After 5-6 weeks of studying and constant anxiety attacks, I've officially passed the TEAS 6 with a 92 percent, which put me in the 99th percentile!!!
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As you guys can see, my practice exam scores were significantly lower than my actual exam score. This was a huge concern for me because I took practice exam B four days before my actual exam, so I was freaking out! The Reading section and the English section were my weakest. I scored a 50 something percent on the English section of practice exam B.
The Reading section was sooooo much easier on the actual exam than the practice exams, and I was so relieved because the questions on the practice exams were so difficult to answer with the answer options that were given. Don't worry too much about this section but still brush up on your reading skills and know the following: logical conclusions, know the main types of writing, main ideas, supporting details, opinions vs facts, and know the definitions of appendix, atlas, almanac, table of contents, glossary, index, etc. You will also need to practice reading fast AND precisely because although I'm a fast reader, I barely had any leftover time for this section.
The math section was easy, but I think the practice exam questions for math were easier than the actual exam wording wise. Know how to do proportion word problems (these were the most common types of questions on the exam); know how to set up an algebraic equation from a word problem (this is crucial); know the area and perimeter formulas for shapes (they do not give you these formulas on the exam); know how to do work rate problems; know how to solve basic algebraic equations; know ratios; know how to calculate percent change; know how to find the original price of something using the new price and the percent discount; know how to subtract, add, divide, and multiply fractions; know mean, median, mode, and range.
Now for the most intimidating section: SCIENCE. I've already taken anatomy and physiology, microbiology, and chemistry. I recommend having these courses completed before taking the TEAS. I studied the hardest and longest for this section. The questions were so insanely random for this section that it is crucial to know everything you possibly can about the 11 body systems. I made a 60+ page (typed in size 11 font) study guide for the 11 systems and added a lot of photos I found online to help me understand and visualize the physiology. Know the ins and outs of these systems and how they're related and how they work as a whole, know the negative feedback loops in every system (google pictures for this), and know the most important hormones released by every organ/gland. For chemistry, know how to balance chemical AND nuclear equations and know atomic structure, atomic mass, and atomic numbers. Also, know how Punnett squares work and know your cell organelles. I also wanted to mention that I used the TEAS Secrets book by Mometrix, the ATI Study Manual, and khan academy, crash course, and Armando Hasudungan videos to create my study guide for the 11 body systems. I used the TEAS Secrets by Mometrix as the foundation of my study guide and used everything else to add in extra information/missing details and to better understand everything more in depth. I really REALLY recommend Armando Hasudungan videos. He explains complex things in such a clear way that is easy to understand.
The English section was.......I don't even know how to describe it. Difficult? Awful? Frustrating? There are some questions in the English section that you cannot really prepare for on the TEAS and that's just something you'll have to come to terms with. However, the questions you can prepare for will be based on knowing your parts of speech, punctuation, types of sentences, common prefixes and suffixes, know subject verb agreement and pronoun antecedent agreement (I used grammarbook.com for this)
Overall, I recommend using the ATI Study Manual and TEAS Secrets by Mometrix for all sections. I hope this was helpful and good luck to everyone!
