Passed at 265 - Peasonvue trick - want to give you all hope!

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Hi everyone! I took the dreaded NCLEX yesterday at 2pm and just found out this morning that I passed! I had taken both a Hurst and Kaplan review course because I typically don't do well with tests like this and I wanted to brush up on content, but also have a ton of questions to practice. I also bought the $30 NCLEX mastery App and used that for practicing questions on the go.

I went to the hurst 3 day live review, watched the specialty lectures, and took all 6 tests.

My scores were:

Q Review 1: 68/125

Q Review 2: 80/125

Q Review 3: 77/125

Q Review 4: 79/125

Q Review 5: 80/125

Q Review 6: 78/125

I was pretty anxious because I was not scoring at the 84/125 that Hurst recommends. Do not worry if you are not getting the perfect score (I came on here and saw people were getting 100/125 and it freaked me out so much!) Just make sure you go over each question and review the rationale!!! That's the most important part - to learn from it!

I did not take all of the Kaplan question trainers, and of the ones I did, I was scoring between 48%-70%, with most of the scores being in the low 60's.

Leading up to the test, I was practicing questions every day (at least 150/day), but I still just didn't feel prepared. I had talked to a lot of people who said no one really feels prepared, so I finally just went for it and tested.

On the test day, I arrived pretty nervous, but felt ok and remained positive during the first 75 questions - lots of SATA, drag and drop, priority questions, etc. I was honestly expecting it to turn off at 75, and then I hit question 76. After that it was all downhill... my head messed with me a lot - I started to pay attention to when the questions would get easier or harder, which I do not recommend - DO NOT TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE WAY IT WORKS!! This just stressed me out more. Long story short, I ended up with the full 265 questions, walked out after just about 3.5 hours, and I was sure I failed. (I know that's what everyone says, but it's truly how I felt! I would have put money down that I failed)

I went home and right away tried the PearsonVue trick - I did feel a little relieved to find that my payment was not accepted and I received the "good pop-up." But I still was freaking out, not knowing how valid this trick actually was.

I spent the whole rest of the night reading through posts and researching - trying to figure out if I had failed. Reading these posts truly made me feel better, because literally EVERYONE feels like they failed, and everyone was saying such promising things about the "good pop up".

I woke up this morning, checked the pop up again, and it was still good to go. And then at 9:10am I received an email from the state with a congratulatory letter and copy of my license. I honestly couldn't even believe it - I have never been so relieved and happy in my entire life! I am literally still scared that something bad will happen and they are somehow going to call me and tell me they made a mistake and take my license away from me (this goes to show how unconfident I was in my performance on the test!)

Major point that I want to make is that EVERYONE feels like they failed - the test is hard! You have to guess on a lot of the questions, you will see meds/procedures/diseases you have never even heard of - it's so nerve-racking! But you have to just believe in yourself!! It will be ok, and you will pass!

I don't think it is absolutely necessary to take a review course - it's a lot of money, and you can honestly find so many cheaper resources. (NCLEX mastery App is AWESOME, I highly recommend it!) The kaplan decision tree is a great tool to have. If you are going to take a course, I would recommend Kaplan over hurst because the questions that pop up on the test are so random that there is NO way you can know it all. Being able to critically think through the question and find the right answer without knowing the content is SO important (and that is what kaplan teaches you.) Things like assessment vs. implementation, ABC's, maslow's hierarchy (physical vs. psychosocial), etc. Just learn these tools and keep practicing questions! practice, practice, practice. Also, don't just practice questions here and there - sit down and force yourself to get used to taking 125-200 question tests.

There is no way to be fully prepared - so just do the BEST you possibly can. Take the breaks they give you to collect yourself, take deep breaths when you start to feel frustrated - force yourself to smile! Take your time -do not rush!! Each question makes a difference! Most of all - be positive and believe in yourself!

Thank you to everyone who shared your thoughts on these boards, I would have gone crazy without all of you - I hope that this helps someone out there! Let me know if you have any questions.

P.S. YES, I believe in the pearson vue trick - I am so glad I did it! I just put in my actual credit card number thinking that if I failed and it charged me, I was going to have to re-register anyway, so I had nothing to lose!

Good luck to you all! You will do great!

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UPDATE regarding PearsonVue Trick:

A good friend of mine who took the NCLEX last week also tried the pearson vue trick, and her payment DID go through - she did not receive an error message (the "good pop-up"). The next day she found out she did in fact fail the test. Therefore, I am 100% confident that this trick does in fact work.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.

It works 50% of the time.

Because there are people who have gotten the bad pop up/passed, good pop up/failed & been charged regardless. Just because it worked for you & your friend, doesn't mean the PVT works 100% of the time with everyone, unlike the "unofficial" results.

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UPDATE regarding PearsonVue Trick:

A good friend of mine who took the NCLEX last week also tried the pearson vue trick, and her payment DID go through - she did not receive an error message (the "good pop-up"). The next day she found out she did in fact fail the test. Therefore, I am 100% confident that this trick does in fact work.

Do we not learn the meaning of statistics while becoming nurses? Correlation does not equal causation.

For every "it worked for me", there are nearly equal "it was not accurate" anecdotes.

Case in point: 2 classmates just took NCLEX today. One finished in 78 questions and was told her card was declined (the "bad pop up"). She's freaking out that she failed. I had to keep telling her that it doesn't necessarily mean she failed. It's still the same day that she took the exam. I got her to agree to wait until Saturday for Quick Results so she'll know for sure.

Another classmate took NCLEX at the same time as she did and finished in over 170 questions. She got the "good pop-up" 2 hours after completing the test. She still feels like she failed it.

We will know for sure on Saturday what their actual results are. I tried talking them both out of it, but they just HAD to know. Now they feel worse about it.

This is why I don't like PVT. It's not reliable enough to trust it.

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I took my exam on July 21, 2015 and passed with 265 questions. I am so happy. It is possible!!

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Congrats!!! Isn't it the best feeling?! :)

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Although I don't appreciate your attitude, I do agree that I may have been a little hasty with my "100%" comment. In my experience, the trick has worked - my friends who have passed have all gotten the good pop up, while my friends who have failed unfortunately got charged. Do you actually know anyone personally who had a different experience? You stated "case in point" in your comment, but with no point to even be proved... what ended up happening with those two friends of yours?

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

I'll tell you exactly what happened: both failed. So, PVT gave one a false positive. It's not 100% reliable.

ETA: no "attitude" in my post. It's a statistical fact that correlation does not equal causation. We, as nurses, need to know & understand this. How are you going to determine if someone's research is accurate or full of bunk? You need to know how to interpret statistics appropriately.

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