I'm not sure how many q's I missed,inmediately after I knew I had marked some wrong choices, but I felt confident answering most of the items in the test.
I felt good, I knew I hadn't fail, but I wasn't sure I had reached my goal of getting above 260. In some blocks I marked 6-7, in others up to 13-15 q's. I'm not sure about the exact # of questions I got wrong p/ block, most blocks were of intermediate difficulty, while others were really hard, but I felt I could reason questions out and not just guess.
My prep was a little bit intense b/c I come from a med school that is entirely in spanish and that doesn't prepare you for USMLE. Also it's been 2 years since I graduated, so it's been a while since I last seen the basic sciences. I don't like to re-read resources so that's why I used a lot of different ones.
I would recommend doing Uworld and Kaplan, Rx is not essential unless you find it hard to go through FA, in that case it'll help you memorize some of the concepts in FA, but make sure to get it out of the way early in your prep. In my opinion doing two q-banks it's better b/c you get used to the idea of answering items you've never seen before; you are also exposed to many different ways in which the same concept could be asked.
Interesting! What was your UWorld %? Thank you for sharing.
My Uworld % was 80%.
Thank you again for sharing. And to confirm, in your opinion you felt that the real deal was, more or less, easier than UWorld?
It was easier than Uworld, except for a few very weird questions.
Inmediately after the test I could think of ~ 8-10 q's that I knew I had made the wrong choice. In my experience, it is better to supress the urge to look for the answers of questions you think you got wrong, it only adds more anxiety to the already stressful process of waiting for your scores.
This was one of the issues that worried me the most before taking my test, but I was surprised to find that questions stems where not as long as I thought they would be. Most were shorter than Uworld, some were 2-3
Thanks!! Your posts really served me as a guide through this whole process and I'm glad to share my experience if it helps others in the same situation.
My report says exactly the same as yours.
It all depends on how strong your basics are, if your case is like mine and you haven't seen them in a while, I'd recommend watching the videos, though they are long and sometimes full of low yield details, in my experience they helped me build a solid foundation, also I didn't have to go through LN multiple times as I am sure you'll have to go through if you only read the books.
What is LN?
Thank you for your question, glad to help!!! I didn't start thinking about step 1, a year after I had graduated, don't make the same mistake. It is wise to choose your resourses early in medschool, get familiarized with them, buy FA early, read it as you go along those resourses, choose either usmlerx or kaplan q-bank and do it early. At the same time, study for your classes aswell, don't neglect them, you always want to keep your options open in the case you decide to practice medicine at your home country. I believe you can achieve a really high score with doing all these.
Thanks! Some subjects took me 1 week, others took me 2-3 weeks such as the embryo/cell biology/neuro/anatomy LN. It was roughly 4 months.
It really depends on your goals and your level of knowledge before starting prep. Doing both resources certainly helped me feel more confident the day of the test.
