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).  The TEAS exam can be taken at any location that it is offered. If you take the exam at CSU San Marcos, your scores will automatically be sent electronically by ATI Testing to our School of Nursing and the Office of Extended Learning.  You do not need to pay to have your scores sent here, if you take the exam here. You can request that a copy 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 electronically to other universities, other than your testing location, by ATI Testing.  We only accept scores that are sent electronically by ATI Testing; we do not accept paper copies of TEAS exam results. 

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 to you via the ATI Testing Web site upon completion of the test. If you take the exam at CSU San Marcos, your scores will automatically be sent electronically by ATI Testing to our School of Nursing and the Office of Extended Learning.  You do not need to pay to have your scores sent here, if you take the exam here. You can request that a copy 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 electronically to other universities by ATI Testing.  We only accept scores that are sent electronically by ATI Testing; we do not accept paper copies of TEAS exam results. 

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 for the remainder of  2009 and Spring 2010.  Testing will be held at the School of Nursing.  The TEAS exam will be offered at CSU San Marcos throughout the year.  We will post new test dates toward the beginning of each new term (summer, fall).

Please Note:     Minimum number of students needed is 15 signed up for test date otherwise test
                                                   MAYBE CANCELLED.

Date   Check-In Time              Test Start

  Availability of Seats
(
As of 5/22/09)

 Saturday,  Nov 14, 2009 8:30 am

9:00 am

Available
Saturday, December 5, 2009 8:30 am

9:00 am

Available
Saturday, January 23, 2010 8:30 am

9:00 am

Available
Saturday, February 20, 2010 8:30 am

9:00 am

Available
Saturday, March 20, 2010 8:30 am

9:00 am

Available
Saturday, April 17, 2010 8:30 am

9:00 am

Available
Saturday, May 22, 2010 8:30 am

9:00 am

Available
Saturday, June 26, 2010 8:30 am

9:00 am

Available
Saturday, July 24, 2010 8:30 am

9:00 am

Available
       
If you take the exam here at CSUSM, and are applying to our Generic/Basic BSN or Accelerated BSN program, we will receive your TEAS scores on the same date that you take the exam.

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

                                     

Updated 11-12-09 mk