I took it yesterday, and I know a lot of veterinary students feel this way, but I really, truly, believe that I did not pass the NAVLE. On every section, I had well over half of the questions "marked" because I wasn't sure about them, and of course I never had time to go back and check my answers because I am a slow test taker. I just truly felt like I was guessing on every question, and I was only confident on maybe 5-10 questions. I have since looked up a lot of the questions I could remember having on the exam, and I got every single one of those wrong (and sometimes they were things that I truly felt I should have known). I have had so much anxiety just over the course of the day and am struggling to focus on clinics, and I can't imagine doing this for the next month and a half or whatever.
The big thing is that I finished vetprep (albeit a whole month before the test so I probably forgot a lot of things), so if I don't pass, my resources to study are getting less and less. I feel like if getting through the whole program didn't help, what will? Should I do zuku next time? Or something else? I also took all four icva practice tests, each one month apart, starting in August. The first two I didn't pass at all, and the scores were really terrible. The third one I passed, but barely (projected score 415 - 465). And the fourth one I did pass completely (454 - 504). However, on the tests I passed, I felt good about them while I was taking them. The actual NAVLE, to me, felt exactly like the practice tests I failed horribly, where I thought I was guessing on everything.
I just don't even know what to do with myself. I still have to take the California boards, which apparently are ridiculously difficult, but I can't even summon myself to study while I think I'm going to have to take NAVLE again in April first anyway. I'm also embarrassed to even start looking for jobs.
Anyways...halp.
The big thing is that I finished vetprep (albeit a whole month before the test so I probably forgot a lot of things), so if I don't pass, my resources to study are getting less and less. I feel like if getting through the whole program didn't help, what will? Should I do zuku next time? Or something else? I also took all four icva practice tests, each one month apart, starting in August. The first two I didn't pass at all, and the scores were really terrible. The third one I passed, but barely (projected score 415 - 465). And the fourth one I did pass completely (454 - 504). However, on the tests I passed, I felt good about them while I was taking them. The actual NAVLE, to me, felt exactly like the practice tests I failed horribly, where I thought I was guessing on everything.
I just don't even know what to do with myself. I still have to take the California boards, which apparently are ridiculously difficult, but I can't even summon myself to study while I think I'm going to have to take NAVLE again in April first anyway. I'm also embarrassed to even start looking for jobs.
Anyways...halp.
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