First practice exam?

[rg2o3]

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I'm just looking for opinions as to when to do my first practice exam? I was thinking the first day of dedicated, which is in 2 weeks. However, my school has quite a bit of shelf exams during dedicated and I'm not sure how that will affect my studying. I'm currently through about 30 percent of UW at the moment. My percentage is 54% and I'm getting real discouraged and stressed. Any help or guidance or support would be great!

 

[iforget2]

Amboss is offering a free practice exam that ends tomorrow! I took it a few days ago and thought it was a great exam to get your feet wet.

 

[DrStephenStrange]

Amboss is offering a free practice exam that ends tomorrow! I took it a few days ago and thought it was a great exam to get your feet wet.

Yea, but he can't register for it now though.

 

[sab3156]

I'm just looking for opinions as to when to do my first practice exam? I was thinking the first day of dedicated, which is in 2 weeks. However, my school has quite a bit of shelf exams during dedicated and I'm not sure how that will affect my studying. I'm currently through about 30 percent of UW at the moment. My percentage is 54% and I'm getting real discouraged and stressed. Any help or guidance or support would be great!

You have plenty of time to improve. 54% UWorld is not as bad as you might think, especially if you are learning from the questions. You're not in dedicated yet and you're hovering probably just ~5 points below the average for Step 1 (if the UWorld to Step 1 correlation data on reddit is accurate). I suggest making cards of your incorrect questions and really understanding the material in those questions. If there are some subjects that really suck for you, you should just do whatever you can to get through the material for those subjects (Pathoma, BnB, Anki). There's no reason why you can't still aim for a score that is above the national average.

You can definitely take a practice exam even right now if you want, or do it when dedicated starts.

 

[rg2o3]

Yea, but he can't register for it now though.

I registered and finished the first block.

 

[rg2o3]

You have plenty of time to improve. 54% UWorld is not as bad as you might think, especially if you are learning from the questions. You're not in dedicated yet and you're hovering probably just ~5 points below the average for Step 1 (if the UWorld to Step 1 correlation data on reddit is accurate). I suggest making cards of your incorrect questions and really understanding the material in those questions. If there are some subjects that really suck for you, you should just do whatever you can to get through the material for those subjects (Pathoma, BnB, Anki). There's no reason why you can't still aim for a score that is above the national average.

You can definitely take a practice exam even right now if you want, or do it when dedicated starts.

Thanks! I have been making cards for concepts I don't understand. I am also truly learning where my gaps in knowledge are. I'm just concerned that I will have to spend too much time studying for each shelf exam my school makes me take during dedicated.

 

[sab3156]

Wait, what are these shelf exams? Are we talking Step 1 or Step 2 CK? I'm confused now.

 

[rg2o3]

Wait, what are these shelf exams? Are we talking Step 1 or Step 2 CK? I'm confused now.

Sorry. My school makes us take shelfs for pharm, micro, path, phys and biochem during dedicated. I think this is going to severely inhibit my ability to study how I wish to.

 

[rg2o3]

Amboss is offering a free practice exam that ends tomorrow! I took it a few days ago and thought it was a great exam to get your feet wet.

Did you receive your score report?

 

[iforget2]

Did you receive your score report?

I could see the % I got wrong and review my questions but the score report comes out March 4

 

[rg2o3]

I could see the % I got wrong and review my questions but the score report comes out March 4

Thanks. Did a bit better than my UW percentage but still not where I want to be. Granted we have some time still.