ATI NCLEX Predictor?

luvmy2angels · May 22, 2006

How do you think the ATI compared to the NCLEX? Easier or harder??

Just my :twocents: ...the ATI was a better practice for me than any of the other NCLEX study books. The questions were very similar in style to the way the NCLEX questions were. The ATI tests really made me use critical thinking and in my opinion that is what the NCLEX is looking for. I studied a little bit out of the Saunders book and CD but I did more of the ATI on-line tests. I passed at 85 questions the first time. Good Luck!!

MIA-RN1, RN · May 22, 2006

Just my ...the ATI was a better practice for me than any of the other NCLEX study books. The questions were very similar in style to the way the NCLEX questions were. The ATI tests really made me use critical thinking and in my opinion that is what the NCLEX is looking for. I studied a little bit out of the Saunders book and CD but I did more of the ATI on-line tests. I passed at 85 questions the first time. Good Luck!!

Thanks for the input! Our school unfortunately only has one ATI practice test available to us, so basically after taking it once, it didn't do me a whole lotta good. We could access the same test up to five times.

elizabells, BSN, RN · May 22, 2006

I'll let you know... I got a 97th percentile on the ATI, and will be taking the NCLEX soon, hopefully. The great thing about the ATI was I know which areas to study, and the ones I did poorly on were the same as the ones I didn't do so well on in school itself.

Annhedonic26 · Jun 4, 2006

I also received a 97% on the ATI Predictor and I am currently waiting for my ATT. I am hoping the Predictor is right. :uhoh21:

slynn61 · Jun 4, 2006

Could someone please tell me what ATI is.

Cardiology EP NP · Jun 4, 2006

Wow! Congrats to you guys for doing so well on the ATI! I must have gotten some BAD EDUCATION! I think our program percentile ran in the 70s. I never scored in the 90s. I think the highest I got was in PEDS with an 89. But most of the time I scored in the 70s. I guess it's not bad but compared to some of you bright folks, I didn't do so well.

I have to say, the nursing school I went to wasn't the greatest, so I will have to work extra hard to do well on the NCLEX since I graduate in 1 week. Yikes!

NJNursing, ASN, RN · Jun 4, 2006

We had to take 2 RN Predictor tests for ATI - we took a non-proctored one about halfway through the semester and then we took the proctored one at the very end. I scored with 99% chance of passing the NCLEX on both (Scored like a 65 on one and a 73 on the other). I'd been studying with Saunders this past semester.

We're also taking the Kaplan review and I scored between borderline and passing with their first test and we're at the halfway mark for the class now. I really want to make sure that I pass my NCLEX on the first try. I can't afford to wait several more months after the fact to try again. I like Kaplan's decision tree. I've got to adjust my way of thinking for one day then go back to "real life".

all4schwa · Jun 4, 2006

I think our program percentile ran in the 70s. I never scored in the 90s. I think the highest I got was in PEDS with an 89. But most of the time I scored in the 70s.

i've known people to get confused over the actual score and the percentile. you are supposed to get an actual score of 60 or better to be in line for NCLEX. then it also give you a percentile for your program and the nation.

Cardiology EP NP · Jun 6, 2006

Oh, I guess I didn't do that bad then. I scored a 65% and that put me in the 95th percentile.

I really don't think the ATI can accurately predict how well someone will do on the NCLEX. I disagree with the way it is used at my school. We get only 2 opportunities to pass it and if we don't pass it, we fail the course and have to retake it. I disagree that whether I pass or fail should be based on some sort of standardized test.

There has to be more that goes into my grade than that.

NJNursing, ASN, RN · Jun 6, 2006

We didn't need the ATI to pass, but if we got less than a 60 on it, we had to sign an agreement that we would take some sort of review course before taking the NCLEX. The school is trying to maintain their high percentage rating of passers.....

I'd die, though, if our class was pass/fail on that ATI predictor. 2 classmates (who just aren't good test takers but are GREAT clinically) missed a 60 by 1 point and 2 points respectively. They would have failed the class for that..... Amazing.

elizabells, BSN, RN · Jun 7, 2006

So, update. I passed the NCLEX w/ 75 questions - I had gotten a 70something raw score on the ATI which was 97th percentile. ATI was much easier IMO, but that might have been because absolutely nothing was riding on it. It was supposedly 'mandatory' but I don't know what that really means.

all4schwa · Jun 7, 2006

thanks for the update, and congratulations!!:balloons:

Btw, how long/much did you study for NCLEX, what i'm getting at--surely the ATI didn't give you that much reassurance that you didn't study much, correct?