just finished CK and feel like i failed... help...

[babycatcher08]

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so today was my step 2, and i thought i was prepared. im not exactly the best test taker in the world. I barely passed step 1, so i knew i needed to do a lot better this time around. i did fine, not great, but fine on all of the shelf exams this year. i did usmleworld and first aid. i probably averaged a 55% on UW. going into the exam i felt fine, but during, i felt like they threw me a complete curve ball. i really feel like i guessed on like half of them. anyone have any thoughts to make me feel better??

 

[zinc]

sorry i cant make you feel any better. My test was today and i think i bombed it. There was always 2 questions at the end of every set that i had no time to read so i just clicked randomly on 16 questions. I am screwed and i study hard for this exam....do they email the score report or do you have to log in to see.???

 

[jopdo]

I feel the exact same way! I had similar scores/performance on UW and step one scores... felt prepped. THEN... during exam, barely finished the blocks (on UW had ample time always) clicked randomly on atleast 12 qs, didn't have time to click anything on 2 q's !!!!! I am frustrated. I thought about postponing it, but when I tried, it seemed difficult to do so on the Prometric site, and, I didn't want to call or just not show up. Anyway, I don't think I can make you feel better by this rant, but, just know, that others are in the same boat--maybe that will be consoling...

 

[zinc]

was it this hard to finish all the time or was it just the version we took??? i wonder

 

[jopdo]

dont know, but, I felt so bad this past weekend about it, I thought I would take the NBME exam to see where I stood. This was obviously a stupid move, as I shouldve done this prior to the exam, but, I thought UW was enough. In anycase, I got a really low score...183. I hope this doesn't mean anything, but, it didn't make me feel any better--I don't recommend it.

Also, weird thing was, that while doing the NBME, I thought I was doing really well, and had 30 mins left for each section!!!

YIKES! Did you guys have the weird high AFP level with the omphacele/ Ultrasound? and the psych q with the guy who wanted to kill the teachers???? I thought those were two very odd ones... In addition to the rest of the test...

 

[GatorDoc77]

For those of you concerned about your Step 2 performence after doing pretty decent on USMLE World, don't worry too much. I didn't have the greatest average on UW...around 60%, then I took an NBME assessment 4 days prior to my exam (scored 231) and thought it was fairly easy compared to UW and went into the test overconfident. When I left my test I felt like I was beat up by the exam, such a contrast to the NBME when I had all the time in the world left. Well, in the end guess what? I feel that UW really challenges you and thats probably what happened on the real exam for me, I was really challenged but made the better choice most of the time (scored 237). I really needed this as I barely passed Step 1. Point is there is no way to tell how you did coming outta the exam, especially since you will focus on the really difficult questions that took up your time. So just hang in there, cross your fingers, and hopefully you will come out how you wanted. Good luck!

 

[JulianCrane]

I suppose the saving grace is that part of the exam is full of experimental questions. . .

 

[EDB]

I took step 2 today and had to fight off the tears walking out of the test center. The ONE thing I thought I was strong on was my timing... guess again. UW really screwed me there. I felt like the whole damn thing was a series of guessing. What really gets me is that I studied my *ss for the test, averaged @ 57 on UW; the ENTIRE horrible thing in random timed blocks of 46, reading every explanation verbatim AND making notes on what I didn't know in First Aid which I read twice, thank you very much. I'm freaking out and I can't talk to anyone about b/c if one more family member/friend/loved one says "Don't worry, I'm sure you did fine", I'm gonna f*cking loose it. I'm sure I did not do fine and all I can think about now is how I should have gone to law school.
Anyway, it's good to know I'm not alone in my misery. Now all there is to do is wait... and drink, heavily

 

[jiy76]

I took step 2 today and had to fight off the tears walking out of the test center. The ONE thing I thought I was strong on was my timing... guess again. UW really screwed me there. I felt like the whole damn thing was a series of guessing. What really gets me is that I studied my *ss for the test, averaged @ 57 on UW; the ENTIRE horrible thing in random timed blocks of 46, reading every explanation verbatim AND making notes on what I didn't know in First Aid which I read twice, thank you very much. I'm freaking out and I can't talk to anyone about b/c if one more family member/friend/loved one says "Don't worry, I'm sure you did fine", I'm gonna f*cking loose it. I'm sure I did not do fine and all I can think about now is how I should have gone to law school.
Anyway, it's good to know I'm not alone in my misery. Now all there is to do is wait... and drink, heavily

Don't worry i'm sure u did fine 😀

 

[jopdo]

I took step 2 today and had to fight off the tears walking out of the test center. The ONE thing I thought I was strong on was my timing... guess again. UW really screwed me there. I felt like the whole damn thing was a series of guessing. What really gets me is that I studied my *ss for the test, averaged @ 57 on UW; the ENTIRE horrible thing in random timed blocks of 46, reading every explanation verbatim AND making notes on what I didn't know in First Aid which I read twice, thank you very much. I'm freaking out and I can't talk to anyone about b/c if one more family member/friend/loved one says "Don't worry, I'm sure you did fine", I'm gonna f*cking loose it. I'm sure I did not do fine and all I can think about now is how I should have gone to law school.
Anyway, it's good to know I'm not alone in my misery. Now all there is to do is wait... and drink, heavily

Hang in there! Just don't do what I did... the NBME exam after the test---that was pathological of me. And, try not to obsess about it know, there is nothing that can be done. I really don't know what was with that darn test!

 

[babycatcher08]

thanks for everyone's responses. it makes me feel better that I am not alone in feeling like UW and the real test were not that similar. I, too, feel like I had ample time on UW but was struggling to finish the real test. Maybe it was nerves on test day? Ugh. I just want to get my score back and hopefully pass this thing. if i don't do awesome, I don't even care at this point...i just hope i freaking passed it!!!

 

[Incidentaloma]

I agree with the consensus that there was a definite time crunch. I used Kaplan Qbank (rather than UW) without timing issues, but I found on CK that I consistantly ran out of time. I took it 9/29, so I my scores should be released this week. I'm crossing my fingers!

 

[GasPrincess]

I used USMLE World and was averaging 55%. I was freaking out, becasue according to the posts on here, there is special formula that will calculate your score. According to this formula, I would get a 210!!!

Its total bull****. I got a 244/99 on Step II with a UW score of 55%. My Step I score was a 210/85.

However, I was still freaking out test day, and I thought the Step 2 was a lot harder than I thought. It wasn't USMLE World hard, but it was hard. I barely had time to finish with each block, and there were a lot of questions that I narrowed down to 2. I felt horrible after the test. I thought I failed it.

Yet, looking back, I think I was focusing on all the problems that plagued me, and I didn't get right away. You probably got a lot of questions correct, and you aren't thinking about those, and are hyperfocused on all those questions you "missed." This leads you to think you failed, when you probably did fine. If you put in the work, you will be ok!

 

[EDB]

Okay, I feel better now... my score just cam back as 227/94 which is FREAKIN' AWESOME especially b/c I've been having nightmares for the past 3 weeks about failing. I guess the studying (and praying... lots of praying) payed off. Anyway, all the best to everyone still waiting for their scores. Don't worry to much if you had a hard time during the test; like I said before, I truely was fighting off the tears walking out of the test center. It's just hard to read the test. If you put the work in, you should pull through.