How long did you wait to test?

Im taking mine two months after Ive graduated..........

I guess another question would be.. how quickly can you test? Or does it just depend on how "on the ball" your school is with transcripts...

I'll answer both. I'm taking mine in August. I graduted end of May. My school was slow getting in our paperwork. The soonest we could have tested was Jul 1st. So I would say 1.5mos.

You can take the NCLEX the day after graduation if the testing center is open. For example I graduated on a friday and one person in my class did take it on saturday (the day of our pinning, but I think the center was closed on Sunday), but I waited until Tuesday and did fine. You don't want to wait too long or you get out of nursing mode and things aren't as fresh in your mind. Hasn't your state board come to talk to you yet? If not then ask when they will, because they give you all the details for your state. Hang in there. :wink2:

~kim

Krojas,

It's different in our state. There is no way we could have tested that soon. We had to have our degree's confirmed in order to even send our paperwork to the boards. Our xcripts took the longest to get from the school.

I haven't even started my core nursing courses yet (in January I will)... I was just curious as to what people were doing. I'm a bit of a forward thinker... lol

Thanks for your posts!

ftr bb catcher~

Well if that's the case, they say take the test as soon as you can. Don't put it off because the info is fresh in your mind. I find that I did lose information by waiting so long. It's coming back!! ) Which is a good sign but don't wait too long. I'm just being lazy and taking time off.