How long after graduation did you test in CA?

[Deval002]

Hi! I graduate in May and I was curious to see how long after graduation you took your NCLEX. My mom is wanting to go on a vacation and I'm trying to see if there is time! Thank you

[madeline]

Hello! There's definitely enough time to go on vacation after you graduate. I graduated mid-December, took a 7-day trip, applied for the NCLEX at the beginning January, received ATT at the end of the January, and my NCLEX is first week of March.

However, my school gave me an estimated timeline of when they send in transcripts/paperwork to the BRN, so the timing may be different in the Spring or for your school.

[lpag789, BSN, RN]

It depends on how long it takes for your school to submit your documents. Once they've done that, you'll get an ATT number which you need to then schedule your NCLEX. You can schedule your exam for months out if you want. My school took about three weeks to get us our ATT numbers and then it was another 2 weeks until the soonest NCLEX availability. I went on three trips between graduation and testing lmao