There are two testing cycles per year: Spring ( February – May) and Fall (September – November). The A2 will be available by appointment only. Applicants are responsible to complete testing by the deadline for their respective programs.

Students are allowed one retest per cycle. Students who want to retest in order to raise their scores must wait one week before testing. Two complete Score Reports can be submitted with the nursing application, but there will be no mix-and-match between the 2 reports. Only 1 report will be used for ranking purposes. Retesting will not be allowed for students who take the A2 for the first time during the last week of testing.

Test dates are typically added 30 days advance. Dates are also added periodically, so keep checking back. (You MUST have an access code* to register for a date/time - see below).

A2 testing will be offered at the Blountville campus.

The Admission Assessment (A2) requires each of the following exams:

1. Math: 50-item exam. Focuses on math skills needed for health care fields, including basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, decimals, ratio and proportion, household measures, and general math facts that are useful, for example, when calculating drug dosages and solutions. A calculator is included in the software. No other calculator is allowed.
   Recommended Time: 50 minutes
2. Reading Comprehension 47-item exam. Reading scenarios are health related and will measure reading comprehension, including: identifying the main idea, finding meaning of words in context, passage comprehension, making logical inferences, etc.
   Recommended Time: 60 minutes
3. Vocabulary and General Knowledge:  50-item exam. Contains basic vocabulary that is often used in health care fields.
   Recommended Time: 50 minutes
4. Grammar: 50-item exam. Contains basic grammar, including: parts of speech, important terms and their uses in grammar, and commonly occurring grammatical errors.
   Recommended Time: 50 minutes
5. Anatomy and Physiology (A&P): 25-item exam. Provides coverage of general terminology and anatomical structures and systems.
   Recommended Time: 25 minutes
6. Biology: 25-item exam. Covers biology basics, water, biological molecules, metabolism, cells, cellular respiration, and photosynthesis.
   Recommended Time: 25 minutes
7. Learning Styles: 14-item assessment of preferred learning style.
   Recommended Time: 15 minutes
8. Personality Style: 25-item assessment of personality related to preferred learning style.
   Recommended Time: 25 minutes

Maximum time for all tests is five hours.

A2 Registration Fee

There are two testing cycles per year: Cycle 1 (Spring) February – May and Cycle 2 (Fall) September – November. 

The payment website will open on Tuesday, January 16^th.

Please read the following information carefully before paying the $10 fee online on the payment website.  Click on “Payment for Testing Services” then “Payment for A2 Nursing”.  If you are testing for the first time in a cycle, choose "A2 Nursing First Time" to add to the cart. (If you tested before in a different cycle, this would be your first time in a new cycle).  If this is a retest in the same cycle, choose "A2 Nursing Retest" and add it to the cart.  After you pay the fee, you will receive an email from Go Sign Me Up confirming the fee paid. Ignore the dates on this payment website. 

You will receive another email within three business days from Northeast State. The email will list the steps for scheduling a test date (*access code is required) and how to create an EVOLVE/HESI account to pay for the A2 test.  There are two separate fees - $10 fee and the HESI fee.

NOTE: Please use an email address other than Gmail if possible.  If not, then check your junk or spam folders for the email from Northeast State.