75 Questions on NCLEX, pass or fail?

I was an almost straight A student in nursing classes. My test shut off at 75 and I truly wondered if I failed. If you are answering correctly, the questions get harder and harder. It will probably get to where you feel like you are guessing on every one of them, so when it turns off at 75 you just might walk out feeling like you failed.

I swore I failed. It shut of at 75 questions and I was begging for more. I truly thought there is no way i am that smart to get 75 questions and pass so I had to have failed. I felt like i guessed on every question. I looked at this site and it made me feel a little better because it appeared that more people passed at 75 then failed. and sure enought I found out today that I PASSED@! The shock has not yet worn off! hope it hits me soon!

At question 74 I was saying...come on, just one more question, pleeeeze, just one more, and click. It was over.

I had 120 questions, took me 1hr...thought for sure I had failed...nope...thank goodness I had passed!! whoo!

This is how I always understood it be too. So, when I was taking the boards (yr 2000) and mine didn't shut off at 75, I began to panic and I was a wreck the rest of the test. I ended up running out of time before even reaching the 275 or whatever it is. Well, of course I left in tears thinking i failed. But, I actually passed. So, if this happens to you, DON'T PANIC like I did.

LPN - had the min. 85 and passed

Passed with 75??.

I took my boards last Wednesday (8/2) and found out Friday(8/4) that I passed with 75 questions. But boy, I really thought I failed. The questions started to get so hard-there was one I swear was in Chinese! I went straight in the ladies room and puked....I would not want to relive those 2 days of waiting for anything.

My understanding is that the questions are mid level on a given topic and if you miss the mid level it goes down to an easy question on that concept and work back up but not necessarily sequentially. The questions are dispersed in the remainder of the test. If you answer the mid level question the harder questions come like another member said. When I went into the test I figured it would take 125 questions so I wouldn't get too anxious, but it turned off at 76 in 55 min. I have had friends fail with 75 and pass with 265 or out of time. Congrats to all the grads who have recently passed their exams!!