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First, let me state that I graduated from college over 25 years ago and have not taken a formal class since then. I decided to start a second career as a nurse but had to take the TEAS test to get accepted into the ADN program at my community college. I have never taken microbiology or anatomy, and my last chemistry and biology classes were taken over 25 years ago. I scored an 88% raw score ("Advanced" rating), with a 98 percentile, nationally and for the ADN program. All I did was study this book. I did not buy the online tests. Here's a breakdown of each section and how the book compared to the actual test: 1. Reading Comprehension. I studied the explanations of all the terms and did the practice questions. I did not take the practice exams in the back of the book because I was concentrating on the science section, but I wish I had taken the time to do these tests a few days before the test as they were very similar. You can't really study for a reading comprehension test, but it's helpful to practice the types of questions that will be asked and read the explanations for questions you missed. 2. Math. This section was very easy, and almost all the problems were covered by the book, except for one work rate problem. You can google how to do these. The one thing I didn't study enough was what type of graph to use, given a set of data. This wasn't really covered well in the book either, so google it. 3. Science. Sooooo hard! I almost started to cry after reading the first page because I could only confidently answer one of the first five questions. But I took a deep breath and thought about what I did know for each question, and used that information to make a best guess. I will say that every *topic* was covered in the book, but you will have to go out on your own and learn more about each topic. All I did was watch the youtube videos by Bozeman Science. They are all short (about 5-12 minutes long) and cover every topic in the book in greater detail. I think the Bozeman videos are much better than Khan Academy. There were a lot of chemistry questions (pretty basic) and a lot of scientific reasoning questions. I did not study that area enough. Even though I felt like I guessed on half the questions, I got a raw score of 77% so whatever I did must have worked. 5. Grammar. This was the easiest section. Every question was covered in the book. Just read through it and do the sample problems. Keep in mind that you can make up for a bad science score with really good scores on the other categories, so don't just focus on science. Take the time to do all the practice problems and practice tests in each category, and you will be fine. Good luck!