i got a 935 on the hesi and passed nclex in 75. i thought the hesi was much harder particularly because a lot of the questions required that you knew textbook values and information. it was a lot easier to guess on nclex and eliminate wrong answers. the hesi tests everything, the nclex will focus on some topics but not others depending on the computer. when i left the nclex if felt kind of cheated that i only had two labs questions, no math, one ob, and hardly any pathophys.