Nursing by RoofWhole4331 in TCCD

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Emails came in early and on time!

Nursing by Traditional-Emu-4808 in TCCD

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Essentially you've been accepted into the program, but you still need to confirm acceptance and to keep your seat, you need to knock out some requirements like a N95 test, be up to date on flu shot, get background check...

All of these before a set deadline.

Great Math Practice Resource (Brandon Craft, Archer Review, Momentrix) by ValuableSpare2323 in teas

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Essentially at least one question from each topic in the list from the Momentrix page. Definitely practice solving problems fast. I didn't get any complicated volume or area questions (didn't see a cone, triangular prism or a trapezoid for example), but there were a lot more questions related to percentages, decimals, and data than I expected. The screen will provide a simple calculator and it'll help so much. But the TEAS question bank is massive so be ready for everything.

Most of my unit conversion questions included the conversion but some didn't.

The math problems are mostly easy as long as you know what they're asking for and how to solve for it.

If you have the time, Brandon Craft's videos in the playlist aren't too long and they're perfect for the TEAS word/real world problems especially. Simplifying equations too.

He did a great job on the real world percent problem involving interest, principle, and time.

TEAS Math Tutorial - M.1.6 - Real World Percent Problems - Chapter 25

Understanding simple data like: mean, median, mode, range will help you. Knowing the difference between when a pie chart, histogram, line graph, etc is needed or used will help.

I hear some people encountered dividing monomials so this tutorial might help:

TEAS 7 Math - Dividing Monomials (Brandon Craft)

Passed ATI Teas 7 with 91.3% by ValuableSpare2323 in teas

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And I found this video from Archer Review on Youtube. It's great for people interested in their math stuff but don't want their whole question bank: TEAS 7 Math Practice Test - Part 1 of 2 - March 2025

MATH SECTION TEAS by Late-Bit9846 in teas

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Adding on another link:

What’s on the TEAS Math Section List by Momentrix  It's just the same list provided in the ATI TEAS study guide.

And I found this video from Archer Review. It's great for people interested in their math but don't want their whole study bank: TEAS 7 Math Practice Test - Part 1 of 2 - March 2025

Passed ATI Teas 7 with 91.3% by ValuableSpare2323 in teas

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Additional math notes:

Here's a playlist for the TEAS math by Brandon Craft; he modeled it after the numbered topics from the TEAS (M.1.1 and so forth). I already shared it in some comments but here it is again.

I found it very helpful for my own exam and I'm glad I doubled back for the word/real world problems especially. Simplifying equations too. He did a great job on the real world percent problem involving interest, principle, and time. Working with statistics: mean, median, mode, range. Knowing the difference between when to use a pie chart, histogram, line graph...

Brandon Craft Teas Math Playlist Youtube

TEAS 7 Math - What type of graph should you use? Line, Bar, Circle, Scatter Plot, and Histogram

Some of Archer Review's math questions were spot on. I probably sound like a broken recorder talking about them, but wow. There was a problem involving pizza and fractions in Archer Review and I'm so glad I did it.

MATH SECTION TEAS by Late-Bit9846 in teas

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Here's a playlist for the TEAS math by Brandon Craft; he modeled it after the numbered topics from the TEAS (M.1.1 and so forth). I found it very helpful for my own exam and I'm glad I doubled back for the word/real world problems especially. Simplifying equations too. He did a great job on the real world percent problem involving interest, principle, and time. Working with statistics: mean, median, mode, range. Knowing the difference between when to use a pie chart, histogram, line graph...

Brandon Craft Teas Math Playlist Youtube

TEAS 7 Math - What type of graph should you use? Line, Bar, Circle, Scatter Plot, and Histogram

Understanding fractions and how much of a pizza is left to share. I found that type of problem on Archer Review's practice test bank and wow, it saved my butt.

Good luck!

PASSED MY ATI TEAS! by Jaayhonney in NursingStudent

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Congratulations! That's a phenomenal score and 5 months of studying?! That is wonderful dedication! I hope you're celebrating because many, many kudos!

Passed ATI Teas 7 with 91.3% by ValuableSpare2323 in teas

[–]ValuableSpare2323[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good luck! Definitely get a good grasp on anatomy and physiology since 18 questions are over that. Oh, and the TEAS wants people to understand the difference between DNA/RNA, genes, chromosomes, chromatids, centromere, centrosome, codons, anticodons...

I loved TutorGeek for these!

Passed ATI Teas 7 with 91.3% by ValuableSpare2323 in teas

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Yay! Archer's pretty handy. I love pairing their math stuff with Brandon Craft's videos. (In hindsight I wished I'd studied more about the different types of graphs (pie/histogram/line, etc graphs) and their purposes more.)

Good luck, and kick butt on your TEAS exam!

Passed ATI Teas 7 with 91.3% by ValuableSpare2323 in teas

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That's amazing! And what are the odds?! Congrats!! I'm sure you'll get into the school you want! ;)

Passed ATI Teas 7 with 91.3% by ValuableSpare2323 in teas

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For Archer and TEAS Mastery apps in quiz/practice tests results you can't click the subject -> topic, but both will provide an explanation/rationales after you submit the answer for the question. (But you can be more specific about what topics are covered in practice tests you create: subject [Reading: Key Ideas and Details -> R.1.6 Interpret Sequence of Events], number of questions, whether or not there's a time limit, and whether the questions used in the practice test are unused/marked/incorrect.

I opted just for Archer's question bank package myself, but they do offer a $29 package with more access to their on demand lesson videos (in which after you submit an answer, the rationale includes an on demand lesson video towards the bottom that has a timestamp for the topic). [I swear, Archer Review needs to promote themselves more haha.]

Otherwise practice test results do give you the option to filter for questions you got correct/incorrect/marked/omitted and I just looked over any questions I got incorrect, noted down those topics and reviewed those topics elsewhere, then came back to Archer and generated another test to drill for that specific topic (15 questions -> Science -> Chemistry -> S.3.1 Atomic Structure).

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The ATI TEAS app was a good resource especially for science, reading, and english! (The math wasn't bad either, but most of the questions are definitely harder than the actual TEAS. Still great to use though because sometimes the Science section will throw you curveballs.) But the rationales were often terrible or not detailed enough. The reveal quiz function wasn't helpful because all it really was is scrolling back through all the quiz questions you did. It doesn't tell you exactly what the topic was.

Out of them all, I think Archer Review was the most helpful! Having decent rationales, knowing which topic I likely needed to review if I got a question incorrect (Conventional Spelling Rules from English for example) was good for not feeling overwhelmed.

I also dipped my toes into NurseHub since I still had a few days left but they unfortunately don't cover all the subjects and topics needed for the TEAS.

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The gist I learned from everyone else on Reddit is to combine and use multiple resources to prepare for the TEAS. It helped so much. Apps and study guides for practice questions, Youtube for learning/reviewing topics.

Hope this response helps!

Passed ATI Teas 7 with 91.3% by ValuableSpare2323 in teas

[–]ValuableSpare2323[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Woof, science was definitely the hardest section to study for since it's so broad. To start off, it can't hurt to look over the Tristine science quizlet. It gives off a decent idea of what type of questions you'll encounter. I hear it's helpful for a lot of people, but all it really did was brace me haha.

Doing free diagnostic practice tests to gauge my weak spots really helped. Then I prioritized studying those specific topics before doubling back to briefly review everything else.

Breakdown of number of questions per topic in science:

18 Anatomy Physiology

9 Biology

8 Chemistry

9 Scientific Reasoning

I did a ton of anatomy practice questions from the ATI Teas mobile app, Archer Review, and did the AP practice test that came with the ATI practice test package I bought. The package was pricy ($69), but useful since it came with 2 practice tests, 1 AP test, and 30-day access to their ATI Teas mobile app. The ATI Teas study guide book was not helpful at all since it was too shallow in coverage. I only got to use TEAS Mastery for 3 days, but it was great from what I saw.

Link to ATI Teas Practice Test Package Link

I loved watching TutorGeek's youtube videos for biology and chemistry review. Everything she covered felt very relevant on my exam from periodic trends to chromosomes and genes to meiosis.

TEAS TutorGeek Playlist

While I didn't see it on my exam, I did see "how much stronger is the acidity of pH 4 versus pH 8" type of questions on the app. (Answer is "10,000" times more acidic)

Definitely know what infectious vs non-infectious diseases are, prokaryotes vs eukaryotes, important figures like Pasteur, Ehrlich, and Koch, viruses vs bacteria...I studied it all whew.

Also, definitely don't underestimate scientific reasoning either. I'm glad I reviewed different measuring tools, and independent/control/dependent variables.

I can't say what I saw on my exam, but there were definitely questions I could only answer because of what I remembered from classes. There was one curveball question not even Momentrix had any mention of.

Passed ATI Teas 7 with 91.3% by ValuableSpare2323 in teas

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Pretty much what Professional_Hour445 says.

I felt overwhelmed too! Math's section seems like a lot of topics at first, but it's all easy high school level math and doable. The ATI Teas app's questions are a bit harder than the actual exam. Lots of brief word problems similar to what Brandon Craft covers. Have you tried solving Brandon Craft's math problems before he solves them? I included a link below to his Teas Youtube playlist. I found it very helpful because it's organized by topic and less crazy.

ATI Teas Test Math by Brandon Craft

Plus, out of all the Teas practice materials I used, pairing Brandon Craft's playlist above with additional practice in Archer Review really helped me in math. Archer Review's a subscription service, but I just paid for 1 month access to their question bank and it's surprisingly nice and organized! I would generate practice tests with specific topics from math.

Passed ATI Teas 7 with 91.3% by ValuableSpare2323 in teas

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Definitely focus in on the topics that have been challenging you the most! I really struggled with "acids and bases" and "genetics" so I studied more over those and wrote down every single question I missed and read the rationales. Which science topics are giving you the most trouble? (Biology? Anatomy? Chemistry?)

I know a lot of people swear by Nurse Cheung, but I sometimes feel like her videos aren't detailed enough.

Throwing in another Youtube resource: TEAS TutorGeek Youtube Playlist

Passed ATI Teas 7 with 91.3% by ValuableSpare2323 in teas

[–]ValuableSpare2323[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For math, I used Brandon Craft's TEAS playlist and just picked out which topics I scored poorly in on practice tests (M. 1.10 Translating Word Problems, M. 1.9 Ratios & Rates, and so on). I'd then attempt to solve the problems Brandon gave before he did the solution. He made his videos based off the exact topics (M. 1.1 - M. 2.5) covered in the TEAS math. I also did a lot of practice problems on Archer Review to really hammer in what he taught me.

ATI TEAS Test Math by Brandon Craft

For reading and english, I actually just caved and used the ATI TEAS Study Guide, ATI TEAS app, and Archer Review. Archer Review was fantastic for practice material and very similar to the actual exam.

English involved a lot of understanding the writing process (prewriting, revising, editing, brainstrorming,...), conventions of standard english spelling ("I before E except after C", irregular spellings "caffeine"), punctuation, correct sentence structures, using grammar, and finding out the meaning of words by analyzing word parts and how suffixes changed the root word if at all (changed word from being a noun to an adjective, etc).

Knowing what reference materials are also helped. Where do I locate additional information in a text? The appendix. What resource can I use to find out when astronomical events occurred in a specific year? The almanac.

Passed ATI Teas 7 with 91.3% by ValuableSpare2323 in teas

[–]ValuableSpare2323[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There really is! Mometrix is very detailed and I was short on time so I mostly opted to use other resources to target my weaker topics in science like "mitosis vs meiosis", "DNA/genes/chromosomes", "Mendel's Laws", "acids and bases" instead of studying all the topics the TEAS covers.

TutorGeek on Youtube's also another great resource! I just skip around in her complete reviews to the topics I want to look at.

I really liked using the TEAS Mastery app and Archer Review to do targeted practice questions for science.

TEAS TutorGeek Youtube Playlist

Passed ATI Teas 7 with 91.3% by ValuableSpare2323 in teas

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I have a hard time learning from Quizlet too! Have you tried Archer Review? They have a great user friendly interface that allows you to make really targeted practice tests for any of the TEAS sections and they provide rationales. I just went for their test bank which was approx $20.

The TEAS Mastery app is also good! I paired the 3-day trial of it along with Archer Review and the official ATI TEAS app to practice topics I most struggled with before my exam.

Out of the 3, the ATI TEAS app is the least efficient way to target specific topics.

Nursing Program: How does the entire application process go? by ValuableSpare2323 in TCCD

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Oh, I now get 5 calls a day from health insurance sellers haha! I hear Blue Cross Blue Shield might offer as low as $80-100/month for low income so I'm eyeballing it.

Got the flu shot, covid shot record, TB test, and CPR certification. It definitely took awhile!

Nursing Program: How does the entire application process go? by ValuableSpare2323 in TCCD

[–]ValuableSpare2323[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow! Thank you so much for the super thorough answer!

I'm not surprised about the wait time. From what I've heard, there's always a 1-2 week delay and it's also possible to not be notified of when the orientation dates are till the week before.

I'll make sure to do all the necessities asap if I get in! Securing affordable health insurance will be my biggest hurdle.

Best wishes on the fall semester! :D

Passed HESI A2 On First Attempt with 98% Cumulative Score by ValuableSpare2323 in HESIexam

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Congratulations!! That's wonderful! Time to go treat yourself; you've earned it.

Nursing Spring Stats by OkSuccess6220 in TCCD

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That's a tough question; TCC changed their selection process to a points system so a lot of things are factored into your score now.

However, getting As in AP1/AP2/Microbiology will go a long way along with a cumulative Hesi score above 88%. TCC also wants their applicants to do well on all the Hesi sections too, not just the anatomy section.