SW Boces Entrance Exam

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Hi everyone!! I applied to Southern Westchester Boces and I am scheduled to take my entrance exam next Thursday. I am looking for anyone who has attended or has recently been accepted to the school. Or even anyone who knows anything about the test and scores needed in order to get accepted. I'm getting very nervous about the exam and any advice would be appreciated. I am curious to know how students are accepted - what scores are they looking for? Thank you!

Hey! I found the N-CLEX to be easy at first, then got progressively harder. I heard that's a good sign though because it means you're getting the easy ones right, so they ask the next "level". Everyone's questions are different, so there's not really a set category to focus on. I ended at 85 questions, the minimum. I was never much of a studier in school, and it was the same for this...I only studied for maybe 1.5 weeks ahead of time and my studying consisted of going through all my notes (kept every.single.page.) and just re-reading things that I was a little sour on. I also bought a book by Exam Cram that had a CD with practice exams. I did the practice exam (which works just like the actual N-CLEX) 3 times and all 3 times, it ended with the minimum amount of questions. That was all I did to prepare. And leave early, I left a little earlier than I needed to, and wound up getting there with 3 minutes to spare because the highway was shut down. Talk about anxiety attack. :eek: I won't get my results till Tuesday, but I did this "trick" thing that I read about online to see if you passed or not, and if the trick is real, then I passed....so we'll see!

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Stephanie, I am also using exam cram, did you find it to be helpful? bet you can't wait to start working.

I don't like the cd that comes with the book, the book itself is very helpful, wish I had it while I was in school.

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yeah, i definitely found it to be helpful, especially the "cram sheet"

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It's official! Just got my results. I am now a LPN licensed in North Carolina!!!!! See, BOCES is a great program!

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Way to go Stephanie, Congratulation! I am still waiting, background check is not yet completed, call Albany today and was told that they are short staff and that they have a lot of application to process.

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deede, what's after A&P ?

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Pharmacology

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Congratulations Stephanie!. What you wish you knew when you started the LPN program at BOCES, and what would you have done differently?

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Hey gleidisa! Are u excited lol? Will u be taking the intro classes starting on Monday?

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Mr Pink,

I am excited and scare!. No I am not going to the intro classes. I hope to meet you guys during orientation.:nurse:

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Ah Tell me about it! I'm Nervous but giddy! Hopefully some of us are in the same class.

So deedee exactly how Many books do we get on orientation, I'm trying to figure out what kind of bag to bring lmao.

Btw congrats stephanieP!!

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Thanks everyone! One of the things I wished I knew when I started was how each teacher is different. That's not something I'm able to explain, you'll figure it out as you go on and you'll learn what each teacher expects and how they differ. Good luck guys, stay focused.

P.S. Within 2 days of passing the N-CLEX, and only 1 month after graduation, I received 2 job offers and had an interview request from a 3rd company. I took one of the jobs. There is work. Don't worry

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