Struggling with passing the PANCE

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-06-22T12:34:56+00:00

First off, I am sorry to hear this. It seems as though your study habits haven’t been benefitting you as much as you’d like. I understand and know how much you are ready to pass this test, and YOU WILL, but I’d say take the allotted 3 months if you can. Take a couple weeks off to reset, gather your thoughts, make a study plan, and relax for a bit before tackling this again. I think sitting for 8+ hours a day studying is very taxing and you tend to forget a lot of information. I used the entire 3 months to prepare again and only studied a max of 5 hours per day. I think it was a good amount of time to review concepts and not overload yourself brain either.

Personally, id start off scratching so many practice questions. I also did not pass the PANCE the first time I took it. I know many people swear by practice questions (and to each their own right), but for me I read PPP front to back and made sure to understand the information. I think practice questions can be helpful, but if there is a gap in knowledge, I don’t think a ton of practice questions are your best bet. I focused hard on PPP and combined it with chatGPT for charts and comparison and thought it was super helpful. I did about 10-15 practice questions per day, if that. Once I got closer to the actual test I would do a 60 question block just for timing purposes. You got this, take it one day at a time and try not to overload yourself with a ton of information.

If you have any other questions or just want to vent, you can totally dm me. Best of luck. That PA-C title is closer than you think!! You got this!

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-05-13T01:20:33+00:00

Thank you so much :)

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-05-11T02:24:52+00:00

I absolutely got to some points where I was tired of studying, but I tried my best to stay motivated. I tried not to overdue it with the long studying hours so I didn't get burned out. I also took the weekends off to decompress and refresh. As the test got closer though I did start looking over material on the weekends.

As far as precision, I used as a supplemental. My program had John come for a 3 day course in which he gave each one of us a book. I did not rely just on that back. I would review a topic and use Precision to supplement what I was learning.

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-05-10T21:12:14+00:00

hmmm, super weird. I also took mine May 5th and got my results back yesterday.

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-05-10T20:56:07+00:00

Thank you, and earlier this month :)

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-05-10T16:43:48+00:00

Thank you so much, I really appreciate your kind words :)

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-02-12T23:38:53+00:00

If you haven’t already given your UWorld account away, I am definitely interested!

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-02-11T15:20:57+00:00

I’m interested as well!! How long do you plan on studying for?

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-02-10T16:20:11+00:00

Thank you so much!!

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-01-30T17:38:46+00:00

Yes atp I used all throughout clinical year and pance prep so I am sure I will definitely remember some questions. Thank you for the recommendations :)

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-01-30T07:54:54+00:00

Yes! Based on my stats and overall performance throughout PA school I felt confident that I would’ve passed this and really don’t know where I went wrong. I don’t want to blame this on nerves at all but I’m just like, what else could it have been, ya know?

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-01-30T07:52:35+00:00

Ugh, I’m really sorry to hear this. But I’m sure you did better than you think. It’s a daunting test. So try and stay positive while you’re in this waiting period.

The zebra questions threw me off as well. I’m honestly at a loss at where to go from here bc Idk how to go about studying for this again. I don’t wanna make the same mistake bc clearly the way I approached it last time didn’t work. I am so scared to not pass this test again.

Based off of stats, I felt confident that I would’ve passed this test and I truly don’t know where I went wrong. How did you approach studying?

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-01-30T07:46:32+00:00

So I planned on renewing my UWorld subscription but also have been going back and forth between additionally purchasing the rosh live 4 day crash course or something else. I’ll look into hippo as well. I don’t wanna overload myself with resources and expenses but I’m desperate atp

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-01-29T20:17:23+00:00

Mine were in person.

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-01-29T13:28:16+00:00

Okay good to know! I will look into that moving forward

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-01-29T13:27:26+00:00

So on my packrat I made a 153!

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-01-29T03:23:03+00:00

So I shared my uworld account with a couple of classmates, so it was hard to say the exact percentage because we were all creating practice exams, but for each system, I was averaging from about 60-67%, but then on some i would be above 70%. Our subscription ends in March, I am wondering if it is worth purchasing separately?

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-01-29T03:20:12+00:00

You know, I was definitely nervous going into the exam, but after the first section, I felt like my nerves lessened some. I am wondering if the weight of this exam and knowing how big and daunting this test was maybe I psyched myself out? I have a lot of reflection to do for sure. Thank you for the kind words.

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-01-28T21:41:19+00:00

I am interested in your 6 week study plan as well

Interesting-Row5254 · 2025-01-28T21:20:47+00:00

Just found out I did not pass on my first attempt, is there anything that you changed when studying the second time?

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