HELP NEEDED! How do I get these last 15 points?!

[lunartune]

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Hi to all you great wizards of this constructive forum!

I took nbme 2 two days ago and scored 234. My Step 1 will be in 4 weeks. My fear: I won't break the 240 😱 I'd love to make it, fabulous would be the high forties!

I saw in this forum that some people were in the same position: to score around 230 on the nbme and get later around 250 in the real thing. Any suggestions what I should really have a look at the last weeks?

My plan:

- 3 weeks repetition (mainly FA/system based with all the additional notes)
- last week: 2000 qs UW (300/day)

Any suggestion is appreciated!!! 👍

All the best to you all, LT

 

[Arctic Char]

slow down on the Uw Q's . . . 300/day is ineffective, counterproductive. if you're not happy with 240 or more, i suggest high-velocity transcortical lead therapy . . .

 

[lord_jeebus]

I disagree, I think 300/day is nearly optimal.

However, because you have the luxury of four more weeks, you could spread things out more (pure repetition for 3 weeks will make you insane if you can't break the grind with questions) or add another question source.

Four weeks is an incredibly long amount of time (at my school people take 2-3 weeks total to prepare) and a 15 point gain from where you are is very much attainable.

 

[lunartune]

Hi, thank you for your suggestions 👍

I am a german IMG in my last year rotating thru neurology right now and can max study 7 - 9 hours besides my clinical activities (don't ask about my social life ). This will go on for the next three weeks and the week before the exam I will take off and study 12 hours daily. That's why I don't/can't want to split my day right now in repetition n' UW. Besides I try to make 50 qs out of LWW's Board Simulator every day (great great program, 4000 qs, a textbook in itself).

Thank you lord jeebus for your post on the nutrition thread! I just hate histo, that's my biggest problem I guess (I'd need a 5 page HY summary )!

I just wonder if I do too much repetition, maybe another week of questions would be better, but then I can't go thru the whole FA a second time 😕

Thank you guys LT

 

[Arctic Char]

hmm, interesting. i tend to respect lord jeebus's input as he tends to offer sound advice and usually has very constructive things to say. so it surprises me that you think 300 Q/day of UW is ideal. after doing UW this summer, i can tell you that i did 150 Q/day, with a full review of every answer and it was very worthwhile - but it took all day, and drained me to the core. towards the end when i was repeating sections i was doing close to 300/day, but at that point i don't think it was all that useful.

if the OP has such limited time, i would say do as much as you can - but don't kill yourself. as jeebus said - 4 weeks is a lot of time to prepare/improve.

good luck