quarterlengthsleeve Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I'm thinking about taking mine 2-3 weeks after I graduate. How long after you graduated did you wait to take your boards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timon Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I waited 10 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beattie228 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I took mine the week after graduation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camoman1234 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 4 weeks, took a long needed vacation (without studying) and when I got back I glanced over my stuff for about 1 week. If you paid attention in PA school you will be fine. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren R Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I took mine the first day I could. If you've done well on your exams in school, I suspect you will do well on the PANCE. If you're anything like me and my classmates were, you've been studying for this test for 2 years. The extra time studying isn't going to make much of a difference, it'll just get you stressed out. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWR Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Back in the day, it was offered once a year in October I believe. We graduated in August but got our licenses rapidly. I worked almost immediately and then took the PANCE. New York Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Check 2 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 We only got one date - October. Results mailed snail mail in January..... no internet back them. Sat in an auditorium with bubble sheets. WOW. Now, I would advise signing up for the test and taking it within 90 days of graduation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z PA-C Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 7 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKPAC Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Same for me - graduated in July, took test in October. Took two long days to take the exam back then. Results came in late January. If you got a small envelope from NCCPA, it was a letter telling you that you failed. If you got a big envelope, it was your certificate. I got the big envelope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UGoLong Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 4 weeks. Probably a week or so longer than I really needed. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike mike Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Waited 4 weeks. It was way too long, I suggest 1 to 2 weeks after graduation, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHU-CH Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Take is as soon as possible after graduation UNLESS you think you have a tragic weakness in cardiac, pulmonary, musculoskeletal and/or GI. If you think you are weak in one or more of these areas it makes sense to stall for perhaps a week or so to brush up. Do well in these areas and you pass the PANCE. Many of the areas that people really worry about - like hematology - make up an essentially inconsequentially small portion of the exam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paula Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 6 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loliz Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 About 8 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator LT_Oneal_PAC Posted March 3, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 3, 2017 Studied for a week. Took it a week after graduation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myironlung Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 5-6 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Couple of months off and 3 weeks hard study. Combination of time off and other obligations that I could not get around. Then I really wanted a more careful review. Just my thing. It worked out well; I took time to understand a few things. For ~90% of the people it's going to be appropriate to review for a few - 7-10 days or so and take the thing, and sail through, THEN take some time off when you have to wait around anyway. But don't wait for months and THEN study for a short time; trust me, that's written in the blood of a couple of my classmates. If you take time off, get the books and review carefully to make sure the problem solving all comes back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will352ns Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 About 10 days, which was the first available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgriffiths Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 I took it the first day I was allowed after PA school. I didn't see any point in waiting as it only gave me time to forget things from PA school - but the caveat was that we spent the last two or three weeks reviewing as a class. If we hadn't done that I would have given myself an extra week or two to study. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted March 4, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 4, 2017 soon as I could - was < one month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthropathy Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 2-3 weeks, not that it would have made a huge difference but I wish I had taken it right away...your not going to learn much in a few days after 3 years of study...agree with the above advise of focusing on the big 5 topics and as long as you did well in school just get it over with. A delay in 1 week of testing could end up in a 1+ month delay in crendentialing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmood Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 About a week. I remember having to wait seven days or something. Basically everyone in my class took it the same day at a huge testing center downtown. It was actually kinda fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JtheWorker Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 I took it as early as I could. they don't do testing at the very end of the year which is when I graduated. So about 2 weeks for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UVAPAC Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 I waited 6 weeks. Went to the library 50% of days and studied review books non-stop. Funny thing is I am not sure if helped with the PANCE one bit. (Passed on first attempt... understanding concepts far more important than any memorization) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA-C Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 I took the PANCE ~1 month after graduation. There was a 2-week period of time immediately after I graduated when the PANCE wasn't being offered due to the winter holidays. I took those two weeks off to relax and spend time with my family. Then, I studied a review book for 2 weeks and tested. I found out I passed 6 days later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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