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since there has been a few people in need of NET help, i will break it down to you guys!
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people... you are native americans, it makes it easy for you to do way better that i did... once again HERE IT GOES HOW TO REALLY DO GREAT ON YOUR NET TEST.
EASY NET in 6 STEPS
1 you have to have some time to study, allow your self about 2 hours a day (i was able to learn all the subjects and study on my own and at work!!!) you have to sacrifice whatever it is but make it 2-3 holy hours per day no matter what! (for about 10 days)
2 go to www.testprepreview.com and download and print their NET nurse entrance test, youll find it on the left hand side. then once you have it, you print it about 10 copies and staple 10 sets, they will be your everyday practice sets. now that you have done that, you will go to http://www.midland.edu/~hsd/pdf/8-NET_Test.pdf and do the exact same thing, make 10 copies and staple the sets, this is another GREAT EXCELENT exam and both of them are lets say 99% of what you need to know to score at least a 85 on your net and I GUARANTEE IT!.
3your studying schedule, first of all you are going to take the first test either one you choose, and you will solve it, take your time, try to understand, come online and post (lets ask for a sticky on this only for the net thread Huh? please all nurses!!!) well you will answer all the questions you can, and do not check yet to verify your answers, once you finish all the questions you know, you will then verify those answers, then whatever you could not solve, just come here and post the number of the questions and whether it is from plato or test prep, that i will step by step answer it and assist you.
you will then get the next NET and solve it also...and again, once you have doubts post them here and i will help you.
After doing that for 5 days, you on the weekend will go to discovery.com or any other science website and you will read about 3-5 articles, just so you can update, improve, sharpen your infra-reading skills, do dot skip this step, do that on the weekend so you can take a break on your studies and prepare for the second week.
On your second week you will start timing your self, you will give your self 1 minute per question, so total it like 60 minutes for 60 math questions! and time your self on the english part also, wich actually is the most time consuming questions.
4 it is getting close for you to take the NET and you have about 3-4 days prior to it, so now you will do this technique that i call compilation, you will add all the math questions from both tests and you will solve them back to back, as many as you can, when you need a break take a quick one, but make it your goal to solve all of them!!! and by this time you should be getting at least 90% of them right!! once you are done with that, you will just answer 15 random questions on the english part.
On the day after you will invert, you will then solve all the english part, (again, as many as you can with no breaks, then once you need one do not hesitate but do not loose your "studystamina" wich i call concentration) done with that, you shall then answer 15 math question, try getting those ones that gives you a hard time and you often miss them, please try timing your self be generous, give your self 19 minutes for them.
Again repeat the step 4 on the next day.
5 It is now 2 days before the test, and at this day you will not study, you will not drill, you will only make sure, that you have no doubts and all your math and words are sharp, posting doubts, and making sure you are up to par!
On the day before your test you will do this, you will give yourself 1 hour on the clock to solve 30 math questions, and 30 english in the morning, and repeat that at night, just to wrap it all up.
6 it is NET DAY, today you will not freak out because you are prepared, you solved your problems, you found the meaning and main ideas of the paregraphs, and you are doing just awesome not it is time to show it to your self.
Taking the NET:
you might start with a essay sometimes that is not required, if not you will go to MATH, you are going to start solving your test, 100% concentration right here, if you stumble uppon a question that you might be having a tiny bit of trouble with it just skip it, dont guess, and go to the next one, so by the end of the test you saved your self plenty of time to solve those 5-6 questions that you were having trouble with, now just press the button on the computer (of course if it is computer based version) "uncheck questions only" and the system will only display the ones you left for last, doing so you will save time on the easy ones, and have actualy more then 1 minute per remaining questions.
Now when it comes to the english portion i recomend you glance-read the paragraf, take a peek at the question and then you can go back to the paragraph and choose the right answer, they are not long paragraphs, often 200 hundred words...
AND NOW YOU ARE DONE
great job!
just follow this and you will be great and at least score a minimum of a composite 85.... i got a 92!
and that will not guarantee your admission... but it will have a great weight and consideration
Please moderators, can you make this a sticky note?
i did a demo on this site and thought it was fun for studying... do you think it would be worth $100learningupgrade dot com
It's not worth it. My local community college offers an NET prep course for only $25. You should look and see if the same is offered by your institution. Or you can do what I did, get a couple of NET study guides from the library and a book on how to do basic math "Basic Math and Pre-Algebra for Dummies". There is also testpreview.com. You should check out the beginning of this thread.
I have another question for you guys who have recently taken the NET. When I took it, which was a year ago, I remember there being at least one medical article that we had to read. I think that's what messed me up, the fact that I couldn't understand anything in that article, and my eyes just got all blurry.
So did you guys get an article or two that were just all science jargon? The reason I ask is maybe I need to brush up on some medical or science terminologies. I wonder if that would help.
THanks again!
The two reading subjects we had were art and I can't remember the second one. No medical articles whatsoever.
They pick obscure reading subjects on purpose, stuff most people have no detailed knowledge in.
The point is to see how much information you can comprehend in one readthrough about a subject you know little or nothing about.
That's how it was explained to me and I found it accurate.
okay i tried to post another comment, it didn't go through, but here it goes.
I took the testprep.com reading comprehension, and I felt that the content was a lot easier than the NET, which goes the same for the NET study guide. The reading material and the questions were too easy compared to the real test, and that's part of the reason why I felt like I wasn't prepared the first time.
Does anyone else feel the same?
I totally agree about the net book and quizes being easier than the actual test. I took it once already and failed the reading portion, received a 93 on the math, but failed the reading miserably. The book was nothing like the actual test. I'm taking it again this Thursday and pray that I pass, if not, I have one more time to take it.
I totally agree about the net book and quizes being easier than the actual test. I took it once already and failed the reading portion, received a 93 on the math, but failed the reading miserably. The book was nothing like the actual test. I'm taking it again this Thursday and pray that I pass, if not, I have one more time to take it.
You and I are in the same situation, except my test is next month.
Have you done anything differently in your studying this time around? I wish you the best of luck this time. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE come on here after your exam and let me know how you did!
I wonder if the second exam is harder than the 1st?
Do you have any personal advice on the reading section in terms of preparation? I feel like the more i'm preparing, the worse i am getting.
For me personally, I read over the article very quickly just skimmed it I suppose, then I read the questions .. (They gave the paragraph #) and then went back and just focused on what they were asking for in the question, This gave me more time to ponder on the question and answer.
Also had no med. questions more historical old world stuff that I had no idea about! but I did well on it.
TishaNurse
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i was doing some research and found this site...i am a great visual learner and did the demo and thought it was cool..kinda childish but did the trick...wondering what you guys think of it...
http://www.learningupgrade.com/html/luadult.htm