Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Let me first say I'd rate this 2.5 stars if possible. I've been helping prospective nursing students for admission into the nursing program for some time now. While the admissions department suggests this book, I have not seen this book provide enough help to those who really need the help. As explained and proved below, this study guide is VERY difficult to understand, specifically in the SCIENCE area which makes up the greatest part of the test. It's almost as if the authors set you up for failure. There are two MAJOR problems with this book: They use many "million-dollar." long words to define topics (See the proof below.) Also, they give you the absolute BARE-BONES of study material, yet the test questions presume you not only understood every word, but are able to link the facts together on your own. Even though the school at which I work GAVE me this book for free, I STILL went out and used MY OWN MONEY to buy BETTER books. After using the OTHER books, the pass rate jumped dramatically. (OTHER BOOKS + "Secrets of the TEAS V EXAM by MOMETRIX and the McGraw Hill study guide. If your school allows you to retest, ATI send out a document that shows your weaknesses BUT only gives you page #'s from THEIR OWN study guide to "help" you improve. I'd find out my weaknesses when you see your scores and then use ANOTHER book to work on these. BTW, MAKE SURE the admissions rep or whoever receives your resuts, GIVES YOU A COPY of ALL 4 or 5 pages of your results--NOT just your score page! I opened this book to a random page and typed the first three paragraphs on to a Word document. The Flesch Reading Level was 29.9! According to Wikipedia, a score of 29.9 means it is "best understood by university graduates." Also, the F. Kincaid Grade Level was 12.9. This shows exactly what I expected -- it is NOT an easy book to read for students who have little or no college background. The Flesch level of 29.9 (best understood by college GRADUATES, seems accurate in my opinion. I've had six years of undergraduate courses and three semesters of graduate school, and although I understand it, the book is NOT an easy-read! Study guides should be fairly easy to understand; this isn't. I also don't like the way the practice quizzes and tests are arranged and the answers are a bit tricky to locate until you get used to it. In summary, there are better study guides available for much less money.....Good luck!