My sister & I wrote the NCLEX-RN exam at the same time, she did 75 Q's & I did 265 Q's...

Hey everybody, I wanted to write this to give courage to people who feel defeated. Don't give up! :)

Studying Process: My sister and I are both in the same nursing program, she's 3 years older and we both took Kaplan as it was recommended to us by our University. It took us 2 months straight of pure studying, constant practicing and answering questions, we answered all of the q banks, q trainers and reviewed content on all of the questions/topics we got wrong on. I was getting in the low 50's and I was becoming so frustrated because I couldn't break into the 60's. I worked hard, I realized that when answering questions I would freak out too much and second guess my answer, therefore, leading me to choose the incorrect answer. Luckily, I eventually made it into the low 60's. On the readiness test I got a 64%. On the other hand, my sister's scores would always keep gradually increase and she would be consistently in the mid/high 60's and sometimes 70's. On her readiness test she got a 67%. Through out this entire process of studying, I was a nervous wreck because I REALLY WANTED to pass on the first try and I wanted to be an RN so bad!!

Exam day: We both took the NCLEX-RN exam on 06/13, during the same day and same time. I mentally told myself to prepare to write 265 questions and if it does not turn off a 75Q's then to keep going because that means I am still in the game. About an hour, my sister raises her hand and she was finished. At this point, I was close to 75Q mark. After I submitted my answer for the 75th question, it went to the 76th question and I was devastated. Again, I told myself not to give up, I know more than I think and if I keep getting questions, then I am still in the game. I ended up writing the dreaded 265 questions. When I finished writing my exam; I felt devastated, defeated, sad, hopeless and I felt like I was in a nightmare. My sister picked me up after my exam was done and I cried my eyes out on the way home and when I got home, I could not stop crying because I thought I definitely failed. My sister wrote 75 questions, she felt confident but there's always that doubt in your head and I wrote 265 questions feeling like I failed. Two different ends of the spectrum.

Results: Since we live in Canada and getting licensed in both Canada and the US, the quick results were unavailable to us, so we had to wait for letters to come through the mail to tell us whether we failed or not. We were both to scarred to try the pop up trick due to different mixed reviews. The longest three days later, we received our letters, we opened our mail at the same time and we BOTH PASSED!!!

So, I just wanted to let people know that there is hope for everyone, do not give up if you wrote the dreaded 265 questions. My sister and I are living proof that it does not matter the amount of questions you receive.

Thanks for reading :) Good luck!!!