GT-R

I would recommend not to get the ENTIRE book bundle. There are way too many books in that bundle that you will never use during your years in the program. I would recommend to only get the very important ones such as the fundamentals, drug book, med-surg(dunno if it's still Lewis), etc.. I would buy them seperately from half.com or amazon. You will save a ton of money this away. Seriously, I wish someone could have gave me this tip before buying that bundle. If you need to know which books will be the utmost important for the first year, then I would ask a freshman nursing instructor. I know it may be easier to just buy everything from Becks, but if you want to save some money, then take my tip. Btw, I graduated from Truman in May and just recently passed the NCLEX in the first try. Good luck to all of you who are entering and currently in the program!!

Exam cram written similar to NCLEX? I don't know about that. I felt the questions in exam cram didn't require as much critical thinking to answer than the questions in the NCLEX. Maybe, it's because I was more familiar with the topics in exam cram while the NCLEX throws everything at you. I felt that NCLEX4000 came closer to the format of the the NCLEX, except that it had minimum priority/delgation questions, which the NCLEX is known for. That is when LaCharity becomes handy.

Indeed, that last question probably gave the final push to take this beast of an exam down. I PASSED!! WOOT WOOT!! Thank you all for the positive words and input. Wow, this feeling is amazing, haha. Seriously, that exam was something else. IMO, the exit HESI doesn't even compare to the difficulty of the NCLEX, scored close to 1000 with that exam. I had a flight booked to Vegas on Tuesday no matter what the results will show, but now I know, that it will be the happy me going.

that I got the last question correct. It shut off with 95 Qs. Btw, it was an ABG question that required a lot of thinking. It took me around 3 min to work it out, but indeed got it right since I checked the web in my cell phone right away after getting into my car. I also checked saunders once I got home and again it proved that I answered it correctly. What are the chances of not passing if you answered the last question correctly? I was also getting a string of priority/SATA before the ABG question. A negative is that I almost took 3 hrs to answer those 95 qs(don't know if that matters). I am too scared to do the PVT trick and will just wait it out until the 48 hrs is up tomorrow. Any response is welcome.

So, do first time takers usually take V-1? Or is it randomized according to what the school will give you?

Was that the first time that your bff took the exam? I am just wondering because I thought that V1/V2 was usually given as the first take.