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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'm working through the TestPreview guide. I am struggling with one question because I can't figure out what to do with an equation when the unkown is on both sides of the equation. Any help would be appreciated!
5(x-6) = 4x+4
The answer is 34, but I don't know the correct order of operations. I can't take the time to work it all out backwards in my head on game day!
If I remember correctly for 5(x-6)=4x+4 you would first multiply. So
5(x-6)=4x+4 would be 5x-30=4x+4. The next step is to bring all the "x"s on one side and the numbers on the other side of equal sign. So
5x-30=4x+4 would be 5x-4x=30+4 (remember if a number or x is negative and you move it to the other side of equal it becomes positive, if it is positive and you move it to the other side of equal it becomes negative.) So in the end 5x-4x=30+4 ends up to be x=34. I hope I helped and did not make it too confusing.
I just took the practice test from ERI. I just wanted to get a feel for the timing, material, et cet. I can't say how close the actual questions were, but I would say it is worth it. It surprised me how well I did on the Math compared to the Reading comprehension. I'm not sure why after reading everyone's posts. I should have known, but it was a good swift kick in the behind that I need to get to studying pronoun agreement and how to find the main idea of a paragraph.
Hopefully, the math is close in difficulty on the real test.
I plan on taking it again closer to the date I have my NET scheduled.
I just took the practice test from ERI. I just wanted to get a feel for the timing, material, et cet. I can't say how close the actual questions were, but I would say it is worth it. It surprised me how well I did on the Math compared to the Reading comprehension. I'm not sure why after reading everyone's posts. I should have known, but it was a good swift kick in the behind that I need to get to studying pronoun agreement and how to find the main idea of a paragraph.Hopefully, the math is close in difficulty on the real test.
I plan on taking it again closer to the date I have my NET scheduled.
Just to give me an idea, what type of topics did you encounter from the reading comprehension? I'm super worried that I'll get another one of those medical articles again because I had no idea what I was reading!!! Was the context hard to understand?
For practice, I've been hitting up a lot of sites for free ACT and free GRE tests, both tests have reading comprehednsion in them. The format is a lil different, being that these tests make you read an entire passage before answering questions whereas teh NET breaks them down to paragraphs with questions following. The other difference is that ACT and GRE might ask a few more questions about the details. What I love about these two tests is that they also focus on main idea and inferences, which is the hardest things to do for the NET as well. Plus, they're targeted for high school graduates, and I believe NET is supposed to be as hard as 10th grade level (though I doubt it).
In other words, I figured if I can do well on the GRE and ACT reading, I should at least abe able to PASS the NET.
Have a look everybody at these exams and please let me know what you think!
Thanks for the info. I'll check those out also.
FYI- the ERI practice test can be taken as many times as you wish in the 7 day period after purchase.
The major downside of it is that it doesn't tell you the correct answers or give any explanations. I guess I now go to other sites, review pronoun agreement (which I THOUGHT I was a whiz at) and inference/main idea stuff and try it again tonight.
You only had one practice exam? I'm glad you took the practice test, I was a bit too cocky too about the NET, except I had to learn my lesson the hard way from failing the actual test, leaving me with only two more chances at the real thing because I'm no longer eligible for the school of my choice.
Was the alligator article hard to understand? That's my problem with ERI, since they're the makers of the tests, why do they make their practice exams (on the study guide) so much easier than the ones on the actual test? It makes me want to get my money back!
But go and do a search for all the GRE and ACT reading comprehension exams you can find, and you will find loads. They're all free online.
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Was this your first NET? I thought everyones the same type of questions?