I failed the first time I took the NCLEX. After that it was reccomended that I should take the KAPLAN course. I got a 66% on my readiness results, averaged 57% on Q bank questions, and averaged from 55-67% on my trainer tests. I completed EVERY question before the NCLEX as well as reading the entire book. I took the NCLEX 2 weeks after my readiness test and got 75 questions and passed!! Really I feel that it takes away the anxiety and get you used to answering higher level questions than Saunders and other books I tried. For me at least, it was worth every penny and if you are studying and doing your questions as reccomended then you should be just fine. Next time I took NCLEX I got 75 questions and passed :) sooo much easier too!