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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?
SJRCC in Orange Park Florida. Applying for January admission to ADN program.Taking last two pre-reqs this Summer online. I thought the Reading Comp was hard because I ran out of time and just guessed the last four answers! If I had to do it again I would have practiced more technical and scientific reading comp paragraphs and answers. Since math is my worst subject I overkilled studying that. Got 100 on math however! Good luck on yours.
I understand exactly what you mean by the preview test, being the same each time, and not telling you what exactly you got wrong.I haven't taken the NET even once yet, so I took the preview as a way to give me an idea about what I am in for. How does the preview compare to the actual test?
And I agree with trying to find material that is as hard as what is on the test. I have the study guide from ERI as well, so there are two more that are similar (and different) so I am at least got to practice with that.
I also purchased the practice test and many other testing materials to help me. I have been doing great on all the reading comprehension practice tests, but when it came to the actual test, I got a 97 in math and a 39 in reading. I can not find anything to prepare me for the reading. It was really hard. Nothing like what I studied.
I used the testprepreview.com and it was soooo helpful for my NET test. I studied the math for about a week for about 30 min-1 hour per day, and received a 97 percent on math, and it is not my strongest subject at all. i wish i had focused on the reading and english also , because even though it WAS my best subject in high school,about 10+ years ago, i did worse in it on the NET. But in all, I had a GREAT composite and scored higher than my school's average score. I also got in the LPN program for FALL! yay!!. I would suggest to anyone to practice the reading passages and main ideas of paragraph and also you will probably see some questions about proper words to use in sentences. Such as when to use who and whom, whomever, whoever, etc.... in sentences. Not as easy as we think sometimes. i googled this and learned an easy way of knowing which to use, in case some of us have forgotten
I also purchased the practice test and many other testing materials to help me. I have been doing great on all the reading comprehension practice tests, but when it came to the actual test, I got a 97 in math and a 39 in reading. I can not find anything to prepare me for the reading. It was really hard. Nothing like what I studied.
I thought the reading section was absolutely absurd compared to the level of the math section.
I barely had time to finish it, and had at least 10 minutes to spare on each of the math sections.
I've heard that reading articles regularly beforehand (discover, economist, scientific american) helps.
I didn't do that though!
If anyone needs a copy of ERI's NET study guide, I'd love for them to take it off my hands (for cheap!)
Just let me know.
Hi! I took the NET a week ago and from the moment I left the building I felt somewhat confident about my performance! It was only when I got home that I began to second guess myself.
I bought any material that was available in preparation for the NET. I did horribly on all of the reading comprehension practice tests. I NEVER thought that reading comp could potentially keep me from pursuing my dream of becoming a nurse? I even went as far as purchasing the online test from ERI World for $15.00. You can take the test as many times as you want over a two week period, but it is the same test over and over. I was happy I decided to purchase it as it helped to prepare me for the format of the NET and it also gives you a bar graph at the completion of the test to show your strengths and weaknesses, section scores and composite score. On the other hand it will not show you exactly which problems you got wrong!
On the actuial test day, I was a nervous wreck.....I knew that I was going to be prepared for the math section because I practiced every night for almost two months......the reading on the other hand was going to be the problem for me. Based on all of my research I was prepared for the worst, most boring topics in the world to read about on a very early Saturday morning.....I was pleasantly surprised! I don't think we are allowed to discuss the actual topics/content after taking the test but I found 90% of the passages to be interesting science/medical related topics. In addition, I thought the reading was very straight forward. I did exactly what the Kaplan book recommends, glance at the question and answer choices, skim the passage and finally make your choice. They also explain that most of the time the answers to the main idea question can be found in the the first third of the passage.
Granted I have not gotten my results as of yet .....I think that the reading was pretty straight forward. It seemed to be pretty clear to me that two of the four choices would not fit so it left me with only two to work with. In most cases I thought the answer was pretty clear....after making my choice I went back in to the passage and made sure that it fit. I did come very close to running out of time though.....and I did not read the passages word for word. So it would be in your best interest to practice reading to increase your speed.
This website had been so helpful to me over the past few months. Not only did I find the most amazing little nuggets of information, I found a tremendous support system. I hope this post helps anyone who is feeling what I felt before I took the test. Don't make yourself sick! It does not help in the least! I drove myself crazy and now that the test it over with my nervousness has not subsided. I probably won't calm down until I know for sure if this is going to happen for me?? I guess I will see in time!
Good luck and be positive!
jhsRN
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What a relief! I got a 92 composite score on my NET today.