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HELP. Science section weight in TEAS???

Hi guys. I've had a rough patch with my education where I went into a slump that just killed my confidence and drive. I had C's in most of my pre-reqs and was super nervous about the TEAS. Fortunately, I now have some good news!!

I retook my gen bio class and flew through it with an A, completed my A&P II class with a high B, and bumped my gpa for my program up to a 3.7!!

My school accepts students based on the grades for these classes:

Gen Bio - A

Gen Psych - A

English - B

Comm - A

I received a 77% on my Teas. There is a point system here where they basically take your gpa (3.7) and add it to your TEAS score (7.7). The highest you can get is a 14 and I have an 11.4. 12 is the average acceptance which is why I am planning on retaking my TEAS set for the end of this month. My score should shoot up since I was only beginning A&PII when I took the TEAS and my science feedback was all of the organ systems I learned about after the exam.

Which brings me to my question: Is the science section weighed more in your TEAS? Can my overall score significantly increase??

I would very much appreciate a quick answer =) (Feel free to point me to an FAQ from ATI if this info is available on their site!!)

THANKS

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    I don't know that one class will bring your score up enough to hit 12. If it were me, I would probably retake the teas. But I come from the perspective that just hitting a competitive score isn't enough, I want to score as high a score I possibly can to "secure" my spot... which still is no guarantee.. but i don't want to come this far just to settle for competitive "enough" just to get bumped out over a half a point or something. But again that's just me! Hope that helps

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    Thanks for the prompt reply!! I'm not entirely worried about the class. I was wondering if the sections of the TEAS exam are weighted differently based on the relevance of the subjects. Like, do you get a higher overall score if you have a higher score in science compared to english? Or are they all weighed equally?

    Edit: Never mind!! I realized that I could simply do the math on the scores I recieved and check it that way. They're all equally weighed. Thanks for the help anyway!!

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    Not really BUT something to remember is that some sections have fewer questions than others. So for example, in English and language usage there's only 24 questions- so there's a much slimmer margin for error than in the science section which has I think somewhere Btwn 45&50 questions.

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