NPTE Study Materials...

[PT2Bee]

Hey everyone, current 3rd year and wondering if anyone has any information regarding when the new or updated versions of study guides come out? I tried to find information on this but have been unsuccessful. Does the material even change that much between the books? I was thinking of getting an early start on my studying and will probably begin in a few months. Not sure if I should buy now or wait...any thoughts/advice?? Sorry in advance if this has been covered somewhere here, I did a quick and dirty search but didn't see anything.

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[GeekyFitnessGuy]

New to SDN, but Memorang is pretty great, they just came out with new PT study materials which is nice, as it saves me having to make all my own content (was starting to go a little bonkers). I searched for awhile for other stuff as well, but struck out everywhere, either stuff was way too simple (studyblue) or to medical/in-depth focus (medical student study sites), Memorang has the easy interface to make your own cards, but has great content (gets updated like every month/week) that you can buy for fairly cheaply (considering how much Amazon/publishers mark up study books, and how quickly they get outdated). Do you have any good suggestions on materials/books/sites?

 

[James221]

I just want to give my story. I took the NPTE 2x. Failed first time by a hair (594). Passed the 2nd time (654). Here's what I did.
First time, I read through Scorebuilders cover to cover and took the 3 scorebuilders, 1 O'Sullivan's, 1 PEAT, 2 Online Advantages (made by Scorebuilders). All practice tests I went over every question and read the commentary on each answer.

Practice test results: 65-68 in scorebuilders, 61 in O'Sullivans, a 608 on the PEAT, 65-68 in Online Advantage tests.
I went into the exam in a haze and I really felt disoriented. I think for me a lot of it was that I felt fatigued when I took the exam and it was just overwhelming--too much at one time.

After the exam, I prepared exclusively with O'Sullivans and wrote out a study guide. The first time I took the test I had just read through the book and didn't create my own study guide. Will send this to anyone who wants it. Creating a study guide and the harder content of the O'Sullivan's text just made my preparation go better.
Practice exam scores were in the mid to high 70s, early 80s at this point, but that is not a good predictor because I had taken the practice exams once already and remembered some of the answers.

I continued studying O'Sullivan until I had read the entire book through cover to cover. I kept taking the practice exams over and over and I bought two Iphone Apps-- PT Content Master ($20) and PT Question of the Day. ($10 for 6 month subscription). I kept doing questions and reading O'Sullivan.
Second time I took the exam I was more relaxed and when I finished the exam I felt like I could have kept going. My endurance wasn't shot to hell at that time. I also learned a trick or two. I budgeted time better. You have 5 hours. I used 1 hour for every section and made sure to mark and go back to any questions I didn't know. I used ALL the time. Up to the last second I spent checking and rechecking my answers.

Something else my 2nd time, I just felt like I had more mental endurance--for me that was the main thing so I saw the more studying and mental "muscle" you can build up, the better.