APMLE part 1 2025
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Stressed and hating Board Vitals...but it's fine 😅
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pod-oldguy
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Yeah how was it everyone? Any tips to study for it? What would have you done different? Thank you in advance
I felt confident with at least 55-60% of the questions on my exam. I felt I think I flagged about ~70 questions lol. My exam was Path/Physio heavy (which is craaaaazy because they're my worse subject). I had a few pharm questions that had drugs that i've never seen before too- i couldn't even classify them. LEA had a few repeat questions that were easy and mostly on foot layers.
Definitely had at least 4-5 questions that were word to word similar to Board Vitals.
Just hoping for the best and making a study plan for my retake 🙃...
Definitely had at least 4-5 questions that were word to word similar to Board Vitals.
Just hoping for the best and making a study plan for my retake 🙃...
yeah, hoping for the best. A lot of my classmates and friends from other pod schools said it was brutal for them as well.. so that's a bit more reassuring haha.
No Meazure freebie this year? I wouldn’t stress about it. The national first time pass rate usually stays about the same. They’ll put a massive curve on it since programs need to be filled.
I heard that a few meazure testing sites changed some locations without notifying students about the changes 🤣
Literally in the same boat, I had about 67 flagged and an extra 15 I had no idea about. My exam was acid base physio heavy/ligament & intrinsic foot muscles heavy/neuro and some stuff I never learned.
Honestly, shocked to see paragraphs and charts for path. Some lower was easy. Did not think it was that similar to BV and was definitely harder than anticipated. I think if they were going to have a long paragraph for a question they need to give students more time. Did not have time for second pass through on questions or all the flagged.
Honestly, shocked to see paragraphs and charts for path. Some lower was easy. Did not think it was that similar to BV and was definitely harder than anticipated. I think if they were going to have a long paragraph for a question they need to give students more time. Did not have time for second pass through on questions or all the flagged.
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Has anyone heard anything about the scores?
They get released on July 31st. That's all we know so far!
pod-oldguy
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what time scores will be released?
This afternoon
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pod-oldguy
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Hopefully everyone passed!
APMLE Part 1 – Hope This Helps Someone!
What I did in 2.5 months:
What I did in 2.5 months:
- BoardVitals: 1.5 pass-through using Excel for tracking. Started ~10-30 questions a day, ended with 60% avg (included rough start).
- Prometric Mock Exam: Scored 70%
- Micro: Finished all of Sketchy, supplemented with Anki (first 2 weeks).
- Wrote out almost all of Rubens and important notes from Dr. Siesel, then did 2 more passes by reading. Also watched Dr. Nabil Ibraheim.
- Immuno: Fast facts from upperclassmen (few pages) — reviewed daily in final week.
- Read Temple’s ligaments & joints section.
- Pharm: Did Rami Slides, school notes on index cards + Quizlet skim, plus few high-yield sketchy videos.
- Dirty Medicine: GI physio, biochem, plus some Anki.
- Pd2Be practice exams — did my own review and adjusted schedule as needed.
- 100 Concepts (Extended): 3 passes (1st = understand, 2nd = memorize CNs, 3rd = quick read).
- Watched Dr. Caldwell for antibiotics and cranial nerves.
- Nate Rossi: Wrote out every explanation and reviewed daily before the exam.
- Reviewed old tutoring slides (student-made) on ligaments, neuro, pharm.
- Temple LEA deck — knew this well, <50 cards I felt unsure about.
- Cardio: BRS + medicine notes + lectures from Dr. Peerless and Dr. Najeeb (also helped with neuro).
- Pathoma: Watched almost every video and took notes (time-consuming but worth it!).
- Watched Medschoolbros!!!, USMLE Q&A vids, etc., when I felt burnt out.
- Skimmed USMLE Rapid Review 2x, and browsed USMLE micro, biochem, cardio physio.
- Did some random Anki for GEA, biochem (not full deck).
- Spoonful of Sugar podcast: great for renal and mood drugs (plus some physio comes with drugs review).
- During Pod Med and Path courses, I paired with USMLE + Pathoma sections to save time later.
- Last 1.5 weeks: Crammed everything from start to finish (final pass).
- Based on upperclassmen advice, I reviewed ligaments/joints, immuno, neuro, hepatitis, anatomy borders, diabetic drugs daily in the last few days.
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Hello guys, any retakes here? How did you feel about the exam this time around and what do you think helped you do better/worse? Also anyone agree that almost all student who failed the first time pass the second time because my exam felt a loooot harder the 2nd time and I dont think they reused old questions!! What are your thoughts?
Does anyone know CSPM 1st time pass rate
Same questions I’d love to know if it’s actually 21 percent
Im more surprised if it wasn’t. CPME’s doing a great job protecting students from blowing $250K!
There is no ****ing way it's that low. Literally how????
