Hey everyone, USMD 2 here currently FREAKING OUT. I've gotten all As and Bs in my classes and did well on some NBME subject exams (anatomy/embryo, neuro, physio, not so hot on biochem but still ok). Then didn't do so well (below 50th percentile on everything - path, pharm, behavioral, sciences and ICD) but didn't pay it tooo much mind because I was forced to take them by my school and didn't really study for them because my grades were solid regardless. All those exams were taken within one month of each other and capped off with the NBME comprehensive science exam that apparently only schools can give which I literally just passed with a 195. I was shocked but again not toooo worried because I figured I was just exhausted and hadn't given it dedicated study.
But that was exactly a month ago and I've been doing my dedicated step 1 studying (did UW 1st pass from January - May with a 56%, read all of First aid, all of Pathoma, Sketchy Micro and Most of Sketchy Pharm). So I took the UW SA1 after I finished UW and got a 234 , but I know this test tends to over predict so a week later I took my second NBME (17) (2 weeks before I was supposed to take Step 1) and got a 200.... I was devastated. But I thought it was a fluke so I did a quick review and two days later (I know what could change in 2 days but I thought it was just a bad exam) and got a 192 today... HUH?! I'm supposed to take Step this week but am obvs going to push it back but the latest date is about 2 weeks from now. Any tips on 1) how to not feel like a pile of **** and 2) bring my score up at LEAST 20 points (not gonna be greedy) in two weeks?
Thanks in advance
But that was exactly a month ago and I've been doing my dedicated step 1 studying (did UW 1st pass from January - May with a 56%, read all of First aid, all of Pathoma, Sketchy Micro and Most of Sketchy Pharm). So I took the UW SA1 after I finished UW and got a 234 , but I know this test tends to over predict so a week later I took my second NBME (17) (2 weeks before I was supposed to take Step 1) and got a 200.... I was devastated. But I thought it was a fluke so I did a quick review and two days later (I know what could change in 2 days but I thought it was just a bad exam) and got a 192 today... HUH?! I'm supposed to take Step this week but am obvs going to push it back but the latest date is about 2 weeks from now. Any tips on 1) how to not feel like a pile of **** and 2) bring my score up at LEAST 20 points (not gonna be greedy) in two weeks?
Thanks in advance