nursingbsn08

I took the exam on Monday the 29th, and found out yesterday that I passed....and yes, I too had 265 questions! There are many others on this forum who have passed with 265 questions also. This just means that the computer was not ready to decide whether you had answered enough questions right or wrong to pass or fail. It means that you were close all the way through. It will look back on your answers and then make a result. Do not worry so much because the result is know out of your control. Just hang on in there and you will know soon. Good job getting through the exam and I wish you luck!

I'm so happy to say that I have passed the NCLEX!! I took it Monday morning and went through the entire 265 questions. Wow, I really was not expecting to have all the questions, but there was nothing I could do about that. I was actually pretty calm during the test and although I was sitting there for such a long period of time, it really didn't seem so bad at all. This was a positive thing. When I got out of the testing center, I didn't feel much of anything...I was pretty surprised as I thought I'd be crying. All I felt was that I had answered a lot of questions and had gotten through the test. But for the negatives---when I started to think about the actual exam, I began to have many many doubts as most people do. I started to feel that 'yeah I couldn't have passed' I held onto a little hope inside because I felt that I was prepared when I went into the exam---but then I kept telling myself not to be so positive because I would be devastated with a failing result. There were so many things I was unsure of and considering that I went through the max # of questions, I knew I was borderline...and I felt that I was at the negative side of this line. I was so discouraged because I felt like I kept getting questions VERY similar to previous ones that I was asked and did not know the first time. I thought to myself 'if i didn't get it the first time, why am i getting another one that's practically the same. why don't they ask me something from another topic and see if i have knowledge of that?' Well, I tried not to dwell too much upon it for the 48 hours of waiting...and this morning I got the result. It feels so great and what a relief! We can all do it! What ever number of questions you get, just stay focused on each question that comes-that's what matters in the end. I believe that because I remained calm and answered all the questions to my best ability until the end, I was able to pass. I am so grateful for all the opportunities I have been given by the Lord and for the support around me. :heartbeat

Hi, this is my first posting on the forum while I've read through many many threads. I was first scheduled to take the NCLEX late August, but have changed my test date more than once and now it is approaching October already. I graduated recently and studied for a good while during the beginning of the summer. I actually had done a good amount of review and practice questions before graduating as well. But with things that came up and lack of concentration, my studying dwindled down after mid summer (which is the reason I've pushed back my test date). I'm scheduled to take it this Saturday actually, but I'm scared. I told myself that I would not change the date regardless because pushing it back has not been doing me any good. Now, of course I'm re-thinking that again. This feeling sucks b/c I know I would have been fine to take it if I had kept up some consistent studying...and now time is just my enemy. What do you think? Also, to those of you that have passed, what was your preparation like and what were you getting on practice tests?