Hey everyone,
I've been studying for Step 1 for four months now and have not been scoring what I want to on NBME's. I'm planning on taking Step in 9 days and feel so burned out at this point that I'm not sure it would even be worth it to push my exam back. I've already pushed my exam back once. I've read through FA 4 times, done UWorld twice, done DIT twice, and have done Pathoma and SketchyMicro. I feel like I understand the concepts but for some reason, just keep doing poorly on NBME's. I'm doing better on Uworld the second time around, but it's not being reflected in NBME's. I had a major panic attack yesterday because I'm so frustrated at myself. I was hoping to do well on Step 1 as I'm an IMG. I don't know what else to do and was hoping for guidance. Here are my scores:
NBME 13 - 190
NBME 15 - 198
NBME 11 - 202
NBME 16 - 202 (taken ten days after NBME 11, with another read through of FA)
Uworld first pass: 56%
Uworld second pass: 77%
I've been studying for Step 1 for four months now and have not been scoring what I want to on NBME's. I'm planning on taking Step in 9 days and feel so burned out at this point that I'm not sure it would even be worth it to push my exam back. I've already pushed my exam back once. I've read through FA 4 times, done UWorld twice, done DIT twice, and have done Pathoma and SketchyMicro. I feel like I understand the concepts but for some reason, just keep doing poorly on NBME's. I'm doing better on Uworld the second time around, but it's not being reflected in NBME's. I had a major panic attack yesterday because I'm so frustrated at myself. I was hoping to do well on Step 1 as I'm an IMG. I don't know what else to do and was hoping for guidance. Here are my scores:
NBME 13 - 190
NBME 15 - 198
NBME 11 - 202
NBME 16 - 202 (taken ten days after NBME 11, with another read through of FA)
Uworld first pass: 56%
Uworld second pass: 77%
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