What types of questions did you have? In other words what areas were they in and where did the "randomness" fall. I've heard a lot of people say there tests were lopsided and wanted to know what others experiences were like.
For those that left the test discouraged and unhappy...
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Do you really think that anyone could accurately remember the distribution of 336 questions? I can't even tell after a block of 48 how many I had in each organ system or discipline. Often I would swear there were 10-12 micro questions, but no, there were 5.
I know people are anxious about the test, but questions like these are really futile because no one is going to be able to give you the answers. Also, even if they could, that information will have no predictive value for your test. There is abundant information about what is important to study, starting with FA. I'd go with that and not worry about one guy who thought he had a ton of anatomy questions.
I know people are anxious about the test, but questions like these are really futile because no one is going to be able to give you the answers. Also, even if they could, that information will have no predictive value for your test. There is abundant information about what is important to study, starting with FA. I'd go with that and not worry about one guy who thought he had a ton of anatomy questions.
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I completely agree. I felt the same way before the test, wanting to hear about what other people had on their boards and so on...but after taking it and hearing what was on other people's tests I realize it really is completely random. No amount of information about what was on other tests can help predict what will be on yours. None of the WTF questions on my test could have been prepared for really since they were outside of FA and Goljan, I think they're just inevitable. Just keep going with FA and Goljan, know those well and you'll be well prepared for the vast majority of what they throw at you.
I never asked for the exact distribution of 336 questions, nor do I think it matters. I was just curious. And obviously its not going to be pertinent for my test since every form is different. I understand what resources to use to study and the point of this thread wasn't to try to figure that out. I was just curious, when people say they were caught off guard by a lot of questions or felt kinda blown away, what that meant and why.
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Well as far as the questions that blew me away, I had one asking about some immuno markers I had never heard of, and another with a CT scan that was asking things I didn't think would even be on Step 1...I know there were some others but I don't remember specifics. I just used my knowledge to narrow it down and took my best shot at guessing, that's really all you can do in these cases. Good luck.
