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Hi all,
I promised that when I was done with the Naplex and MPJE, I would write one of these to talk about my experience because I basically lived on these forums before I took my tests. Sorry in advance that this will be long.
First, MPJE. I took the Illinois MPJE, so I can only speak to that. I gave myself about a week and a half to study for it, which I felt was enough time for me. I didn't go to school in Illinois, but I took Dr. Rickert's review class and only studied from his notes. Overall, I felt like this was enough and wouldn't even know where to begin studying. Without his notes, so I would highly recommend this. I still left the test feeling like I failed, but I don't think there is much more that I could have done to study for it. And I did end up passing.
Naplex, on the other hand, was significantly tougher than I expected. I really don't think it's a minimum competency exam, or at least not anymore since the 2016 updates. I studied for about 2 1/2 weeks 24/7, slept for maybe 4-6 hours a night, which I do not recommend! My job provided me with RxPrep and 6 months of online access to the lectures and quizzes. Since I heard so much about how this exam isn't that difficult, I didn't take advantage of all of that as much as I should have. I went through the whole book once, but I didn't feel like I retained that much. I watched some of the lectures and took notes, but never went over those notes because I ran out of time. I didn't do prenaplex either because I was nervous about not doing well and losing confidence. I only went over rxprep math once and stats once. I didn't even do all of the online rxprep math quizzes, and I didn't do the SDN 200 questions. I figured I've always been good at math and would be fine. Overall, I think calculations is what saved my test, so like everyone says, if you can do calculations in your sleep you should be fine. Also, I heard from many people that their test was HIV/onc mostly. I didn't have a single HIV or onc question, which made me think I failed. I had tons of ID though which is my worst subject. I left the test thinking I failed. I couldn't stop crying for 4 days until scores came out, and I started planing the next step for when I would find out that I failed. I kept remembering different questions I got wrong and several stupid mistakes that I made. Well yesterday, I found out I passed. Thank goodness! But this test is very hard in my opinion, and you really have no idea what they will throw at you, so I think every chapter in rxprep is important! If you guys have any questions, feel free to reach out to me. I hope this helps someone, and sorry again that it's so long, I just wanted to cover everything!
I promised that when I was done with the Naplex and MPJE, I would write one of these to talk about my experience because I basically lived on these forums before I took my tests. Sorry in advance that this will be long.
First, MPJE. I took the Illinois MPJE, so I can only speak to that. I gave myself about a week and a half to study for it, which I felt was enough time for me. I didn't go to school in Illinois, but I took Dr. Rickert's review class and only studied from his notes. Overall, I felt like this was enough and wouldn't even know where to begin studying. Without his notes, so I would highly recommend this. I still left the test feeling like I failed, but I don't think there is much more that I could have done to study for it. And I did end up passing.
Naplex, on the other hand, was significantly tougher than I expected. I really don't think it's a minimum competency exam, or at least not anymore since the 2016 updates. I studied for about 2 1/2 weeks 24/7, slept for maybe 4-6 hours a night, which I do not recommend! My job provided me with RxPrep and 6 months of online access to the lectures and quizzes. Since I heard so much about how this exam isn't that difficult, I didn't take advantage of all of that as much as I should have. I went through the whole book once, but I didn't feel like I retained that much. I watched some of the lectures and took notes, but never went over those notes because I ran out of time. I didn't do prenaplex either because I was nervous about not doing well and losing confidence. I only went over rxprep math once and stats once. I didn't even do all of the online rxprep math quizzes, and I didn't do the SDN 200 questions. I figured I've always been good at math and would be fine. Overall, I think calculations is what saved my test, so like everyone says, if you can do calculations in your sleep you should be fine. Also, I heard from many people that their test was HIV/onc mostly. I didn't have a single HIV or onc question, which made me think I failed. I had tons of ID though which is my worst subject. I left the test thinking I failed. I couldn't stop crying for 4 days until scores came out, and I started planing the next step for when I would find out that I failed. I kept remembering different questions I got wrong and several stupid mistakes that I made. Well yesterday, I found out I passed. Thank goodness! But this test is very hard in my opinion, and you really have no idea what they will throw at you, so I think every chapter in rxprep is important! If you guys have any questions, feel free to reach out to me. I hope this helps someone, and sorry again that it's so long, I just wanted to cover everything!
