I know many physical therapy students are out there studying away for the NPTE.  I know when I was studying I wanted to know how others were preparing and what they were getting on their practice tests.  So, I thought I would give a little insight into how I studied and what my practice test scores were.

I used Scorebuilders PTEXAM: The Complete Study Guide as my primary study source.  I also attend a review session provided by Scorebuilders.  I supplemented this with a very general review of images (I’m a visual learner) from Clinically Oriented Anatomy by Moore, Dalley, and Agur.  While going through the Scorebuilders book, I wrote down any information I was unfamiliar with to review at a later time.  This was the method I used for studying.

If you are a visual learner as I am, it might benefit you to review our videos of special tests at http://videos.rehabstudents.com/.

I took 5 practice tests including 2 PEATs and 3 Scorebuilders from the CD provided in the book.  My scores were as follows.

PEAT 1: 142

PEAT 2: 155

Scorebuilders 1: 152

Scorebuilders 2: 148

Scorebuilders 3: 149

I took the tests in the order listed above and studied for 24 days after graduation with occasional sessions before I graduated.  I was a little paranoid about my scores not increasing over the course of studying but I did pass the NPTE.  Hopefully this will be of help to some of our readers out there.  If nothing else maybe it will give you a little peace of mind prior to taking your exam.

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