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How did current Hunter nursing students and current pre-nursing students study for the NLN PAX exam? I plan on taking the test next month. I really suck at vocab, so I'm afraid that I won't do well on the verbal section. I feel confident in the math section and okay in the science section. What are your studying tips and resources that you used or are currently using?

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I am taking PAX in 5 days and it is freaking me out LOL wish me luck.

 

I hope to get above 140. My GPA is 3.94

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I wish you the best of luck! ?

I plan on taking it in a little over a week, but let's keep each other updated. Let me know how the test was and let's share our stats.

My GPA is 4.0. I also aim to get in the 140s or above, but I am afraid that I won't get that high.

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On 2/2/2021 at 10:45 PM, Yejin Lee said:

I am taking PAX in 5 days and it is freaking me out LOL wish me luck.

 

I hope to get above 140. My GPA is 3.94

I wish you the best of luck! ?

I plan on taking it in a little over a week, but let's keep each other updated. Let me know how the test was and let's share our stats.

My GPA is 4.0. I also aim to get in the 140s or above, but I am afraid that I won't get that high.

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On 2/4/2021 at 9:43 AM, achc said:

I wish you the best of luck! ?

I plan on taking it in a little over a week, but let's keep each other updated. Let me know how the test was and let's share our stats.

My GPA is 4.0. I also aim to get in the 140s or above, but I am afraid that I won't get that high.

I just took it and it looks kinda bad. I got 135 which is 91 percentile. Do you think the nursing school also takes care of our Spring 2021 GPA as they do for our fall 2020 GPA? Should we hustle as we did for the last fall 2020 semester?

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38 minutes ago, youngj said:

I just took it and it looks kinda bad. I got 135 which is 91 percentile. Do you think the nursing school also takes care of our Spring 2021 GPA as they do for our fall 2020 GPA? Should we hustle as we did for the last fall 2020 semester?

Yes, I am very sure that they will also look at our Spring 2021 GPA because we have to complete this semester's prerequisites. 

I did not take my NLN yet, but I am so nervous. I don't feel prepared. Did you happen to see any questions that were in the red book or in the official study guides?

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Just now, achc said:

Yes, I am very sure that they will also look at our Spring 2021 GPA because we have to complete this semester's prerequisites. 

I did not take my NLN yet, but I am so nervous. I don't feel prepared. Did you happen to see any questions that were in the red book or in the official study guides?

guess what! I got 6 reading passages! I thought I would get 5 and I ran out of time. It was a disaster. I also felt unprepared and very frustrated when I got my score. I do not think my stats are strong enough. I need to work on my GPA for this semester as well. 

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Just now, youngj said:

guess what! I got 6 reading passages! I thought I would get 5 and I ran out of time. It was a disaster. I also felt unprepared and very frustrated when I got my score. I do not think my stats are strong enough. I need to work on my GPA for this semester as well. 

How was the verbal section? I am most nervous about that section because I really suck at vocab. When I did the practice tests in the red book, I always about half wrong because of the vocab.

How was the other sections? Was the math and science sections hard? Could you use a calculator in the science section?

I meant to ask, was any of the questions in the book or official study guides on the actual test?

What surprising concepts or questions did you see on the test that you were surprised about?

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1 minute ago, achc said:

How was the verbal section? I am most nervous about that section because I really suck at vocab. When I did the practice tests in the red book, I always about half wrong because of the vocab.

How was the other sections? Was the math and science sections hard? Could you use a calculator in the science section?

I meant to ask, was any of the questions in the book or official study guides on the actual test?

What surprising concepts or questions did you see on the test that you were surprised about?

There is one passage that was on the red book but I cannot remember the exact passage. I screwed the verbal as well and other than that, it was fine. 

 

I was able to use a mini calculator and a whiteboard. 

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On 2/8/2021 at 9:43 PM, youngj said:

There is one passage that was on the red book but I cannot remember the exact passage. I screwed the verbal as well and other than that, it was fine. 

 

I was able to use a mini calculator and a whiteboard. 

Hey, I took the test today. I got a composite score of 141, which is 97th percentile.

I bought the study guides from the actual website and I was very surprised to see actual questions from there.

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Hello,

Anyone has any suggestions for NLN exam study guide? I am really worried for the pax exam which I will be taking by the end of this week. I still feel unprepared especially for Science and verbal part. I heard people saying there are same questions shows up on the actual test from red book? Is it true? How many passages come from the red book? Anyone remember? Little support will mean a lot to me...  ?????

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1 hour ago, Ety said:

Hello,

Anyone has any suggestions for NLN exam study guide? I am really worried for the pax exam which I will be taking by the end of this week. I still feel unprepared especially for Science and verbal part. I heard people saying there are same questions shows up on the actual test from red book? Is it true? How many passages come from the red book? Anyone remember? Little support will mean a lot to me...  ?????

I will be very honest you and tell you everything that I know, so beware of this super long post with my insider tips and any grammatical errors.

Honestly, in my test, I did not see any questions from the red book. I bought 3 of the $25 study guides (verbal, math, and science) and worked on those questions for about 2 weeks. The $25 study guides give practice questions, are untimed, have unlimited tries, and you can go back to check your answers (you can also see which ones were right or wrong, it'll even tell you the answers). REMEMBER THOSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BECAUSE THEY WERE ON MY ACTUAL TEST.

The verbal study guide had 4 passages (5 questions each) and 26 vocab questions. The science study guide had 50 questions. The math study guide had 50 questions, no need to stress about this section. You can purchase the math study guide if you want, but it won't be necessary because you will be fine without it. As you are going the practice tests, you can look up answers.

I bought the study guide for each section: verbal, math, and science. You won't necessarily need the math one, but the verbal and science study guides were a MUST because I saw some questions from the study guide on the actual test. I was so shocked. Purchasing the study guides were SO WORTH IT. 

I also felt so worried and unprepared with my studying, but I was SAVED by those study guides. I saw questions from the vocab of the verbal study guide on the actual test. In the test, I also got the same vocab question twice. Weird.

Anyways, I STRONGLY recommend buying the study guides to not only remember the practice questions from the study guide but to also get used to the formatting of the test. The formatting of the test was exactly the same format as the practice test in the study guide.

When I mention study guide, I meant the $25 practice prep from the NLN website, where you registered your account and bought the actual NLN-PAX exam. Also, there is a cheaper option, the $20 version. I did not buy that one because it was timed, but you can choose to buy that if you want.

One last thing, when you purchase the $25 study guides, it will give you a pdf version of the red book of the section you bought. In other words, if you buy the science study guide, the science review in the red book will be in that pdf. In addition, I also bought the red book, but it was outdated because I saw the pdf version updated the review. For example, in the pdf version, it said something about lime water turning cloudy when there is CO2. I had this question in the practice test in the study guide and in the actual test.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you need anything else.

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