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congrats to jaxgirl and jon. im so happy for both of you. we are all 3rd time takers and sure its a good thing. good luck to the rest of the may takers. we're all praying for you.

i just received a text from a schoolmate who took the test on the 15th of april and just found out today that she passed. there is hope ...

we were told by our kaplan instructor that " nobody gets chosen to take the whole exam " - this is FALSE. that's what she said.

good luck to jon and jax girl. i hope everyone passes. i have been there so i know the agony that comes with waiting. we'll just pray and continue to pray even after we pass. good luck again.

Thank you so much to everyone who said CONGRATULATIONS to me. I am still in disbelief. Finally for the 3rd time I have made it!!! When God sees that you work hard for it ... he will give it to you. Thank you so much. I am very happy with all the support I have received from the people here. I may not know each and every one of you, but I want to say that I'll never forget all the support I got from this site. Good Luck to the rest who will take the exam. Good Luck to us who will start looking for a job. Take care everyone. May God Bless us all. He loves us.

Thank you to everyone .... I finally passed. It can happen. Im still crying and thankful right now. God loves us. I cant believe this. Thank you

just wanna ask you when you took the test and how did you find out your result. i went to ca brn website an dit was last update may 2. how did you find your result today??? you mentioned your in cali. did you take it early last week??? Please help. I have been waiting too. thanks alot and congrats.

CONGRATS TO EVRYONE THAT PASSED. Please share your test experience if you can ... what kind of qs? SATA? what number did it end? and so on. Just anything. Im waiting for my result too and we all know how that can be. Please ... I just want some positive energy right now. So far ... its a good sign here. Everyone has passed. Thank you and Congrats again to everyone.

hi everyone. I just want to share my experience last Saturday. I took my test on saturday at 8 am for the 3rd time. 1st one 194, 2nd 265, and now between 235 and 250. I cant remember because the last time I checked, it was 235 and couple minutes later it ended. I was not ready for it to end. I cried. I was stopping myself from fully crying because I didnt want the people to see me. When I reached the car, called my boyfriend and cried like a baby. I had 18 SATA, 3 SATA in a row!!! plus 3 calculations and 1 arrange the procedure in order. I was counting every alternate question because I heard that's a good sign, so i had a total of 22. It was hard, hard because the meds they gave I didnt know at all. I had so many priority qs and infection control and disaster qs, some assignment and delegation. Mostly priority and teaching. I want to share this because I read that there are a couple of people who will take their exam for the 3rd time. I want to share my experience without any bias. I mean I dont want to tell everyone the books that helped me after I find out if I passed or not because if I pass then I might say kaplan helped me or saunders or nclex 3000, but when I find out I failed, then I might say Kaplan sucks and its nothing like the nclex or saunders was very easy. To make the long story short ... sorry ... I listened to a recording during a live nclex session. it was 35 hours in total. it was arranged according to the topics. I wrote every single thing that i didnt know. I ended up with so many notes, but this is how I retain the info. I would do that 5 hours a day. I would do questions in the morning and content in the afternoon and back to qs at night. Prioritydelagationassignment book (reddish purple) really helped me with this kind of qs. Mosby index cards and saunders was good for content too. most of the qs on nclex were short qs - very close to ncsbn. if its a long qs - more like kaplan. So ... if anyone is reading this and would like to ask me any qs about the exam ... I will gladly answer. I actually remember some of the exact qs, but obviously I cant disclose since its illegal. I am hoping that everyone who will take it soon will pass. Just remember, what worked for a friend might not work for another. Nobody studies the same and we are all different from one another. I have learned this the hard way because everytime that a friend tells me " mosby helped me alot " or saunders did or learning extension did and so forth ... I end up buying what they used. I was stupid because I used my money and ended up not liking the book. People become biased after passing because if there is a book they used ... they will say " oh kaplan helped me a great deal or mosby or davis or " you know what I mean??? They say this because that's what helped them ... IT Doesnt mean its the one that will help us pass too!!! This is what I have learned!!! Just a line from the bible that I keep telling myself ... " if you believe, you will receive ". I hope we all surpass this obstacle. On Tuesday or Wednesday morning ... I will let everyone know if made it on my 3rd try. Sorry if this was TOOOO LONGGGGG!!!

hi everyone. hi to stillhopeful and im IMHOPEFUL. I just saw your posting and I must say I am in the same situation as you. I also took my test on saturday at 8 am for the 3rd time. 1st one 194, 2nd 265, and now between 235 and 250. I cant remember because the last time I checked, it was 235 and couple minutes later it ended. I was not ready for it to end. I cried. I was stopping myself from fully crying because I didnt want the people to see me. When I reached the car, called my boyfriend and cried like a baby. I had 18 SATA, 3 SATA in a row!!! plus 3 calculations and 1 arrange the procedure in order. I was counting every alternate question because I heard that's a good sign. It was hard, hard because the meds they gave I didnt know at all. I wish I could help you feel better. I also question myself if this is even what Im supposed to be doing. I hope that we can all feel better and just pass. Life is probably teaching us a very impt. lesson. Just a line from the bible that I keep telling myself ... " if you believe, you will receive ". I hope we all surpass this obstacle.

Thanks to everyone!!!!

im not sure how good of an indication it is ... this is why ... i know for a fact that it is a good sign to have alot of SATA. It is indeed higher learning qs. I took the exam, ended with 265. I had 11 SATA and 6 calculations, but failed. So I dont know then. Sorry. It is good to have it though.

Congrats to everyone in the December group who has passed.

Thanks to everyone who has shared their stories. Its good to hear that there are people who continues to strive hard despite "our" difficulties. Thank you and may all of us pass the next time we take it.

On Feb or early March will be my 3rd time. Any suggestion or advice in the way anyone studied for this 3rd try?? I will truly appreciate it. It will be nice if people who took it twice and failed will give suggestions because we are all in the same boat. Thank you in advance.