Scheduling NCLEX vs being prepared enough - question

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Hi. I'm in need of some good advice. I'll be taking the NCLEX for the 2nd time in 2 weeks. The 1st time I only used Kaplan and ATI, but I did not give myself enough time to study and did not feel good about the content. I've been out of school for a while, and after I failed the 1st time, I began using the NCLEX mastery app and Uworld. I think they both really helped me with content. However, I'm only able to do around 75-100 questions a day. It takes me the whole day because I feel like I'm relearning almost everything. I'm slowly getting better at answering the questions. I had a plan to go back to the questions I got wrong, but because I am in a time crunch to retake the NCLEX, I only have time now to finish Uworld (still have 1100 questions left). My average now is 47%. Do you guys think I should take more time to review the things I got wrong and postpone for a few days later or keep answering questions and not change the date?

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If you are not able to go back and study what you got wrong, then I would say postpone. In my opinion, it is better to reschedule and give yourself plenty of opportunity to prepare than to fail.

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Thank you for the advice. I appreciate it.

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I am. Not familiar with u world but I would make sure I did all or almost all of the questions last thing you want to do is be unprepared. Take your time!

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I did 10,000 practice questions before taking my nclex. Excessive? Maybe. I wanted to pass and I committed to it, because I read statistically that number almost ensured you would pass. I passed in 75 questions on my first attempt in a little over an hour.

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Yeah, I agree. I rescheduled for a few days later. I think it's important for me to review as much as I can. Thank you for all the good advice.

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