I promised to post a thread that would encourage others in preparation for NCLEX because I found that reading all these threads good and bad experiences helped me toughen out and become stronger when taking the NCLEX. I had horrible scores in any questions practice. I had low scores in Kaplan and Hurst and Lipincott. I think my average would come around 40-50%. So I'd like to encourage others that it's not all about the scores it is honestly being humble and persevering studying as much as you can and of course prayers go a long way despite where your beliefs may lie I'm glad someone here in the forum shared a prayer which really helped me in studying (+Prayers to St. Joseph of Cupertino for Success in Examinations+) If you guys feel you need extra support spiritually I found it helped me because honestly preparing for this exam is a mix of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual fight with yourself and a whole bunch of books and info. I really needed a combination of everything when preparing for this exam and I didn't want to listen to people who said it's possible only studying for a week or a day or a weekend. It's good that some people can do that but I cannot. I am an average student in school some subjects I do well some I don't but it's really important to review content and go over questions and really prepare for this exam as much as you can. Each of us have different ways of studying and different approaches. Some people study for the whole day, half a day, or 2-4h. I personally could not study more than 8hours a day I stuck to it for a whole month. But when you get to the exam you'll be amazed how much you can remember despite freaking out the week before that you can't remember anything.
To sum up, study hard, be prepared as much as you can. And try to remain as confident as you can. Good luck to all those taking the exam.
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Hello guys,
I promised to post a thread that would encourage others in preparation for NCLEX because I found that reading all these threads good and bad experiences helped me toughen out and become stronger when taking the NCLEX. I had horrible scores in any questions practice. I had low scores in Kaplan and Hurst and Lipincott. I think my average would come around 40-50%. So I'd like to encourage others that it's not all about the scores it is honestly being humble and persevering studying as much as you can and of course prayers go a long way despite where your beliefs may lie I'm glad someone here in the forum shared a prayer which really helped me in studying (+Prayers to St. Joseph of Cupertino for Success in Examinations+) If you guys feel you need extra support spiritually I found it helped me because honestly preparing for this exam is a mix of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual fight with yourself and a whole bunch of books and info. I really needed a combination of everything when preparing for this exam and I didn't want to listen to people who said it's possible only studying for a week or a day or a weekend. It's good that some people can do that but I cannot. I am an average student in school some subjects I do well some I don't but it's really important to review content and go over questions and really prepare for this exam as much as you can. Each of us have different ways of studying and different approaches. Some people study for the whole day, half a day, or 2-4h. I personally could not study more than 8hours a day I stuck to it for a whole month. But when you get to the exam you'll be amazed how much you can remember despite freaking out the week before that you can't remember anything.
To sum up, study hard, be prepared as much as you can. And try to remain as confident as you can. Good luck to all those taking the exam.