TEAS V TEST

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Any study tips for TEAS V test pls? I will be taking the test in December and I'm currently reading ATI TEAS V study manual and MCgraw Hills 5 TEAS practice test(second edition)! Let me know if I need more materials pls! I'm good at science and maths but I'm worried I may screw up my English grade especially the reading part because English is my second language! When I came to the US three years ago, I had hard time fitting in and I couldn't even order my coffee! But I overcame my limitation and managed to get A in both composition I and II at Houston Community College! I have a GPA of 3.99 and I got an A in all science and maths courses I took! I'm currently

applying to different nursing schools in Texas to get admitted in Fall 2015! I also wanna get into med school at some point in the future! I wanna use nursing as stepping stone to get into med school and i'm currently taking pre-med courses alongside my prerequisite courses! But for now I wanna get my Bachelor of Science in nursing!

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Ashunda45,

It sounds to me like you are a very good student and you are determined! I have an engineering background and pretty much any international student that I knew or studied with were exceptional at math and science! I am not trying to be intentionally critical to native-born Americans here, but it is true... students coming here from elsewhere in the world are absolutely advanced math/science compared to fresh HS graduates here.

So, if you are one of these and your practice tests confirm you have mastered math and science material for the TEAS exam, then I would focus nearly 100% on the grammar and reading studies. I cannot imagine how hard it would be to test on second language material! But, it sure sounds like you have perservered and you are doing very well in your english studies!

Let us know how you did on the first ATI sample test from the study manual. When you take the sample test, try to treat it like a real test but I wouldn't time yourself quite yet. Just take the test without time limitations. But mark each question that you are uncertain about as you take the exam. Then, grade the exam. Note the questions:

1. You thought you knew but MISSED (i.e. these you'd likely miss again on the real exam!).

2. You didn't know and MISSED.

3. You didn't know but got CORRECT (i.e. you probably just have gotten lucky).

Look at each of these carefully and understand exactly why you missed them! Then, see if you can "group" certain types of questions missed together and look for a common "area". Perhaps you missed 2 or 3 questions on capitalization rules? Or subject-verb agreement? These should be diligently studied and re-learned prior to taking sample test #2.

Do this on every iteration of taking a new sample test (i.e. McGraw-Hill, or ATI online tests). But, somewhere in there you do need to start timing yourself as well. You need to be sure to manage your time as you take the tests.

Regards,

LW

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Thank you for your constructive comments! Much love!

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