Taking the NET

The NET is usually timed per section where as the HESI is 4 hours and you can do what ever section you want first. It may be different at your college though. There is a study guide called: The NET study guide, a review for the nurse entrance test. It is by Educational resources inc. I picked it up at my college book store and it was $34.99.

I am taking the NET at HFCC next month and I am curious as to what exactly is on the exam. Is it anything like the HESI? Also, what is the best way to prepare and study for it, is there a study guide or anything that I can purchase? Any insight would be appreciated.

Depending on where you are located, I have the study guide I can sell you. Its $32 new I would sell for $15.

The math is basic math, ratios, adding, subtracting, decimals. the english is reading a story and answering questions in a critical thinking way. if you go to the learning lab at hfcc they have a website listed and you can take practice tests, they also have handouts avaliable to practice with. it is a timed test you get i think an hour for the math and 30 minutes for the reading.

good luck.

get there a little early and relax.

Make sure you understand ratios and percentages. Grab a sixth grader's math and practice. The math is not any harder than that level. You'll be asked more of these questions than any other on the NET.

As far as the reading: you need to be able to understand the concept they're asking; they may want you to identify the inference, the main idea, and two other concepts that have escaped my memory. Sometimes, they are deceptively close, and that is what 'gets' people on the reading portion of the NET.

Is there any algebra on HFCC's NET? Would it be important to study it anyway? I will be taking the NET fall-ish :)

I don't remember any, but i took it 1 1/2 years ago. if there was it was really basic algebra.I will be on campus on friday and will try and remember to get the website to study from.

Good luck! Here is a link to the HFCC NET test preparation web page. The test is just like this, so practice a lot.

http://adm.hfcc.edu/~jmorford/NET/

A tip I heard that I think works - when doing the reading portion, read the questions FIRST, then read the paragraph and then go back to answer the questions. To me, the reading portion is the hardest part.

I took the NET last Friday. IMHO the math was very basic and easy. The only thing I had a problem on was the reading, you have 33 minutes to read 3 passages and answer 30 questions. I started to freak out because of the time limit.

I passed for WCCCD, I just want my score to be a little higher, so I may take it again, but only at HFCC (because you get your scores quicker)...

Yes, algebra is on the NET, but with really easy sentences to solve. Nothing tricky at all.

I agree that the reading portion was the most difficult.

I have a hand out that they gave me at the school and it lists websites to use. One is http://hfcclab.info/Net and the other is http://hfcclab.info there is also a bunch of resources. Would you recommend practicing from just this or do you suggest getting a study guide?

Good luck! Here is a link to the HFCC NET test preparation web page. The test is just like this, so practice a lot.

http://adm.hfcc.edu/~jmorford/NET/

A tip I heard that I think works - when doing the reading portion, read the questions FIRST, then read the paragraph and then go back to answer the questions. To me, the reading portion is the hardest part.

Did the study guide help at all? There seems to be a ton of different resources and I wondered what's the best way to study. If the study guide helps more I would be interested in purchasing it from you. I live in Macomb Township if that's convenient.