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Hi all,

I was wondering if someone who has taken the exam before and also done kaplan can help me with this. I am testing for nclex rn in less than 2 weeks and i am not sure about the questions in the qbank. are they similar or are they a bit harder than the nclex exam?

As i have been preparing, my scores have stayed roughly the same in above 60%-69%. i have scored 56 and 59 as well on rough days. What are my chances of passing?

hi funnynurse,

were you guiding me or someone else? I just finished my kaplan q bank (100%) and my cumulative score was 68%. I still feel unprepared and have serious anxiety but tomorrow i will attempt qtrainer 6 and review the whole lot tomorrow and the day after. i will keep you guys posted with how i did, hopefully i wont be too bad

I passed the second week of September with 75 q and my qbank score (with 100% done) was only 63% so I think you are in good shape! I personally thought Kaplan was harder than the NCLEX, but everyone's opinions are different!

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CONGRATULATIONS WSOXGIRL,

Thank you for your update regarding my original question. I completed my qtrainer 6 today and i am really amazed at the score i achieved. I just hope that the actual exam is similar to today's performance. I think now that i have read a lot of posts, i think anything above 60% is very good. I will tell you all my story and share my scores once i have done my exam.

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i feel so anxious i only got 63% on qt6 and havent review the rationale. its so overwhelming... will try to take the qt7 tomorrow half half.. cause i got headache after taking qt6..i still have 2 weeks to study.. dont wanna skip a day without doing q&a.. im nervous felt so tired but cant sleep :(

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I didn't find the NCLEX to be easier than Kaplan, although I had also heard that. In fact, I didn't really find Kaplan to be all that useful, to be honest. I much preferred the NCSBN course and the NCLEX RN Mastery app.

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Good to know Rebecca. What did you not find it useful with Kaplan. Was it the way they lay out their course or the questions.

God made me, I think that before you do q trainer 7 you should review the rationale. Just my opinion.

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I thought Kaplan was a lot like the exam - I did not find the NCLEX questions to be easier. In fact, I finished at 75 questions and had more than 50 SATA - my only complaint about Kaplan was that there were not enough of these. I would recommend the books available online for practice if you have time before the exam (if you are taking it in a week or two then it's probably not a good idea).

For me the best part of Kaplan was the expert trainer you could ask questions - they always got back to me in just a few hours and helped me think more critically about questions I got wrong (where when I read the rationale I still didn't get why the answer was correct).

I think for those just starting to study, Kaplan is a great resource with all the questions in the Qbank and the sample exams along with the online videos and question content.

For those with a long drive I really recommend the Feuer CDs - I drove 1 1/2 hours each day and listened to them and that really helped as well.

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I just didn't find that the questions were that similar. Keep in mind that I didn't pay for the qtrainers, etc. I just used the free app with limited questions, reviewed the 2014 review book, and completed the practice test in the book. I guess I just felt that the NCLEX Mastery and NCSBN were more similar.

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hi rebecca,

my tutor gave us the details of that free app and somehow i wasn't convinced. free is definitely not anywhere similar to the paid review so i understand why you did not like it. also its your personal learning style. i personally understand things a lot better if it had colours, pictures basically being visual and auditory and kaplan unfortunately cannot carry that either in their textbook or in their videos and that is one thing i did not like (visual). also, there are so many spelling errors in the qbank questions and explanations. i sometimes read an explanation and think, what did they mean here. so apart from that, they have delivered the concept very well and learning strategies is also very good.

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hi! can i just ask where i can get the qtrainers 6 and 7 ? thank you so much!

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My kaplan qtrainer average scores were 53% and my qbank average was 61%. My readiness score was 52% and I passed the nclex-rn. Your scores tell me that you are ready for the exam! To me the nclex was easier than the kaplan qtrainers 6 and 7. Good luck and you got this!!

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hi cslusrn,

if you are a retail customer, you can find it in additional resources. if your college requires you to enroll in kaplan, i am not sure. i think the best thing for you would be to call them and ask and you can get a correct answer.

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My cumulative for the qbank is only 61 - I've been getting good predictors on ATI and Saunders, so this is frustrating. Have 16 days until my test, going to do 100-150 questions/day and keep redo-ing these questions I get wrong. Scared to take QT4 next week :(

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