Best HESI A2 Study Guide

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I am in the process of getting prepared to take the HESI A2 exam this summer and am in need of a worthy study guide. I have heard mixed reviews for nearly all study guides available for this test and I am throughly confused!! Please let me know what worked for you and had the most beneficial information!! TIA for your help!!

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I think studying with the official Evolve Study Guide 3rd edition would be the best way to go. I took my test two days after my last Fall 2011 final school exams, and it helped. I only studied for the HESI for two days with that review book (and my AP notes and cliffnotes), and somehow ended up getting a 95% overall. I ordered two other review books, but they were too generic.. as in they tried to prep you for the TEAS, HESI, and whatever else all at once, so they weren't as specific as the Evolve HESI study guide.

Breaking it down:

The math review in the book gives you is pretty much 100% on par with what you'll be tested on. It's mainly simple high school math + lots of conversions. Great review.

As far as vocab and reading go, it only helps by letting you know the type of questions you'll be asked. There was a list of vocab words to know, but I only had about 5 of them on the actual test. Your verbal abilities on the test are pretty much based off of the verbal abilities you've been capable of up until now. So if someone sucks at reading comprehension, they're not going to ace it.. but if you're average or good, I think you'll be fine. It's definitely MUCH easier than SAT verbal, so that's a plus.

Anatomy & P: The book's review was absolutely useless.......... way to generic and basic. You won't be asked ridiculously detailed questions on the exam, but I recommend taking it after you take both semester of AP. I took the test having taken only 1 semester of AP so I only got an 88 on that section. I studied A&P notes and cliffnotes before the test, but I definitely would've done better if I took the second semester of AP already.

Hope this was able to help you a little. You can try the more generic prep books meant for all tests, but the best study prep for math is the Evolve book, and the best prep for science.. is your old class notes lol.

Good luck!!

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btw, I studied with the Evolve 2nd edition book, but there's a 3rd one out now. It'll probably be more updated so that's why I recommended that one.

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Thank you so much for your help!

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