Took it today. Havent posted much but figured since this thread has offered me some reassurance/help/advice in the past, I'd share my experience.
Prep:
USMLE Rx (used alongside FA)
FA (3x)
Pathoma
UWorld
GT from beginning of July 2012 - March 2013 (I loved it but I'm sure you can find a dozen others that hated it)
(in order)
NBME 7: 247
NBME 15: 252
NBME 13: 257
NBME 12: 257
UWorld average: 82%
Biostats: straightforward and easy.
Bioethics: straightforward. MUCH easier than what I saw on NBMEs. I was worried about this.
Embryo: I almost want to say I had NONE, but I'm sure they were there but easy enough that I clearly don't remember anymore.
Biochem: One of my strongest subjects (majored in it) and the least representative on my test. Kind of a bummer but I'm sure this is good news for most.
Micro: Fair amount; good mix of easy, mid-difficulty, and crazy hard. I think one of the hardest questions I can think of was a Micro/biochem combo question. Weird.
Immuno: Not too bad; there were some gimme's; know your HSRs and all the different component involved in each. Also, know the presentations of the immunodeficiencies
Patholgy: As expected, this was the bulk of my test and I have two words for you: Husain Sattar. But seriously, he's a guru. I know he says "THIS IS HIGH YIELD" every third sentence, but you damn well better listen to him.
Pharm: I drilled and drilled and drilled all the side effects into my head. This was BY FAR my strongest subject. And I had maybe 10 questions total. And all the drugs were SUPER high-yield.
Cardio: They have interactive auscultations where you can move the steth around and the murmur gets louder or quieter. It was actually kinda fun. And there's no static. Thank god. You can actually distinguish S1 and S2. With that said, this had some of the hardest questions in my block. They required a lot of problem-solving and underground knowledge (ie nothing you could have prepared for).
Endocrine: The usual up/down arrow questions.
GI: Fair amount but nothing too crazy
HemOnc: cancers and cancers and cancers and I think more cancers. And then DIC. And then cancer + DIC. Think that sums it up.
Musculoskeletal: Worst subject for me. Got lucky and didnt have too many.
Neuro: I was holding my breath with each block, expecting a TON of neuro/neuroanatomy. I had a few but nothing too crazy. FA did a good job with em.
Psych: Know your time-frames for when the names of disorders change (for example: schizophreniform to schizophrenia at 6 months)
Renal: Lots of fun pictures. Fair but definitely required a good understanding of the physio.
Respiratory: Some tough ones but most were manageable.
Repro: I had a TON of these. Again, good mix of easy, mid, hard.
Post-test advice: Pathoma is by far the best resource of pathology.
Post-test advice for the day of: there will be questions where you realize you're going in circles. Hit skip and come back to it. Don't waste a whole of time on these. They're confidence downers and they'll affect the rest of your block if you let em.
When you start up your first block, don't spend more than two minutes per question. Come back later to them if you need to but keep a steady pace. I say this because your heart's going to be racing and your mind wont be as nimble as it will be later in the block. Get a good groove going.
There WILL be questions you simply don't know. Dont let em get you down. Prepare yourself for them and when they do appear, giggle at the ridiculousness of what they're asking, guess, and keep going without looking back.
I had one of these where I literally stared at the answer choices and just snickered. (they were all drugs in the same class).
Another one was asking for a muscle insertion of a muscle I haven't seen since M1 anatomy. I forget it even existed until the question popped up.
Point being, shrug these off.
Whew. That was mildly cathartic. Good luck everyone. And thank you to all those who shared their experiences in the past few weeks. They certainly helped me prepare for what was to come.
Cheers to 2013 
