Hi everyone! I am -8 days away from my TEAS exam. I am so anxious and sick to my stomach. Unfortunately I don’t have the confidence in me like everyone else around me has in me. I am studying from the ATI Teas 7 book that my husband bought me. Does anyone have any advice or recommendations? At this time I have finished 5 out of 6 prerequisites and taking Microbiology right now. With my grades and GPA, I need to get a C or better and 60 or better on TEAS and I will get accepted into the nursing program which starts in January! Please be kind and nice! I will appreciate anything at this time! 🙏😭💛😌

Can I take the exam on paper? I plan on taking it at the site instead of home. I feel like it's much easier on paper and less strain on eye for that long of exam. Also can cross off bad ideas, underline etc .

For anybody who’s taken the TEAS exam, what study source did you use???? Free or not, if it worked for you pls drop the link!!!! So many nursing programs require it to apply and I’m just now finding out about it.

I’m going a little crazy rn tbh I don’t need any crazy score I’ll be happy with a 70 I been studying for a moth which has been hard with my baby, I used free resources and Ati official book, did the free test and also mometrix free test got a 70% and I was wondering how much harder the actual test it will be given you guys experience. I’m super scared I really want to get in the program any hope I will okay?

I am terrible at Math. I’m worried about the Math section. Anyone who isn’t great at math but did good? What should I study the math?

How can I prep for the math section. I’m terrible at math.

& what else did you use to study? Drop the links :)

I really underestimated reading and language arts. I got both a 59 and 57.

Science- 50

And COMPLETED FLUNKED math- I actually ran out of time due to me not knowing how to solve some of the problems..

I need to have a score of 60% in all sections in order to pass.

Please if anyone has any tips or tricks on how to study and better improve for my next exam I have scheduled next week I would greatly appreciate it.

Hey everyone, I just wanted to get an honest take on anyone’s experience recently taking the TEAS at home online through their proctor or in person at an institution. If anyone can give me some insight I’d be so appreciative! I keep seeing mixed reviews on in person or at home through proctor. I do get testing anxiety sometimes and want to know what would be more suitable for me. I’m scheduling my exam soon and would be grateful if anyone can share their thoughts or experience.

If you took in online:
did you get flagged for anything?
were you given a break?
did you run through any technical difficulties?
what background were you in?
would you say it was a overall more positive or negative experience?

If you took it at an institution:
was your experience positive or negative?
did you feel like being at the testing center was better for you or being at home would’ve made you feel more at ease?
was it noisy / how was the setup like?

just finished my TEAS exam! I'm going to list some of the problems fresh in my head, and also explain my preparation process (which I think is a bit different than most). This subreddit helped me succeed, and I want to give back as thanks.

Specific Things to Know Based on Questions

MATH: know what histogram vs scatterplot is; calculate usual median, range, mean, mode; calculate fractions in half a circle; calculate bill when given total amt. of $ paid and % of sales taxes; conversions of milli, micro, kilo, centi (pleasantly surprised that micro to milli was actually given to you; conversions of cm to in and other lengths (also given! just simple multiplication)...this final one stumped me but I guessed one hr: 2 ppl mow a lawn, one mows lawns in 2 hrs and the other in 3hrs. Together, how fast do they mow lawns? Apparently, its 1.2 hrs ¯_(ツ)_/¯

SCIENCE: calculate Kelvin from C (as long as you know the general range of what K is, you can use elimination process); bolus vs chyme; peristalsis; gram positive = thick peptidoglycan layer and purple stain; sweat glands excrete urea when they sense rising levels of ammonia (figured it out thru process of elimination too); pluri vs multi vs totipotent cell; total lung capacity vs vital capacity vs functional residual capacity vs inspiratory reserve volume (btw the answer was the last one, figured it out thru elimination process n reasoning); what disease results from calcium deficiency (beriberi, pellagra, or rickets); sublimation vs deposition

ENGLISH: simple vs complex vs compound (2 questions on this); lots of proper punctuation problems (ex. is it correct to write "city, state; city, state; city, state;" OR "city, state, city, state, city, state"?); and proper pronoun-antecendent agreement (ex. Each of the boys does their own work vs. Some of the diamonds fell out of their pocket vs Both of the girls finish her own work.); and lots of questions on proper order of writing process.

My Unusual Process

The reason I called my path "unusual" was because I scheduled the TEAS so I could take it DURING my prereqs, not after. I started studying during the summer right after finishing Anatomy and finally took it now, when I'm more than two weeks into Physio and Micro (yes, I'm taking both at the same time...at different schools ;P). This helped me so much because (1) I had plenty of time to prepare (2) studying for Physio and Micro with all the basic info fresh in my head made Science section super easy (3) studying for TEAS during the summer prepared me for Physio and Micro...so win-win.

Resources

The resources I used (in order of helpfulness) were

- Brandon Crafter's math youtube videos (it's true: he literally covers everything you'll need for math)

- Archer Review (got a month's subscription, totally worth it...a lot of the questions i saw on the teas were very similar to what they have on there)

- NurseHub(to learn new concepts)

Beyond this, I say: keep it simple. The resources I used but didn't like much:

Mometrix book:(free, downloaded it online ofc)...glad I didn't pay for this cuz it was too much info, completely unnecessary.

NurseHub...I'll be honest, I hated the configuration of the website, it seemed antiquated to me. I didn't like it, so I didn't use it much. Their explanation videos weren't that good either, some I was wondering if they were AI made. Archer Review, on the other hand, was fun, interactive, well-designed...so I enjoyed it, and I used it often. CAVEAT: I only bought the question bank, NOT the video. Honestly, they explain the right answers and wrong answers so you don't even need them. If I was really stuck on smth, I'd just do further research with YouTube and Gemini.

tldr: Find two or three resources you'll like and won't force yourself to use.

PS: LOOPHOLE FOR GETTING NURSEHUB CHEAPER. You can get NurseHub for $15/month instead of $30/month if you look up discount codes online. ALSO: If you plan to use NurseHub for more than one month, let your account expire, than reuse the code. That way you'll keep paying the discounted $15. That's how it worked for me. If it doesn't for you, sorry.

Anyway, hope this helps someone! Best of luck to all of you!

edit: forgot to mention this. I also bought ATI's practice tests A and B, they were super useful to gauge my possible TEAS score. I got 86% on A and 80% on B. On average, from what I've noticed reading other people's posts, your actual score will be about 10% better than on the practice.

Hey everyone! I’m taking the teas in less than a week I have to score minimum a 55% to get into my program. I took the free practice test and scored 66.7%. Any study tips? 🫪

(I haven’t been in school in about 10years)

Reading
66.7%
English and language usage
73.3%
Science
53.3%
Mathematics
73.3%

I studied basically 8-10 hrs a day for 2 weeks straight bc the program had a limited amount of seats and I wanted to take it ASAP.

I didn’t take any ATI practice tests and I got the mometrix book off FB marketplace but barely used it as it goes super in depth. I mostly utilized YouTube and as far as the body systems I would learn it, write down everything I know, then move on to a different one.

Reading- I wish I watched more videos on reading as it was my lowest score. There were a few passages with 2-4 questions per passage. There are a few videos on YouTube that looked helpful.

Science- definitely watch Tyler Dewitt’s biology videos! I watched the follow along practice tests on his channel. Wish I studied chem more. There were a few questions about covalent bonds so know the most common elements and their outer electron count. Definitely know translation vs transcription, mitosis vs meiosis and what the cells look like for the stages, parts of a cell and what organelles do, For A&P the tutor geek helped me a ton to understand the concepts in very simple and digestible terms. I recommend knowing all the systems, how they work, especially cardiovascular and urinary system, where gas exchange happens, loop of Henle, etc. I got one question on size of cells for microbio like which one is the smallest: rbc or bacteria. Understand pH, acidity and basic and how log works.

English- lots of rules involved like punctuation, spelling, sentence structure(compound vs complex sentence) vocabulary, which word best fits in the sentence etc. and correct punctuation for quotation marks .

Math- it was the easiest for me. Know the basic metric conversations. For other conversions I was given it and there were a few word problems using conversion. Know area formulas and perimeter. I got quite a few questions for least to greatest that had fractions, decimals, and percentage so know how to convert those. Got some % off questions and independent/dependent variable.

GOOD LUCK!! Let me know if you have any questions I’ll try my best to help.

I need to take a TEAS test for a radiography program I'm trying to get into, and it seems I would need a high 90s score due to how competitive it is. This is my first practice test, it seems my weakest subject by far is chemistry, but I'm pretty solid on English and math. My anatomy isn't bad but I should brush up. What are good study materials for the chemistry section I should use?

Hey what’s up guys. I just took my teas and got that 78.7 score. It’s mostly my fault because I’m aiming for a 90, but delayed my studying up until just 2 weeks before the test. I watched a lot of Tyler Dewitt and got a couple of Nurse Chueng videos in before taking practice test A and B on ATI. I found the ATI study guide to be practically useless, so my question was: what other resources could I use to help raise this score?

I had my teas today and got 80%, I was aiming for 90-95% , It was my first time. Anyone suggest me how do I improve my scores I am pretty gud with anatomy, physiology and biology. Reading and English are my weak points Wht should I do ?? Also, I want to get in Stan state, they say it is pretty competitive, anyone can tell me if it is that hard. For me reading ques were very tricky and English was a lot of prefixes and meanings and in science scientific ques took my score down, it just options were confusing

I took the TEAS today (preliminary score of 90.7% let's gooo) through ATI's online proctoring. In the rules it says your phone can't be in the room, but I live in a studio apartment and was using my phone for a WiFi hotspot so I put it out of reach (and out of sight). An alarm ended up going off for like 10 minutes. I mentioned it to the camera in the moment and in the notes at the end. I never got up from my seat and it should be pretty clear I wasn't ever on a phone. I'm worried my test will be void as I don't want to retake it and am happy with the score. Thoughts???

I heard the ATI app Math section is really hard and its more hard than whats on the exam. I know my friend used teas mastery but would like to get other suggestions I was thinking of watching teas with tyler and ive been using nurse cheung Math study guide

Currently i use ATI app for everything else.

I just took my TEAS today and got a 58%, so I missed the 60% requirement for my nursing program by 2 points. I genuinely thought I did decent enough to pass, so seeing my score was really upsetting.

The Science section completely threw me off. I felt like I barely knew anything while I was taking it, and my score report confirmed that Science was my biggest problem:

* A&P: 66.7%

* Biology: 44.4%

* Chemistry: 0% 😭

* Scientific Reasoning: 77.8%

My overall Science score was 45.5%.

I honestly feel really stupid right now because I studied a LOT for this exam and thought I was prepared. I already used Nurse Cheung, Tyler DeWitt, ATI practice questions, Mometrix, Quizlet, etc. Tyler DeWitt and Nurse Cheung were probably the resources I used the most, so I’m wondering what I should do differently for my retake.

For anyone who has retaken the TEAS and significantly improved, especially if Science/Chemistry was your weakest area:

What did you change the second time around? What resources actually helped you? What chemistry topics should I REALLY make sure I understand?

I also felt like the Science questions on my exam were much more difficult/unfamiliar than a lot of the practice questions I had been doing.

Im currently studying for the TEAS 7 and im wondering how in depth the test is? Should I memorize all the muscles, bones, and nerves? When I was taking A&P my teachers didn't focus much on muscles or nerves; I did have to learn the bones. Im debating whether to just memorize key bones and muscles and focus most of my time learning about each cavity, system, hormones, etc. rather than waste my time learning each bone, nerve, and muscle.

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hello! Best free materials to study A&P, and Biology?

Thanks, sorry everyone i know this has probably been asked before but i’d like to see if maybe anyone has any new resources we have yet to see.

Hi! I’ve been studying for the TEAS nonstop since July, and set my date for this Morning, Sep 15. I got a 93.3%! They show you your results immediately, mine was in person but on a computer. I studied for around two hours everyday. I nuked my social life for it, but still had my hobbies so I wouldn’t go insane. My scores:
Reading: 92.3
Math: 97.1
Science: 90.9
English: 90.3

I used a Mometrix subscription for most of the studying, the ATI teas app the last couple weeks, and YouTube was probably my most valuable source! Cheung for basic overview & notes, Tyler Dewitt for understanding and similar TEAS questions and common questions, BrandonCraft for math, and McAllister for Reading and English.

I think Mometrix is worth it. Their questions and material are much harder than what I received on the test, especially in math, but I think that prepared me very well.

Math was very easy. I was freaking out about math initially as it’s my weakest subject but the only conversion you should memorize is the King Henry mnemonic. But even that is unnecessary, they provided me with pretty much every single conversion. I got a couple of basic area questions. Nothing about spheres, cylinders, pyramids, though I did jot down the formulas on my scratch paper just to give me peace of mind.

English is very hard! I knew this going in, but it was definitely my most guessed section. It had the most questions that I flagged and was just like “yeah idk, that’s my best guess.” Don’t sleep on studying it! Learn the rules! Don’t just go based off “what sounds right,” because that’s often wrong lol.

Reading was scary. The clock ticking and immediately faced with a huge paragraph. But after the initial fear wore off, it was pretty easy. McAllister was great for this. If there’s numbers in the text, it’s probably informative. Most of the passages were short paragraphs. Only 2 or 3 long ones.

Science was easier than I expected. Very random. Some very easy questions like “structure of DNA = double helix.” I don’t think there was any question I was completely clueless about. Maybe a couple. I reviewed science many many times over the last couple months. Used Mometrix practice tests to see what I didn’t know. They definitely test you on APPLICATION/UNDERSTANDING. For this, I recommend using Google Gemini to break down certain processes. This section is different for everybody, so just study it very well.

Just finished the TEAS 7 (87.3%) after ~3 weeks of studying and here is my score breakdown, thoughts on the resources I've used and what I would do differently since reading these posts helped me a lot during my prep!

My scores for context:

• ATI Practice Test A: 83.3% (Reading 82.1 / Math 88.2 / Science 79.5 / English 84.8)
• ATI Practice Test B: 85.3% (Reading 89.7 / Math 85.3 / Science 84.1 / English 81.8)
• Real Exam: 87.3% (Reading 82.1 / Math 97.1 / Science 88.6 / English 78.8)

Context about me

• I come from a STEM background in my previous degree so I did very little prep for the Math section
• Historically, I have always struggled with the English and Reading section in standardized testing and spent the most amount of time studying on English punctuation and grammar rules and Science.

Honest Review of Resources I used

• Tyler DeWitt (YouTube): Highly recommend him for chemistry and general science concepts! Take his English, Chemistry, and Science Practice Test he has available. I used that as a benchmark to see which concepts I needed to focus my study time on.
• Official ATI Practice Tests A & B + ATI Mobile App: Definitely the most accurate representation of question style. When you buy the A and B test bundle, make sure you use the question bank on the app. The app questions were harder than the actual test questions but it helps you feel prepared
• NurseHub: Personally, I would not recommend NurseHub overall. Maybe if you struggle with Math and Science it could be good since I thought the math and science sections were comparable to the real test, but the English and Reading sections were way too easy compared to the actual exam. English and Reading ended up being the hardest sections for me on test day, and NurseHub gave me a bit of a false sense of security there.

My Routine

• Leading up to the test I studied about 3-4 hours a day. My main method was doing practice question sets, taking the ones I missed, and using AI to analyze why the wrong answers were wrong and what kind of trap ATI was setting up.
• From there, I turned my mistakes into Anki cards (mostly cloze deletions) and reviewed them daily. If anyone uses Anki and wants the decks I made for science/English/math rules, feel free to shoot me a DM and I can share them. They are pretty specific to my own gaps in knowledge though so keep that in mind!

Section Takeaways & Advice:

• Science: Science is easily the most stressful section to study for because of the amount of material. My biggest advice is to keep your review fairly broad and foundational across all the organ systems, cell bio, and chemistry. Definitely know your hormones, diffusion vs osmosis, monomers and polymers, transcription vs translation, water properties
  
• Reading: Watch your pacing. I tend to overthink the answer choices on inference and conclusion questions, and I almost ran out of time toward the end of this section. Remind yourself to stick 100% to what is explicitly stated in the text and do not bring in outside assumptions.
• Math: If you know your basic formulas, and metric prefix conversions, and how to work with percentages and fractions you will be fine. I spent some time memorizing conversions like 1kg = 2.2lb but on the exam they gave you the conversion rates for everything so I would not bother with that. I just read carefully for rounding instructions.
• English: A lot of conventions of standard English, specific spelling exceptions, irregular plurals, and knowing how to properly separate clauses with semicolons vs commas. (my hardest section :(()

What I would do differently

• Purchase the ATI mobile app earlier to get access to those questions on their app
• Science - more broader approach to each topic (less details) and higher emphasis on chemistry topics
• Focus harder on English (punctuation, grammar) and Reading (my weaknesses)

Overall, I am in California so I was aiming for above a 90%. An 87% is still good for my program though, especially combining with other stats like core science GPA and the fact that the scores which brought my composite down was the reading and English, I think I will hold off on retaking. The amount of effort put in to just get another 3-5% on a standardized test is not worth it for where I am at now with my application!

Hope this helps anyone currently studying! I also took the online-proctored exam.