I’m kind of in a weird situation and would appreciate any advice

[Kbkilla]

I’m a DO student and took my step I COMLEX about a month ago (haven’t received my score yet). I was unsure about taking the USMLE so didn’t end up taking it, but I’m now seriously considering it. Basically the rotation my school set me up with gives me a boat load of free time and I think my next rotation won’t be all that time consuming.

As a caveat, I haven’t studied for a month and I only did COMLEX qbanks (about 3500 questions).

I’m planning on going through pathoma/FA this week and taking an NBME afterwards to decide if taking the USMLE is even worthwhile. Realistically I’d be happy with anything above a 220, and I figure if I score 200+ on a practice exam I could bump that score up in 6 weeks with a good study plan.

I realize not having seen USMLE style questions is going to be a huge disadvantage, but does this seem like a reasonable plan? And which NBME would you recommend taking giving these circumstances?

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[MedicineMan99]

Only take USMLE if you are 1) sure you can do well on it and 2) you know you are applying to a super-competitive specialty at a MD program. It will screw you over to have a good COMLEX score and a bad USMLE score, or vice versa. It would look better to just have a good COMLEX score.