California State University San Marcos

School of Nursing

               TEAS Exam®

The School of Nursing is now offering the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS exam). 

Step 1:  PAYMENT:  Print this PAGE and take it to the Cashier's Office, located in Cougar Central, on the 3rd floor of Craven Hall, to pay the $50 test fee.  This fee is NON REFUNDABLE  and You must be pre-registered and pre-paid before your test date.  No drop-in testing is available on the test day, nor payment at the door. 

Step 2:  TO SCHEDULE TEST -  TIME/DATE/LOCATION:  Bring your receipt from the Cashiers office to the School of Nursing, located at 120 Craven Road, Suite 201, San Marcos to schedule your TEAS exam.  Space is limited to 40 students per test date and will be held in the Computer Classroom #222 at the School of Nursing.  No individual exams will be given.  Parking is permitted in the back of the lot at 120 Craven Road.  Please be considerate of patients who must park close to the building due to health issues.

Step 3:  ACCOUNTS:  You will need to log in to ATI's website to take the test. If you have not already created an account through ATI testing, please do so prior to your test date at http//www.atitesting.com
Please remember to know your ATI account logon and password the day of the test.

REQUIRED ITEMS:   A photo ID (current driver's license, California Identification card, passport or government identification) displaying the same first name and last name in which you registered for this test and a photo that looks like you.  IF THIS DOES NOT MATCH, YOU WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO THE TEST.

RESTRICTIONS
 
* No Aids (calculators, dictionaries, books, etc.) of any kind will be allowed in the testing room.
 * No backpacks or papers will be allowed.
 * No cell phones or pagers will be allowed in the testing room.
 * No food, drinks or snacks of any type are permitted in  the testing room.
 * No visitors will be permitted in the testing area and no childcare will be available.

TEST SCORES;  Your official test scores will be available upon completion of the test and you will be provided a copy of your scores by your test provider.  If you are applying to a nursing program at CSUSM, your scores will also be sent electronically to the School of Nursing and the Office of Extended Learning.  You can request copies of your TEAS scores be sent to other universities by visiting ATI Testing's On-Line Store.  You must order and pay the fee to have your scores sent to other universities.

RESOURCES;
Visit the ATI (Assessment Technologies Institute) website for more information about the TEAS exam  http://www.atitesting.com/global/students/teas.aspx

APPROPRIATE ID IS REQUIRED TO BE ADMITTED INTO THE EXAM!

Should you have any questions, please email Diane Barnhart at dbarnhar@csusm.edu.  If you have a disability or need reasonable accommodations to take the TEAS, please contact Disabled Student Services at 760-750-4905 or by email at dss@csusm.edu

TESTING SCHEDULE:
The following is our schedule forSpring 2009.  Testing will be held at the School of Nursing,

Date   Check-In Time              Test Start

  Availability of Seats
(
As of 12/4/08)

 Tuesday,  January 13    9:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

Available
 Saturday,  February 21   8:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m.  

Available

 Saturday,  March 14

     8:30 am      

9:00 am     

Available
 Saturday,  April 4      8:30 am       

  9:00 am      

Available
 Saturday,  May 2  8:30 am

9:00 am

Available

          Questions about the TEAS exam at the School of Nursing
                                       Call 760-750-7550
                                                                
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