USMLE CK after barely passing shelves

[TroutAnon]

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Overwhelmed MS4.

Major health issues dx'ed as an MS2. Decided not to do residency but to finish degree. Read about my patients and helped out the team when I was at work...but when I went home, I didn't do *anything* related to medicine. Ever. Zero reading. Zero practice questions. Came really close to failing shelves a few times -- scraped by, scored 60s on most. Passed clerkships knowing way less than I should have.

Now I have to take Step 2 CK this week, just to pass, and I'm terrified. UW is half-way done, untimed, random, 64%. I feel like I have to learn all of what I neglected to learn as an MS-3 and am very much freaking out. Can anyone relate? Or advise? Or reassure? Or console?

 

[jameskimp]

Order of importance as you are nearing test date:

free 150 q's usmle provides> 2 uworld self assessments > nbmes and review wrong answers > u world > everything else

 

[TroutAnon]

NBME 4 - 217.

Where do you think those NBMEs should be before feeling safe walking into this exam?

 

[jameskimp]

NBME 4 is generally the most accurate. I got the exact score on my exam that I got on 4. 217 is cutting it close to 209, but it's your call.