NBME step 2 released items question

[dharmabum7]

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are the step 2 released items cd anything like the real exam?

 

[dharmabum7]

anyone have an opinion on this?

 

[Seaglass]

Speaking from experience, they are the same in format and difficulty level.

Casey

 

[dr dot]

How does one obtain a CD? I would like one and this is the first time I've heard of it.

 

[dharmabum7]

you can download it...from the nbme web site...i'm sorry, it used to be a cd, but now its online...if you have trouble finding it...let me know...i don't remember the link offhand...

thanks for the responses....

 

[Yosh]

Anyone know the link??

I would appreciate it...

 

[mally]

Originally posted by Yosh
Anyone know the link??

I would appreciate it...

http://www.nbme.org/programs/sas.asp

 

[Finally M3]

I thought the NMBME step 2 questions were much easier than the real thing.

The format is identical to the actual test.

 

[hamza4ever]

the nbme site gives nothing but the assesment for step 1 , there's nothing yet posted for step 2 so why we even talking about it as it refers for step 2?

i still don't understand why ppl r not correlating their scores based on the cd sent by ecfmg to the real step 2 exam?....no one has anything to say on this?
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[Yosh]

Thanks!!!

Appreciate it!!!

 

[IIIelCid]

The questions on the Step II CD are very similar to the real thing but they are significantly easier and somewhat shorter. The best example I found was the Kaplan Step II CD with a complete exam on it, Q-bank is great too but the questions are shorter. I thought the worst part of Step II was the question length. Get ready some of them are ridiculous, it was like sitting down and taking four shelf exams in a row.

 

[hamza4ever]

lol, finally someone answers.....thanks a lot.......i agree with u , it is short and today when i finally did the kaplan simulated cd for step 2 i ended up with a 70 %on the dot.........
the questions were very long and with my exam approaching on monday i thought it was ABOUT time i tried it out.......now time to check out the explanations..
thanks and later........
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[dharmabum7]

definately do the questions on the website...there are tons of repeats...i just took it yesterday...here's the link to questions download page...

http://www.usmle.org/step2/default.htm

i had no vent questions...like people say there are...i guess i lucked out....

i thought the questions very reasonable...nothing too crazy...just felt long...i used qbank, nms and mock step 2 for questions...and pretest step 2 clin vignettes a little...

just be prepared that its draining...by the end i was forgetting stuff i knew cold 🙂 timing was not too bad...46 questions each section...

good luck folks...