I suppose I haven't done much intensive studying yet aside from daily email vetprep and zuku questions and occasionally doing vetprep practice questions (I'm only 6% through vetprep haha). But I just took an ICVA self-assessment to get a base of where I am and how much I need to improve, and I only had a projected score of between 303 and 353 (need 425 to pass). YIKES. I am taking the NAVLE in either late November or early December, so I have some time, but it is super uncommon to have THIS low of a score 4 months beforehand? Does anyone have any study tips that could help my score improve by over 100 points in this short of a timespan? Or am I doomed.
Took first ICVA self-assessment and did poorly...how can I best improve my score by November (A LOT)
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Umm, you have only done 6% of VetPrep, what were you expecting?
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Do more VetPrep, recognize what questions you seem to know better vs those you don't... such as I can answer most small animal questions fairly easily but pig diarrhea gives me trouble. Read the VetPrep pages on the subjects you are having a hard time on. Don't worry about taking another test until at least October.
You have plenty of time. Heck I didn't really get deep into studying until end of August/beginning of September, then I really kicked it up in October and November. I didn't even take one of those practice tests until November and only to calm my nerves.
You have plenty of time. Heck I didn't really get deep into studying until end of August/beginning of September, then I really kicked it up in October and November. I didn't even take one of those practice tests until November and only to calm my nerves.
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I agree with DVMD. You did poorly, but you also haven't really studied that much if you're just at 6% on VetPrep...so the solution seems to be to just study?
And to be honest I haven't heard of anyone taking the paid practice exams way far out like you did so I can't really say anything on the capacity to improve. I took a couple about two weeks and two days before the test and was projected to pass, and I did pass. But I didn't take them before I started studying. When I was studying for phase one of my specialty boards I took a ton of practice tests and was consistently passing, but I failed the real thing so I'm a firm believer that anything can happen no matter how well someone prepares. But also keep in perspective that the NAVLE is a test that 95-99% of people pass. And those that don't pass, yeah it sucks, but its not the end of the world and most people take it once or twice more and then pass.
And to be honest I haven't heard of anyone taking the paid practice exams way far out like you did so I can't really say anything on the capacity to improve. I took a couple about two weeks and two days before the test and was projected to pass, and I did pass. But I didn't take them before I started studying. When I was studying for phase one of my specialty boards I took a ton of practice tests and was consistently passing, but I failed the real thing so I'm a firm believer that anything can happen no matter how well someone prepares. But also keep in perspective that the NAVLE is a test that 95-99% of people pass. And those that don't pass, yeah it sucks, but its not the end of the world and most people take it once or twice more and then pass.
