TEAS results interpretation help!

danu3 · Jan 19, 2006

Look on the back on the TEAS score, it has explanation.

The short explanation is that the National score percentile is comparing you to all the people who ever took the TEAS. The program percentile is comparing you to all people who are in the same degree program (BSN, ADN) you are in who took the TEAS.

So if you have a national percentile of 95% and a program percentile of 90% (let's assume you are going for a BSN), it means your score is higher than 95% of all the people who took it and it is 90% higher than all the people who are going for a BSN who took the TEAS.

What is important is what your school is looking at. Do they look at just the raw score or do they look at the percentile rank for the program.

tanner523 · Jan 19, 2006

Thank you!

The problem is that I saw my results online and they didn't have any explanation. My school is said that they were using it as a guide. I thought that I would be able to see what the average was for everyone that took the test with me.

Thanks again!

danu3 · Jan 19, 2006

Thank you!
The problem is that I saw my results online and they didn't have any explanation. My school is said that they were using it as a guide. I thought that I would be able to see what the average was for everyone that took the test with me.
Thanks again!

Just look for the "program mean" and you got it. Usually for TEAS, it floats around 75 for the raw score.

But what really counts is the pool of applicants that are in your school when you are applying. I mean if everyone in the pool is in the 98-99 percentile and you are in the 95 percentile, guess what... you are at the bottom of the pile. On the other hand, if it just so happened that everyone is in the 60-70 percentile and you are in the 80 percentile, guess what, you are in the top of the pile.

Usually schools only use it for a cut off (like you have to get a raw score of 75 at least) and they probably use it just as one of the many variables they look at.

Just apply to as many nursing schools as you can (that is ones you are willing to go to and is accepted by your state board, it does not matter if it is BSN or ADN) to increase your chances of getting in.