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I took my exam yesterday 6/27/29. Computer stop at 75. This is my 21 time taking the exam. I had only 30-45 minutes left to complete my 6 hours.

45 minutes ago, Waiting for Retirement said:

Oh my. Most of what I wrote really doesn’t apply, and I have more questions. I didn’t think it was possible to take the licensing exam more than several times. I’ve heard of someone who passed it on the fourth or fifth time and I thought that was somewhat unique! But 21 times...how is this allowed??

Maybe a better question is...why are you still testing? Does your school know about this and if so have they offered to help you? Have you repeated any of the courses that tripped you up? I have no idea if you can pass at all but whatever you are doing to try isn’t working. I’m at a loss on this!

Got you

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Are you over studying? i use to over do it but then i was told to do 2 hours no more then 4 hours a day and now with a toddler its been challenging but i can do it. On your report CPR what are the outcome are you getting close? Come now you got to defeat the NCLEX but you must find out what's really going on what you are really missing. Just trying to understand.

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@sianee Did you get your results yet?

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Sianee:

After 21 times of trying to pass the NCLEX, at minimum you have spent $7,350 ---- 21 X (200+150) just taking the exam, not including what ever else you have spent in materials and classes.

If you were taking this strategy class why did you try and take the exam again before you finished, you stated that you still had a month left of studying? Why not use the materials to their full potential before testing?

Why not wait until you have mastered the strategy class before testing again?

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1 minute ago, RNNPICU said:

Sianee:

After 21 times of trying to pass the NCLEX, at minimum you have spent $7,350 ---- 21 X (200+150) just taking the exam, not including what ever else you have spent in materials and classes.

If you were taking this strategy class why did you try and take the exam again before you finished, you stated that you still had a month left of studying? Why not use the materials to their full potential before testing?

Why not wait until you have mastered the strategy class before testing again?

I was texting it

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3 minutes ago, sianee said:

That's...a lot of money and time to sink into testing a theory.

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23 minutes ago, sianee said:

You cannot give up in life because one day you will succeed

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6 minutes ago, sianee said:

You cannot give up in life because one day you will succeed

And that's a fine belief to have but the longer you're out of school, the harder it's going to get...looking at your post history you've been taking the NCLEX for at least four years.

Have you ever genuinely considered a stopping point where enough is enough? Or at the very least going back to school for a refresher course that isn't just an NCLEX review?

There's an element that's missing here. You were able to study for nursing school exams and pass them, but problems with retention are affecting your ability to pass boards. What were your study strategies as a student?

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On 7/5/2019 at 8:46 PM, Waiting for Retirement said:

Maybe a better question is...why are you still testing? Does your school know about this and if so have they offered to help you? Have you repeated any of the courses that tripped you up? I have no idea if you can pass at all but whatever you are doing to try isn’t working. I’m at a loss on this!

If you've been out of school long enough to take the NCLEX at least 20 times, that's going to hurt your chances at getting hired anywhere. How can you explain that gap without admitting you failed two dozen times?

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33 minutes ago, WhaleTails said:

And that's a fine belief to have but the longer you're out of school, the harder it's going to get...looking at your post history you've been taking the NCLEX for at least four years.

Have you ever genuinely considered a stopping point where enough is enough? Or at the very least going back to school for a refresher course that isn't just an NCLEX review?

There's an element that's missing here. You were able to study for nursing school exams and pass them, but problems with retention are affecting your ability to pass boards. What were your study strategies as a student?

Majority of my study in the program was through groups.

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2 hours ago, sianee said:

You cannot give up in life because one day you will succeed

I realize this is long but I'm at a desktop computer not on my phone which makes it easy to type lol so here I go!

I am trying very hard to find a way to encourage you because I hate seeing someone who so desperately wants to be a nurse but can't get there. I did a bit of Googling and found that some states do have unlimited numbers of attempts at NCLEX and so you must be in one of them. But I also found that the longer someone is out of school, and the more attempts that are made, the less likely it is that they will pass the exam. That isn't opinion that is just what the statistics are. I know it isn't what you want and I'm sorry to be saying it but if you don't know that now you should.

Believing you should keep on trying until you succeed is admirable in most things, it's a great trait. In some things though it just becomes a futile (dare I say foolish) endeavor. I tried Googling to see how many times is the most times anyone has ever failed the exam, and also if anyone has passed after this many fails. Throughout my search it was your User ID that kept popping up with links to this site over the years. It looks as if you might hold the record for number of failed attempts or if not no one is sharing that on the internet.

I'm so sorry sianee but the flaw in the thinking that you should never give up is that there is a chance you could pass. It's frighteningly optimistic to say the least. Are you ok with spending another year testing? Or another two or five, and more thousands of dollars? Have you set for yourself a true end game, a point at which you would consider stopping? What do your friends and family say about all of this?

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On 6/28/2019 at 4:55 PM, sianee said:

I took my exam yesterday 6/27/29. Computer stop at 75. This is my 21 time taking the exam. I had only 30-45 minutes left to complete my 6 hours.

21st?

Sianee, stop taking the test. Go back to class and start from scratch as an audit student and relearn the information. If you're doing OK (as in understand AND comprehend the information), then, and ONLY then, retake the test.

What is your school saying about this? What are you doing after you fail the test? If it's cutting off at 75 and you're still failing maybe nursing is not your thing. I don't say that to be hateful or turn you off but the reality is nursing isn't clicking for you.

As someone else said, what is your backup plan shall you not pass? When is enough, enough? Please begin to reevaluate your game plan.

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