I've seen so many NO NEW GRAD!!! postings, passing the NCLEX doesn't seem the goal, if you know what I mean. Passing the NCLEX and 1 year acute care experience will get you a job. It's that 1 year of acute care experience that is what you must achieve, the NCLEX is a foregone conclusion! Ah, sorry to sound like Debbie downer... It is what I and most grads from my cohort are experiencing.