Step III Nmbe

[Tastebuds]

How important is it to take a NMBE prior to taking the test? I have 3 weeks before the exam, and I was thinking of taking the NBME exam in 1 week. But I am worried that if I dont do well, I will lose motivation to study the last 2 weeks and it will break my confidence.
So what do you guys think....did it help you guys to take it?
thanks

 

[smellies]

do it. gotta know where u stand.👍
what are u using to study?

 

[Tastebuds]

MTB and USMLE world. I also did some questions in kaplan Qbook (IM, peds, OB-GYN and neuro).
Have you taken the test yet? What resources are you/did you use?

 

[Law2Doc]

How important is it to take a NMBE prior to taking the test? ...

Most people don't.

 

[smellies]

law2doc, gives good advice. but i say take it.
if you took them for steps 1 and 2 and they approximated ur score, and helped you, take it.

i am using mtb and uw.
i did uw once already and felt that there were way too many repeats from their step2bank.
i feel mtb is weak and not comprehensive enuff.
I used the good ol' fa and uw combo for steps 1 and 2, and trusted it. and it served me well.
this time i dont trust mtb, too much errata..and uw seems random and just not enuff questions.
i miss the uw and fa combo...but i skimmed through fa for step 3 it and it seemed hella weak.
seems like i'd be better off using FA from step 2.
i just want a solid book and question bank that i can trust...thinking about getting usmlerx.
i am scared and lost.
i just wanna be confident going into this thing.🙁