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If the choice is to do these questions (and look up the answers) or do more kaplan or qmax blocks, what do you guys have done them recommend? Are they drastically different from the more recent NBMEs?
It's always useful to do more questions. The problem with the old forms though is that some of the answers may be outdated.
Thanks. My main question is would you think these would be more helpful than doing more qmax or kaplan questions (I am going to do all of uworld regardless)
There's no comparison b/w doing NBMEs and more Qbank questions. The former is for assessment, the latter is for learning from. They're not really interchangeable imo. Having taken an "old school" and a "new school" NBME myself, I will say that the older one was definitely easier; the question stems were noticeably shorter and the questions were more straightforward. They're still probably useful assessment tools, but imo should be done if you have plenty of time; I would prioritize the more recent ones over the older ones.
Except the part where some of the answers could be outdated. There are also questions with no clear answer. But you should definitely look at all the NBME questions if you have the time, because some of them are going to turn up on your exam, sometimes verbatim.I disagree with this... If you have the answer key the NBME is basically a question bank written by the NBME as opposed to a third party company. This seems to me like the most high yield way to study.