All About the NET

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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?

ya i'm wondering if there is another site to help study for the net. this link: http://www.midland.edu/~hsd/pdf/8-net_test.pdf does not work.

thanks!

So weird I can't get the second website listed in step 2. Everytime I try I get error 404. Anyone have this problem? Please help. Thank-you.

i wonder if this technique will work on the teas test

I am upset..actually, almost depressed.I took the net after preparing for weeks.I got 100 percent on the math but was ONE lousy point away from passing the english .I feel like climbing in bed and crying.Now I have to wait 60 days to take it again.And in the mean time..I am just baffled as to how to improve my score. Any ideas? My vision isnt the best and the small(tiny) print didnt help.But I know I just must have not prepared properly.I always got a's in composition and comprehension.Cant figure this out. I just feel so down I want to cry.

Any ideas?

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I know you posted this a while ago, but I figured you might still need some advice. I am sorry you had a rough go on the english stuff, but here is a site that might help. myreadinglab.com is a site that helps you improve your reading. My school uses this program with their reading courses. It judges your weaknesses and then helps you go through stuff to get better. Access to it is $25. I am not sure how long it last, I am assuming 6 months. Pearsons also has a mywritinglab.com website that does the same thing, but goes over english and writing. The cost is the same to access it, $25. I hope these help. I am signing up for them this Friday to get my scores higher. They also have a Mymathlab.com for math, but you do not need help in that department. Good luck and let me know if these things helped you.

Sea Otter

Are there any other food websites? I tried the above link to the Midland college but its no longer working..

I ment GOOD...LOL

http://www.hfcclab.info/net/readingpretest.htm my fav cause questions mirror net. important to time youself. important to understand what main idea, purpose, theme, outcome and inference is and to practice pulling them from reading.

http://college.cengage.com/devenglish/resources/reading_ace/students/index.html

very good too!

http://www.math.com/students/practice.html this is a good math site. it expains math you are having trouble with and gives you practice. main focus should be basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, division of large numbers. turning fraction to decimal to percent and vice versa. basic algebra problems like 3xy-2xy or 7x+2=72 solve. addition, subtraction, multiplication, division of decimals and fractions. if you need to brush up do so because it does not just all come back during the test. there are little things that you can forget that can mess up the whole problem. practice, practice, practice! good luck everyone. if i can remember anything else, i will add on.

I just took the NET for the 3rd time...got 97 all 3 times in Math but got a 67 on reading and then now a 61. According to my score prediciting outcomes is where I stink. What is the difference between and inference and an outcome? I know what ERI study guide tells me but on the actual test they werent that easy. I am a 3.9 student and the frustration is unspeakable for me right now. I am running out of time to take this. I have to get it on the 4th try. I feel like an idiot. Please help me with your tricks for the types of questions

Yikes I completely understand about the reading. I was seriously freaking out thinking that I didn't pass the reading portion. What do you need to pass? I was told 60 was passing.

The school I am applying for requires a 70 in both math and reading...I am so close. I really need some tips on how to improve it. I have done tons of practice and do very well on the practice tests....the practice test are WAY easier than the real deal so I don t know what to do. Any tips are welcome. I am in Houston, TX and you?

I just took the NET for the 3rd time...got 97 all 3 times in Math but got a 67 on reading and then now a 61. According to my score prediciting outcomes is where I stink. What is the difference between and inference and an outcome? I know what ERI study guide tells me but on the actual test they werent that easy. I am a 3.9 student and the frustration is unspeakable for me right now. I am running out of time to take this. I have to get it on the 4th try. I feel like an idiot. Please help me with your tricks for the types of questions

I used myreadinglab.com I just retook the net and raised my reading score to an 82. It cost $25, but it was worth it to raise my score. This is just an option. Hope it helps.

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The school I am applying for requires a 70 in both math and reading...I am so close. I really need some tips on how to improve it. I have done tons of practice and do very well on the practice tests....the practice test are WAY easier than the real deal so I don t know what to do. Any tips are welcome. I am in Houston, TX and you?

Have you tried buying the NET practice online practice test and the book from eriworld. The online test is helpful and mimmicks the actual test. You can take the test over and over for up to 30 days and it gives you your score just like the real test.

An INFERENCE is a conclusion reached WITHOUT A DIRECT STATEMENT OR

EXPLANATlON. If your friend says, "The Red Sox lost 11-2 last night," she has made a

direct statement. But suppose that, rather than making a direct statement, she says,

"Those poor Red Sox. Weak pitching. Three errors. Will they ever start winning again?"

You may INFER that the Red Sox lost last night, even though she hasn't said it.

PREDICTING OUTCOMES is when you predict what could happen next based on the entire reading.

The reading part is tricky because all the answers can be right but only one is the best answer. I didn't get the passing score my school needed until the second (and last) try. The reading was what I had to work on everyday for three weeks including rereading what main idea, purpose, theme, outcome and inference is and to practice pulling them from reading over and over and over again.

I also tried to practice reading faster without losing information. Read more to excercise my reading skills. Good luck!

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