The TEAS. My experience and some tips!!

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Hi guys! Well, I took the TEAS today for the first time. I had no study time because I had already planned to take it again. I just wanted to see what it was like. I had less than a week to study. My adjusted score was 79.3% I'm "advanced." Okay, I don't think advanced enough to get into nursing, thanks.

The breakdown:

Reading 81.0%

Math 76.7%

Science 77.1%

English/Usage 86.7%

Now some background info. I have a BA in art history and a minor in English lit. I graduated from my university back in 2005 and took a few classes here and there until 2011 when I took some classes to apply to my university's nuclear medicine program. I took anatomy, physiology, physics, medical terminology, pre-cal/trig, statistics, and general chemistry. You would think my score would've been higher, but being out of school for a few years can hurt...so can higher level courses. Let me tell you why: the TEAS covers absurdly general topics that you may not study when preparing. So now I want to tell you what I encountered while it is still fresh!!!!!!

Reading: I can't tell you how to prepare for this part. This is a case of figuring out how ATI wants you to answer a specific question. If you feel the need to buy their study guide for this, do so. I may on my second try or seek out general info on the net because I feel like pure stupid for making so low on this section.

Science: OMG. This section was just the worst.

And finally, MATH: My biggest gripe with this section is that you can't use a calculator; therefore all things take longer. One piece of advice is to put away your phone when studying and ignore your computer calculator. Do several simple math problems involving negatives, decimals, fractions, and large numbers (with and without decimals). Do even more problems involving the same, but do division instead. For the love of God, do more fraction problems!! You really need to practice speed and accuracy on this section.

Math (actual problems): Know simple algebra. If you know the FOIL method, you are good. Know order of operations (PEMDAS). Brush up on how to calculate ratios and proportions. .

Big things to look up:

*Basic chemistry

*Basic biology

*Scientific method steps

Formulas are provided, so if you need to convert from Celcius to Farenheit, don't worry. While basic conversions are provided, you should know the necessary steps to get there. For example, a metric conversion to imperial (http://www.mathsisfun.com/metric-imperial-conversion-charts.html). Just know the steps to get there!!!

There will definitely be more that I can't remember, so make sure to do l

If you see some tests anywhere that involve anatomy, biology, or math, don't limit yourself to standard practice tests. Do it all if you can! It won't hurt.

Best of luck to you all and I hope this has help. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask right now. You might jog my memory on further examples from the test :D

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Thank you so much for posting this. It's very helpful!!!

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Hi guys! Well, I took the TEAS today for the first time. I had no study time because I had already planned to take it again. I just wanted to see what it was like. I had less than a week to study. My adjusted score was 79.3% I'm "advanced." Okay, I don't think advanced enough to get into nursing, thanks.

The breakdown:

Reading 81.0%

Math 76.7%

Science 77.1%

English/Usage 86.7%

Now some background info. I have a BA in art history and a minor in English lit. I graduated from my university back in 2005 and took a few classes here and there until 2011 when I took some classes to apply to my university's nuclear medicine program. I took anatomy, physiology, physics, medical terminology, pre-cal/trig, statistics, and general chemistry. You would think my score would've been higher, but being out of school for a few years can hurt...so can higher level courses. Let me tell you why: the TEAS covers absurdly general topics that you may not study when preparing. So now I want to tell you what I encountered while it is still fresh!!!!!!

Reading: I can't tell you how to prepare for this part. This is a case of figuring out how ATI wants you to answer a specific question. If you feel the need to buy their study guide for this, do so. I may on my second try or seek out general info on the net because I feel like pure stupid for making so low on this section.

Science: OMG. This section was just the worst.

And finally, MATH: My biggest gripe with this section is that you can't use a calculator; therefore all things take longer. One piece of advice is to put away your phone when studying and ignore your computer calculator. Do several simple math problems involving negatives, decimals, fractions, and large numbers (with and without decimals). Do even more problems involving the same, but do division instead. For the love of God, do more fraction problems!! You really need to practice speed and accuracy on this section.

Math (actual problems): Know simple algebra. If you know the FOIL method, you are good. Know order of operations (PEMDAS). Brush up on how to calculate ratios and proportions. .

Big things to look up:

*Basic chemistry

*Basic biology

*Scientific method steps

Formulas are provided, so if you need to convert from Celcius to Farenheit, don't worry. While basic conversions are provided, you should know the necessary steps to get there. For example, a metric conversion to imperial (http://www.mathsisfun.com/metric-imperial-conversion-charts.html). Just know the steps to get there!!!

There will definitely be more that I can't remember, so make sure to do l

If you see some tests anywhere that involve anatomy, biology, or math, don't limit yourself to standard practice tests. Do it all if you can! It won't hurt.

Best of luck to you all and I hope this has help. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask right now. You might jog my memory on further examples from the test :D

Thank you for the advice. I am taking mine next week. I see the math in the macgrawhill and the teas book to easy, and I am wondering if the test is like those practice test? Also, did you have a lot of physics questions in your test? And grammar I am learning all the rules, but I don't know if the test will be hard! Please help

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I don't recall any physics. Maybe brush up on basics like defining work, force, etc. I didn't use any study guides like the one you mentioned, but I'm sure it can't hurt. I'm glad I took the test so that next time I will be prepared. That's just the best advice I can give!

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Nobody should study for the TEAS. It's a test of basic knowledge.

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Nobody should study for the TEAS. It's a test of basic knowledge.

Are you thinking of the same test, Chris? A lot of schools use the TEAS as an entrance exam for nursing school. Why wouldn't one prepare for it? It definitely is not a test of basic knowledge for science.

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I got the exact same score. ?Yea im gonna retake it.

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Took the a practice test today and managed a 79% Overall, no studying. There were a ton of Chem questions on my Science portion, and I haven't had a chem class since 2005! Seems like the ATI book study section for chem is already answering a lot of my questions.

Did anyone who has already taken the exam find that the McGraw hill 5 tests books were similar to the actual test?

I know the ATI practice test is ideal, but good lord, I can't justify giving ATI any more of my money!!

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Took the a practice test today and managed a 79% Overall, no studying. There were a ton of Chem questions on my Science portion, and I haven't had a chem class since 2005! Seems like the ATI book study section for chem is already answering a lot of my questions.

Did anyone who has already taken the exam find that the McGraw hill 5 tests books were similar to the actual test?

I know the ATI practice test is ideal, but good lord, I can't justify giving ATI any more of my money!!

Hello, I took my test yesterday is not that bad. Reading was ok, however my first language is not English, so I know you can do much better. The only think is to read fast because times go by quickly. Math has a lot of algebraic problems and fractions. Science, I don't know what to say; I spent most of the time studying chemistry, physics and biology and I only had a few questions, the rest was more like statistics, so I recommend to study in depth the hypothesis, data all that stuff because the questions are not that straigthforward, this section was horrible for me. English, is not that bad, study the pronouns, proper pronouns, conjuctions everything that is in the book. I am sad because of science, they asked me for what I did not prepare. :(

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Thank you for taking the time to post this!!

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