COMLEX vs USMLE QBAnk

[samdwi]

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I noticed two different QBank options on Kaplan, one for COMLEX another for USMLE steps 1?

Is there any difference besides OMM material in these two QBanks?

 

[Taus]

I've heard from several upperclassman that the COMLEX qbank just plain sucks and to stick w/ the USMLE qbank....the OMM q's in Savarese are generally plenty

 

[TheEleventhReel]

I agree w/Taus. I've talked to many upperclassman who used both USMLE and COMLEX Qbanks. They all said COMLEX Qbank was worthless.

 

[peppy]

It seems weird to me that the COMLEX one is considered so much worse.
Are the questions very different than the USMLE ones? I was expecting it would be pretty much "usmle qbank with added OMM stuff".

 

[TheEleventhReel]

From what I've been told, the questions just don't simulate the style of COMLEX.

 

[tkim]

Save your money and just get the USMLE qbank. I had both because of a deal the school struck with Kaplan, and COMLEX qbank really was USMLE with an OMM info afterthought. Useless.

You might actually get more use out of reading something like Boards and Wards for Step II for COMLEX I, as each step seems to have clinically oriented questions very early on.

 

[samdwi]

Thank you all for your input.