Kaplan QBank vs Class Performance

[Ioriscrub]

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Hi everyone,

I have a question I'm hoping I can get some feedback on.
I'm an M2 having just finished the semester finals and my grades for the last few path exams were way below average for my class, though I still passed the course fine. Other than those exams I had been scoring in the low-mid 80s range consistently, right around the middle of my class. It surprised me though because I've been following along with Kaplan Qbank and GT, and I did much better than average when I tested myself with the Kaplan questions(averaged ~70% on their cardiovascular and pulmonary questions, equivalent to a mid 230s score according to their estimator). I would think that Kaplan would predict how I'd do on Step 1 better but should I be worried? I'm interested to see if anyone has had a similar situation.

 

[Suncrusher]

Personally, I would think it depends where your class questions are coming from. Do your lecturers write their own questions? At my school the class questions all come from the NBME and I am not really having your problem even though I use the same strategy as you. I can't comment about how it will turn out during Step1 since I am also just an M2.

 

[ordersol]

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