Haha I didn't know you could get a star without any bars. Looks like you're in a good position to get an awesome score
Hot. I'm so excited to see what you get.
A solid understanding of FA and UWorld should be the focus for your study plan. UWorld is self-explanatory, but understanding FA means different things for different people. If you like DIT then by all means finish it and review your FA afterwards. I much rather preferred USMLERx as a way to revise FA. Pathoma is a great addition for understanding pathology, but I would stay away from BRS Physio unless your physio is really lacking. There's too much low yield material in there for dedicated step 1 review, but I would highly recommend it while taking physiology in medical school. That being said, some systems lend themselves easily to physio questions (ex. renal, cardio, respiratory), so if you're missing a lot of questions in these areas then you may want to reference BRS Physio as needed.
Strong performance. If I'm not mistaken (from looking over my NBME incorrects), starring a subject without a bar probably means you missed no questions in that topic. What makes this score report even better is that your pathology bar is probably a big contributor to your score, which is great because pathology is the basis for step 1. With a little touch-up for MSK you could really pull a big score in 3 weeks. I'm a little over 1 week out myself and hoping to take NBME 12 as soon as I finish UWorld so we'll see how it goes.
Good luck. You have been so helpful to us all.
Its weird though. Maybe I learned a lot in the last several weeks, but I thought uwsa1 was so hard compared to nbmes
I agree with tantacles, do as many as you can. If you're strapped for time (which I think I might be as well) then your best bet would be to focus on the more recent ones. People have commented that the current exam forms are most similar to NBME 16, but since you've done that one, consider doing NBME 13 and 15.
Did you complete your first pass of uworld?
If I were you, I would do as many nbmes as I could get my hands on. I don't think more uworld is going to help you any more after 3 passes. At this point you probably just recognize the questions. Also consider making a good pass or two through first aid.
FA repetition is the way to go. Your UWorld average is probably high because you've gone through the questions so many times already. If you've already read the explanations then I agree with everyone else and think you've gotten as much as possible from UWorld. Forget DIT, Kaplan or whatever other resource you were planning on using. You need to focus on FA. Your NBME scores will significantly improve just by reading, understanding and memorizing FA. Your goal of 220 is not unattainable and in fact I've heard of people starting at 195 and going even higher than that. Scores at this range mean you're missing gimme questions that are probably one-liners in FA. Rack up these points as much as possible and you'll hit your goal.
If you hate writing things out and making charts/diagrams then don't do it. You should work on finding study methods that work for you. Forcing yourself to do anything with step 1 lurking around the corner is a surefire way to build up stress unnecessarily; it's just counterproductive. Since finding what works best for you isn't something I can tell you how to do, the best I can do is share what worked for me. I love doing questions, so I exhausted USMLERx and I would recommend you do the same. Really read through every explanation and make sure you understand the context of what's written in FA. If you don't, then look it up. This could be as simple as Wikipedia or Google images, so no need to get fancy.
Might sound crazy, but take the day off or at least a good chunk of it. I haven't taken it yet, so take it with a grain of salt, but it seems like that's what some people recommend. It's better to lose one day, but feel refreshed and be able to hit it hard the next week up until your exam than to try to push through demotivation and get half as much work done as you would of if you were focused.What do people do when you feel burnt out, have ZERO motivation.
and just sit at your desk, starring at your computer and first aid book?
I need to be productive today.. Any recommendations?
