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took it on 8/3, stopped at 75Qs PASSED~ =) i didn't used the white board to do math question, but to count how many SATA and Meds Qs i got... omg... almost 14 SATA and 7meds.. I thought i fail... but thank God~! anyways... i mainly study kaplan and i also did NSBN.. Good luck guys~!

stopped at 75... 15 SATA, 10meds and some diseases and drugs that i've never heard of.... OMG..... it was awful.... i think i'll need to retake... =(

i think ncsbn is easier... i just finished it... they have 19 Sets of questions trainers (40Qs in each set) the review outline is not as good as kaplan.. if u wanna try.. i suggested to join it for 3weeks for $49. One of my friends passed it with just taking kaplan... and my other friend didn't take kaplan but took almost 15000Qs (saunders.. some other review books) and she passed it also. i hope it helps... good luck~

Don't give up~ we can all make it~!!!!!!

No Problem~ Good luck~ we can all make it~ =) train your brain .. i think it works... now i'm most alert on that period where i'm suppose to take the NCLEX.. at least it's a good start =)

this is how i study.... in the morning i study for 2-3 hours (reading the Kaplan book and review my previous missed Qbank questions, honestly i didn't read much on the kaplan purple book and i mainly just use online resource to find out the things i don't know, it's faster and easier) in the afternoon 1pm-6pm (the time i scheduled to take the NCLEX) i'll just sit there and do Qs (to train my brain to think and function at that time period) i started off with 50, then 75, then 100+... at night i'll spend around 2 hours just to review the meds and sometimes study my old notes, kaplan video or Qbank again.... i did this for like 2 weeks M-F and Sun half-day... Trust me.. you'll have to review those you did wrong AND review the one u did right too... i think doing questions really helps... i jumped 10-12% in 2 weeks.... trainer 1,2,3,4 50% before i stared this... and end of two weeks... i got 63% on Trainers 6... of course ups and downs on the Qbank.. but avg 57. i dont 'know about u... but for me... if i just read the book.. the stuff doesn't really sticks to my brain.. u know...and there is just TOO MUCH INFO TO COVER... anyways i hope it helps...

First of all, THANK YOU SO MUCH for the post~ =) hope it helps... my current experience with Kaplan and Ncsbn I'm working both.. Kaplan and NCSBN.. i kinda feel the same too, Kaplan is more structured and the questions is harder. I started off with a 51% on the diagnostic test on Kaplan... it took me a week and a half to finished the Qbank questions 1100+ question and i went back and try the Trainer 6 (which they said it's kinda similar to the NCLEX questions and it's recommended to score above 60%) and i end up getting 63%... i think the Qbank helps me A LOT... specially with the way they train you how to use the decision tree and answer the questions... it really helps~ on the other hand... i answered only the first 5 sets of Q&A (200Qs) on ncsbn... not much help (no explanation on the wrong answers, even on the correct, they did a sloppy job on explaining it too) AND the wording of their questions sometimes confusing..... Hope i made the right choice~ =)