You're welcome, mystic! As the other postings have mentioned, yes you have to pay. You only pay based on the amount of weeks that you plan to use the review for. In my case, I enrolled for a 3-week course and paid only $50. The questions are the same format as the NLCEX. My friend (who is very smart) recommended learningext to me after she failed the first time using Kaplan. Hope this helps. Good luck with your studying!