Step I NBME 19 vs NBME 18

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Dr. HWS

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Hello everybody,

I've just done NBME 19 and I scored 255. It's 10 scores less than NBME 18 which I did two days ago.
My exam is on Wednesday.

Has anybody done NBME 19 and can tell me how close its score is to NBME 18?

Thank you!
 
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I did NBME 19, got 255. Although I got 252 on NBME 18. I thought these two were very similar.

It could also be that the scale for 19 might be adjusted, since it's a new exam. 11 incorrect on NBME 19 is a 255.
 
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Rahas said:
This definitely looks like a calibration issue to me. Difficult for me to believe 189/200 is 255. Can I ask you guys how many errors you had on nbme 18?
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I had 10 incorrect questions in nbme 18 => 265 and 8 incorrect in nbme 17 =>263

Sorry for being late, but my exam was today.
 
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Joanna1987 said:
How was it?
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A lot of easy questions, some hard questions but in general I would say UW and FA cover like 90% of the concepts in the exam. Of course you should prepare yourself to see new concepts and diseases that you've never seen before, don't panic because most of the time you can answer these questions by exclusions. Time is totally enough for the exam.
 
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Dr. HWS said:
A lot of easy questions, some hard questions but in general I would say UW and FA cover like 90% of the concepts in the exam. Of course you should prepare yourself to see new concepts and diseases that you've never seen before, don't panic because most of the time you can answer these questions by exclusions. Time is totally enough for the exam.
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Thank you!!! I appreciate it 🙂
 
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I did NBME 19, got 255. Although I got 252 on NBME 18. I thought these two were very similar.

It could also be that the scale for 19 might be adjusted, since it's a new exam. 11 incorrect on NBME 19 is a 255.
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Hey guys, I took NBME 18 last week, on Friday the 9th of June. I got a 242, with 26 incorrect questions..

I am taking NBME 19 this week on Friday the 16th.

My step 1 is June 23rd, any advice for the exam or things to do last week of? Also how did the exam compare for you guys vs. NBME 18, 19, and also UWSA2??

Thanks for your time, hope to hear from you guys soon.
 
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Dr. HWS said:
Hello everybody,

I've just done NBME 19 and I scored 255. It's 10 scores less than NBME 18 which I did two days ago.
My exam is on Wednesday.

Has anybody done NBME 19 and can tell me how close its score is to NBME 18?

Thank you!
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Hey

u reffering to the correlation score or the actual score on NBME that they give you?
 
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