Breakdown of step one

[Sky04]

Are all areas - path, bio chem, pharm, etc. equally tested on step 1 or is there a larger percentage of questions in a few areas and less in others?

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[Boris Badenov]

Are all areas - path, bio chem, pharm, etc. equally tested on step 1 or is there a larger percentage of questions in a few areas and less in others?

I'd say the distribution went something like this:

path >>>> pharm > micro/immuno > physio > behavioral > neuroanatomy > genetics/molecular bio > biochem > straight-up anatomy > embryo >> straight-up cell bio

So to answer your question, no, they don't test everything equally.

 

[Zweihander]

I'd say the distribution went something like this:

path >>>> pharm > micro/immuno > physio > behavioral > neuroanatomy > genetics/molecular bio > biochem > straight-up anatomy > embryo >> straight-up cell bio

So to answer your question, no, they don't test everything equally.

Also, different people will see the test emphasize different things. For instance, my test probably had more path and micro than anything else, and surprisingly had waaay more biochem than pharm, and a good deal of anatomy to boot.

 

[pillowhead]

Are all areas - path, bio chem, pharm, etc. equally tested on step 1 or is there a larger percentage of questions in a few areas and less in others?

It just depends. Path is probably always going to be number 1 and pharm number 2. I felt like I had way more physio/pathophys and hardly any micro compared to a lot of people. Pure gross anatomy and biochemistry questions will probably always be infrequent.

 

[Evil Monkey]

It was pretty random. Everyone I know said their test emphasized different topics more than others... translation: you've got to know it all.