Just paid more than $600 for COMLEX 1 registration. Thanks NBOME! ;)

[QueenJames]

As the title states, guess who just registered to have the greatest privilege of dropping major $ on a frickin' exam that probably won't mean much after 2020.

THIS GUY BABY! LESSS GO!

Just to vent...

Who else thinks this exam is simply a ploy for NBOME to get more money out of us?

It's almost $3000 total for taking all 3 steps of COMLEX... and that is JUST to graduate. That's not counting the rates for STEP 1 and STEP 2 (if we decide to go for more competitive residencies).

I didn't think it'd be a big deal back when I was a naive pre-med, but dammit man... this stuff starts to add up on a financial and emotional toll.

What is everybody else's take on this? At this point... I equate the COMLEX to be our version of the high school exit exam (or MEDICAL.. school exit exam) ... and the STEP 1 to be the SAT/ACT. Lol

Gotta do whatcha gotta do I guess.

*** not trying to complain... as I am VERY thankful to even be in med school... let alone a DO program nowadays with the doing away of the grade replacement and all ***

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[thepoopologist]

The game is the game

 

[DO2015CA]

Sucks your school didn’t pay for it, Mine did. COMLEX is more than an exit exam though. Yes it’s a poorly written test, but it’s still somewhere in the ballpark of only 50-60% of DOs take the USMLE. So it’s what we have

 

[AlbinoHawk DO]

There will always be someone trying to scam you and sometimes you have no choice. Look at the PE or CS if you want unreasonable

 

[Goro]

As the title states, guess who just registered to have the greatest privilege of dropping major $ on a frickin' exam that probably won't mean much after 2020.
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Maybe after 2050.

 

[Rekt]

Sucks your school didn’t pay for it, Mine did. COMLEX is more than an exit exam though. Yes it’s a poorly written test, but it’s still somewhere in the ballpark of only 50-60% of DOs take the USMLE. So it’s what we have

You're still paying for it.

 

[Mad Jack]

Wait till you gotta pay that PE money...

 

[DO2015CA]

You're still paying for it.

Obviously, but my tuition is competitive with other schools that dont

 

[DO2015CA]

Wait till you gotta pay that PE money...

PE is BS $1295 for an 8 hour days. Stupidest thing ever

 

[zero0]

PE is BS $1295 for an 8 hour days. Stupidest thing ever

My favorite part is where they fail every 1 in 10 of us just to make a point that their exam is still relevant

 

[DO2015CA]

My favorite part is where they fail every 1 in 10 of us just to make a point that their exam is still relevant

It’s also to get an extra 1300

 

[ToKingdomCome]

comlex level 1 is just the beginning of med school robbing your money

 

[Jinxapotato]

comlex level 1 is just the beginning of med school robbing your money

I thought that started the fall of 1st year?! Dam I paid 60k each year!

 

[IslandStyle808]

I thought that started the fall of 1st year?! Dam I paid 60k each year!

Nah dude it starts with the $1000-$3000 non-refundable deposit

 

[68PGunner]

Medical school is basically an initiation process to the physician fraternity/sorority: full of pain, humiliation, and $$$.