How Lone Star College — Respiratory Care uses the HSRT in admissions
Lone Star Kingwood Respiratory Care uses the HSRT as one component of competitive applicant ranking alongside prerequisite grades and course completions. No published minimum — your score is compared against other applicants.
No published minimum or average. Score as high as possible — your HSRT is ranked against the full applicant pool.
HSRT testing at Lone Star College — Respiratory Care
- Location: LSC testing centers (Kingwood or CyFair) by appointment
- Fee: $15 (non-refundable)
- How to register: Schedule via RegisterBlast. Testing offered year-round for RC applicants. Fee paid through Kingwood Testing Center payment site — bring receipt on test day.
Retake policy
Students may only test once per year. Testing is offered year-round for the Respiratory Care program (unlike Dental Hygiene which has a limited window).
About the HSRT exam
The Health Sciences Reasoning Test is developed by Insight Assessment. Unlike the TEAS or HESI, it does not test science, math, or vocabulary. The Standard HSRT reports an overall score plus eight critical thinking skills: analysis, interpretation, inference, evaluation, explanation, induction, deduction, and numeracy. The HSRT-AD form reports six of those skills (it does not report interpretation or explanation separately). Programs choose which HSRT form they administer. The Standard HSRT is 38 questions in 55 minutes, and the HSRT-AD is 35 questions in 50 minutes. Confirm with Lone Star College — Respiratory Care admissions which form and time limit you will sit.
Texas allied health programs use the HSRT because respiratory care aas requires strong clinical decision-making ability. The HSRT is designed to assess whether applicants can reason through novel problems, the core skill of clinical practice.
How to prepare for the HSRT at Lone Star College — Respiratory Care
Because there is no content to memorize, HSRT preparation looks different from TEAS or HESI prep. Effective preparation involves:
- Understanding the skill areas the HSRT reports (eight on the Standard HSRT, six on the HSRT-AD)
- Taking a baseline diagnostic to identify your weakest subscale
- Practicing argument analysis, inference, and logical reasoning with original HSRT-style practice questions
- Completing full-length practice exams under realistic conditions
- Reviewing every wrong answer by skill area, not just overall score
StudyBuddy is a dedicated HSRT prep platform: 1,331 questions across eight skill modules (one per reported skill) and a mixed-reasoning module, 70 interactive lessons, and 10 timed mock exams in the Standard HSRT format (38 questions, 55 minutes). It is designed to build the reasoning skills publicly described for the HSRT. Our questions are original practice material and do not reproduce the proprietary exam. If Lone Star College — Respiratory Care uses the HSRT-AD, the same course applies, and the pace per question is about the same (about 86 to 87 seconds).
Registration at Lone Star College — Respiratory Care
Schedule via RegisterBlast. Testing offered year-round for RC applicants. Fee paid through Kingwood Testing Center payment site — bring receipt on test day.
