrance exam last night, not bad at all.

Math: brush up on converting fractions to decimals, and vice versa. Learn military time, if you dont know it. Learn how many oz-pints-gallons ect. I got a 92%

Vocab: hardest section to me, and I suck at math, pretty sure the words were made up lol. Used a ton of medical terminology and made it very confusing, also did this section last, so I was tired. I got an 84%

Reading comprehension: stupid, time consuming but easy. I honestly just stared at the screen for like 2 minutes because none of the answers were that good. lol. I got a 98%

Grammar: Pretty easy. A lot of "which word is not grammatically correct" type stuff. A little bit of a headache, you just have to pay attention. I got a 100%

This was for the HESI-A2, just thought i'd share my story :)

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Wow, you did very well on the exam! I will have to brush up on the medical terminology for sure!

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Thanks! I overstressed way too much about it lol. I would just go in relaxed and calm and you should do fine. Passing the test doesnt really do anything for me, still going to be a challenge to get accepted :(

a very bittersweet test lol

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I think I'm over stressing too much as well. Is there a wait list for your school or is it just hard to get into?

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I am not really sure if it is hard to get into or not...Im taking my lunch break in a minute and I'm going to call the school and ask..I will let you know when I get back

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Thanks Steven for sharing your story.... i took the Hesi A2 and passed everything (high scores) except for Math... lets just say I suck at math!

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missdann-was the math part of your test mainly fractions?

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leelee....the math was pretty much algebra,fractions,ratio and proportions,decimals,percentages,mixed numbers,measurements,,,,and i think thats the most of it!

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leelee-

make sure you brush up on converting fractions to decimals, and converting decimals to fractions.

touch up on ratios, they are very easy with multiple choice.

ie

1:5::10:x

solve for X... I had a bunch of these with multiple choice.

learn how many pints are in an ounce, ounces in a gallon, and pints in a gallon.

learn converting millileters to leters and kilometers to meters.

I had a few, "which is larger...1/3 1/2 2/3 ect ect" make sure you know fractions

I had multiple word problems, just read carefully, they are usually simple multiplication and division problems.

I had add these numbers together...odd because there is a calculator :D

I had mulitply these numbers...still use the calculator lol

Add and subtracting of fractions, with and without whole numbers

I had to get this in writing while it is still fresh in my brain...if you can learn these before you go (again this was for the hesi-a2) i would almost bet you would get at least an 80 or above.

feel free to add to this list :)

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great cause i such at algebra & to be honest I really dont even remember any of it..

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You will do fine, I was extremely scared and did really well to my surprise. We used ATItesting.com at my current school, Central school of practical Nursing in VA. I actually used a friends review booklet, and went online and looked up practice test and questions. I had a collective mix of chemistry, a little math, reading, it was not bad as I thought. You will do great, just remember to relax before the test, that helps me....

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My friend is supposed to help me study proportions & basic algebra so I should be ok.

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