Hi. My first post here. I'm going to be taking the NCLEX in a month or so and I have been reviewing a few weeks or months, because for 325 dollars, I want to one shot this exam.
As for what I am using to review, I am using only free resources or resources from the library and friends.
What I want to get a feel for here, using AllNurses community, is to see how people were scoring up until they took the NCLEX RN itself. For example, on Saunders computer program you were scoring 50-60s, up until the actual exam, and you still passed the NCLEX come test day.
Please provide information, because every few weeks I get nervous and look at how other people did up until their exam, and so far, there are no modern threads that seem to organize the information well. (Most are before 2012 that I've seen)
Here are my scores so far.
Kaplan
Assessment: 73%
QT1: 62%
QT2-QT7 I plan to do one every few days, and will update.
Saunders Computer program
65%-75%
On the Saunders compute program, I have done maybe 2000+, but definitely more than 1500 questions, and the 65-75 is my average scoring range.
The newest program I found was from Lippincotts, which is done by PrepU, The Point. The program offers a 2 week free trial, instead of paying 90+ dollars for, which I am taking full advantage of since I got it two days ago. I have done 275 questions on it so far in exam mode.
What makes PrepU unique, is that they have a 0 to 8 scale of mastery (8 = good).
The problem is, they use a CAT (Computer Adaptive Test) on their program, which is pretty good, but kind of glitchy, because I can go 25 questions correct and it doesn't throw me into the high mastery levels yet.
With that, the PrepU/LWW/Lippincott says the "Approximate passing threshold" is a mastery level of 4.
Exam 1: 75 items, I achieved a mastery level of 6.6
Exam 2: 100 items, I achieved a mastery level of 8 (Yay!)
Exam 3: 100 items, I achieved a mastery level of 6.6 (Fudge)
I plan to do 100 more everyday until my trial expires, but as of right now, they say my mastery level is 7.07. Well above their 4 threshold, which states "Your performance is comparable to students who passed the NCLEX exam".
That's my experience and scores so far. I would like to consolidate or compare myself to other scores, to see if I have a good chance of one shotting the NCLEX, or if I need to step my game up even more.
So please, post your approximate NCLEX review scores with whatever software or system you used, so that other people can refer back to this thread, because for sure, I am not the only one curious on whether I can pass or not with my current scores.
Thank you for those who participate or who post input.
hm1987
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