All About the NET

[9livesRN]

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?

[baldee]

WHEW!!

Math, Reading, Written: 100%, 85%, 85%.

Composite percentage, 93%: 99th National Average Percentile.

Did worst in Inferential in Reading, and those are the easiest: except you have to take time to look every answer up.

If you don't see the answer in reading, then its the right inferential selection :-) Well, maybe a little more than that, but that's what I did and got near 100% when I did not have time deadlines in practice questions .

Missed 4 in Pronoun Case and Principle Parts of Irregular Verbs, and 3 spelling questions. Pronoun case and Irregular verbs is an area I definitely need more work in for sure; and spelling, who cares with spell check, lol.

BOMBED Science with 60%, mainly from Microbiology questions (started class Tuesday) and Chemistry (from 1984). Good thing its not graded, but you never know - ??

But I may have had an easy test too, so... YMMV

[njadreamer]

WHEW!!

Math, Reading, Written: 100%, 85%, 85%.

Composite percentage, 93%: 99th National Average Percentile.

- ??

But I may have had an easy test too, so... YMMV

You did great ! Congratulations !!! Your score is great !! Thankyou for the web sites. I ordered the book, I should be getting it soon. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind answering. What study tips do you recommend to do well in the reading sec. ? Did the tests you ordered help alot ? And how many did you order ? I'm going to order the net test on line one month before the test. Also I'm going to sign up for the reading lab Did you do the reading lab ? Also one more question. What were your passages about in the reading sec. ? Sorry for all the questions ! Congrads again !!! D

[baldee]

Get all the free ones you can, and there are a lot on all those links above going down 4 or 6 levels deep in many of the many links. You want to save at least a couple reading tests unread, for the day before. That free site with about 20 reading samples, I scored from (high)60's to (low)90's average, BUT I did have a 19 and 33 out of 20 tests (only needed to go through each test of 20 once, since all the time I had). But my average was about 78. I was happy, since the main idea strategies seemed to work about graphing out paragraph. Before that, I was bouncing between 19 and 70, ON THE SAME TESTS, until I applied the main idea methodologies (and getting worse as I went because stressing out).

I had 3 or 4 LONG reading passages on NET, but don't remember exactly. I was more worried about Written Expression, since I did not expect so many spelling words. You got your math down. Get the Written down from the Eriworld, and that's what I spent most of my time on since I substituted a humanities for 12th grade English; and have always been weak there, but I caught up some on this test. And keep studying the main idea passages methodology - it works. Once you can do the eriworld reading at about 90 for each reading type question, you are there.

Just have confidence that you will look for every graded reading examples (if its not graded, its just a waste of time). And the reading lab would be good, but it will take a lot of time just matriculating to the site and software. Its like any test. You never have a clue at first usually, but plan how to study, and change those plans accordingly so you max out right before the test. There is an optimum time in the learning cycle so you won't forget facts with new facts in other areas of your life. I have 4 degrees so I've got this studying down: although my test taking skills score on my NET said 45%, lol - another non graded portion. Of course, I answered all those non-graded questions (except Science section) like I thought they would want to hear, and not the exact truth

:-o

I have given you 'Golden Word' for this test in detail. But that is what worked for me. However it should be enough to figure out what works for you, with access to the same listed links. You should do better than I, and you have to believe that to make it happen. Just do it!

[baldee]

And I did have to go through EACH eriworld written expression question ONE AT A TIME, UNTIL I GOT THE RIGHT ANSWER FOR EACH. But I would test up to where I was at going through finding the right answers; so it would help drill in, what I perceived, why they were the right answers. By the time you get to the end, then you will know 'that' section, if you research what you don't know and don't fill in with too many (wrong) student theorems. Those pronouns and irregular verbs are wild, and I still missed 4 of 7 on the test!! It takes a couple of hours for me to go through and find all the right answers for the verbal expression, but it was the only section I needed to do that, because started getting wild variance swings from random guesses :banghead:

And then I could breeze through in a few minutes afterwards. It is the ONLY Written expression test, and a good tool if you take the time up front to find out each answer.

[njadreamer]

And keep studying the main idea passages methodology - it works. Once you can do the eriworld reading at about 90 for each reading type question, you are there.

Just have confidence that you will look for every graded reading examples (if its not graded, its just a waste of time). You are right about this !

:-o

I have given you 'Golden Word' for this test in detail. But that is what worked for me. However it should be enough to figure out what works for you, with access to the same listed links. You should do better than I, and you have to believe that to make it happen. Just do it!

Thankyou for all your help !!! I'm going to work on the main idea passages more. I think you hit it on the head with the confidence!!! I seem to have lost it !! I'm going to let go of the past !! I'm starting fresh I have the confidence to do this !!! I know I can do this I am going to pass this time !!! Thankyou again and God bless you for helping me !!!!!

[arigsbee]

Hi - I'm slowly wading my way through this thread.... CSantos recommended this site for a practice math test: http://www.testprepreview.com/net_math_practice.htm

However, the answer key doesn't give the actual answers - how do you check your work?.....

Tks!!:wink2: :wink2:

[bender83]

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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Seaotter -Mind me asking how long did you use the reading lab before taking the Net again? I think the very last day for me to take the Net is 9 days away but I feel weary about it. I don't want to take it again and fail once more. I am very frustrated with my reading comp. I did so horrible, I don't even want to remind myself. I am going to order the readinglab today and hope that it helps with my speed.

I feel so upset guys...sigh...

[alynnah22]

Thanks for the information! I didnt know where to seek for help about the NET! I hope that with this new info I get a high score!

[fallwinter]

Thank you so much for posting this!!!

However, the link PDF you linked to didn't work, could you kindly post it again.

I've taken the NET Test twice and failed both times Now I have to wait a whole year before I can even get in the NET test at my college again (Cal U in PA). I'm looking for ANY help I can get!! Thanks!!

[kirham]

So my NET exam is in 2 weeks and I have some questions. In the reading comprehension section, I was unable to answer #4, 7, 8. 19 and 20. I am pretty confident about the rest of my answers. When can I check with the answer key to confirm my responses? Thanks a bunch!

[baldee]

If you are talking about the oneline practice test, you just keep trying different answers until you get them right. The written expression was the only one I had to track one-by-one (up to 4 tries per question) for an answer sheet (and learn after you burn your time). When you figure out the reading, you should get near 100%, except inference requires (for me) eliminating each one is not specifically stated. However, the main ideas was the hardest to learn because they will always throw in a 'too narrow', a 'too broad', and a trivial mentioned phrase. Good luck.

[kirham]

Just wanted to Let yall know I took the net last Friday. I got a 73% on the reading and a 93% on the math. This feed helped! Also I did break down and buy the online ERI program too. It helped as well.'m just glad I got over a 60% on the reading. Hopefully Suny Downstate will admit me!