The millionth 265 question, PVT post

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Hey, y'all! I need a little reassurance from those of you who have taken the NCLEX since the passing line changed in 2013. A little background about myself: I graduated from a CCNE-accredited university in April 2015 with a GPA of 3.56. This was a second degree program for me, as I graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Psychology in 2010. My graduation date was 4/23/15 and I took my NCLEX yesterday, 5/21/15. I did what feels like zillions of practice questions through Saunders leading up to the date, I took an in-person Kaplan course in December 2014 (to give me a leg up in my critical care course), and my school had a mandatory 3 day HESI NCLEX review in the days leading up to graduation.

I had all of my strategies in place: assessment vs. implementation, ABCs, Maslow, benefits vs. risks, emergent vs. non-emergent, etc., etc., etc. I was scoring mostly in the low-mid 60% on Saunders. I really felt ready. I got a good night's sleep the night before my NCLEX, I ate a hardy breakfast, had some caffeine and water, wore comfy clothes, and just felt like I was good to go (I did, however have an anxiety attack a couple of nights before thinking that I was taking it too soon, but that's another story).

I was a little bummed when I passed the 75 question point, really bummed when I hit the "you can take a break now if you want" point, and almost in tears when I passed the 250 questions point. I did end up having all 265 questions. It was all I could do to not run out of the room with tears rolling down my face. I felt from the first question that I had no idea what I was doing -- keep in mind I'm a fairly decent test taker and did well in school on exams; I just felt lost. That exam IS HARD.

The exam location was 17 miles from my home, plus I got gas and lunch on the way back, so I think that it took me roughly 60 minutes to get back to my house. As soon as I walked in the door, I tried the "Pearson Vue Trick," or the PVT: I tried to sign up for another NCLEX date... and it let me. My heart sunk into my stomach because I've heard that if you are able to sign up again, you've failed.

However, I've read on this thread that people urge one another to wait 24 hours (which I didn't), especially if you had all 265 questions, because it takes the computer a little while to grade it. I know I can see my "unofficial" results tomorrow, but this is killing me!

Can anyone relate?

TL;DR: I got 265 NCLEX questions, and an hour after I finished, I tried the PVT and it let me sign up again. Did I fail? Looking for insight from people who have taken the NCLEX since the 2013 pass line change. Thanks all! You inspire me!

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You have to wait 24 hrs to try the PVT and you now have to enter a credit card. If it accepts and charges your card, then you fail. If it rejects your card, then you pass.

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UPDATE: I failed. Guess I'm trying again in July.

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If I could give you a word of advice, it would be to change your profile picture and get rid of some of the info in you account. You have WAY too much personal information in your page. Your picture, a link to your Facebook page, not a great idea.

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Thanks?

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