TEAS v study time and score

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Hi guys, can you guys share some info with me please? what score did you get on the teas v and how long did you study for it? any study tips?

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I purchased the ATI manual and used it to study for about a week before my test, and scored a 90. I spent about two hours the day before the test working on the science section, which is my weakest area. I suggest focusing on your weak point too, since it makes studying so much simpler.

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I purchased the ATI manual and used it to study for about a week before my test, and scored a 90. I spent about two hours the day before the test working on the science section, which is my weakest area. I suggest focusing on your weak point too, since it makes studying so much simpler.

Did you take the latest version of the teas, which is teas 5? or did you take 3.0/4.0 because I heard the teas 5 is a lot harder. Did it have physics and earth science questions? I have never taken any of those classes :/

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I took the TEAS-V. This was about two months ago. Yes, it had a lot of earth science and biology questions. It had been forever since I studied any of that stuff, which is why I focused on that section exclusively. There were A&P questions too but those were at least much fresher in my mind!

Others I know who took it did pretty much the same thing; a friend of mine is a genius at math and science but struggles with reading comprehension and grammar, so she zeroed in on that section in the ATI book and scored well.

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I took the TEAS V and scored a 91.3%. I used the McGraw-Hill Nursing School Entrance Exam book. I studied by first taking one of the practice tests at the end of the book. Then, I saw the areas I scored poorly on and thoroughly read those sections. I did more practice tests on those sections and if I scored poorly again, I re-read the sections then tested again until my score improved. The nice thing is the McGraw-Hill book has so many practice tests, so you never repeat questions. Also, make sure you take the small quizzes at the end of each section. They are also very helpful! For the sections you score well on the practice tests, just read over them to make sure you grasp the main concepts. For me, this process took about 2 weeks.

Take online tests, too, to prepare yourself with more information. Testprepreview.com has a TEAS section that helped a lot as well.

Good luck!

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Okay, first and foremost, you've got to ask yourself just how good of a test taker you are...:idea:

I have always struggled with tests, but do well scholastically. So, I knew that I'd have issues with the TEAS V. I've got ADHD and am a much slower test taker than most, I knew time would be an issue for me, and it certainly was! I ended up blankly filling in about 6 math questions and 10 reading--which obviously impacted my score in a detrimental manner :crying2:

There are many people on this site who say that they hardly studied at all, yet scored fantastically. I'm not one of those girls. I studied hard and tried for about a month's time. However, I am a huge procrastinator and hadn't studied enough as I should have. I'm also a single mom and work--I did my best. So, I first assessed myself after buying the ATI study guide bundle--I took practice test A and scored a 68%. I then recognized my weaknesses: I'm not strong in math or science (even though I prefer math and science). I've got a 3.4 in my sciences, and a 3.87 overall. My strengths are reading, writing, and English (or so I thought)! I studied with a friend, studied alone, watched videos, read study guides off Google. I felt somewhat prepared, but still didn't really know what to expect. I mean, I had never even take the SAT's--I'm a 35 year old college junior. :eek:

So, I took the TEAS V and got a 72.0%--am I disappointed? Both yes and no. My average is much better than the National, but I had hoped better for myself. I set very high standards, and was let down. However, I feel that my grades, number of attempts, and proctored essay will still, at the very least, leave me as a contender for acceptance into my LVN-RN BSN program. I'll soon find out. Accepted or not, I'd like to take the test again, because I want to score better and prove to myself that I am not a C student. :yeah:

As expected, my strengths on the test were reading and English. Math was still decent, and science was something I bombed! I studied my orifice off for the sciences---I love it! There was a lot of chemistry on the test, and no periodic table (most people say that they've had that on their test)~I'm not so sure why mine was different :( You need to balance one equation, there are a couple questions on kinetic vs. potential energy, some system questions, a few on mitosis and meiosis--even though I had felt prepped for these questions, I bombed them! Like I said, I don't test well. :uhoh3:

The math portion was a lot easier than the practice tests in the ATI study guide, at least in my opinion. The actual online practice tests (especially B) were closer to my version of the TEAS, I'd suggest taking those, take them twice if you can. :up:

Reading was the hardest for me (even though I scored the best) because I ran out of time. So maybe practice learning how to speed read online? :twocents:

English was tricky, but if you read the study guide and take the practice tests, you should be okay. :D

I'm happy to answer any questions I can and help with anything--I am studying for round two, and could use the extra time to study/learn/explain what I know and need to learn online with a study buddy! :lol2:

Best of luck to you :redbeathe

Bali girl :redpinkhe

PS--I won't know for 2-6 weeks if I am accepted into the program, so I'll be on here a lot with study questions, too! This is so nerve wracking! :eek:

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Oh, and one last thing, I took the online practice test form B the day before the TEAS and scored a 70%...so I'm not even sure all my studying helped! :mad:

:)

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I took the TEAS-V. This was about two months ago. Yes, it had a lot of earth science and biology questions. It had been forever since I studied any of that stuff, which is why I focused on that section exclusively. There were A&P questions too but those were at least much fresher in my mind!

Others I know who took it did pretty much the same thing; a friend of mine is a genius at math and science but struggles with reading comprehension and grammar, so she zeroed in on that section in the ATI book and scored well.

Venti - how did you study for the earth science part? What topics do you think i should cover for earth science?

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