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The sample test with alternate format questions was a big help, even though I only scored a 30 something percent on it. I am very happy that I didn't spend time on content, I feel like my time was well spent just doing lots and lots of questions.

I'm glad I could help! On the day of the test, it is going to be impossible not to be at least a little nervous of course. I sat down at the computer, and the first few questions I had some anxiety, but I just tried to pretend that I was at home in my bed doing questions like I practiced. I love how the kaplan gives you the analysis for each test you take, and I realized that most of the time when I changed my answer, it was from "correct to incorrect" which is no good! Therefore, I decided that unless I was sure I was wrong, I would stick with my first choice. When you're in there, just take your time and take deep slow breaths to slow your heart rate down, so that you can focus! If you're feeling burnt out, maybe take a day or two off from studying, that might help! Good luck :)

After I took question trainer 7, I gained a lot of confidence. I felt a lot more comfortable going with my gut feeling on questions that I wasn't so sure about. I stopped second guessing myself as much I guess. It's sort of hard to explain. I think that after you've done a lot of questions, it just starts to become a bit clearer what the right answers are. My belief is that the best way to prepare is to just do as many questions as possible. Hope this helped!

I found it helpful looking at this website while preparing for the NCLEX so I told myself that afterwards, I would make a post to help others. I passed the NCLEX-RN on july 8th with 75 questions. I had 10 sata. To prepare, I took the Kaplan course and did the online QBank and question trainers. My scores were: QT 4: 59.3% QT 5: 60.7% QT 6: 59.0% QT 7: 62.3% readiness: 61.7% (done before the bulk of my studying) I did a total of 700 qbank questions. When I first started studying I would get 50s and 60s, but during my last week of studying, something clicked and I started getting high 60s and 70s. Don't let test scores stress you out! I would sometimes get that random 44% on a Qbank test, and it would freak me out. Make sure to do the Sample Test with the alternate format questions. It is good practice for sata questions. Also, question trainers 6 and 7 are the most important in terms of how you score on them, because those have the highest level of questions, so aim for a 55 on qt 7, and make sure you REVIEW RATIONALES! I didn't do an extremely in depth review, but I just looked it over. I did not study any content, and I'm happy I didn't because all of the stuff I was thinking about studying, was not on my NCLEX. I had absolutely no OB questions, and no endocrine disorder questions, which is great because those were my weak points. Any other questions you guys might have, feel free to ask! Good Luck!