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So, I guess I'll be the first to make "the" thread. I failed comlex 1 today. 382. Close, but super bad. I've reached out to my dean to see what the next step is because I'm not exactly sure. As in, do I get pulled from rotations, do I do one rotation then get pulled, etc.

Comsae D was taken at the start of dedicated by the school and I got a 400 on that. I had no red flags in my classes, I passed them all. Grade wise, I'd say a B student, mostly Bs some As and some Cs. Then 2 weeks from comlex, I took comsae C and got a 500. No, no cheating, no looking things up, it was timed. So by all accounts, I should of passed, but I didn't.

I used uworld, FA, pathoma, BB, and combank for OPP questions, green book as well. Then after I took comlex, I bought physeo and kaplan qbank to brush up on some things for step 1 - that I took today and probably failed that as well.

Based on the score report, my bad subjects were: health promotion/disease prevention, history and physical, management, and anatomy. Other than anatomy, I have no clue how to even go about studying those. The next worst subjects were pathology and physiology.

I'm probably going to take the next few days off (I had been studying this whole time for step) to just rest. My number 1 goal was to just get back home, but now I'll be lucky to even get any residency.

If anyone has any advice or if they have old study notes that they would be willing to share, I'd appreciate it.
 
Hey man, I'm sorry you have to deal with this. I dont know what school you go to but I think most have some sort of learning specialist on staff. NBOME puts out bulletins to the schools that describe what some of those categories on the score report include, so maybe start there and see what they say. For example, on my COMSAEs consistently wasn't performing as well in 'Motor alteration' which I thought to be neuro... after meeting with our learning specialist, they told me that it actually also included OMM. Hoping they can get this squared away for you, and rooting for you to crush it the next time around!
 
No learning specialist available and no other help was provided by my school. No tips or suggestions either. I'm also away at my rotation site. I'm only being pulled from rotations for 2 months, so 8 weeks to study. No help yet from my classmates either. Have to take comlex between September 18th and October 13th, 2017. I went ahead and scheduled for 9/18.
 
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trs88 said:
So, I guess I'll be the first to make "the" thread. I failed comlex 1 today. 382. Close, but super bad. I've reached out to my dean to see what the next step is because I'm not exactly sure. As in, do I get pulled from rotations, do I do one rotation then get pulled, etc.

Comsae D was taken at the start of dedicated by the school and I got a 400 on that. I had no red flags in my classes, I passed them all. Grade wise, I'd say a B student, mostly Bs some As and some Cs. Then 2 weeks from comlex, I took comsae C and got a 500. No, no cheating, no looking things up, it was timed. So by all accounts, I should of passed, but I didn't.

I used uworld, FA, pathoma, BB, and combank for OPP questions, green book as well. Then after I took comlex, I bought physeo and kaplan qbank to brush up on some things for step 1 - that I took today and probably failed that as well.

Based on the score report, my bad subjects were: health promotion/disease prevention, history and physical, management, and anatomy. Other than anatomy, I have no clue how to even go about studying those. The next worst subjects were pathology and physiology.

I'm probably going to take the next few days off (I had been studying this whole time for step) to just rest. My number 1 goal was to just get back home, but now I'll be lucky to even get any residency.

If anyone has any advice or if they have old study notes that they would be willing to share, I'd appreciate it.
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Nearly every one of my students who has failed COMLEX I has been able to pass on the retake and go on to become a doctor. It's hard to advise without knowing you, but I sense a flaw in your study strategies, and the amount of time spent preparing.

From the COMLEX exams I've seen and taken health promotion/disease prevention, history and physical, management make up only a small percentage (5-105 max). Anatomy can be 10-20%. Pathophysiology will be another 20%....this is vastly more important on the exam than straight physiology (5% max) or histopathology (1%).

Anything going on life-wise that may have hindered you?

Any test taking anxiety issues?

Do NOT take Step I!

Take a deep breath, and spend the next 4-6 weeks studying for round II...depending upon, of course, what your school allows you.

One of my worst students ever failed Level I and now is an anesthesiologist. Probably killing people in the Northwest.
 
Goro said:
Nearly every one of my students who has failed COMLEX I has been able to pass on the retake and go on to become a doctor. It's hard to advise without knowing you, but I sense a flaw in your study strategies, and the amount of time spent preparing.

From the COMLEX exams I've seen and taken health promotion/disease prevention, history and physical, management make up only a small percentage (5-105 max). Anatomy can be 10-20%. Pathophysiology will be another 20%....this is vastly more important on the exam than straight physiology (5% max) or histopathology (1%).

Anything going on life-wise that may have hindered you?

Any test taking anxiety issues?

Do NOT take Step I!

Take a deep breath, and spend the next 4-6 weeks studying for round II...depending upon, of course, what your school allows you.

One of my worst students ever failed Level I and now is an anesthesiologist. Probably killing people in the Northwest.
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Thanks Goro. But my time machine broke so I can't fix it, I took step 1 yesterday before scores were released. Before you scream "you fool", I had a 207 on NBME 18 and 19, and then on UWSA 1 and 2 225, and then an 85% on the free usmle 120.

Sounds good, I'll try to find resources that assist with pathophys and anatomy. Study time was from the end of May (or around there) to June 28. So I had the time to study, but there were some interruptions like having to move and get rotations set up. All the rotations that I tried to set up fell through, so that ended up being wasted time.

No major crises happened like panic attacks, depression or loss of a loved one. The only thing that could fall into that category is the fear of not getting to go back home (aka fighting to get a rotation back in TX and then scoring high enough on boards to try to get a residency), but that's a moot point now. There's only 2 (total) AOA residencies back in TX. One is FM so maybe they'll let me do an audition rotation as a 4th year. But odds are, I'll be SOAPing for a FM spot somewhere or try for a TRI spot. Oh, and because of this my 8 year relationship could end.

Thanks for the advice. I'll do what I can.
 
Don't most schools give three shots for each COMLEX? If so, all you have to do is pass and you should be fine, there are plenty of people who failed one of the boards and are now practicing doctors.

You practice tests seem good, so Im guessing that this test was a fluke. Thats why they give people multiple chances on it.

I hope you like primary care though, because thats all you are realistically going to match into at this point.

trs88 said:
So, I guess I'll be the first to make "the" thread. I failed comlex 1 today. 382. Close, but super bad. I've reached out to my dean to see what the next step is because I'm not exactly sure. As in, do I get pulled from rotations, do I do one rotation then get pulled, etc.

Comsae D was taken at the start of dedicated by the school and I got a 400 on that. I had no red flags in my classes, I passed them all. Grade wise, I'd say a B student, mostly Bs some As and some Cs. Then 2 weeks from comlex, I took comsae C and got a 500. No, no cheating, no looking things up, it was timed. So by all accounts, I should of passed, but I didn't.

I used uworld, FA, pathoma, BB, and combank for OPP questions, green book as well. Then after I took comlex, I bought physeo and kaplan qbank to brush up on some things for step 1 - that I took today and probably failed that as well.

Based on the score report, my bad subjects were: health promotion/disease prevention, history and physical, management, and anatomy. Other than anatomy, I have no clue how to even go about studying those. The next worst subjects were pathology and physiology.

I'm probably going to take the next few days off (I had been studying this whole time for step) to just rest. My number 1 goal was to just get back home, but now I'll be lucky to even get any residency.

If anyone has any advice or if they have old study notes that they would be willing to share, I'd appreciate it.
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trs88 said:
Thanks Goro. But my time machine broke so I can't fix it, I took step 1 yesterday before scores were released. Before you scream "you fool", I had a 207 on NBME 18 and 19, and then on UWSA 1 and 2 225, and then an 85% on the free usmle 120.

Sounds good, I'll try to find resources that assist with pathophys and anatomy. Study time was from the end of May (or around there) to June 28. So I had the time to study, but there were some interruptions like having to move and get rotations set up. All the rotations that I tried to set up fell through, so that ended up being wasted time.

No major crises happened like panic attacks, depression or loss of a loved one. The only thing that could fall into that category is the fear of not getting to go back home (aka fighting to get a rotation back in TX and then scoring high enough on boards to try to get a residency), but that's a moot point now. There's only 2 (total) AOA residencies back in TX. One is FM so maybe they'll let me do an audition rotation as a 4th year. But odds are, I'll be SOAPing for a FM spot somewhere or try for a TRI spot. Oh, and because of this my 8 year relationship could end.

Thanks for the advice. I'll do what I can.
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Sorry to hear this. It seems that you were more distracted by your rotation and residency worries than you might have thought. Be that as it may, as per Gypsy's sage post below, I want to point out that in my own school's experience, nearly every repeat COMLEX taker, and these were far weaker students than you were, passed on Take II.

I'm guessing that you were middle of the pack student? If so, that's OK. If you were one my students, you wouldn't have been on our radar for failing COMLEX, or even doing poorly. I'll wager your failure is as much a surprise to your Faculty as it was to you. We've found that surprise failures are usually due to life events. I had one decent student kayoed by impending wedding planning, of all things.

IF not FM in TX, look for OK, NM, LA, and AR. Also think Psych and PM&R. Just as for right now, focus on COMLEX, and nothing else!!!

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Don't most schools give three shots for each COMLEX? If so, all you have to do is pass and you should be fine, there are plenty of people who failed one of the boards and are now practicing doctors.

You practice tests seem good, so Im guessing that this test was a fluke. Thats why they give people multiple chances on it.

I hope you like primary care though, because thats all you are realistically going to match into at this point.
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Thanks @Goro I appreciate your kind words. Hopefully things will be better in the future.
 
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Let us know how things turn out, and good luck!!!
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Will do. This site has helped me out with a lot of things, so hopefully I can help get some information out there for folks who are in or end up in my same boat so that they can have some ideas on how things ended up.
 
Sorry to hear this OP 🙁. I hope that you'll find a different study strategy to comfortably pass/kill the 2nd take. Anki worked wonders for me (I'm only an OMS-1).
 
I think it helps to know you're not alone in these situations. Got slightly higher than you, but a fail regardless. In a weird place where I'm relieved because I'm not up at night pulling my hair out worrying about my score anymore but also in that whole "crap I gotta do this hard **** over again and my classmates are moving on without me". I'm also like you in terms of taking exams beforehand and feeling like I was ready enough before taking it. I cried last night, think I'm good now. Going to enjoy these next few days, see my deans next week, regroup and knock this **** out in two months. Got no other choice, right??! We can do this!!
 
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I think it helps to know you're not alone in these situations. I also found out I failed yesterday. Got slightly higher than you, but a fail regardless. In a weird place where I'm relieved because I'm not up at night pulling my hair out worrying about my score anymore but also in that whole "crap I gotta do this hard **** over again and my classmates are moving on without me". I'm also like you in terms of taking exams beforehand and feeling like I was ready enough before taking it. I cried last night, think I'm good now. Going to enjoy these next few days, see my deans next week, regroup and knock this **** out in two months. Got no other choice, right??! We can do this!!
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You got it! If any of my classmates pass along any quizlet links or resources that they really liked, I'll be sure to send you a pm with them.
 
Might have just been bad luck. Some forms are harder because they target things you are bad at. Don't feel bad. I don't think you'll necessarily scramble into a family med spot. You'll just have to work extra hard on auditions and you'll probably match an AOA one.
 
Roxas said:
My sympathies brother. As someone waiting for their score who got a 405 on COMSAE D, this worries me. Best of luck with moving forward.
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I remember COMSAE D not being anywhere near close to how my actual test was. I wouldn't call it predictive at all. For example, my OMM score was okay on COMSAE D and then in the actual exam, lets say no comment lol
 
GypsyHummus said:
Don't most schools give three shots for each COMLEX? If so, all you have to do is pass and you should be fine, there are plenty of people who failed one of the boards and are now practicing doctors.

You practice tests seem good, so Im guessing that this test was a fluke. Thats why they give people multiple chances on it.

I hope you like primary care though, because thats all you are realistically going to match into at this point.
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You are giving advice in multiple threads about med school, but you are not even a med student. Strange!

Are you a pod student who is trying to get into med school?
 
AlbinoHawk DO said:
Might have just been bad luck. Some forms are harder because they target things you are bad at. Don't feel bad. I don't think you'll necessarily scramble into a family med spot. You'll just have to work extra hard on auditions and you'll probably match an AOA one.
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Well, there might not be AOA spots by the time OP is applying for the match. This is where the merger hurts some DO students.
 
I am a pharmacy student trying to pass the USMLE so that I can get a good enough score to match into a podiatry residency so that I can set up my dental practice.

W19 said:
You are giving advice in multiple threads about med school, but you are not even a med student. Strange!

Are you a pod student who is trying to get into med school?
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GypsyHummus said:
I am a pharmacy student trying to pass the USMLE so that I can get a good enough score to match into a podiatry residency so that I can set up my dental practice.
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W19 said:
Will you guys/gals graduate on time? if you pass it the next time around...
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It shouldn't be an issue. I loose one elective rotation where I could rotate in any speciality that is now board study and my vacation month is now board study. Kind of glad I lost the elective rotation because I kept getting rejected from all the places I wanted to rotate at, so it worked out for me. It's also a pass/fail rotation, so I really can't see my school failing me.

I am bummed about loosing the vacation month (December) because that was the only for sure time that I was going to get to go home and see family. My family is okay with it, it's my boyfriend that's causing most of the trouble.

No point in worrying about the merger, it has no bearing to the "right now" which is comlex. I'm a 2019'er so AOA should still be around, if not. MD students that fail usmle can still match or soap, I don't see why I couldn't at least try.
 
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Well, there might not be AOA spots by the time OP is applying for the match. This is where the merger hurts some DO students.
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I thought there would be AOA for class of 2019? If he took boards, he's 2019, right?
 
trs88 said:
So, I guess I'll be the first to make "the" thread. I failed comlex 1 today. 382. Close, but super bad. I've reached out to my dean to see what the next step is because I'm not exactly sure. As in, do I get pulled from rotations, do I do one rotation then get pulled, etc.

Comsae D was taken at the start of dedicated by the school and I got a 400 on that. I had no red flags in my classes, I passed them all. Grade wise, I'd say a B student, mostly Bs some As and some Cs. Then 2 weeks from comlex, I took comsae C and got a 500. No, no cheating, no looking things up, it was timed. So by all accounts, I should of passed, but I didn't.

I used uworld, FA, pathoma, BB, and combank for OPP questions, green book as well. Then after I took comlex, I bought physeo and kaplan qbank to brush up on some things for step 1 - that I took today and probably failed that as well.

Based on the score report, my bad subjects were: health promotion/disease prevention, history and physical, management, and anatomy. Other than anatomy, I have no clue how to even go about studying those. The next worst subjects were pathology and physiology.

I'm probably going to take the next few days off (I had been studying this whole time for step) to just rest. My number 1 goal was to just get back home, but now I'll be lucky to even get any residency.

If anyone has any advice or if they have old study notes that they would be willing to share, I'd appreciate it.
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Hi OP, don't pay too much attention to those subjects...I did well but those are my weakest subjects as well (like, below borderline weak), so they probably didn't count for a large percentage. Now that I am studying STEP 2, I feel those subjects are getting much more attention. For STEP 1/LEVEL 1, the basic science part is the key. For COMLEX, focus on micro (sketchy did a great job on this), OMM (green book), anatomy & neuro (I just did FA, pathoma, and my old neuro slides). I feel like if you only knew those topics well, you would have enough points to pass. Best of luck!
 
W19 said:
I see... I guess AOA is the last resort for DO--the reason I still regret not attending a good DO school instead of low tier MD.
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I will trade places with you this very second lol
 
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You're still going to be a doctor, and more doors are open to you as an MD.
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When you are spending that much money, you always want to have way out if the worst case scenario happens... I never give a f... about MD vs. DO title. Either one will allow me to do something I like (notice I didn't say 'love'), which is practicing medicine while making a good living...( assuming the system doesn't blow up in the next 15 years).
 
W19 said:
When you are spending that much money, you always want to have way out if the worst case scenario happens... I never give a f... about MD vs. DO title. Either one will allow me to do something I like (notice I didn't say 'love'), which is practicing medicine while making a good living...( assuming the system doesn't blow up in the next 15 years).
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You're not going to be poor, nor paying down your debt at age 60, as a FM or peds doc.
 
Hey OP sorry to hear about your situation. If i may make a recommendation, when you studied for the exam did you use combank ? i felt like the exam was more like combank than any comsae that i took. Combank had alot of stuff in health delivery and next step questions. Secondly i highly recommend Physeo, it helped me alot. Before i just memorize physiology and got through but that resource actually made me understand what i memorized. It makes everything easy to understand and it actually helped my path and pathophy understanding as well
 
Dr.Jekyll75 said:
Hey OP sorry to hear about your situation. If i may make a recommendation, when you studied for the exam did you use combank ? i felt like the exam was more like combank than any comsae that i took. Combank had alot of stuff in health delivery and next step questions. Secondly i highly recommend Physeo, it helped me alot. Before i just memorize physiology and got through but that resource actually made me understand what i memorized. It makes everything easy to understand and it actually helped my path and pathophy understanding as well
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Thanks for the tips. I'll be sure to take up combank for health delivery and next step questions, those have always been my worst. I did use combank for opp questions, but it was only good for maybe half of the opp on my comlex. I'm enjoying Physeo as well. It is the only reason that I understand heart murmurs now.


If anyone was wanting an update, so far my schedule has been 1 hour a day of tracymcgrady1992 and aervien 2017 FA pharm deck. 1 hour of an assorted bros biochem or my friends board anki deck, 80 questions of uworld timed and all categories. I can't rely on uworld too much for correct answers because I am remembering the right answers for a good amount of questions, so I'm try to focus more on why the wrong answers are wrong and how they would appear if they were right. Then reading sections in FA and then doing kaplan qbank on the sections to review what I just read.

In the new few days I'll be working in combank, pathoma, physeo and if I need it BB. Haven't started those yet for this go around because I'm still trying to see how much I can get done in a day before I hit my wall. Probably ease up on uworld a little to fit the others in.
 
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Thanks for the tips. I'll be sure to take up combank for health delivery and next step questions, those have always been my worst. I did use combank for opp questions, but it was only good for maybe half of the opp on my comlex. I'm enjoying Physeo as well. It is the only reason that I understand heart murmurs now.


If anyone was wanting an update, so far my schedule has been 1 hour a day of tracymcgrady1992 and aervien 2017 FA pharm deck. 1 hour of an assorted bros biochem or my friends board anki deck, 80 questions of uworld timed and all categories. I can't rely on uworld too much for correct answers because I am remembering the right answers for a good amount of questions, so I'm try to focus more on why the wrong answers are wrong and how they would appear if they were right. Then reading sections in FA and then doing kaplan qbank on the sections to review what I just read.

In the new few days I'll be working in combank, pathoma, physeo and if I need it BB. Haven't started those yet for this go around because I'm still trying to see how much I can get done in a day before I hit my wall. Probably ease up on uworld a little to fit the others in.
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good luck, i hope your second time around is much better
 
trs88 said:
So, I guess I'll be the first to make "the" thread. I failed comlex 1 today. 382. Close, but super bad. I've reached out to my dean to see what the next step is because I'm not exactly sure. As in, do I get pulled from rotations, do I do one rotation then get pulled, etc.

Comsae D was taken at the start of dedicated by the school and I got a 400 on that. I had no red flags in my classes, I passed them all. Grade wise, I'd say a B student, mostly Bs some As and some Cs. Then 2 weeks from comlex, I took comsae C and got a 500. No, no cheating, no looking things up, it was timed. So by all accounts, I should of passed, but I didn't.

I used uworld, FA, pathoma, BB, and combank for OPP questions, green book as well. Then after I took comlex, I bought physeo and kaplan qbank to brush up on some things for step 1 - that I took today and probably failed that as well.

Based on the score report, my bad subjects were: health promotion/disease prevention, history and physical, management, and anatomy. Other than anatomy, I have no clue how to even go about studying those. The next worst subjects were pathology and physiology.

I'm probably going to take the next few days off (I had been studying this whole time for step) to just rest. My number 1 goal was to just get back home, but now I'll be lucky to even get any residency.

If anyone has any advice or if they have old study notes that they would be willing to share, I'd appreciate it.
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That's rough. Don't worry about residency or getting back home right now. Chances are there are programs that will take you even if you have a fail, provided the rest of your app is solid. I wouldn't count yourself out of returning back to TX just yet. Right now focus and study hard, and you'll be fine.

Did you do a lot of second guessing during the test? This hurt me during practice tests.

I agree to use combank for Level 1. I found it more representative than any other question bank.

Honestly, Anatomy and Path are probably the most high yield for you to focus on. Obviously study OMM, and you may want to do Micro as well. Unfortunately as AlbinoHawk mentioned, some forms especially emphasize very specific topics, so you have to hope to some degree that you'll get what you're good at, but that's not always the case.

I wouldn't worry about the USMLE right now. You studied at least an extra couple weeks for it. I think you should have done another NBME prior to taking it, because the UWSAs tend to inflate your score on the order of 10-15 points, at least in my experience, and the NBMEs tend to be +/- 5. That said, its very possible that you passed it, given your practice tests beforehand. Hopefully you broke 210, and can play the COMLEX failure as a fluke.

Focus right now on the COMLEX. You have to pass, and you should try for as high as you could possibly get. If you do that, sure it'll hurt you in the residency cycle, but you'll be able to play it off as a fluke, especially with an OK USMLE and good subsequent COMLEX scores. FM might be your best route, but I don't think you have to necessarily limit yourself right now. There are plenty of less competitive programs in other specialties out there. Good luck!
 
Hey there! I'm so sorry this is something you have to deal with right now. I just wanted to add a success story of someone who went through a similar experience. My best friend actually failed COMLEX 1 twice. She managed to pass the third time, but not without throwing her schedule off cycle a little bit. Long story short, she got through it and never had any issues with any of the other exams. She matched into her first choice residency, went on to be Intern of the Year, then Chief Resident. All of her preceptors adored her and she had no issue finding a job as an attending. I know it's a reflex to feel defeated and defined by a number, but try to look at this as a humbling experience that doesn't automatically direct the course of your career. Believe it or not, a lot of residents that interview you for residency just want to know if you're going to be someone easy to work with or not. A residency director once told me, "I can teach someone to be a doctor, I cannot teach them to be a good person."

Stay positive, work hard, and be a good doctor.
 
Just a small update in case anyone was following. My step score was released today, or at least I got an email saying it was. I'll be honest when I say that I'm afraid to check it. I am concerned that if/when I see the "failed" grade that it would kill any confidence or motivation I have regarding re-studying for comlex. I do have 120 days for it to remain available to me, so I'm thinking of not looking until after I take comlex on 9/18.

On another note, I found out earlier that I'm a candidate for consideration for the Gold Humanism Honor Society. In order to get further along in the process, I'll need to write an essay that's due on 9/30 and then an unannounced date regarding a project promoting humanism. I promise, I'm not working on any of this until after 9/18. I just figured it would be nice to end this post on a 1% uplifting note.
 
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Just a small update in case anyone was following. My step score was released today, or at least I got an email saying it was. I'll be honest when I say that I'm afraid to check it. I am concerned that if/when I see the "failed" grade that it would kill any confidence or motivation I have regarding re-studying for comlex. I do have 120 days for it to remain available to me, so I'm thinking of not looking until after I take comlex on 9/18.

On another note, I found out earlier that I'm a candidate for consideration for the Gold Humanism Honor Society. In order to get further along in the process, I'll need to write an essay that's due on 9/30 and then an unannounced date regarding a project promoting humanism. I promise, I'm not working on any of this until after 9/18. I just figured it would be nice to end this post on a 1% uplifting note.
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I can check it for you
 
trs88 said:
Thanks for the offer. I might take you up on it after I think about it.
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In all seriousness, I think you should check it. If you passed, then that's a motivation to do well. If you didn't then that's even a bigger motivation. Besides, I think the suspense is worse than knowing you failed.
 
I agree with Ibn. Your score may very well be good and may cause programs to look at your comlex as a fluke.
In either way, get it over with, experience the emotions, study hard.

disclosure: I've got an itch and I really want to see you post a passing score.
 
check it I wanna know too.

NBME are very good predictors. 207 on both nbme 18 and 19 pretty much guarantees you passed the real deal.
 
I agree with Ibn et al-- the suspense is going to wear on you. Better to rip the bandaid off than trying to suppress the fear for over a month.
 
So, as I've said before, the COMLEX is a poorly written, "Can I buy a vowel, Pat", get inside the head of the question writer's who want to test your abilities on the "osteopathic difference", not necessarily your medical knowledge exam. You probably made the mistake of thinking that studying for step 1 and adding the green Savarese book would be sufficient -- wrongo, boyo

The COMLEX (at least when I took it) bore no resemblance to the USMLE as it was all about testing the "osteopathic difference". The question writers apparently confused obfuscation with a good question to test your medical knowledge, much like the OMM department at TCOM when I was there. These clowns wanted to make the test "more rigorous" so they went into a conference room and figured out ways to obfuscate questions...but I digress....

Use Comquest and get through all of it -- I did that and my scores went up by a noticeable amount -- I used Kaplan for level 1, UWorld for level 2 and Comquest for level 3 -- studied less and got a higher score on level 3 than the 2 prior levels.

it's not you -- it's the idiocy that is the AOA and their determination to maintain the "osteopathic" difference -- Just look at what they addressed as a serious medical problem facing our society -- game player's thumb -- really? With the AIDS epidemic, resurgence of syphilis, opioid problem, heroin overdosing, underage pregnancy among others, the best you guy's can do is "game player's thumb?"....

clueless idiots -- and most think the OMM is what makes osteopaths different -- hint: that ain't the case...
 
At this point, failing USMLE will not make your application any worse. Passing it will make your application to residency better and motivate you for step 1. I strongly suggest you check as only benefit can come from it.
 
Okay, y'all win. I'm making this post to ensure that I don't chicken out later. So if you have any bets going on in Vegas, might as well put your chips down.

I'll check my scores tonight when I get ready to take my evening shower. That way, if it's bad news like I think. I can renact this scene.

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trs88 said:
Okay, y'all win. I'm making this post to ensure that I don't chicken out later. So if you have any bets going on in Vegas, might as well put your chips down.

I'll check my scores tonight when I get ready to take my evening shower. That way, if it's bad news like I think. I can renact this scene.

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You'll be fine. I'm looking forward to seeing your passing score.
 
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