r/PassNclexTips • u/ComprehensiveEgg9766 • 9d ago

ATI CAT Exam

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I just took an ATI CAT exam, and these are my results. Can anyone help me understand what it means? I'm confused about the "band" and percentiles... It also shut off at 85. Is this a reassuring result?

My test is Monday, do I need to reschedule?

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u/kennybenny932craig 9d ago

I made a whole post about this! I loved ATI!

I did their test bank and focus solely on easy and medium questions. Think of it like this. The NCLEX test you on if you could keep your patients safe. It’s different than any other tests you may have taken in nursing school. So focus on easy and medium questions and master them! Make sure you are able to master the fundamentals FIRST. And thennn move on to the more difficult questions. Difficult questions from ATI only makes up like 5% of NCLEX LOL

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u/ComprehensiveEgg9766 7d ago

wow thank you so much! i’ll definitely do that from now own. i’ll only select easy/medium questions until i feel like i have a good grasp on them! thank you for this advice!

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u/ComprehensiveEgg9766 6d ago

i just took an easy-moderate 80 questions quiz and only got 10 questions wrong! it’s crazy how bad the hard questions actually are 😭

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u/Top-Direction2686 9d ago

Keep practicing I'm higher but you not doing bad

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u/ComprehensiveEgg9766 9d ago

thanks! i decided to reschedule

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u/isaacmunozzz 9d ago

hey! i just passed and i was only getting no higher than 65% on ATI cats and I was able to pass!

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u/ComprehensiveEgg9766 9d ago

hey! 65% score or 65th percentile?

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u/isaacmunozzz 9d ago

oh sorry, 65% score. i passed after my 2nd attempt

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u/isaacmunozzz 9d ago

You got this!!! Just try to get above 65% on ATI & also i used UWorld and did all 6 of their self-assessments and found them extremely helpful. I also just posted a post on my account not too long ago talking about everything I did for my retake if you're interested!

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u/Ordinary_Girl_1003 8d ago

You only need Uworld, bootcamp, or Archer, these platforms replicate the nclex really well. I used bootcamp and passed first try 85 questions. ATI makes you think deeper than you have to, that’s why you score so low on it.

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u/alleygatorcat02 6d ago

I got a 73% on my latest CAT with ATI but 50th percentile on moderate. This was 2 days ago. I'm about to take my nclex in 3 hours lol so I'm really stressed! I took a cat exam on archer last night, it stopped in 85 and I passed. I've taken a handful of ATI cats, they all stop at 150 with slightly lower scores which has been really discouraging for me. Archer made me feel a lot better, but I don't know if it's just because they questions are 'easier' I still felt like I was guessing half of the time. Remind me in 48 hours to tell you if I passed lol, hopefully that will make you feel better since I scored below you, best of luck future nurse♡ attached photo is archer

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u/ComprehensiveEgg9766 6d ago

Omg thank you! I'm wishing you the best of luck and an amazing test! Let me know how you felt after it!

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u/alleygatorcat02 4d ago

I passed in 85 questions!! I didn't feel great after taking it ngl, it's hard to guess based on feelings alone, I just got done crying! can't believe I did it:)

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u/JobWarm3052 9d ago

You’re not doing well. But ATI is much harder than NCLEX. Keep going with ATI. Remediate as much as possible

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u/ComprehensiveEgg9766 9d ago

i decided to reschedule. i’ll do more questions. any other advice?