5 NBME's under my belt, already at my desired score. Take another the week of?

[amakhosidlo]

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Like the title says, I've taken 5 so far, each scoring higher than the last.
My last was this past Monday, and I'm exactly where I want to be, that was 10 days out from my test date. Do I take another the week of? I've historically been a giant head-case and I'm worried I'm going to psych myself out, which is why I'm leading towards not. That, combined with the fact that I've already taken 12, which is supposedly the most predictive (?)

If it matters, the only one I had left on my schedule was NBME 13.

 

[HelpPleaseMD]

no you don't need to take another one. use the week to just review first aid / look at cts / look at webpath / relax.

Taking a NBME now won't help too much trust me. If you used pathoma, i'd advise you to go over that again. On my test the questions were very answerable with dr. sattar's voice in my brain telling me what to pick. hes the man!

 

[ijn]

I found taking all 10 NBMEs to be very helpful. Think of it as USMLEWorld, but higher yield. You'll be smiling on test day when you see a question you previously got wrong on an NBME and learned from the mistake. It happened to me several times.

 

[Anonymous222]

Take 13. I found 13 to be very much like the real exam, even when more so than 12. It may make sense to do a practice in the last week so you retain stamina?
Don't worry about scoring below your high and psyching yourself out. At the end of the day, the predictive value of these NBMEs is +/- 15. I found that the best thing to do when worrying about NBME scores is to take a step a back and realize that a couple questions can throw off your score by 5-10 points.