I took my NCLEX today!

ORGANICS · Jun 2, 2015

Wait for 24 hours but thats a good sign!:)

Iusedtolurkhere · Jun 2, 2015

I hope so! I had no intentions of trying the PVT but my mother convinced me because her friend tried it and passed. Now, the dreaded wait.

Silverdragon102, BSN · Jun 2, 2015

Moved to the NCLEX forum

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Jun 2, 2015

Hello,
I took my NCLEX today and my computer shut off at 75 questions. I waited a few hours to try the PVT and I received the "good" pop up. Can I celebrate now, or do any of you know of anyone who received the good pop up but failed? Thanks in advance! I would like to share my experience with future test takes, pass or fail.

I see you are new here, so you probably don't know to use the search feature.....or to scan down the long list of threads on this very topic. PVT is the single-most discussed topic on the NCLEX forum.

In answer to your question, your exam is scored once immediately upon closure of the exam (which is why it stopped where it did). Sometime over the next 24 hours, a QA review is done on every exam; it is at this point that a final determination is made on the exam. It isn't a 're-score' or even a 'second score' so much as it is a confirmation that the initial score is correct. If the computer determines on a review that an error was made, the initial score will be overturned and changed.

Anyone who does the PVT PRIOR to the 24-hour mark only knows, potentially, what the initial scoring was. Since NO ONE knows at what point it will be reviewed, celebrating or despairing at this point in the game is entirely premature.

MOST of the time, what you find on the initial pop up indicates the result. Some of the time.....it does not.

Pearson Vue has been doing more and more 'test' charges, that is attempting to charge a credit card regardless of the pass/fail status of the exam. They are well within their rights to do this, as you are authorizing them to charge your card.

Submitting false information (ie: wrong expiration date) at the time the attempt is made means that you will get a 'bad pop up'. It will say something along the lines of 'contact your bank' and of course people will think they failed. And maybe they did! But they cannot know until official results are received.

People who insist on doing the PVT repeatedly (after getting a good pop up initially) only increase the odds that they WILL get a charge attempt. At which point, they're back here freaking out that now they know they failed....OR....they are ticked off that "the PVT was WRONG!!!" and post all that rant too.

A better indicator of how you did is that it shut off at the minimum number of questions. You either did very well or very poorly. Given the kind of student you were, grades you got, the reputation of your school, how you prepared for the exam....which is more likely?

8*P23J · Jun 3, 2015

My advice on the PVT is...just don't do it. I know you already did and people tell you wait 24 hours, but don't do it again. It will only increase your anxiety. That, and doing the PVT won't change your score regardless. So just wait 48 hours (if your state participates in early results)! Sending good vibes your way!

Iusedtolurkhere · Jun 3, 2015

Thanks for your input. I passed!

Iusedtolurkhere · Jun 3, 2015

Thanks for the good vibes, right back at you. I passed!

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Jun 3, 2015

Thanks for the good vibes, right back at you. I passed!

Congrats, and welcome to the fold

8*P23J · Jun 3, 2015

Yay! Congrats!