July 5th USMLE??

[Skyy]

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hey! anyone else take the USMLE july 5th? i thought it was brutal! maybe it's just me, but it really seemed to emphasize all of my weakest subjects

 

[draino15]

hey! anyone else take the USMLE july 5th? i thought it was brutal! maybe it's just me, but it really seemed to emphasize all of my weakest subjects

DITTO that.
my first block almost sent me to the bathroom with "explosive diarrhea"! Then i started another block with 8 "easier" questions to start...and i thought..."hey, my luck is starting to change"....THEN....wrong again....42 hard, kick-you-in-the-butt questions.

AND i missed the fireworks for that!?!?!?
*sigh*

 

[(nicedream)]

What kinda stuff? Molecular, Biochem, etc?

 

[juddson]

I just finished mine a few hours ago and I feel like I've been forceably kicked in the nuts. The first block was OK, and then it got harder and harder. My last block crushed my spirit. Mine was very heavy on molecular and (my worst subject - hands down) pharmacology (I'm particularly bad with antibiotics). My strong subjects were hardly touched upon at all. I would have entire blocks of 8-10 questions in a row where I'd either have no idea or only be able to eliminate an answer or two.

Moreover (though time was never an issue for me), the question length seemed almost DOUBLE the standard question length on NBME's. I'll be lucky (very lucky) to equal my worst NBME score (which was nothing to write home about as it was).

I've never felt this bad after a standardized test before.

judd

 

[Skyy]

hahah... thanks for the posts... glad you felt the same way. yeah, i'll also be lucky to get my lowest NMBE practice test score...(and that was the practice test i took prior to 6 weeks of miserable cramming)!