Nbme 11 & 12!!!

[Scared2011]

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😕

 

[birdsofafeather]

Just noticed this as well!

 

[Slade]

why 11 and 12? where did 8, 9 and 10 go?? 🙂 Anyone done these yet?

 

[RapplixGmed]

More practice questions! 🙂

 

[Scared2011]

More debt!

 

[iA-MD2013]

More debt!

👍

 

[engineeredout]

Ohh snap! There goes another 100$

 

[warriordoc911]

Hi guys,

I just called NBME and asked about these forms and she said the following:

1. We should not expect forms 8, 9 and 10

2. She had no idea why would they select 11 and 12 and skip 8,9 and 10

3. The content of these forms are the same as other forms

4. If the student took form 7 no need to do 11 and 12 for NOW. well to me this indicates that they may be experimenting these two forms and see how students do then decide whether their contents (concepts) should be reflected on the actual exam. I have my exam may 3rd so i dont see any need but those taking the exam June and after may benefit from these new forms.

5. All forms should reflect exam content and none of them have superiority over the other in terms of content prediction. She even said even if you do one form should be ok.

 

[Slade]

Hi guys,

I just called NBME and asked about these forms and she said the following:

1. We should not expect forms 8, 9 and 10

2. She had no idea why would they select 11 and 12 and skip 8,9 and 10

3. The content of these forms are the same as other forms

4. If the student took form 7 no need to do 11 and 12 for NOW. well to me this indicates that they may be experimenting these two forms and see how students do then decide whether their contents (concepts) should be reflected on the actual exam. I have my exam may 3rd so i dont see any need but those taking the exam June and after may benefit from these new forms.

5. All forms should reflect exam content and none of them have superiority over the other in terms of content prediction. She even said even if you do one form should be ok.

Sweet! Thanks for calling

 

[match2011]

Thanks

My test is Friday

I am not sure whether I should try one or not

Hi guys,

I just called NBME and asked about these forms and she said the following:

1. We should not expect forms 8, 9 and 10

2. She had no idea why would they select 11 and 12 and skip 8,9 and 10

3. The content of these forms are the same as other forms

4. If the student took form 7 no need to do 11 and 12 for NOW. well to me this indicates that they may be experimenting these two forms and see how students do then decide whether their contents (concepts) should be reflected on the actual exam. I have my exam may 3rd so i dont see any need but those taking the exam June and after may benefit from these new forms.

5. All forms should reflect exam content and none of them have superiority over the other in terms of content prediction. She even said even if you do one form should be ok.

 

[Slade]

Thanks

My test is Friday

I am not sure whether I should try one or not

Taking a test so close to your actual test date is usually not a good idea (i've been told, no personal experience). Either you do really well and you get overconfident (after a few hard questions during the actual test, you might suddenly lose that confidence => not a great feeling), or you don't do as well as you'd hope and lose confidence (not great for the actual test either).
With only today left to study (assuming you are taking the whole day tomorrow to relax), it might be better to just review FA, especially things you've had trouble memorizing.

Good luck!

 

[drosenb3]

Taking a test so close to your actual test date is usually not a good idea (i've been told, no personal experience). Either you do really well and you get overconfident (after a few hard questions during the actual test, you might suddenly lose that confidence => not a great feeling), or you don't do as well as you'd hope and lose confidence (not great for the actual test either).
With only today left to study (assuming you are taking the whole day tomorrow to relax), it might be better to just review FA, especially things you've had trouble memorizing.

Good luck!

I agree. It seems like you have little to gain from doing one and alot to lose if you worse than your other nbmes. I think I'll do my last nbme 5 days before step so that I can dedicate a day to my worst 2 or 3 subjects on that test with a day left to cram equations and CD markers and relax. Thoughts?

 

[match2011]

thanks

I just took NBME 11

560/235

will go through some weak parts tomorrow

Do I still have a chance to aim for 240?

 

[akhan283]

thats awesome, match11. i think you are so close, that 240 is totally within reach if u spend the next day hitting your worst subject. you see people scoring a few above their predicted often. good luck man.

how did you like 11? in comparison to the others (ie 6 and 7) that is, do you recommend it or what?
nbme is getting all my damn money

 

[match2011]

Thanks

a little bit harder than nbme7

thats awesome, match11. i think you are so close, that 240 is totally within reach if u spend the next day hitting your worst subject. you see people scoring a few above their predicted often. good luck man.

how did you like 11? in comparison to the others (ie 6 and 7) that is, do you recommend it or what?
nbme is getting all my damn money

 

[warriordoc911]

Ok guys,
now i know why they skipped 8, 9 and 10. They actually deleted 1, 2 and 4 so technically we have 6 forms for evaluation. they did this to reflect the expected changes in mid May.

 

[themule]

Ok guys,
now i know why they skipped 8, 9 and 10. They actually deleted 1, 2 and 4 so technically we have 6 forms for evaluation. they did this to reflect the expected changes in mid May.

What are those changes?

 

[akhan283]

What are those changes?

more immuno I think. there is a recent thread about it on here, maybe back a page.

SOOO if im taking my test on the 19th... i don't know if i should even bother with this one.

i made a half assed attempt at 7 today, and boy did my half assiness show- 216 🙁

should i fork over the 60 bux?

Match11- could you feel more immunology on that test?

 

[hyrule]

more immuno I think. there is a recent thread about it on here, maybe back a page.

SOOO if im taking my test on the 19th... i don't know if i should even bother with this one.

i made a half assed attempt at 7 today, and boy did my half assiness show- 216 🙁

should i fork over the 60 bux?

Match11- could you feel more immunology on that test?

if you're not happy with what you're scoring... taking another test is a waste of 4-5 hours of possible studying time, where you can hit weak areas

 

[warriordoc911]

basically they are splitting subjects to create their own category like immune system, splitting MSK and Skin.....etc. Visit usmle.org and click on expected changes link. They wont be changing the concepts and what we are expected to know for this exam.

What are those changes?

 

[ar2388]

akhan, may 19 or april 19 is your test day?

 

[akhan283]

akhan, may 19 or april 19 is your test day?

sorry, april 19.

hyrule that is an excellent point.
but by looking at my incorrect answers on feedback forms, it seems that I am making tons of 'stupid' mistakes (ie, not reading the questions correctly, etc).. i think that test anxiety is getting the best of me and causing me to freak out and not think properly. because looking back, in my incorrects, about half of them I blatantly just don't know well enough to answer quickly, while the other half are all 'omg, why did i miss that... it makes perfect sense now that im not racing against the clock'. i can literally feel the anxiety take over, and i will just stare blankly at the screen and read the question 2-3 times before it sinks in. there were 2 questions that i actually selected the WRONG answer by mistake after having decided on the right one. my problem on nbme 7 was pure lack of focus because i had somewhere to be like 10 minutes after i was due to finish. bad timing to take a test on my part 👎

im not sure if that means i need to study harder and learn material better so that the answers are just second nature, or if that means i need to work on focusing better while taking the nbme.

when I do timed random blocks i usually get 70% +. the nbme's just make me freak out and make me (more) stupid. im at a loss for what to do.

i was originally hoping for a 230+ but reality has set in and now im just hoping to scrape a 220. i really dont want to have to postpone because i want to get this DONE and out of the way while im back home in atl over spring break.

neuro has consistantly been my ****test subject. so I am GTing that as we speak.

help me? 11/12 or no? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 🙂

 

[Tally]

Are we allowed to take screen shots of the questions? I don't really see the difference between this and writing down every question if you do it on the extended time version.

 

[512TA]

sorry, april 19.

hyrule that is an excellent point.
but by looking at my incorrect answers on feedback forms, it seems that I am making tons of 'stupid' mistakes (ie, not reading the questions correctly, etc).. i think that test anxiety is getting the best of me and causing me to freak out and not think properly. because looking back, in my incorrects, about half of them I blatantly just don't know well enough to answer quickly, while the other half are all 'omg, why did i miss that... it makes perfect sense now that im not racing against the clock'. i can literally feel the anxiety take over, and i will just stare blankly at the screen and read the question 2-3 times before it sinks in. there were 2 questions that i actually selected the WRONG answer by mistake after having decided on the right one. my problem on nbme 7 was pure lack of focus because i had somewhere to be like 10 minutes after i was due to finish. bad timing to take a test on my part 👎

im not sure if that means i need to study harder and learn material better so that the answers are just second nature, or if that means i need to work on focusing better while taking the nbme.

when I do timed random blocks i usually get 70% +. the nbme's just make me freak out and make me (more) stupid. im at a loss for what to do.

i was originally hoping for a 230+ but reality has set in and now im just hoping to scrape a 220. i really dont want to have to postpone because i want to get this DONE and out of the way while im back home in atl over spring break.

neuro has consistantly been my ****test subject. so I am GTing that as we speak.

help me? 11/12 or no? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 🙂

i feel the dame while doing nbme. i generally happen to miss over 10 to 15 doable questions due to anxiety..
exam is on 26th april