People who took the new NBDE1 (2012)

Can you please provide some feedback? Appreciate it!

Originally Posted by sciencegod

Can you please provide some feedback? Appreciate it!

Took it yesterday, it was the same as the released practice exams pretty much as far as question content. I didn't have any new format style questions (Multiple answer, extended matching, and such) which was kind of surprising.

wow....thats surprising! we were waiting to hear about some new pattern questions. folks who gave the test this year please share ur experience.

Originally Posted by DrDientes

Took it yesterday, it was the same as the released practice exams pretty much as far as question content. I didn't have any new format style questions (Multiple answer, extended matching, and such) which was kind of surprising.

Hi,
Good luck on your results!
What materials did you use to study and did you think that these were sufficient?
Thanks..

I just took my part 1 and i seriously , it was kind of difficult for me, cause first of all, more than 50 % of the day was only Chemistry and it was full of Syndromes related with co-enzymes and stuff, i just study 3 months, and i think i have to study more ...what d u think? well i want to get the 2012 decks , cause I got the 2007 decks, give me some advised regarding....thx. vera_avl@hotmail.com

paper was difficult,had many scenario based questions,very lengthy exam,also had questions from limbs and thorax.... i could not pass this time

Finally I m done with Part 1 - PASS
Got my result in 17 days ..
I must say exam was ok .....if ur scoring more then 78-80% on the ASDA papers... go and give part 1..You will be through ...

be calm throughout the exam..read every question carefully ...there were about 35 questions in each section which I marked for review... and after giving my exam I was under the impression that I ruined it ....but to be precise... there was no single question which was out of the scope of the syllabus.. and yeah in testlets offcourse u have to apply ur clinical judgement a bit ... as those questions were quite conceptual.

First aid, Decks and ASDA papers covers nearly every topic which is asked in the examination ....but ...I must say supplement all these things with books and wiki. ...

Originally Posted by DrDientes

Took it yesterday, it was the same as the released practice exams pretty much as far as question content. I didn't have any new format style questions (Multiple answer, extended matching, and such) which was kind of surprising.

Hello!..... can you tell me where I can find the release practice exam please?

thanks!!! that can help me a lot!!!

Originally Posted by DrDientes

Took it yesterday, it was the same as the released practice exams pretty much as far as question content. I didn't have any new format style questions (Multiple answer, extended matching, and such) which was kind of surprising.

Can i depend on dental decks only ??? coooz many many told me this

3 of my frnds gave the exam by just studying from the decks and solving ASDA papers. and they Passed. they even got their result in 2 weeks!. Good luck.. im doing the same but one of my frnd told me to do occlusion part from Kaplan. the rest eeither use the intrnet and decks are enough.. i hope it helps. and good luck once again!

thanks a ton. I took a section from the "crack the boards" today and did well so I am hoping that the exam will reflect this same progress.

how would u describe crack nbde part 1 w the real one? is is similar? what was your score in the crack? Thank you in advance!

Hello All,

I took my exam yesterday and don't feel good about it. It was hard and detailed. I read from decks, ASDA, kaplan, various books. There were questions that i have never heard of and did not understand them. I tried googling after exam nothing exists. anyways, i would say remem each question on ASDA as many questions were from it. revise as much as possible because if you don't remem at the time of exam then its no point reading at the first place. I will repost when i get my result. You can ask me if u have any questions.

Originally Posted by name1234

Hello All,

I took my exam yesterday and don't feel good about it. It was hard and detailed. I read from decks, ASDA, kaplan, various books. There were questions that i have never heard of and did not understand them. I tried googling after exam nothing exists. anyways, i would say remem each question on ASDA as many questions were from it. revise as much as possible because if you don't remem at the time of exam then its no point reading at the first place. I will repost when i get my result. You can ask me if u have any questions.

Sorry about your exam, I'm sure you passed - everyone feels crappy after they take it.

How were you scoring on the ASDA released exams before you took it?

Tell me about your experience ??? my big concern is biochemistry-physiology

im taking the NBDE this semptember. for be honest is something about biochemistry im just no good taking those test .other topics i guess im doing good. any advice?

Hello, Im from india and in the starting phase of my nbde preps
can you please guide me as to what to read and what to start with?
should i directly jump in for decks or start with the textbooks?
ill be grateful for ur reply..

Wish you a good luck in your exam.. I have the test packets II K, L, & M. are there any other packets I missed or those are the only available ones?

Originally Posted by Meghil

Wish you a good luck in your exam.. I have the test packets II K, L, & M. are there any other packets I missed or those are the only available ones?

Well in ASDA papers you have I A-N sections .

hi..... did any body give exam in these 10 days?...
pls...share some experience.... hw was it? any change in new format? n wat bt questions thy asked?......

thnx.....

Hi everyone. I just took the exam today. There were absolutely NO NEW FORMAT QUESTIONS, not even one. Every item was in the old format. The exam was difficult, I studied from a few sources, including the Dental Decks, First Aid for NBDE, and Kaplan Lecture Notes (this book I used less).

Many of the questions, I was not 100% sure of the answers but I had an idea that it could be the one I selected. A ton of the questions were very, very specific...you will not find these things in the dental decks. In retrospect, I should have used the Kaplan Lecture Notes more because it goes into more detail on everything.
The testlets weren't terrible, overall.

The time is sufficient to finish the exam, you have time to review your marked questions.
Overall, I finished the exam not sure of how I fared...many people told me it would be like this...so now just have to wait and see...

@t33th : Was the exam so difficult ? can't we even get passing score ?
How many months did you prepare ?
Which year decks have you studied ?

The exam was difficult, yes, but passable. When I refer to difficulty, it is in the sense that many questions I was unsure of because I was not familiar with the material (or the question was worded very strangely). I read the dental decks 2009-2010 3 times and supplemented this with NBDE First Aid and Kaplan Lecture Notes, as well as released papers. I prepared for 6 months. The first 4 months about 7 hours a day, the last 2 months about 10-12 hours. I knew the material on the cards very well...one of the big difficulties is question wording.

Originally Posted by t33th

The exam was difficult, yes, but passable. When I refer to difficulty, it is in the sense that many questions I was unsure of because I was not familiar with the material (or the question was worded very strangely). I read the dental decks 2009-2010 3 times and supplemented this with NBDE First Aid and Kaplan Lecture Notes, as well as released papers. I prepared for 6 months. The first 4 months about 7 hours a day, the last 2 months about 10-12 hours. I knew the material on the cards very well...one of the big difficulties is question wording.

How did you have so much time to study? Are you not a dental student?

Originally Posted by t33th

The exam was difficult, yes, but passable. When I refer to difficulty, it is in the sense that many questions I was unsure of because I was not familiar with the material (or the question was worded very strangely). I read the dental decks 2009-2010 3 times and supplemented this with NBDE First Aid and Kaplan Lecture Notes, as well as released papers. I prepared for 6 months. The first 4 months about 7 hours a day, the last 2 months about 10-12 hours. I knew the material on the cards very well...one of the big difficulties is question wording.

hey.i've just started my preparation for part 1. could you please tell me approx how much time i should take to complete one subject.i'm planning to take it in 6 months from now.i've started studying from kaplan review notes and decks side by side..

Originally Posted by t33th

The exam was difficult, yes, but passable. When I refer to difficulty, it is in the sense that many questions I was unsure of because I was not familiar with the material (or the question was worded very strangely). I read the dental decks 2009-2010 3 times and supplemented this with NBDE First Aid and Kaplan Lecture Notes, as well as released papers. I prepared for 6 months. The first 4 months about 7 hours a day, the last 2 months about 10-12 hours. I knew the material on the cards very well...one of the big difficulties is question wording.

2012 Exam was so difficult with a lot of tricky questions
Some of questions has 2 - 3 right answers and the same question repeated many times in different numbers with different accordance.For international Dentist is high expectation to compare with accredited Dentists in Canada they want from them just 65 % to pass it.more than 30 mistakes and they going through .

hi i also took the exam one month back ...so wats ur result ,,if u have passed then just wanted to ask u smthing abt application process

Hi all - took my exam July 12, 2012 - still waiting for results. Did you take yours around this time? Receive your results yet? I heard some people get theirs back in 2 weeks..others more..just curious. Please let me know. Thanks!

Originally Posted by zoralsurgeon

Hi all - took my exam July 12, 2012 - still waiting for results. Did you take yours around this time? Receive your results yet? I heard some people get theirs back in 2 weeks..others more..just curious. Please let me know. Thanks!

Hey..am preparing for National Boards part 1...can you share your experience about the exam?..

hi i took my exam on 6 july and got d result in 10 days , i passed wat abt u?

Originally Posted by zoralsurgeon

Hi all - took my exam July 12, 2012 - still waiting for results. Did you take yours around this time? Receive your results yet? I heard some people get theirs back in 2 weeks..others more..just curious. Please let me know. Thanks!

hi i took the exam on 6 july and recieved my result via mail after 10 days, i passed
wat abt u ? wats ur result?

hii every body
did any body took the exam in the previous last week? any changes?any kind of difficulties?did they concentrate on speciic topic? any one can answer please

please whoever took exam in 2012 please can u tell me that were there pictures in the exam specially in oral anatomy like right or left or in histology or tooth movement.....are dental decks 2010,usmle step 1 and first aid step 1 and past papers are sufficient....?

What did the score report look like? Did it just say pass?

Can some one tell me, is it possible to go back your previous block after your BREAK?
I mean to say, we can change answer of any question up to end of exam. Is it true?
Please, reply soon, as my exam is after 1 week.
Lukhelal@gmail. Com

Thank you.

Originally Posted by LUKHELAL

Can some one tell me, is it possible to go back your previous block after your BREAK?
I mean to say, we can change answer of any question up to end of exam. Is it true?
Please, reply soon, as my exam is after 1 week.
Lukhelal@gmail. Com

Thank you.

you can't go back to previous questions.

I just took my exam yesterday. I think the exam was 10% super hard, 20% hard, 50% medium, 20% super easy. I studied for one month and 2 weeks 7 hours per day. I finished DECKS twice and the important ones three times.. I finished all released questions twice... too tooooo many questions are repeated with different wording I faced maybe 10 questions same exact words. Kaplan is your WORST resource either the book or specially the stupid videos. I graduated 8 years ago I didn't practice dentistry since 4 years.. I absolutely couldn't remember what masticatory muscles are before I started, everything was like I am studying a new language and I know I will pass in shaa Allah. study smart and don't spend too much time on one info there's wary too much to cover. good luck for everybody

hi samial7ayer!
best wishes for ur results! it would be helpfull if u could share ur source,kaplan sources does not work me either! but every1 in the forum keeps talking high abt kaplan.whats ur advice on this

Originally Posted by uraj

hi samial7ayer!
best wishes for ur results! it would be helpfull if u could share ur source,kaplan sources does not work me either! but every1 in the forum keeps talking high abt kaplan.whats ur advice on this

I have the 2012-2013 Decks and the released Qs from the 90s-2009..... Kaplan is not only a waste of time but also it makes you want to quit on studying! the wording and organizing of the book is terrible. the USMLE videos is boring and too many details you will never be asked about... there Q bank is very confusing! don't spend one minute on the Q bank, spend every minute on the released questions YOU have to do hundreds of released the more you do the more you close to pass.. I also used first aide for dental anatomy as it was about 30 pages after I finished decks and it was very organized, straight to the point and from my experience they DO use a lot of first aide dental anatomy wording in the exam. GOOD LUCK

thanku so much for the reply..guess i should just stick with decks,papers and firstaid. and many thanks for clearing my doubts about kaplan.

Originally Posted by uraj

thanku so much for the reply..guess i should just stick with decks,papers and firstaid. and many thanks for clearing my doubts about kaplan.

m using the same material , when ru planing take the exam?

Originally Posted by uraj

thanku so much for the reply..guess i should just stick with decks,papers and firstaid. and many thanks for clearing my doubts about kaplan.

hey
have u given ur exam..i jus want to know if decks are enough or not as i am also not doing kaplans ..
thanx

Can I please get only the released papers from u? If so, how do I go about getting it. Thanks

Originally Posted by samial7ayer

I have the 2012-2013 Decks and the released Qs from the 90s-2009..... Kaplan is not only a waste of time but also it makes you want to quit on studying! the wording and organizing of the book is terrible. the USMLE videos is boring and too many details you will never be asked about... there Q bank is very confusing! don't spend one minute on the Q bank, spend every minute on the released questions YOU have to do hundreds of released the more you do the more you close to pass.. I also used first aide for dental anatomy as it was about 30 pages after I finished decks and it was very organized, straight to the point and from my experience they DO use a lot of first aide dental anatomy wording in the exam. GOOD LUCK

HI!..... can you tell me where I can buy the decks of 2012-2013??

thanks!!

Originally Posted by pinguin81

HI!..... can you tell me where I can buy the decks of 2012-2013??

thanks!!

I have the 2012-2013 Decks in new condition if you are interested send me an email with an offer.

epourshirazi@gmail.com

Thanks!

Originally Posted by samial7ayer

I have the 2012-2013 Decks and the released Qs from the 90s-2009..... Kaplan is not only a waste of time but also it makes you want to quit on studying! the wording and organizing of the book is terrible. the USMLE videos is boring and too many details you will never be asked about... there Q bank is very confusing! don't spend one minute on the Q bank, spend every minute on the released questions YOU have to do hundreds of released the more you do the more you close to pass.. I also used first aide for dental anatomy as it was about 30 pages after I finished decks and it was very organized, straight to the point and from my experience they DO use a lot of first aide dental anatomy wording in the exam. GOOD LUCK

Excuse me how to get the released paper after 2008? I didn't see them at the ASDA website.

Originally Posted by samial7ayer

I have the 2012-2013 Decks and the released Qs from the 90s-2009..... Kaplan is not only a waste of time but also it makes you want to quit on studying! the wording and organizing of the book is terrible. the USMLE videos is boring and too many details you will never be asked about... there Q bank is very confusing! don't spend one minute on the Q bank, spend every minute on the released questions YOU have to do hundreds of released the more you do the more you close to pass.. I also used first aide for dental anatomy as it was about 30 pages after I finished decks and it was very organized, straight to the point and from my experience they DO use a lot of first aide dental anatomy wording in the exam. GOOD LUCK

hi
i want to know where i can get these released questions th 90 -2009..Do you have any idea about changes in decks in year 2012-2013 from 2009..Because i have old decks 2009-2010
thanks alot

hello
has any one recently received the scores for part 1 who took the exam in may. pls reply

Originally Posted by preetdod

hi
i want to know where i can get these released questions th 90 -2009..Do you have any idea about changes in decks in year 2012-2013 from 2009..Because i have old decks 2009-2010
thanks alot

hiii
i am giving my part exam in june..i need asda papers...as u said u have them from year 2000- 2009..can i get them?? do u have d soft copy of it?? ur help will b really appreciable ...u can PM me or email me on sayali166@gmail.com..
regards

Originally Posted by samial7ayer

I have the 2012-2013 Decks and the released Qs from the 90s-2009..... Kaplan is not only a waste of time but also it makes you want to quit on studying! the wording and organizing of the book is terrible. the USMLE videos is boring and too many details you will never be asked about... there Q bank is very confusing! don't spend one minute on the Q bank, spend every minute on the released questions YOU have to do hundreds of released the more you do the more you close to pass.. I also used first aide for dental anatomy as it was about 30 pages after I finished decks and it was very organized, straight to the point and from my experience they DO use a lot of first aide dental anatomy wording in the exam. GOOD LUCK

hiii
i am giving my part exam in june..i need asda papers...as u said u have them from year 2000- 2009..can i get them?? do u have d soft copy of it?? ur help will b really appreciable ...u can PM me or email me on sayali166@gmail.com..
regards