Step III Kaplan QBank or USMLEWorld

[docrv]

I'm planning to take Step 3 during the first week of March. I'm planning to use FA and Swanson's. Which Qbank is better, Kaplan or USMLEWorld?
Thanks a lot!

 

[manning18]

It's a tough call. I liked QB more than UW for Step 2, though UW is typically preferred by more people. For Step 3, I'm leaning towards UW since it has a separate pool of Qs for CCS as well. Maybe I'll do QB for the MCQ portion, but I'll be doing the UW CCS Qs either way.

 

[Pestanas]

anyone else have an opinion????

I used Qbank for step 1 because I hadn't even heard of USMLE World back then, but for step 2 I used both world and qbank and found world to be most similar - with several almost exact questions on my real exam.

So I'm leaning towards using World again for Step 3........??? any comments

 

[Solideliquid]

I used both!

 

[andwhat]

Kaplan Qbank has several mistakes. I would stick with USMLE World explanations. Also Kaplan Qbank is severely outdated. I wouldn't go anywhere near Kaplan. They weren't bad for step I, but certainly for step 3 they are very very very very very watered down. Kaplan would not even be my tenth choice, I wouldn't go anywhere near Kaplan for step 3, Qbank wise or notes especially.

 

[docrv]

thank you for your replies