NLN Advice

LisaJ_RN · Jan 10, 2007

Are you sure they are looking for 99% or 99 composite....99% is almost impossible, its rare..

The one school I applied wanted 55 I got 84/90

The other wanted 40-70

Good luck

Batman24 · Jan 10, 2007

They said 99th percentile which I was told was VERY rare so I called and spoke to someone else who reiterated the same thing. I am going to call again today just to triple check. Yikes.

DesertRain · Jan 10, 2007

My school wants 100th percentile which they indicate is 100 score on the composite just to qualify to enter. My CC's nursing school entrance criteria is based on points though and 100 percentile 100 composite doesn't give you any points it's just a qualifier. They said on average they most people that get accepted score over 120 composite. Do a search for NLN we have had a lot of questions about it lately and you might find some good info. I'll be taking it February 3rd so I'm with you--Good luck to you and everyone else about to embark on the NLN path!

shippoRN · Jan 10, 2007

My school wants 100th percentile which they indicate is 100 score on the composite just to qualify to enter. My CC's nursing school entrance criteria is based on points though and 100 percentile 100 composite doesn't give you any points it's just a qualifier. They said on average they most people that get accepted score over 120 composite. Do a search for NLN we have had a lot of questions about it lately and you might find some good info. I'll be taking it February 3rd so I'm with you--Good luck to you and everyone else about to embark on the NLN path!

Desertrain, where are you taking yours, im taking mine Feb 3rd too, in new york!

LisaJ_RN · Jan 11, 2007

I scored 128 composite/ which equals

composite percentiles:

90%/84%/85%

Batman24 · Jan 11, 2007

I scored 128 composite/ which equals
composite percentiles:
90%/84%/85%

Awesome job!! May I ask about how many you got incorrect in each section to get that score?! Thanks.

LisaJ_RN · Jan 11, 2007

Raw score, I averaged about 67% correct in each section....I guess not to bad.

I got 90% in science which means I did better than 90% of the people who took the test...

That was the hardest section for me!!

xt1 · Jan 12, 2007

I suggest concerning yourself with the science portion as the math was very easy and you just dont have the time to memorize an entire dictionary for the vocab. I got 98% overall after studying for a month.

xt1 · Jan 12, 2007

99% is the highest overall one can score on the NLN.

Batman24 · Jan 12, 2007

That's awesome!! Congrats!!

How was the study guide in regards to preparing you for the science portion?! That is the part making me most nervous as I only had a drop of physics in high school 17 years ago. lol

xt1 · Jan 12, 2007

Well I went to the library and checked out 3 guides to the NLN with their damned 10 dollar deposit for each book. To be honest the guide put out by the NLN people was not nearly as thorough in the science section as some of the others and I dont think it would be sufficient by itself for preparation. I'd get as many as I could from the library and just go over everything in there if I were you. Barrons did a pretty good job on the science section. Like I said just focus on the science mostly and go over the math in the one put out by the NLN people. The Math in the others was way harder than what was actually on the test. Overall I'd say if you do your homework with the guides you wont have a problem. Remember you are scored in relation to how well you did compared to everyone else taking it that day.