NCSBN learningext.com 3 weeks vs. 5 weeks??

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Ok I failed Monday and re-registered the same day! Now as you all have seen my other post I'm trying to figure out which review to use. I decided to use ncsbn cause they made the test! I will be able to reschedule in 41 days so that leaves me nearly 6 weeks to study. What is the difference if any between the 3 week program and the 5 week program

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Ok I failed Monday and re-registered the same day! Now as you all have seen my other post I'm trying to figure out which review to use. I decided to use ncsbn cause they made the test! I will be able to reschedule in 41 days so that leaves me nearly 6 weeks to study. What is the difference if any between the 3 week program and the 5 week program

thanks

Just more time to review the core content. It will take 85 hours to finish from beginning to end. But I see a few people post on here that they only bought the 3 week option to do the questions. But DO what works for you!

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I did the 3 weeks and could not finish the questions since I only could spend an hour a day studying/doing questions. I wish I would have signed up for the 5 weeks. If you study more than 3 hours a day doing the questions, 3 weeks is plenty of time.

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tyhanks for the input :-) I didn't think i'd be able to finish all 85 hours in 3 weeks and so I did sign up for the 5 week! have you all passed your boards yet?

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I am currently on week 4 of NCSBN. All it is, is more time. I knew there was no way I could study to finish the 3week one, so I am actually almost done with it and I am saving all the review questions for my final week. That was I have 7-10 of just questions.

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Nope my second time around is in less than 3 weeks! =P

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Nope my second time around is in less than 3 weeks! =P

did you take ncsbn the first time and still fail? i just rescheduled for the end of april!!

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did you take ncsbn the first time and still fail? i just rescheduled for the end of april!!

No I didn't, but I am going to try the ncsbn this time around. I had saunders and exam cram. I think I didn't practice enough questions. I also bought LaCharity book this time and it is SO helpful. Plus I thought I could do it by myself, so I didn't pray either...so my fault on that note. Now I am starting out my day with rosary, St. Therese novena, and then study for how much I can, and end the day with 1 our father, 3 hail marys, and 1 glory be.

Also after failing, I took a step back and knew that I was not prioritizing my life the way I should. God first, family second, and me third.

This is just a road bump. We can do it! ^_^

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lol ok cool thanks :)

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Hi all,

I am thinking of purchasing NCSBN review. I just wonder... does it have both review contents and practice questions ? Does anyone know how many practice questions NCSBN review have? Someone mentioned about 85 hours to use the NCSBN? What does that mean? Thank you very much.

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well you need 85 hours to read through the content and do the questions. I'm not sure how many questions it will have in total but I did one 150 q pre test and after each section there are post tests. I only completed one section and the post test was 20 q's. hope this helps, it's a compete review of content given by the ppl who give the test so it's worth it. I don't think Zi'll be able to get it all done in the 5 weeks though

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Im doing the 3 week course right now, It's very time consuming and do think I will finish in time, for example lesson 3 has 150 post questions, each section has a different amount of questions depending on how much knowledge they put in that lesson. If I could register again I would take the 5 week course.

Testing April 13 for the third time, graduated in 2006 : (

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