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NCLEX fails on purpose?!

Hello all,

Today I heard something and it got me thinking and freaked me out at the same time because I will be taking my NCLEX in less than a week.

Basically, I was told that NCLEX has a limit of how many people they pass per year, so it's not a good idea to take the NCLEX towards the end of the year because chances are they've reached their limit by this time.

Just wondering if anyone else has heard of such a thing? And does this make sense to anyone? lol

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Total urban legend and absolutely false? Look at the pass rates for first time test takers . If this were true the pass rate would drop from 85-90% in the first quarter of the year down to less than 50% by last quarter. This simply is not the case. The only rates that drop are repeat test takers but the rate consistently drops with subsequent attempts

100 percent not true. And ridiculous.

Honestly, think this through. If you aren't able to reason this one out, GO STUDY FOR YOUR NCLEX MORE.

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Hello and thank you for your reply. It's not that I am not able to reason with this, I was simply wondering if anyone else had heard of this.

And I am indeed "studying for my nclex more." I appreciate your encouragement!

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Thank you for your reply. What you are saying makes a ton of sense! Happy Holidays!!

I believe that there is some truth to what your saying,we live in a money hungry world!!!I think its strange that people never see how many questions they got right or which ones were wrong.I did 30 SATA,I would love to know how many of those I really got right

I believe that there is some truth to what your sayingwe live in a money hungry world!!!I think its strange that people never see how many questions they got right or which ones were wrong.I did 30 SATA,I would love to know how many of those I really got right[/quote']

How does that make any sense? Why not fail people mid year and collect extra revenue before year end? There is no score on the NCLEX either you met/exceeded the passing standard in all subject areas or you did not. If you did not then you deserve to know which areas you were near or below the passing standard.

It's not a simple standard like you need to get 75% of the questions correct to pass. You need to meet or exceed the passing standard in all areas with a reasonable statistical confidence interval. That is difficult to quantify as there are multiple factors assessed in the exam.

The type of question is not indicative of meeting the passing standard either it's just another assessment tool. I passed in minimum number of questions in a short period of time. I only had one medication dosing calculation (granted it was not simple but multi step) question and not that many SATA. But all questions were diversely varied. There are low level SATA questions and high level SATA questions just like there are basic dosing calculation and complex, multi-step dosing calculation questions.

I believe that there is some truth to what your sayingwe live in a money hungry world!!!I think its strange that people never see how many questions they got right or which ones were wrong.I did 30 SATA,I would love to know how many of those I really got right[/quote']

I have a bridge in Brooklyn if like to sell to you lol

My test date was December 29th a few years ago and I passed.

I know everyone pretty much answered your question but schools are also being measured on first time pass rates. It would throw everything off if people were being failed on purpose.

Anyway, good luck!!!!

I wouldnt be suprised if that were true, this is a money hungry world, however, I don't think it is true. I took my nclex on Dec 3rd of this year and passed and know many others that passed at the end of the year as well.

Hello all Today I heard something and it got me thinking and freaked me out at the same time because I will be taking my NCLEX in less than a week. Basically, I was told that NCLEX has a limit of how many people they pass per year, so it's not a good idea to take the NCLEX towards the end of the year because chances are they've reached their limit by this time. Just wondering if anyone else has heard of such a thing? And does this make sense to anyone? lol[/quote']

This is the most ridiculous thing I've read on here. #beserious

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