Passed in 75 with LOW Kaplan scores! & 3.0 GPA

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Hello!

So I am NOT a good test taker (got a 22 on ACT, & failed every ATI test in nursing school). I was not in the nursing honors society and got an overall GPA of a 3.04 in nursing school. Our university has a very high pass rate, and I knew our teachers were nervous for me to pass the NCLEX. But I passed the NCLEX in 1 hour with 75 questions!!! ALL I did to study for the NCLEX was Kaplan. I didn't read any books or look up topics I didn't know, I just remediated every question I got on Kaplan. Here are my LOW kaplan scores:

Diagnostic Test- 60% (I took this 1st, once our in person Kaplan class was over)

QT 1- 52%

QT 2- 47%

QT 3- 61%

QT 4- 51%

QT 5- 42%

QT 6- 50%

QT 7- 52%

Readiness Test- 59% (the kaplan lady said to reschedule our exam if we didn't get a 60% on this 2 weeks before exam, but I didn't. & I took it 1 week before exam)

NCLEX Sample Test 1- 58%

NCLEX Sample Test 2- 52%

Who do you see first- 77% (these were way easier than the priority questions on NCLEX)

Alternate Format Test 4- 28% (SATA questions, these were WAY harder than the NCLEX ones)

QBANK average- 54% (I did 1300 questions which was recommended by my college)

I studied for 3 weeks total and allowed my self 1 weekend to have fun. I studied around 8-12 hours a day Monday-Friday. I took the test about 1 month after I graduated. I was PRAYING to get to questions 76 during the test because I never thought I'd be smart enough to pass in 75. When it stopped at 75 I cried in my car thinking I forsure failed. NCLEX questions were a lot easier than Kaplan but I thought the priority questions were really tough. I did the Pearson Vue Trick and got the good pop up twice, but was still skeptical. I got my quick results exactly 2 days after I took it (I took it on a Saturday) and I PASSED!!! If I can do this anyone can!!! I hope this gives somebody some motivation! Kaplan works and was a great resource if you're a bad test taker!!!! I knew I needed to post on here because I was on here comparing every test with people who passed/failed. I'm officially an RN!!! YAY!

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Hi Elizabeth:

How can i get Kaplan system for Nclex?

Thanks.

Jorge Guimoye

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NCLEX Review and Nursing Test Prep | Kaplan Test Prep

Our school made us buy the whole package. Expensive but worth it!

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I was so happy reading your post my scores are almost exact to the scores that you received when your Kaplan review and test in three days I am so nervous I’m also listening to Mark Kilmic I’m glad you passed congratulations do you have any advice

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Did you watch all of the videos in Kaplan? I only have about 6 weeks to study, so I’ll need something that will fulfill every piece of this NCLEX beast. I already failed NCLEX once using UWorld and Mark Klimek. I’m trying to figure out what review will be the best in the shortest amount of time.

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Thank you for your post. I'm am scoring the same and this really gives me hope!

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Thank you for posting. I am scoring the exact same as you (minus/plus a few) and testing in about 2.5 weeks. I was loosing hope. You have really gave me my hope back. I am working as in an OR RN internship hospital contingent my license. Out of the 6 positions, I am the only one w/o a license, Sooo much pressure but I have 3 months to get my license. I am doing Kaplan and U world. I have so far done 1298 questions combined with both programs. Fingers crossed, praying everyday and study time put in as much as possible. Congratulations to you!!!

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