My worst shelf yet :(

[ocean11]

Man this definetly has not been my month! I just found out my cra**y surgery shelf grade: a whopping 63 raw score. My lowest EVER on a med school shelf. IT seems as if my shelf scores have DECREASED over the year. I did amazing on psych--> dropped on OB/GYN and Neuro but still managed to do well and above average. ER/FM no shelf but we had school exams, did alright on those.... and I actually studied more or a less for surg.... and I get a 63?!?!? I just don't understand where I went wrong... will call school to double check tomorrow.... man! I can't screw up my medicine shelf in another month! this is definetly a wake up call..... arghghghggh

anyhow, else do bad on surg shelf?!?

Well at least I passed, here's hoping for a B

 

[kito]

Its okay you're allowed a couple of bad days. I kicked the pooch on OB this year, where I ended up with my worst shelf raw score by 5 questions, and worst percentile by more than 30 points. You can't try to explain it or even understand because sometimes it feels like it just wasn't meant to be. I say just move on and keep your eye on internal medicine, and try to be persistent in your learning instead of trying to overwhelm yourself at the end.

 

[arthrodisiac]

i did about the same on the surg shelf, i got killed, it was my first shelf. i knew i bombed it while i was taking it...might as well have been the advanced placement exam for mandarin chinese. did well on everything else tho...i feel bad it was my first shelf.

 

[jdh71]

Surg shelf is tough if you havent had medicine first, don't be so hard on yourself . . .

 

[Dr JPH]

I dont think it will ruin your chances at a good residency. Unless you were se on surgery.

Learn from it, put it behind you and move on. 👍

 

[sleepymed]

I just finished my surgery shelf and I thought it was terrible. I feel absolutely horrible about it, I hadn't slept well the night and I missed stupid careless mistakes, PLENTY of them. I'm so angry with myself. grr..