Help! UPMC Shdyside PSB Testing

nocheapones · Mar 13, 2010

I think there are alot of posts about this already, so you might want to try the search feature on the top right of each page. Also you will likely find more stuff about Shadyside specifically in the PA nursing programs board.

Have you used any of the books that they recommend? I took the test last spring and found it to be much easier than the stuff that was in the books. I got 90-some percent on each category and was admitted for this spring but declined. I never had A&P or Bio (since high school, which had been 6 years) before taking the test, for what it's worth. I never had physics, period. And like I said, I did pretty well. It's really (IMO) more a matter of critical thinking with each question. You need some background information, but most of the questions were able to be answered just by process of elimination with the choices that you were given.

I thought the math section was insanely easy, and I know there was one more section but I can't recall what it was about... it too was really easy. Sorry I can't be more helpful. I think probably the best thing to do besides studying the books that they recommend is to stay calm and collected during the test so you can work by process of elimination for the things that you don't know.

kbm318 · Mar 15, 2010

There is a science, math, reading, and a vocab section on the test. I thought the science was hard in my opinion and I scored high 90's in the other 3. And everyone I talked to before the test told me to make sure I studied the science, so I will tell you the same thing study science!!

ahley2323 · Mar 15, 2010

Thanks for your responses! I did hear that the science was hard so i was just trying to figure out the main points i should be studying in science and also math.