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Okay, so I figured i would go ahead and write a recent update about the TEAS V which I just took yesterday. In my weeks preping for the exam i frequented this blog to get advice from other students and relieve some of my anxiety. I think it's now my turn to pay it forward and let you know about my experience... sooo here goes! First let me say that I am a 4.0 student with no less than a 100% average in all my science classes... and i've worked hard for that. So following suit I tried to study study study for this exam to ensure than my hard work hadn't gone to waste. I purchased the TEAS V study guide and i bought both of the online practice tests. And i worked through them everyday for about 3 weeks... seeing where i was weak and i also used other websites for practice problems on areas where i was weak. -----------side note: my school only used the MATH AND READING portion of the tests----- I read on here that the practice online/book tests were easier... and in my experience: FALSE!!!! I found that the actual test used things very similar to the online practice tests as far as format, but that was it!! And I did think that the test was much much much harder, but there are different versions too... so keep that in mind. This is purely my experience! READING SECTION: So i love reading... and im obviously not THAT bad at reading comprehension or i think my grades would reflect that. I am a very grammar/english based person.... BUT NOTHING COULD HAVE PREPARED ME FOR THE READING SECTION! I scored higher on the practice exams than i did on the actual exam. On the practice exams i had a 90% average and understanding directions and such was my highest score... on the real exam, the directional questions pulled my grade waaaaay down (mind you i still did score at the average for my program) but here is why i think it went down the way it did: So lets take for example that fun little map in the reading comprehension section of the TEAS v study guide book... The practice test may ask something like :what is the closest park to I-50... and you just look at your key and ta-da you see its nurse park! Simple, right?! well on the real exam it was the same type of format like the map for example, BUT theres about 12 different interstates/highways. Then it gives you 4 different options like which of the following is correct type of thing... so for example: a person going south-west on I-4 will pass through RN park driving to the lake. Which doesn't seem sooo bad right? Well remember you will be tracing 4 different routes, and dont forget your time limit!! Or say for example the contex clue questions... in the study guide book you might have a question like "that girl STIFFED me for the check" what does STIFFED mean? well the test would be more like a whole passage that uses one word MULTIPLE times over and each different time its used it has a number correlating to a different dictionary meaning... then it wants to know which is used correctly. Same format, but like 10 times harder! MATH: Oh, math... WATCH YOUR TIME!!! THIS CANNOT BE SAID ENOUGH! The math questions were probably equally as hard or slightly easier than the practice exam questions. I would say that the math section of the study guide was very good! I am not a verying mathmatically inclined person, so i expected to have lower math scores... BUT i really really really studied and I actually did 10% better on the math section than the reading... i was also above my program average!! Many of the things you see in the math problems seem to be implemented into word problems, lots of conversion and such... mainly what i want to say about this is WATCH YOUR TIME. Oh and make sure your not over-thinking simple questions... i ALMOST did this! So in conclusion: I wouldn't just accept what other people are saying about the practice exams being harder... because i wish i wouldn't have though "oh im making like a 78% on this but everyone says that scored 10% higher". I believe that you should probably get the study guides/ practice test... i dont think its the best, but it will slightly familarize you with the material and if you have been out of school for a long time you will def need to brush up on some things.... Prepare your self to expect the unexpected!!! ------------------------------AND REMEMBER------------------------------------------------- THIS EXAM DOES NOT DEFINE YOU!!! GOOD LUCK!!!!