Anybody else feel like they're guessing?

[jwars6]

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but then doing okay?

I've been taking nbme practice tests and scoring in the 230s but I always feel like half of my answers are guesses - is this normal? I have no idea how I'm going to do on the real thing because despite relatively consistent scores on practice tests, I always think I did worse than my score turns out.

Anybody else feel this way? How does one take their score to the next level...

 

[bowlofmushypeas]

i absolutely feel like this and it scares me too. i remember feeling like i was guessing through qbank for the first 90% of it and still getting questions right, then it stopped being like that and i have no clue why. on nbme's, i took 11 a few weeks ago and felt like it was pretty clear cut which ones i knew and didn't so that made me feel better because i was at least more sure of my score..but then i took 7 and did fantastically but felt like crap during it.

 

[septoplasty]

but then doing okay?

I've been taking nbme practice tests and scoring in the 230s but I always feel like half of my answers are guesses - is this normal? I have no idea how I'm going to do on the real thing because despite relatively consistent scores on practice tests, I always think I did worse than my score turns out.

Anybody else feel this way? How does one take their score to the next level...

I agree with this, sometimes I do feel like I'm just guessing, but after reading the explanation, I find out that 'yea, I knew that'.

You're scores are consistent, so I guess your ''guessing'' right consistently, so dont worry lol

 

[Sheldor]

Get used to it! I was thankful that I was used to that feeling so I didn't freak out when I had that same feeling during the real deal.

 

[tco]

Everyone. My theory is that if you're not guessing, you're doing something wrong. My best Uworld blocks have been the ones where half of the answers were "Marked," and I just said, "I don't care, I'm submitting it. This was horrible."

 

[jwars6]

well I'm glad not alone!

 

[FauxGEEK]

Everyone. My theory is that if you're not guessing, you're doing something wrong. My best Uworld blocks have been the ones where half of the answers were "Marked," and I just said, "I don't care, I'm submitting it. This was horrible."

qft. Exactly the same for me.

 

[ArcGurren]

Keep in mind that if you make an educated guess there's a high likelihood that it might be the right answer. I definitely felt like this during my practice exams and for a few questions on my real exam. It hopefully will work out in the end.