ATI Predictor Test - reliable?

[alocklear]

We took the ATI NCLEX predictor test last week and I was told I had a 99% likelihood of passing the NCLEX on my first try. My instructor gave me a thumbs up and said "keep doing what you're doing." Which is actually nothing yet (we graduate next week). I'm terrified that it will give me a false confidence. Did anyone else take the predictor test, and was it accurate? If you received a high score, how much reviewing did you actually do before the NCLEX?

[morningstarRN, RN]

I too had a 99% chance of passing using the ATI predictor test. I practiced questions for 2 weeks after graduation using saunders cd and an old kaplan qtrainer. I passed the nclex with 75 questions and felt very well prepared. I was nervous going in to the test but found that the questions were very similar to what I had practiced in saunders.

[AJPV]

I got a 99% on the predictor also. Our school really pushed us to do Virtual ATI after graduation (we already purchased VATI with our school tuition). I tried VATI but quit after 2 days because it was reeeeeeeeally frustrating. I liked the ATI review modules throughout school, but VATI is extremely tedious (takes 3-4 times as long as what ATI predicts). The VATI content is way too basic (at times more basic than first-semester nursing school), there are far too few practice questions, and the questions are at the content recognition level rather than the higher level (application and analysis) that the NCLEX uses. After quitting VATI, I did the entire Kaplan course and passed the NCLEX on my first attempt with 75 questions. I would say that your 99% predictor score shows that you are well prepared with nursing school content. What you really need now is to thoroughly train yourself in your test taking strategy - how to eliminate wrong answers, how to decide whether the correct answer is an intervention or if more patient assessment is required before an intervention, how to prioritize using ABC's and expected versus unexpected abnormal findings, how to answer select all questions, etc. These strategies are where Kaplan excels and where ATI is weak. And don't let anyone tell you that Kaplan is weak in content. They give you a big review book that has plenty of content. But the difference is that they actually know what content is important for the NCLEX and they leave out what is not important. After taking the NCLEX, I walked away amazed at Kaplan's accuracy in predicting the type of content and the style of questions on the exam.

[nmama218]

My school required a 94% minimum on the ATI predictor to graduate, I got a 98%. I would say the predictor is reliable. ATI's questions are similar to what you will see on NCLEX but I would definitely study specifically for NCLEX. I used KAPLAN'S review course: question trainers and Qbank ... GOOD LUCK!! :)

[nmama218]

"What you really need now is to thoroughly train yourself in your test taking strategy - how to eliminate wrong answers, how to decide whether the correct answer is an intervention or if more patient assessment is required before an intervention, how to prioritize using ABC's and expected versus unexpected abnormal findings, how to answer select all questions, etc. These strategies are where Kaplan excels and where ATI is weak. And don't let anyone tell you that Kaplan is weak in content. They give you a big review book that has plenty of content. But the difference is that they actually know what content is important for the NCLEX and they leave out what is not important. "

I strongly agree!!!