UWorld - Test Prep for USMLE, ABIM, ABFM, NCLEX, SAT, ACT & MCAT (2024)

9/14/2020 6:07:05 PM

I'm writing this in case it may help someone who will be taking the exam soon. First, I set a goal of passing in 60 questions. I wanted to finish strong and have always believed in over preparing. I took the exam on 8/24/20 and finished at 60 questions in under an hour. I was in and out of the testing center quickly and felt relatively confident about my performance afterward. My study regimen/advice is as follows:

1. 100 practice questions a day (with a few days off), usually in blocks of 20-25 questions at a time. I started a little more than a month before the exam and had completed all of the questions about 1.5 weeks before the exam date.

2. FINISH ALL OF THE PRACTICE QUESTIONS! The people I personally know who struggled the most did not go through all of the practice questions. I know one who barely went through half and ended up getting the absolute maximum number of questions on the NCLEX and spent hours inside the testing center only to have an emotional breakdown afterward. This person ended up passing but it was likely a very close call. Don't do that to yourself, be prepared.

3. I took both assessments the week before the exam. Being that I had gone through all of the practice questions, I ended up with a "very high" chance of passing on both.

4. I took notes on the questions I got wrong or happened to guess correctly.

5. I made a master list of all medications mentioned in the questions and reviewed them when necessary.

6. YOU WILL HAVE TO GUESS ON THE EXAM, expect it to happen occasionally. I think the uworld questions actually improve your ability to guess with confidence (sounds weird but its true).

7. I spent about 2 hours per day studying. This involved the practice questions and taking notes on the rationales. I used very few outside sources, if I did it usually involved medications or obscure diseases.

9/22/2020 9:05:09 AM

9/22/2020 10:46:40 AM

58-60% is OK, a good sign is being consistently above the average scores. The Uworld package I bought came with 2 assessment exams. I took the first about 1.5 weeks before my scheduled test date. Keep in mind that I had completed all of the Qbank questions by that time. After the first assessment, I spent about 5 days reviewing all of my notes from the Qbank rationales and then took the second assessment about 3 days before the NCLEX exam.

2/14/2023 1:24:27 AM

HIII FUTURE NURSES!!!!! I am writing this to send words of encouragement for your upcoming NCLEX-RN exam and to believe in yourself. Reading other posts really helped me and I wanted to do the same for someone else.
I graduated nursing school in Dec 2022 and didn't start studying for nlcex until first week of Jan 2023. My school had exit HESI so that helped me with what to do study and where to focus my study content on.

ANYWAYS.... my UWORLD test scores: well... not the best compared to others. I completed 1491 questions (69% used) and my overall bank score was 55%. I had 2 self assessments, the first one I took Tuesday, Feb 7th. Keep in mind my test was scheduled, Friday Feb 10th. I got 59% HIGH chance of passing. THEN next day Wednesday, I took another self assessment and got 50% LOW chance of passing.... This killed all my confidence and really upped up my anxiety.

I really thought I wasn't capable of passing. My issue was that I wouldn't take the time to REALLY read the question and answer options throughly. NCLEX is easier than Uworld so as long as you're doing practice questions and reading the rationales, YOU WILL BE OKAY!!! DO NOT LET YOUR ANXIETY GET TO YOU.

I also listened and took notes from the 12 Mark K lectures. I really took my time with those and did one a day and actually took hand-written notes while I listened and reviewed those notes by myself then had one of my family members test me for what I learned that day.

DAY BEFORE EXAM:
Okay so I have really BAD anxiety and when Im not reviewing or doing questions, I really start to overthink and feel guilty like I'm not doing enough. SOOO AFTER all the advice of not to do anything the day before your exam, I did NOT listen. Was it a mistake??? possibly as I took a Kaplan CAT test and got a RED overall (which is bad lol) and really got in my head like wtf am I doing. Especially with my previous scored being GREEN overall.

SOOOO if you're going to do something the day before your exam I really just recommend reviewing your notes and IF you do end up doing questions or any practice exam, DO NOT ALLOW YOUR SCORE (good or bad) get in your head. Then go do something for yourself, something you enjoy for the rest of day. Try to sleep early and eat healthy. I literally went to sleep 10 o'clock and woke up every 2 hours out of nervousness until 6am.

I did the full 145 questions and really made sure to take my time to read the question and take breaks when needed. I did the pop up trick later that day and got a GOOD pop up. Tonight officially I got my exam scores and PASSED.

I PROMISE YOU, IF I CAN DO IT.. SO CAN YOU!!!!!!!! believe in yourself. You aren't going to know everything and that is okay. You know enough. YOU ARE STRONG, SMART, AND CAPABLE!!!!

MAKE NCLEX your B******!!!! good luck sending positive vibes to anyone who is reading this