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Hey! I just wanted to say that i passed my nclex with 265 questions. I took it the first time and got 265 and failed. The first time when the computer went pass 75 i panicked, so i do belive that's why i failed. The second time i went in with a lot of confidence. I studied nothing but the saunders book everyday. I took the kaplan course the first time i took the test and it was not much help. I got my money back from them the next two weeks after i found out that i failed. However, the second time i recieved 265 questions also, but i didn't panick i just kept on going. When i walked out i was just a little scared. When i checked the computer 48 hrs later it said i passed. For all of you out there who got 265 questions don't believe the thing about failing if you get this far. IT'S NOT TRUE!!!!!! It don't matter what number you cut off at keep going:studyowl:

Hello! Don't feel bad if you failed the first time around. I failed the nclex about two months ago and i'm going to keep taking it when the time allows until i pass. I took the Kaplan course and found it helpful in some areas, but at the same time contradicting to the actual test. I hate that they give you your readiness test on paper and pencil. I think it should be just like the acutal exam. I found that my score was much higher on their exam because i was able to mark out the wrong answer. I felt awful at first when i found out my test results. However, I put all that behind me and i'm getting prepared to take the next one. I told myself i'm not going to listen to what other people done on the test focus on yourself. You know what you are weak in and what you are not. I told myself do you acutally think that doctors and lawyers pass thier boards the first time around!!!!!!!!! I don't think so. Many of them are not going around anouncing how many times they took the boards. So, in brief don't think you are not smart. It irritates me when people say oh just because you don't pass the boards you are not compent. That's wrong in my book because no test is going to tell me how smart i am. To me i don't think the nclex is fair any way. To put it in a simple way the person sitting next to you taking the test could get questions that you know the answers to while your test is a test that have information that your not familar with. I don't care if it is all coming out the same boat you can ask a question different and it can seem easy or hard based on how they ask it.