kmere88

You guys...I think I'm gonna be sick. I just took NCLEX today and I wasn't going to do the trick because I've heard of rare instances where it didn't want to get my hopes up if it ended up giving me a false positive, or be depressed for 2 days unnecessarily because it gave me a false negative. But I was so anxious and couldn't wait any longer, so I decided to do it and it let me go to the credit card page So now I just have this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that I failed, and praying so hard that I'm one of those few people I've heard of that gets a false negative from this trick!!! I've heard that it's 100% accurate when it has the good pop-up, but that there have been a few people that have gone to the credit card page and ended up passing...I'm holding out hope that I end up being one of those, but seriously...that's not how my luck goes. My test shut off after 105 questions, and I had absolutely no feeling of how well I think I did. Some questions I was really confident on, but then some questions I just could NOT figure out for the life of me they were so ridiculous. I'm not a good test-taker and I always have such high anxiety, but I've never failed a test like this that I took, even when I didn't feel good about it afterwards. I had such a difficult time in nursing school and suffered through every minute of it and the months of review I've done preparing for this and I just want it to be OVER!!!! I honestly don't think I can bring myself to take it again if I failed, I'm just so seriously over it. I'm going to pay for the quick results on Monday morning, but I don't know how I'm going to get through these next 2 days. I've been so anxious about it all day already and trying to do things to take my mind off it, but it's still been horrible. And then if I spend these 2 days being anxious and stressed, and then find out I failed? A whole weekend of worrying only to find out I'm a failure. Seriously, so many months of studying, so much preparation, so many practice tests, so much anxiety...and all for what, if I fail? All for nothing. Sorry for the rant, everyone...I've just been talking to friends and family all day about this and none of them understand because none of them have been through this...and even though they can be sympathetic and try to help me, they really don't know what I'm going through. So, even though I don't really know any of you, I figured I could post my concerns on here and get the rant out about this that I can't really give to anyone else. So, all that being said, I need a shred of hope here. Have any of you done the trick and gotten to the credit card page but then found out you passed? Please, if it's happened to any of you or anyone you know, please respond. I need to know that it's possible!!!

Hi everyone! I'm starting nursing school next month and I still haven't decided where and was hoping I could get some advice! I'm going for a second degree (first one was in psychology, took a couple of years off and now have decided to go for nursing!) and I just finished all my prerequisite classes. I've gotten into both Emory and Duke and can NOT decide which one to go to!! I live near Atlanta, I've been here my whole life and my family is here. From the beginning of this process, I've been so excited about the possibility of Duke and not really wanting to go to Emory for some reason, but now I'm feeling pretty much equal about both of them. I absolutely love Duke, but don't know if I want to move up there. The one difference between the two is that Duke's is an accelerated program that only takes 16 months, whereas Emory would take a little longer. They're both 4 semesters, Emory just gets a summer break. I feel like they're pretty comparable in terms of respectability and price. Does anyone have any advice at all regarding the two? The only people I've talked to that went to either one have been students that I've met at interviews and stuff, and of course they're going to tell you that your school is amazing to get you to come. But I was wondering if maybe there was anyone on here that had gone to either one and had some insight or advice about it. Thanks for any help, opinions, or advice! I have to make a decision in the next 5 days!!