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HESI FAQ's

You may review the HESI FAQs and the HESI Admissions Assessment Exam Flyer

Or, you may contact the UTRGV EDINBURG/ BROWNSVILLE TESTING CENTERS:

-Edinburg Testing Services: testing@UTRGV.edu or call (956) 665-7570

-Brownsville Testing Services: brtesting@UTRGV.edu or call (956) 882-8875

Per UTRGV admission policy, applicants to the nursing program must achieve a 75% or higher on the required individual components of the HESI Admission Assessment Exam. These components consist of: English Language, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Math, Anatomy & Physiology, and Critical Thinking.

HESI policy requires a wait period of three weeks before students are allowed to retest. UTRGV SON applicants are allowed two attempts at the HESI exam during an academic year (September 1-August 31).

Applicants choosing to retest only have to test on the sections where a 75% was not achieved.

Applicants choosing to retest will be testing on an alternate version of the HESI A2. Same content but different test items.

Be advised that the Admission Assessment Exam cannot be split into individual parts, so the exam is delivered with all components in-tact and the cost remains the same regardless of how many components you are testing on.

There are two HESI score sheets that you must download as a PDF to CastleBranch. 

  1. HESI Scores for Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Vocabulary & Knowledge, Anatomy and Physiology and Math; and
  2. HESI Critical Thinking Exam Results

Steps to Download:

1. Log on to evolve.elsevier.com

2. Click on Student Access

3. Click on Admission Assessment Report under Exam History (this is for the bar graph page of the HESI—Save this document as PDF)

4. Go back to My Exams

5. Click on the plus sign (+) next to Admissions Assessment Report

6. Critical Thinking will appear in the drop down list. Click on the link View Results.

7. Click on Results Report.pdf under View Your Detailed Scoring Report on the right (Save this

document as PDF)

HESI can be taken onsite at Prometric Test Center. Remote tests are not accepted.

  Univ of Texas - Rio Grande Valley_Distance Testing.pdf

 See attached PDF with instructions for distance testing from UTRGV’s Testing Center.  If you have further questions, regarding taking the HESI exam contact the UTRGV Testing Center. 

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