TEAS scoring

FutureRN-GA · Jul 1, 2014

Wow those are some low requirements! I would tell you this. Determine what your weak areas are and study more on those topics. Also while the science portion is very random with the subjects that it chooses to pull questions from on the exam, because you are taking the teas for a nursing program it will have a bit more A&P questions than any other science. I took the teas 2 times for an LPN program(of which I just got accepted to a week ago!) the first time I studied but not that much and got an overall score of 68.7. Also I have been back in college since 2012 besides that I hadn't been in school since 2003 and graduated HS in 2002. The second time I took it I made sure to study more from the ATI teas book and I used the online test and focused even more on the science and math portions(my weaker area) and I scored 74.7. So definitely buy atleast one online ati practice test because it's in the format that you will be taking so you will feel real comfortable when you take the actual test and it will show you what you need to work on at the en, just like the real test.

augurey · Jul 1, 2014

Thanks!

I did confirm with administration on the scoring. It makes me feel a little more confident that I'll do decent enough. If not, hopefully I won't be too far off and will get it the second time around.

Math and science are my weakest subjects. I rented the ati TEAS v V, which I've been studying. I figure I'll go over the McGraw Hill as a secondary source after I've gone through ati. I tried a practice test the first night I received the ati book in the mail, and I was absolutely mortified to find out how little I remembered. It's been coming back to me as I go, but (I'm at the end of the math section) there's some things I just can't seem to grasp.

Is there a easier way to help memorize conversions? There's some concepts that I'm really having a hard time grasping. Word problems, so far, have been almost impossible for me to get. From everything I've read, that's one thing you really need to know for the TEAS.

I'll definitely have to look into buying one of the practice tests on ati. Working full time and taking care of my daughter has really made studying a challenge, but I should have a really nice chunk of time this weekend, so I'll definitely have the time to sit for a few hours to take the practice test. Is the practice test pretty much same number of questions and time limit?

By the way, congrats on your acceptance to your LPN program!

FutureRN-GA · Jul 2, 2014

No problem hun and thank you I am super amped about getting into the program..................As for studying I also had Nurse entrance exams for dummies and the McGraw hill practice tests. I found that the Dummies book simplified the content quite well but since it wasn't in the ATI format, I just used it when there were concepts that I needed broken down. The online practice test for ATI if I remember correctly, does have the same time limits. As for the word problems try YouTube and Khan academy websites for some added assistance. The more you practice and especially the more you practice from the ATI manual, the more prepared you will be. I truly believe that if you will do just fine. Also don't forget to study the other subjects as well, just so you can get an idea of what ATI will be testing on and also to catch anything that you be need to brush up on, just don't spend to much time on stuff you already know.

augurey · Jul 4, 2014

If I don't pass on Tuesday, I'll definitely look into getting the nursing entrance exams for dummies. At this point, I don't think I'll have enough time to really review it. I'll have to check out YouTube and Khan academy websites.

I know I'm going to fail math and science for sure.

I decided to take the online test (A) this afternoon to really narrow down what I need to do as my time is running out. I scored well above what I need in reading and English. I wasn't happy with the scores, but a lot of it was because I was making stupid mistakes. I'd rather learn not to make those stupid mistakes on the practice test than the real thing.

Math and science were absolutely dreadful. I need to increase my math score by about 14% and science by about 7%. They were that bad.

I know I needed to go back to the math section and go over stuff still as I knew there was a lot that I didn't grasp, so it's not surprising, but there were things that I thought I grasped that I apparently didn't. Though that could have also just been me rushing too much and not taking the time to think. If I can just nail down the formulas, I will do just fine.

I'm still not all the way through the science section on the TEAS study guide, so there was a lot that I just didn't know. Which I think this is going to be my biggest problem because the last time I took a science class was 13 years ago, so there's just a lot to remember, and some of the stuff (ie physical science) I never learned, or it was at such a basic level my freshman year of high school.

So this is going to be challenging, and I do not expect to pass.

I'm not going to even bother with the English section as I feel that I have some wriggle room for English and my focus really needs to be on math and science.

I am going to compare the TEAS study guide with the McGraw book to see if that helps me some. Otherwise I've been on the internet trying to find things to help. I think I finally have the cell / organelle names and functions down, but not as well as I'd like.

I think my other problem with the practice test is that I just flew through it. 150 questions completed in 1 hr 50 minutes. While I think I can move quickly, I think I need to slow down a little bit. That was part of my mistake in reading and English, and I think some of the math. There's questions in math that I know I shouldn't have gotten wrong if I took more time to read or be careful with what I was writing down when working out the problems.

While I'm not thrilled with the idea of failing, which is to be expected with only 2 weeks of studying/refreshing after being out of school for 11 years, I think having the extra time between the first and second test will be beneficial in me nailing down the math formulas and as much science as I'm able to. Hopefully then I'll be able to go into the science a little further. Right now I have to be able to just get by with what I get out of the TEAS study guide, unfortunately.

Thank you very much for you help!