CBSE - February 2025
Just gotta keep pushing till the very last second. NBME review all day every day.
hardworkingidiot
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Anyone else feeling burnt out[emoji23][emoji23] . My new favorite hobby is to try to make 10 different AI predict my epc score
Exact same thing over here 😂 AI is keeping me sane for now
FutureToothSurgeon
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How’d it go everyone? I literally have no idea how I did. There were questions I knew right away and others where I was like “WTF is this!?”
Same! Esp last block for me it was too many WTFs…
Im so devastated lol
FutureToothSurgeon
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Now for the hardest part… the waiting game…
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FutureToothSurgeon
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Anyone else’s registration status still say
“Registration Status: Exam In Progress”
Even if you submitted?[/QUOTE]
Mine says “exam administered.” Might be different for different testing centers/locations maybe?
“Registration Status: Exam In Progress”
Even if you submitted?[/QUOTE]
Mine says “exam administered.” Might be different for different testing centers/locations maybe?
FutureToothSurgeon
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I honestly have no idea if all blocks/questions are the same or if they are randomized.
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Mine now says "Exam Administered." That was a humbling exam. Now we wait.
FutureToothSurgeon
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I just logged into NBME and clicked on my exam in the dashboard.
Maybe u also forgot to sign up using the link they send in the beginning to link ur exam to your account? Dw cuz i did too. Just contact support and they will fix it. Told me it can take up to 10 days
I dont know. Pretty crazy experience. My first attempt. I only did Uworld and did NOT do NBME. The concepts were similar- but not sure. Prolly will reattempt in July 2024. Did the questions from NBME self assessment repeat? I know the concepts are suppose to be the same. Who knows.
FutureToothSurgeon
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There were some repeated concepts from the practice NBME’s but also some things that were completely new.
hardworkingidiot
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I’m literally gaslighting myself into thinking my educated guesses were right because that was insane. I felt like I knew exactly what was going on in every scenario but then they asked the most insane thing
FutureToothSurgeon
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I liked Bootcamp for learning content and UWORLD for practice questions.
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FutureToothSurgeon
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When do we think the results are going to be posted?
This is too real i cant 😭😂
last year my scores were posted on the myNBME portal Friday at 1:08pm with an email notification. good luck guys!
What is EPC vs "old score"?
FutureToothSurgeon
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What is EPC vs "old score"?
I believe “old score” refers to the raw score and EPC stands for “equated percent correct” - basically your curved score based on how everyone else did.
I believe “old score” refers to the raw score and EPC stands for “equated percent correct” - basically your curved score based on how everyone else did.
FutureToothSurgeon
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Just a few more days to wait! The anticipation sucks!
The old score refers to the original 2-digit score that was used when they first implemented the CBSE after dental boards went pass/fail. They used to provide a conversion chart from the old 2-digit score to the 3-digit score when it switched to the same scoring used for Medical boards. Then they changed the scoring again, once step 1 of medical boards went pass/fail, to EPC.
There are charts that allow you to convert EPC to the old 2-digit score. But i wouldn’t say it’s useful now. The first year or two of EPC people didn’t know what a good score was. Didn’t know how it compared to 3-digit or old 2-digit. That doesn’t really matter now since most people have an idea of what EPC you need for interviews and matching now. PDs have adjusted to the new scoring because it’s been 2-3 cycles with it already
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meeeeeeeeee
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What time tomorrow do results come out?
I don't think there is a set time we can necessarily expect the scores to arrive. However, SpadeElevator reported receiving their results last year at 1:08 pm (no time zone was specified).
meeeeeeeeee
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I don't have anything either
FutureToothSurgeon
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Good luck everyone! Let’s keep each other updated on when scores get released.
edentulator19
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EPC is usually within a point of RAW score and what is currently used. old score is the curved score (usually roughly between 3-7 points higher) and depends on the conversion table
FutureToothSurgeon
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Still nothing yet…
omfsosteomyelitis
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It's posted
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I got an [emoji2396]6. This was a tough ride, but it all worked out.
No. Diminishing returns. That score will get you interviews.
Hi guys,
Congratulations to everyone who got the score they were looking up, this was my first time doing the CBSE , I did Bnb , I was able to complete about 900 Qs from uworld and I reviewed a couple nbmes but I didn’t get a good score (40).
I’m looking for some advices in order to take it in July, I was thinking on:
-1 Trying bootcamp
-2 Do the entire U world questions (which I always heard was very important to go through
3- focus more knowing that at least I have already seen all the content once
Any advice is more than welcome.
Congratulations to everyone who got the score they were looking up, this was my first time doing the CBSE , I did Bnb , I was able to complete about 900 Qs from uworld and I reviewed a couple nbmes but I didn’t get a good score (40).
I’m looking for some advices in order to take it in July, I was thinking on:
-1 Trying bootcamp
-2 Do the entire U world questions (which I always heard was very important to go through
3- focus more knowing that at least I have already seen all the content once
Any advice is more than welcome.
That is the million dollar question isn’t it
63 EPC is the equivalent of a passing score for Step 1, although it is considered a low pass based off the NBME and medical school standards. If your intentions are to do a 6 year program, I would retake any CBSE that isnt over a 70 EPC while you are in dental school to maximize your chances of interviewing/matching. The average CBSE I saw at my program this past year for interviews was around 75 EPC just for reference.
It is still possible to match with a score below a 70 EPC for both and 4 & 6 year programs, so many more things go into an application, and it truly is looked at holistically. Having a competitive CBSE score will always land you more interviews.
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What program are you at?
Southern program
Spamspamspam
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I’ll give a write up because it helped me looking at previous ones
82 EPC, started studying lightly over this last summer and really got into it starting in august. Used UWORLD, bootcamp, sketchy pharm micro and Pathoma. Studied chapters 1-6 of pathoma over the summer and then started bootcamp systems that correlated with dental school classes. Went over the bootcamp videos then added systems to UWORLD as I finished them. Got through most of UWORLD, but took it slow and reviewed throughly each question and similar topics. Quality matters. I memorized most of the NBMEs the last few weeks and found this really helpful. Not that the questions are identical, there are only a few identical repeats, but the topics are just so similar that if you study all the NBMEs in depth youre gonna understand what the question is looking for just from the first few words of the question stem. My NBMEs were in the high 60’s and low/mid 70’s for reference, and i felt so comfortable answering the questions on the real deal because of how familiar most of them seemed.
82 EPC, started studying lightly over this last summer and really got into it starting in august. Used UWORLD, bootcamp, sketchy pharm micro and Pathoma. Studied chapters 1-6 of pathoma over the summer and then started bootcamp systems that correlated with dental school classes. Went over the bootcamp videos then added systems to UWORLD as I finished them. Got through most of UWORLD, but took it slow and reviewed throughly each question and similar topics. Quality matters. I memorized most of the NBMEs the last few weeks and found this really helpful. Not that the questions are identical, there are only a few identical repeats, but the topics are just so similar that if you study all the NBMEs in depth youre gonna understand what the question is looking for just from the first few words of the question stem. My NBMEs were in the high 60’s and low/mid 70’s for reference, and i felt so comfortable answering the questions on the real deal because of how familiar most of them seemed.
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