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oh my dear how i feel your pain,you are not alone if this make u feel a little better. i did take the exam for the second time on 02/19/2011 (trying to get into ccac) and failed. i was so confident,my weakness is math so i did study mostly math this time around. as the first time i did very good in the english and science part but i failed again the math portion,i left crying because i was so sure i would make it this time,i am so disappointed. i have all my pre req done and i finished all my classes with a's and b's the only thing stopping me is this exam. i want to give up,but i want to be a nurse so very bad. i am not that young either (35 yrs old this month). i am scared and i am ******,because i do beleive that a standardized test doesn't really define if a person is cut for nursing school,but this is the system they use and we have to get along with it. something else that got me upset is the in the exam there are 20 experimental questions for each subject that will not be count,it means that if i did anwer in the math portion all the 20 experimental right i got screwed anyway. 20 questions that doesnt count it is a large number, it is 1 every 3 questions and i can't understand why they do that,maybe to have more people fail so they have to retest and the company makes more money? a possibility. i have heard that somebody went to an exam,there were 200 people taking it and only 38 passed........so some doubts in my mind have arised about this exam. i did notice too that the math question doesn't reflect the study guide at all,i don't know if it is the format,but it doesn't look nothing like it. i just got a book to help me with the math is called: davi's basic math review for nurses,step by step solutions - isbn-13: [color=#0000cc]9780803620568. hopefully it will help me to pass the math this time around. there are not dates out for ccac for now,but i am sure that we will be able to retest around august. lets hope for the best. keep me posted

I took the exam today and I know i did good in english and science,but the math honestly i had to guess on lots of them,so I am hoping for some luck. I should have the results in about 2 weeks. I am ok,I guess just super tired. I am hoping for the best but if i failed I will retake it again. At least now I know what to expect. Enjoy your weekend!!!!

Thank Askim and congratulation!!!! Like you I am ESL but for some reason (maybe luck) I do good in English,the only thing that put me under pressure is multiple choice especially when you have to do the thinking like in the math section. Where I am from we don't use multiple choice test in schools (I am from Italy). We do get tested in math both in writing (but not multiple choice) and viva voce aka oral. Maybe this is the reason why so many people think I talk too much :rotfl:

Right now I am taking every question on the book and for the Science and English part I score 88% all the time. The math portion is what is giving me trouble,can't score pass 73% at the most. I have only 10 days left and I am terrify right now. Math portion it's not very hard but I get lost sometimes especially if I time myself.

Thank you for the reply. I will take mine August 14th and as you, I can't wait to get it over. Best of luck to you too!!!!!! :)

Hello Everybody!!! I am new here and I am trying to find out few info about the PAX exam. I will take it in August . I will be taking the paper version at CCAC (Community College of Allegheny County). Anybody knows if they will take in consideration your GPA? My GPA right now is 3.3. For nursing school the minimum GPA is 2.5. I was looking for info,the only thing I found is that they will take your Composite Percentage from the test,your composite GPA and they will be combined for a total score. I am a little confuse about it and what it does really means. I am very nervous right now I am 34 and I really don't want fail this one. I always tell everybody: I want to become a Nurse before I get too old and I will need one for myself :)