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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?
Thank you so much for getting back to me! :redbeatheSo the only reason you think it's D is because it's in the last sentence? Because I have had several practice questions from eriworld where the main idea isn't even in a topic sentence.
What a horrible paragraph! To me the only way you can come up with D is process of elimination. It is the only statement that is broad enough to be a main idea.
Hi Santos,
Can you answer these questions for me please...
18. A cyclist bikes x distance at 10 miles per hour and returns over the same path at 8 miles per hour. What is the cyclist's average rate for the round trip in miles per hour?
A. 8.1
B. 8.3
C. 8.6
D. 8.9
E. 9.0
30. Jonathan can type a 20 page document in 40 minutes, Susan can type it in 30 minutes, and Jack can type it in 24 minutes. Working together, how much time will it take them to type the same document?
A. 5 minutes
B. 10 minutes
C. 15 minutes
D. 18 minutes
E. 20 minutes
Thanks
I will be taking the NET soon and want to make sure I am prepared. I read the links on this thread where to go to prepare, but...I really need the additional help to see "how" the math problems are solved. It's been awhile that I've been out of school and want to do it correctly. Any ideas where to look or what books may help? Thanks.
Angie :typing
Any ideas where to look or what books may help?
I'm using the Kaplan study guide. And here's a link to a study guide online. it gives you strategies for english and math.
PreRN Katie,How was the reading section? Was it difficult it read all those passages and answer the problems correctly in the span of 30 minutes?
What about the math? are there any word problems?
The reading section wasn't too bad...I read all the paragraphs and had enough time to answer the questions without any problems. Just watch what they're asking you for because on some questions they'll be asking you for the main idea and on others, they're simply asking you what was stated as fact in the paragraph (whether it's true or not).
The math section was the hardest for me, but I think that's just because I'm not mathematically inclined. There are no word problems, it's all basic math like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, etc. Just brush up on how to do basic math by hand and you should be fine. It's been a long time since I've had to do something like multiply 1.5 by .0637 by hand...I've always been allowed to use calculators. Hope this helps! Good luck!
the best thing you can do for math is to practice, practice practice. do them over and over so that you can increase your accuracy and speed.
the reason i got 100 on my math was only because i did it fast enough the first time that i was able to go back and check myself, found a mistake in time.
as for the reading, read as fast as you can. practice reading news articles as fast as you can. if you know your exam is given on the computer, then read online, if it's on paper, then get newspapers. you want to practice being able to absorb as many words as you can in one glance. doing this allowed me more time to spend on answering each question. i find that it's not the article itself that's difficult to understand, but it's the questions and the list of options. u want to give yourself some time to determine which option is best, and believe me, they can get very tricky.
good luck you guys, if i can do it, anyone can. the only secret i found was a dose of confidence which started wtih this thread by Csantos (thank you) and lots and lots of practice!
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Congratulations KimB! What nursing school did you get the acceptance for? Is for the RN or LVN program? Thanks!