If our school has been administering NBME-style exams, how close is it to the NBME practice tests?

[crimsonly]

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Our school has been giving NBME-style Q for our block exams. Just looking for some clarification here on difficulty of questions to expect on NBME practice tests vs UW vs real deal. When I start taking NBME practice exams how much effort should I spend dissecting my wrong answers compared to UW?

 

[jspar1]

NBME's underpredict really badly. UWSA's and Free 120 usmle sample questions are better predictors. This is coming from an IMG who passed Step 1, Step 2 CK, Step 2 CS, Step 3, and currently finishing residency. Tutors will hype the NBME's that way you can pay them big bucks to teach you NBME concepts/explanations.

Use NBME's only for active learning. Don't delay your exams because of a fail on an NBME. Trust me.