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Hello,
I’ve been lurking the sdn forums for awhile now and gotten a lot of help so I would like to share my 2017 NAPLEX/MPJE experience!
I took the MPJE about a month after graduation. I studied less than 2 weeks for it, which was a big mistake, and failed with a score of 73... I was devastated 🙁 but knew that if I studied more I could do it so I wasn’t too depressed. I studied what my school provided me and also state statutes and the big USP chapters (quizlets I found online). I studied them at least three times each. After the 30 day wait period, I took it again and passed!!
Next, the NAPLEX... I admit I was too cocky and barely studied... haha and failed with a score of 66. Honestly, I deserved that. I really didn’t study... I’ve been always good at math in school so I thought I could just do it and skimmed through the Rxprep calculations chapter once, and the night before my exam I glanced over some formulas. Big mistake... I was soooo lost during the exam with calculations and I probably got most of them wrong. Also, I did not study the cancer chapter AT ALL!!! Idk why... but I just sort of forgot about it, and I ended up guessing on all of cancer questions. And of course the big HIV chapter... I studied it once but didn’t retain anything :/ ended up guessing on most of them too during the exam. I walked out feeling crappy and knew 99% that I had failed... So during the 45 day wait period, I changed my study tactics. Before, I was just reading my rxprep book but after failing, I realized reading the chapters was not enough. So I took notes on the impt basic stuff to make it easier for myself to review later. This helped me A LOT. I also did the sdn 120 calculations in addition to the rxprep calculations, and after doing them about 3 times, math was a breeze.
I think taking notes to help me retain the info was the key to my passing both exams on my second attempt. I was really depressed after failing the NAPLEX but I managed to pass!!!
Also, it’s probably not true but I felt that the NAPLEX was a little adaptive... comparing my experiences, I feel that if I get a question wrong it comes up again later. Like last time I had tons of math, cancer, and HIV questions but my second time, I did not.
Thanks to the sdn forum members for posting their experiences!! And also the sdn calculations 🙂 and good luck to everyone 🙂
I’ve been lurking the sdn forums for awhile now and gotten a lot of help so I would like to share my 2017 NAPLEX/MPJE experience!
I took the MPJE about a month after graduation. I studied less than 2 weeks for it, which was a big mistake, and failed with a score of 73... I was devastated 🙁 but knew that if I studied more I could do it so I wasn’t too depressed. I studied what my school provided me and also state statutes and the big USP chapters (quizlets I found online). I studied them at least three times each. After the 30 day wait period, I took it again and passed!!
Next, the NAPLEX... I admit I was too cocky and barely studied... haha and failed with a score of 66. Honestly, I deserved that. I really didn’t study... I’ve been always good at math in school so I thought I could just do it and skimmed through the Rxprep calculations chapter once, and the night before my exam I glanced over some formulas. Big mistake... I was soooo lost during the exam with calculations and I probably got most of them wrong. Also, I did not study the cancer chapter AT ALL!!! Idk why... but I just sort of forgot about it, and I ended up guessing on all of cancer questions. And of course the big HIV chapter... I studied it once but didn’t retain anything :/ ended up guessing on most of them too during the exam. I walked out feeling crappy and knew 99% that I had failed... So during the 45 day wait period, I changed my study tactics. Before, I was just reading my rxprep book but after failing, I realized reading the chapters was not enough. So I took notes on the impt basic stuff to make it easier for myself to review later. This helped me A LOT. I also did the sdn 120 calculations in addition to the rxprep calculations, and after doing them about 3 times, math was a breeze.
I think taking notes to help me retain the info was the key to my passing both exams on my second attempt. I was really depressed after failing the NAPLEX but I managed to pass!!!
Also, it’s probably not true but I felt that the NAPLEX was a little adaptive... comparing my experiences, I feel that if I get a question wrong it comes up again later. Like last time I had tons of math, cancer, and HIV questions but my second time, I did not.
Thanks to the sdn forum members for posting their experiences!! And also the sdn calculations 🙂 and good luck to everyone 🙂
