Step I Advice needed

[Blind date18]

Exam in 8 weeks , Is it advisable to do retired NBME forms?

 

[sahell]

I would do as many qbanks as possible. The way I would prioritise them UW > all NBMEs > Rx > Kaplan. There's pastest, medbullets and loxolab, which are free but I didn't use them so can't comment. Lecturio's questions aren't worth it.

 

[Blind date18]

I would do as many qbanks as possible. The way I would prioritise them UW > all NBMEs > Rx > Kaplan. There's pastest, medbullets and loxolab, which are free but I didn't use them so can't comment. Lecturio's questions aren't worth it.

Thanks sahell for the input !!!

 

[Jojos]

I would do as many qbanks as possible. The way I would prioritise them UW > all NBMEs > Rx > Kaplan. There's pastest, medbullets and loxolab, which are free but I didn't use them so can't comment. Lecturio's questions aren't worth it.

So i agree with your comment in the most part, however, why is lecturios Qbank not worth it? I have been using it and found it to be helpful...

also, loxolab is awesome

 

[sahell]

So i agree with your comment in the most part, however, why is lecturios Qbank not worth it? I have been using it and found it to be helpful...

also, loxolab is awesome

I tried their free questions and their explanations were so so, worse than the big 3. The dealbreaker for me they were still using DSM 4 for psych.

 

[USMLE_Pro]

I wouldn't worry about the retired NBMEs, but I would do all the ones that are available. In my experience, closely reviewing all the NBMEs is very good use of time.

 

[Jojos]

I tried their free questions and their explanations were so so, worse than the big 3. The dealbreaker for me they were still using DSM 4 for psych.

As for the explanations, to each his own, I personally feel a lot of progress with them.

As for the DSM 4 i'm going to email them about that, to see what's up with that.

 

[Rahas]

I wouldn't worry about the retired NBMEs, but I would do all the ones that are available. In my experience, closely reviewing all the NBMEs is very good use of time.

Can I ask what you mean by this? What I do is find out the answers to the ones I get wrong, and figure out my mistakes. Are you suggesting something beyond this?

 

[USMLE_Pro]

I would also review the ones you get right. You shouldn't just read the ones you get wrong, you should memorize the fact that you didn't know that made you get the question wrong (i.e. make flashcards)