Anyone score 90+ Precentile on the NLN Entrance Exam?

meandragonbrett · Jan 17, 2005

Agent,

I scored above 90% and had the highest score out of the people at my school, but I don't remember what the exact figures were. The school was knocking my door down trying to get me to attend, but I opted to attend a different university.

agent · Jan 19, 2005

I'm just curious.

I thought the exam was fairly tough, but when I got my score I was floored.

I scored in the 96th percentile overall. I haven't applied yet, but I guess they said it'd be a no brainer.

hypnotic_nurse · Jan 19, 2005

I did, but I always do well on those things.

**canoehead, BSN, RN** · Jan 19, 2005

I scored 99% but had a big boost in that we had just finished the human biology section in our high school. In my case the score didn't have a whole lot to do with how good a nurse I ended up being. I graduated probably around 15th in a class of 50 (I don't remember the exact spot) and I've met dozens of nurses better and worse than myself.

Long Term Care Columnist / Guide · Jan 19, 2005

I scored in the 99th percentile as well. However, I remember waiting for the test to get harder, and it never did, so it didn't surprise me that I scored highly. In nursing school, though, I was not the best student, although if they'd graded clinicals I'd have gotten 'A's all the way through. I graduated in the top 25% of my class--not spectacular, but certainly nothing to be ashamed of--but I think I turned out to be a pretty decent nurse, even if I did end up with a 3.4 GPA.

agent · Jan 20, 2005

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

It gives me perspective.

stephanie262 · Sep 11, 2010

I scored in the 99th percentile as well. However, I remember waiting for the test to get harder, and it never did, so it didn't surprise me that I scored highly. In nursing school, though, I was not the best student, although if they'd graded clinicals I'd have gotten 'A's all the way through. I graduated in the top 25% of my class--not spectacular, but certainly nothing to be ashamed of--but I think I turned out to be a pretty decent nurse, even if I did end up with a 3.4 GPA.

Hey there, I just took my NLN test today, I think i did really good in math but the eng and science i dnt think i did so good, do you think i will at least be in the 70's percentile?

Knitter72 · Sep 11, 2010

I scored in the 99th percentile as well. I have always been good at taking standardized tests (there is an art to it) and math in general. I had also just finished up physiology the week before I took it; I think that helped. Otherwise, I didn't do any studying for it to speak of.