So I needed to vent because I am very close to writing a letter to the Kaplan team and letting them know that the people who teach their classes are wrong...wrong...wrong!
I took my Kaplan course a few weeks back. During the course it was evident to all of us in the class that we were weak in content. We explained this to our instructor and she told us not to worry, that we only need to know how to answer these questions. Using the decision tree, we should be able to answer all NCLEX questions.
So I went home and finished about 80% of the qbanks...only making 45-60% on each in the beginning. So now with 20% left of the qbanks and qtrainers 4-7 left until right before my test date..I have finished reading my content and I must say my Kaplan scores have improved dramatically! 70-75%! However, I am worried that my mind has just memorized the correct answers...Lol.
Moral of the story: you need content before you start these qbanks. The decision tree does not work on 50% of their questions! I am a bit peeved... I have wasted about 80% of these questions, trying to answer them blindly and getting horrible scores. Now that I know more I feel much better... I guess I will just keep the 20% thats left until the final end.
I hope Kaplan was worth it, I really do! I guess we'll see after my test. Good thing is they offer a 100% money back guarantee but I am seriously hoping I won't have to use that!!
