I have a pretty good average on UWorld but I'm just wondering how I really compare because I look up some answers. Not many, but probably 20-30% or so (and probably 50% of the time I was right in the first place). I know this is weirdly specific but I'm literally just wondering if most people are looking up some of the answers sometimes, on average? Thanks.
Do most people look up at least some of the answers for UWorld questions?
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No. I've honestly never heard of anyone doing this. You can't look up the answers on the boards, so why would you look them up in Uworld? When I get a question wrong, you bet I go and figure out why I got it wrong. But looking up answers during a test doesn't give you an accurate picture of how you are progressing, or of what subjects you are weak in. I'd recommend breaking that habit.
If you look up 30% of your questions and you are wrong 50% of the time, your average is inflated by 15%. Hopefully that doesn't give you false confidence on test day.
If you look up 30% of your questions and you are wrong 50% of the time, your average is inflated by 15%. Hopefully that doesn't give you false confidence on test day.
Thanks I had no idea!
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Just a 1st year but testing strategies don’t change much. There has been research that shows when you are on a practice question and you feel like you know the answer but it just isn’t coming to you that it’s better for your long term retention to look it up right then and there. (I’ll see if I can find the citation) However, I wouldn’t do this if you were doing an NBME or something like that. Practice tests are meant as an assessment tool, practice questions are for learning.
I know more than a few people who do this, or have done this, when they do Q banks.
I know more than a few people who do this, or have done this, when they do Q banks.
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This is what tutor mode is for. Checking your answer before you commit to picking is only going to give you false confidence.
While I concur with the general wisdom that regular mode is better for actually assessing how you’re doing and for practicing your test-taking skills, I really loved tutor mode for most of my first pass (and my shelf exam pass through Step 2 UWorld) and felt like it was a good learning tool.
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Nope. Uworld can be demoralizing at first especially when you are getting 20-40% on quizzes but just keep learning and your averages will slowly creep up.
