Kaplan Simmulated Test

[yalemd]

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Have you heard of that? They are 8 blocks of 50 q each. Looks like Kap.Qbank (specially when it comes to length), but an old interface for displaying the questions. I just need to know if anyone did it before as I am looking to have it beside UWorld.

Any comment is appreciated

Thanks

 

[Golding]

I intended to take it before the exam, but ran out of time. If it's anything like the rest of the Kaplan QBank, which I assume it is, it's worth doing. Not so much for its predictive value, but because Kaplan's QBank has some pretty good value to it.

 

[yalemd]

I intended to take it before the exam, but ran out of time. If it's anything like the rest of the Kaplan QBank, which I assume it is, it's worth doing. Not so much for its predictive value, but because Kaplan's QBank has some pretty good value to it.

Thanks for the comment.

After doing the first block, I liked it cause it adapts me to the same ''long-style'' questions of the real deal. However, by the time I reached block#3, the program timer started to act crazy. It supposed to be 60 min each block, and that is how it is counting, but when I correlated to my watch, it was 35 min only. I don't know what is wrong!!

 

[Golding]

Yup. Sounds like the Kaplan QBank. The programming is very poor, and I remember being annoyed with the highlighting problems as well. But from my experience, no QBank out there better prepares you for the sheer length of the questions.

 

[yalemd]

Yup. Sounds like the Kaplan QBank. The programming is very poor, and I remember being annoyed with the highlighting problems as well. But from my experience, no QBank out there better prepares you for the sheer length of the questions.

Is that normal though in that question set, or I am only one having this problem? I mean that watch counts really fast, and I swear to God, it is half the time on my watch, though looks normal when it counts. Thanks God they are 44 qs not 50, still have to pratice on 50 though. I think the main key in the real deal is to go fast through a long question and be able to choose an answer (without rereading).

Thanks

 

[yalemd]

Yup. Sounds like the Kaplan QBank. The programming is very poor, and I remember being annoyed with the highlighting problems as well. But from my experience, no QBank out there better prepares you for the sheer length of the questions.

I am having the same problem. The program's timer counts 60 min while it seems to be 35 min on an actual watch.

Am I having this trouble alone, or it is a common perception? I did fine with NBME free-practice test, but I don't know what is wrong woth kaplan simmulated. Is it the same issue on kaplan Q bank?

Please any advice is appreciated
Thanks

 

[slowlybutshelly]

are usmleworld questions similar to the length of the real thing?

 

[slowlybutshelly]

I did not know there was an NBME free practice test; is this the one they give you on a disk when you register for the exam? If I am missing a key thing here, please advise me on how to gain access to this free practice exam.

I am taking step2ck at end november 2010.

Also, can you please tell me how to get access to the free Kaplan exam? Is it on the Kaplan website?

 

[slowlybutshelly]

I signed into the Kaplan site and registered for the free practice exam for step2ck. They sent me an email confirmation with a paid (0.00) receipt. But after i signed up on the website, a message appeared that said this is what happens next "we will send you a schedule, directions etc" which I assume sent meant 'email'. Just wondering how to access this free practice now. I have a code and am patiently waiting on the email. Should I be doing anything more proactive?

Do you have to go to a test center and take the test there; like a nbme practice exam?

 

[slowlybutshelly]

I found a free step2ck 1 hr block. I did that just now and got just below average of what other users were getting. During the test, if there was an image..the answer choices were superimposed on the image. I could not even read the answer choices. That happened on about 8 questions. Is that realistic to think there will be 8 images per block on the real step 2ck that I take in a few weeks?

Also, there were only 44 questions on this block.

Is it worth it doing the Step3 free exam to prepare for my step2ck?

I think this free exam is not what maybe other people are talking about in the above threads; there were not 50 questions per block.

If there is a free full length kaplan test available for me to take, could someone please refer me to a link to access it? I would appreciate it very much.