how to improve score

[doctorpunter]

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hi guys ,i really need some serious advice from those who has already nailed this beast,
i have done uw(first time ,timed and untimed ,mixed-cumulative 66%,didnt get chance to repeat it though i reviewd wrong ones)
i took uwsa while i had was midway of uw--and scored terribly low (212 3 digit score),after that i wanted to do uw second time but something wrong with uw website and i couldnt extend my subscription so ended up with USMLErx ,now i m doing rx but i am not scoring good ,so far its 72 cumulative(lowest 67,highest 84) and i have no idead why i am not able to improve my score because i have heard that its relatively easier than other qbanks and as i have done already uw so i should score better,but i am just fail to understand.
and another point i wana mention here that it doesnt matter whether i am taking usmlerx in tutor or timed i am always scoring like 73-74-77-75 its consistently below 80(and yes i m doing it in mixed mode)
please give me good suggestion,is it okay to live with this percentage and upto what extent it corelates with real score(though usmle rx official correlation is b******t it says 242+/- 20 CI that is huge difference and whatever there confidence interval is i dont have confidence in that).
i am running outta balance so i am not planning to take nbme i have one more uwsa2 form to take which i will in 2 weeks ,test is in 3 weeks,what else can be done for a decent score as i need it badly coz i have a mediocre step 2 score in my wallet).
any suggestion would be highly appreciated,oh and i forgot to mentioned that i have done fa*2,rr*1,uw,and some of kaplan notes(just for reference) so far

 

[hrandani]

Q banks are an excellent way to hone down your existing, raw inefficient body of knowledge into a precise, agile weapon.

It sounds like you are lacking in the former. It appears from your useage of slang that you're Indian and I can see that you're a graduate from a foreign school. Since the USMLE focuses on things that may not be covered in other countries you might want to step back from Q banks, study some those Kaplan notes you mentioned for a few weeks, and then reassess the situation. Using your knowledge of what you were tested on explicitly during the U World, try to focus specifically on those topics. Especially if it was something you repeatedly missed.

Try to figure out if you were taking the Q bank just to complete them, or you really spend the necessary time going over your answers and figuring out why you got it right as well as why the others were wrong.

I think that's enough to put you on the right path. Try to remember we do those things not because we can mark them off a checklist and that if you don't do each thing well, you might as well not have done it at all.

 

[Encephalectomy]

Q banks are an excellent way to hone down your existing, raw inefficient body of knowledge into a precise, agile weapon.

It sounds like you are lacking in the former. It appears from your useage of slang that you're Indian and I can see that you're a graduate from a foreign school. Since the USMLE focuses on things that may not be covered in other countries you might want to step back from Q banks, study some those Kaplan notes you mentioned for a few weeks, and then reassess the situation. Using your knowledge of what you were tested on explicitly during the U World, try to focus specifically on those topics. Especially if it was something you repeatedly missed.

Try to figure out if you were taking the Q bank just to complete them, or you really spend the necessary time going over your answers and figuring out why you got it right as well as why the others were wrong.

I think that's enough to put you on the right path. Try to remember we do those things not because we can mark them off a checklist and that if you don't do each thing well, you might as well not have done it at all.

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Also, take a look at your Qbank scores so far. If there are any areas that you appear to be particularly weak in, focus your efforts there.

 

[doctorpunter]

thank you very much guys,yes you are right i am an indian IMG,
i took your suggestion seriously and i am back to kaplan books and some goljan(for weak areas),hopefully it works out for me,
god bless you guys