Improvement during UWORLD practice?

[guitarguy23]

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Did anyone notice an improvement in their % score as they went through world? I'm at about 25% through, with a 68% average. I want to be in the mid 70s by the time I take the exam since I've read that correlates with ~250. Did your scores go up? I just feel like I review what I miss, only to get tested on something new that I don't remember which keeps me at my current avg.

 

[Ionian]

Did anyone notice an improvement in their % score as they went through world? I'm at about 25% through, with a 68% average. I want to be in the mid 70s by the time I take the exam since I've read that correlates with ~250. Did your scores go up? I just feel like I review what I miss, only to get tested on something new that I don't remember which keeps me at my current avg.

Ugh, I wish people would stop saying this stuff.

First, your % correct in uworld poorly correlates with how you're going to do on step.
There IS data, that is suggestive of a trend, but only if:
1) This is your first time doing Uworld
2) They are random timed blocks
Are you fufilling the above two criteria?

Those graphs are also assuming you do a second run. I've seen people saying I'm averaging 70% im going to get 250! ...but you've reset Uworld... this is your second run, and its on tutor mode... thats not the same -.-

Here is a better way to see where you stand: take nbmes

If you still insist on predicting how you will do, from a learning source...
Use these more crude estimations:
1st run random/timed: look at your percentile in the cumulative data. If you're averaging 68%, I assume your are just about in the 75th percentile ---> using the USMLE score table ---> 234 (if you took it today!)
2nd run random/timed: look at your percentage
say this time around your are doing 90% average ---> 250

The looking at your percentile (if in your first run) is a better method for seeing where you currently stand if you took it today.

Again, looking at the graphs that have been compiled on this site, it's incorrect to assume you will get a 250 (today) because other people who averaged 70% their first time got that, because the data doesn't show that they followed that up with another run of uworld and 3-6 weeks more practice/studying. Those graphs show potential.

Since its predicting your possible future score, that data is useless as far as I am concerned.

In conclusion, if I hear "im getting x% in uworld so im getting x on step" one more time im going to lose it.

 

[guitarguy23]

Thanks for your advice! I take sets in 46 question, untimed, random block. I guess my question wasn't "will my % tell me my score on the real thing" but "can my % IMPROVE as I continue using Uworld?"

The test is ~8 weeks out.

 

[Ionian]

Thanks for your advice! I take sets in 46 question, untimed, random block. I guess my question wasn't "will my % tell me my score on the real thing" but "can my % IMPROVE as I continue using Uworld?"

The test is ~8 weeks out.

Of course you can, if you are doing blocks in the morning, and studying/reading First aid in the evenings, naturally you will start to see some improvement.
Possibly through looking at the graphs, I mean its really hard to just notice a difference since random/timed blocks are so variable. One block you might do 85%, just for the next block to get 65%.

Improvement will probably be seen more through % consistency rather than a clear trending upward of %.

 

[Flamen04]

When I started UWorld, I was consistently getting around 68% per block. After doing about around 1/2 of the bank, I noticed my scores jumped up to around 78% per block. By the end, I could get 80%+ per block. Just keep learning the material. It eventually starts repeating itself and you get more questions right.

 

[guitarguy23]

After you reviewed the questions from each block, did you study that material or continue reading in a different section? I feel like I neglect some systems/subjects after a while and forget that material bc I've been working through so much other stuff.

For example, my Renal Path is so weak right now because I have not gotten back around to it in a few weeks. Will this resolve once I am in dedicated study time?

 

[Petypet]

After you reviewed the questions from each block, did you study that material or continue reading in a different section? I feel like I neglect some systems/subjects after a while and forget that material bc I've been working through so much other stuff.

For example, my Renal Path is so weak right now because I have not gotten back around to it in a few weeks. Will this resolve once I am in dedicated study time?

I went systems based from Jan-mid march, with uworld/usmlerx/kaplan qbanks. I found once I went to random mode-timed, my integration vastly improved. Thus, I have altered my schedule to 2-4 blocks uworld a day (2nd pass), random, then do like 50 pages + 1 pathoma chapter a night. I felt by adding more variation into my schedule with the random subjects added more fullness to my study period. I go through all the chapters of FA every day just by looking stuff up.

 

[guitarguy23]

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I went systems based from Jan-mid march, with uworld/usmlerx/kaplan qbanks. I found once I went to random mode-timed, my integration vastly improved. Thus, I have altered my schedule to 2-4 blocks uworld a day (2nd pass), random, then do like 50 pages + 1 pathoma chapter a night. I felt by adding more variation into my schedule with the random subjects added more fullness to my study period. I go through all the chapters of FA every day just by looking stuff up.

How long does 50 pgs of FA take per day? I like the idea of the repetition factor, it just seems like it would take me ~3 hrs each day to read that much. More or less?

 

[Petypet]

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How long does 50 pgs of FA take per day? I like the idea of the repetition factor, it just seems like it would take me ~3 hrs each day to read that much. More or less?

Right now I spend 3-4 hours doing questions in the morning, and then 3-5 hours doing FA/pathoma. Pathoma goes by very quick, maybe 15-20 mins per chapter. All in all, I usually start around 6:30 am and end around 8pm, with 40 min exercise, and maybe 2 hours for meals/farting around.

 

[guitarguy23]

Right now I spend 3-4 hours doing questions in the morning, and then 3-5 hours doing FA/pathoma. Pathoma goes by very quick, maybe 15-20 mins per chapter. All in all, I usually start around 6:30 am and end around 8pm, with 40 min exercise, and maybe 2 hours for meals/farting around.

Solid. You and I have similiar strategies. Best of luck! Post in the 2014 Step 1 score thread when you rock it.