Pearson Vue Trick 2015 2/28

Finished my NCLEX 48 hours ago and reached 230 questions. I was freaking out like anyone would be at this point and decided to try the Pearson VUE Trick that I have heard so much about to see if I passed or failed. I had a big job riding on this and it would be a life setback. I tried to register for a new test and I was able to reach the credit card approval section and it would have taken my 200$ if I had gone any further. This according to the trick, meant I had failed the exam because I was able to apply for another. Devastated I had a terrible two days. Purchased the quick results anyway, come 48 hours and to my surprise. Success, I had passed. So for future test takers, the PVT to my knowledge does not follow the same rules or tricks that had previously been found. It will be the worst 48 hours of your life. Just relax and trust what you know.

Congratulations on passing! But for the record, you are very VERY out of date with the information regarding the PVT; Pearson Vue changed its registration software back in late August of 2014, so that EVERYONE goes to the credit card page. There's literally several hundred threads with thousands of posts on this topic since then. The only way to do the PVT now is to actually SUBMIT the financial info and see what comes up at that point.

You didn't submit the info, so you didn't actually DO the pvt.

IMPORTANT, HUGELY important to note: NO ONE should do the PVT prior to 24 hours after completion of their exam. They will of course get a pop up, one way or the other, but it means NOTHING and people risk losing money for no reason. You need to wait until the SECOND SCORE is completed, sometime during the 24 hours following the exam, and you CANNOT KNOW when that is.

In a nutshell, while you didn't do the PVT correctly, many are doing it but still doing it too early, and...well, it's not pretty!

I took my NCLEX-RN today at 8 a.m. and couldn't wait. I went to the credit card, entered my information with incorrect expiration-came back credit card declined. I also entered with the correct information the second time knowing there was no available credit, same response-credit card declined. Does this still hold true for waiting 24 hours before getting more accurate results with PVT? I had the full 265 questions. I'm afraid I failed.

I took my NCLEX-RN today at 8 a.m. and couldn't wait. I went to the credit card, entered my information with incorrect expiration-came back credit card declined. I also entered with the correct information the second time knowing there was no available credit, same response-credit card declined. Does this still hold true for waiting 24 hours before getting more accurate results with PVT? I had the full 265 questions. I'm afraid I failed.

You couldn't stop yourself.....so now you are probably more worried than you'd be if you had simply left it alone

The reason you are told to wait 24 hours prior to playing the Magic PVT Game is because you need to allow time for your exam to undergo a QA review--EVERY exam is reviewed before being finalized, and results sent to the State BoN. YOU, however, did not wait for the exam to be reviewed; all you know is you might have failed, you might have passed but failed the initial scoring, you might have passed both scorings but Pearson Vue took you up on your offer of $200 non-refundable. IOW.....no one can tell you much of anything at this point to give you any peace of mind.

MOST of the time, a credit card declination indicates that the applicant failed. SOME of the time, it's a test charge that didn't go through (even though you passed). And MOST of the time, the initial score/result is what remains through the second review/result. MOST of the time, they are the same.....which is why so many people mistakenly believe "IT WORKED RIGHT AFTER THE TEST!!". It didn't. But they didn't know any better.

Lizzy, does your State BoN participate in the Quick Results program? If so, after 48 hours (when results are available), pay the eight bucks and be done with it. You will find out with 100% accuracy if you passed the exam with QR.

If not, you can check the BoN website each day; some post daily, some only once or twice a week. California uses the Pony Express, and it'll take weeks to find out.

Meantime, do something to take your mind off it, and good luck!

Thank you for the information! Yes, I am in North Carolina so I plan to keep checking the quick results page. I wish I would have found this forum before I did the PVT. It just made me really doubt myself. i had 265 questions with a significant amount of SATA-a lot more than majority of my classmates. Guess one never knows what they will throw at you. I tried the PVT twice, once with incorrect expiration and once with all correct info (no available balance). However, both charges showed pending on my cc summary online and fell off just a few hours ago. I thought that was odd. Hoping it was because I ended up passing! Trying to think positive.

Thank you for the information! Yes, I am in North Carolina so I plan to keep checking the quick results page. I wish I would have found this forum before I did the PVT. It just made me really doubt myself. i had 265 questions with a significant amount of SATA-a lot more than majority of my classmates. Guess one never knows what they will throw at you. I tried the PVT twice, once with incorrect expiration and once with all correct info (no available balance). However, both charges showed pending on my cc summary online and fell off just a few hours ago. I thought that was odd. Hoping it was because I ended up passing! Trying to think positive.

The charge did not come off the pending status because you passed. You'd get charged just the same pass or fail if the information was sufficient to allow the charge to go through. The charge didn't go through because there were no funds to draw on at the time the charge attempt was made. The charge is not 'reconsidered' later, it's an instantaneous thing. It has nothing to do with pass/fail status at this point.

Think positive, hope for the best, and tell your friends to not be foolish with that stupid game! Personally can't wait for Pearson Vue to have the registration charge EVERYONE who puts in card info that work, and decline EVERYONE who puts in fraudulent account data that can't be accessed. Only way to stop the madness!