This is ridiculous. First year used MKSAP and was off by 20 points, knew I probably failedafter I walked out of that exam it was so horrible. So this year took time off from work, spent 1200 bucks on frontrunners course, and did med study Q bank as well....walked out the test sure I passed....and I FAILED...AGAIN!! I don't know what else to do? I am getting Married next Aug 3rd, I want to enjoy my wedding and will have **** to do, inc work so I am not sure if I should take it again next year or move my wedding if possible, but I don't think I can work as a Hospitalist for ore than 3 years being board eligible. I don't know what to do, I am so frustrated....and I work where I did my residency so this is even more humiliating. I'm worried they are going to fire me because of this. I am going to wait for my score report and compare it to last year, I can't imagine doing worse since I put so much more time in this time around. I did not use MKSAP because I didn't feel like any of the questions were helpful on my first exam. Anyways, if I do take it next year I will probably take a review course (I have heard Awesome review is good), it seems like everyone who passed did MKSAP 10 times and UW, even though the questions were hard. And I didn't know about the BB. I actually thought the medstudy bank was right on compared to the test questions, much more so than MKSAP, but clearly I was wrong otherwise I would have passed. What frustrates me is I know people who used my study materials and put in a lot less time and passed!! Anyways, I live in the LA area and am looking for a study partner, I think having a dedicated schedule is key and I definitely need that to keep me on track and motivated. But I am looking for someone serious...I can't afford to fail this for a third time. If anyone has any other suggestions I am more than open, especially if you have been in my situation and been successful. Thanks
Do not give up.
Accept the fact. Wait for the result and start from your weak areas.
I got very low score last year, might ne the lowest among people who failed in this forum (320), but PASSED THIS YEAR.
I asked some people who failed, and realized that most of us got very low scores for general medicine, oncology, and neurology.
My last year exam:
- General medicine: 49% (lowest percent) this field has highest number of questions
- Oncology 59%
- Nephrology: 61%
Highest is Endocrinology 94%
Other subjects: 65-80%
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After I got the score report, I planned to study and started from general medicine. Please remember that general medicine here include Screening, Opthalmology, dermatology, Ethical issues, Psychiatry, Preventive medicine, general issues, women health, sport medicine..
My plan was:
- Raising correct percentage of general medicine to 70% (meaning that I need
12 more correct answers for this field, and get axtra 12/205=4.8% total score)
- Raising Oncology from 59% to 70%:
need 3 more correct answers and get extra 1.4% total score.
- Rasing Nephrology from 61% to 70%:
need 2 more correct answers and get extra 0.9% total score.
- Try to keep the same score for other subjects or get 1 more correct answers for each subject.
I got 68% for last year, with this plan, I would get
at least 68 + 4.8 +1.4 + 0.9 = 75.1%.
I concentrated to general medicine this year and succeeded.
Anybody has different plan, so you should, depending on your scpre report.
BUT NEVER GIVE UP.