Can you pass the Psychologist (RPsy) board exam with self-review? What the law says, the passing rate, review center costs, and what you need.
Mariano Luiz King
Published November 9, 2026
Yes. You can take the Psychologist (RPsy) Board Exam, the Psychologists Licensure Examination, without a review center, and no law requires one for your first attempt. Whether self-review works for you depends on your discipline and on a few things specific to the RPsy exam. This post covers the law, the passing rate, what review centers cost, and what you'd need to do it alone, as of November 2026.
After reading this, you can decide whether to self-review for the RPsy exam, and what you need if you do.
The rules come from RA 10029 and PRC's documents. The passing rates come from PRC's results, which I collected in board exam passing rates. Review center prices are from the centers' own sites. I checked all of them on November 9, 2026.
To pass, you need a 75% weighted average, with no subject below 60% (RA 10029).
If your weighted average is 75% or higher but a subject is below 60%, you retake that subject within 2 years. The law has no refresher rule.
The full retake rules for 10 boards are in what happens if you fail the board exam.
The RPsy passing rate was 87.5% in September 2026 (86.7% in September 2025).
That's everyone who took the exam, with or without a review center. PRC doesn't publish separate rates for self-reviewers, so this number can't tell you which method works better. It only tells you how hard the exam is overall.
I couldn't find a Psychologist review center that publishes its price on its own site. Ask your graduate program or a review center for a written quote.
I built prepPH, so I'm biased. It has RPsy practice questions with explanations, organized by subject, with spaced repetition built in. That covers the practice part of a self-review. It doesn't replace live teaching, and it won't count as a refresher course if your law ever requires one.
Self-review is the norm for many Psychologist examinees, simply because there are few review options. The passing rate is high. The work is in Advanced Psychological Assessment, so give it the most time.
Yes, it's allowed. No law requires a review center for your first attempt. Whether it works depends on your discipline and your practice.
No. RA 10029 has no refresher course requirement for repeaters.
It was 87.5% in September 2026 (86.7% in September 2025), based on PRC's results.
Ready to test yourself? Try the free RPsy board exam reviewer. For the general comparison, see review center vs self-review.
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