Hey guys, how are you all? I'm an IMG who recently scored pretty low on the most recent NBME (form 13) and I don't know what on earth can I do to improve my score at this point, considering I have an exam date for the 30th (31st of Oct also happens to be the last day of my extended eligibility period.)
My scores (in order):
11: 210
12: 239
UWSA: 248
7: 245
13: 232
I've done FA quite a few times but I think the problem is that I'm not integrating the stuff as well as I had thought. The problem is that between the NBMEs, I tried focusing on some subjects at the risk of forgetting of forgetting key concepts from other subjects, and therefore my weak areas keep changing from one form to another.
I also did UWorld 2x and Rx 1x. Will be re-doing UWorld again (just the marked ones.) Did Pathoma 1x and redoing it now. Started Kaplan Q bank after NBME 7 but after doing a few q's I realized how much I hated this bank (coz I ended up memorizing the minutiae which was so low yield.)
I really want to score >240 but I don't know if that's possible to achieve in this coming 4 weeks. I initially thought of canceling my date and applying for a new eligibility period but I don't really think I'll have the same level of motivation as I do now. My biggest fear that I'll get burnt out to a point of no return.
So my question is do you think it's possible to achieve this target score? and if so, how can I better improve my integration skills?
I'll be giving the next NBME (form 16) on the 12th of Oct and then form 15 on the 20th. I also thought I'd do the Kaplan dg exam along with the 2 kaplan simulated exams, but I don't really know if those are worth the effort. Has anyone done these exams?
Thanks a lot in advance!
My scores (in order):
11: 210
12: 239
UWSA: 248
7: 245
13: 232
I've done FA quite a few times but I think the problem is that I'm not integrating the stuff as well as I had thought. The problem is that between the NBMEs, I tried focusing on some subjects at the risk of forgetting of forgetting key concepts from other subjects, and therefore my weak areas keep changing from one form to another.
I also did UWorld 2x and Rx 1x. Will be re-doing UWorld again (just the marked ones.) Did Pathoma 1x and redoing it now. Started Kaplan Q bank after NBME 7 but after doing a few q's I realized how much I hated this bank (coz I ended up memorizing the minutiae which was so low yield.)
I really want to score >240 but I don't know if that's possible to achieve in this coming 4 weeks. I initially thought of canceling my date and applying for a new eligibility period but I don't really think I'll have the same level of motivation as I do now. My biggest fear that I'll get burnt out to a point of no return.
So my question is do you think it's possible to achieve this target score? and if so, how can I better improve my integration skills?
I'll be giving the next NBME (form 16) on the 12th of Oct and then form 15 on the 20th. I also thought I'd do the Kaplan dg exam along with the 2 kaplan simulated exams, but I don't really know if those are worth the effort. Has anyone done these exams?
Thanks a lot in advance!