ATI, Kaplan and UWorld. Are my bases covered?

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Hello! Compulsive overplanner here, looking for NCLEX advice.
I've suffered through ATI for school, and I'm not really a fan, so I bought Kaplan and UWorld too to prepare for my NCLEX, which I plan to take in May. I heard the best things from both Kaplan and UWorld, so I bought the both of them in a panic the other night. I plan to do 60 questions a day minimum (20 from Kaplan, 20 from UWorld, 20 from ATI) so by the time May rolls around, I'll have likely statistically gone through all the questions from these resources at least once. I plan to remediate the ones I get wrong so I'm not just blowing through them for no reason.

Do you think this is a good plan? I tried to make it a thorough regimen, but I'm scared of getting cocky.

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3 hours ago, hyena said:

Hello! Compulsive overplanner here, looking for NCLEX advice.
I've suffered through ATI for school, and I'm not really a fan, so I bought Kaplan and UWorld too to prepare for my NCLEX, which I plan to take in May. I heard the best things from both Kaplan and UWorld, so I bought the both of them in a panic the other night. I plan to do 60 questions a day minimum (20 from Kaplan, 20 from UWorld, 20 from ATI) so by the time May rolls around, I'll have likely statistically gone through all the questions from these resources at least once. I plan to remediate the ones I get wrong so I'm not just blowing through them for no reason.

Do you think this is a good plan? I tried to make it a thorough regimen, but

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I'm scared of getting cocky.

Care what others think of you. Let's see how that works. Are you raping kids? Stealing? Cheating? As long as you aren't harming people with your arrogance, then be it.  Building your self-esteem is important. Perhaps, you're "cocky" to begin with from what reason? Are you masking your insecurity by being "cocky?"

Do what you think is best for you. As a student, I only utilize ATI, Saunders (for review or study), class theories, and one of the resources from here where I'm helped to think critically. It does help. Straight rot memorization will kill me faster than doing something that requires me to think.  

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Don't confuse yourself between confidence versus "cocky." Confidence doesn't mean that you're "cocky."  People like confident people. It doesn't mean that they're perfect people. They're confident in their own abilities and talents. They know their limitations. They aren't afraid of failure if they cause it. 

There are those who don't accept their irresponsible behaviors. You do you do. Just saying. Do your best. 

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