Let's start this to help everyone out! For those who have taken it, any tips or advice on what you used and worked? If you don't mind, please post your scores and how long you studied for.
can you post the link where I can find COMBANK self-assessment? I can't seem to find it on their site. thanks!Has anyone done a Combank assessment and if so how was it? Did it over inflate your score?
Any info would Be greatly appreciated!
That's why my goal has always been aim for 250 on usmle (high scores on UWSAs) to get a 700 comlex. Basically just throwing in 2 days of OMM studying.Repeat after me: "There is no good way to predict Comlex scores" . Anyone making comlex style banks has yet to make a UWSA type test that accurately predicts your score. Everything is +/- 100 points.... that's not that accurate
can you post the link where I can find COMBANK self-assessment? I can't seem to find it on their site. thanks!
thank you!It was purchased for us by the school but I bet you could email them and find a way to buy it directly.
Take away: UWSA to COMLEX 2 translates bimodally. Don’t be good enough to hit 252 or be way good to get above 252.Omg guys, the best practice exams you can do to gauge where yourself at are Uworld assessments. There are only 10% of OMM on COMLEX 2 per NBOME official website. I've seen other students taken the COMSAEs +/- Combank +/- Comquest assessments. The questions are either too short when the real things have long a** vignettes or are too easy, but they are just r*tarded like the real thing.
I'll leave a few numbers here. The point is if you score 240+, you'll be in a very good shape.
UWSA 2 - 243, COMLEX 2 - 600+
UWSA 2 - 245, COMLEX 2 - 650+
UWSA 2 - 252, COMLEX 2 - 600+
UWSA 2 - 255, COMLEX 2 - 700+
UWSA 2 - 264, COMLEX 2 - 700+
Take away: UWSA to COMLEX 2 translates bimodally. Don’t be good enough to hit 252 or be way good to get above 252.
Edit: in all seriousness, I actually disagree with this interpretation. This looks closer to how things translated for my friends and me on Step/Level 1. Given the passing score for Step 2 is 209 and the mean last year was 242 (while COMLEX remain the same: pass is 400 and mean is 520 for both), I'd imagine it looks more like:
UWSA 2 - 240-250, COMLEX 2 - 550-700
UWSA 2 - 250-260, COMLEX 2 - 650-750
UWSA 2 - >260, COMLEX 2 - 700+
Roughly something like that, given that there are still plenty of people who do really well on USMLE and then something about the COMLEX's wonderfully written questions that gets em. I sit for Step 2 next week so this is just my speculative 2 cents.
Well this is gonna be a hell of a time to try to top my level 1 score if im barely hitting 240s on my practice exams for step 2
they are recalculating it for this past year so the new percentiles and all that should come out soon since the test changes on the 18thOur level one scores for 2019 are hyperinflated due to NBOME screwing up how they curved it, it seems. I doubt they're doing the same for Level 2. Going to be hard for a lot of people to top their Level 1 score.
250 on Step 2 is barely a 240 on Step 1. Plenty of people in the 235-245 range on Step 1 got 600-650 on Level 1 and that was WITH the inflated scores last year. I wouldn't call my range ridiculous or impossible.There's zero way someone is getting up to 250 and only landing a 550 on Level 2. That range is ridiculous.
by letting your osteopathic instincts guide you, remember to treat the patient as a whole.... and if the osteopathy does not flow through your veins you can substitute with this (case 18 is wrong though)How do we prep for this medical legal Mumbo jumbo?
Took the exam yesterday and wanted to briefly describe my experience:.
I've got 5 days left. Would you recommend I continue with UWorld or do some COMBANK? Is one pass through Savarese enough?
Took it today. 4-5 biostat questions. Tons of OB. Tons of Peds. The OMM was all set up viscerosomatics and chapman points were useless. Lots of MSK. Lots of ethics. Uworld x2 didn't prepare me for that. My timing was garbage because the stems were enormous.Anyone want to chime in that took it this week after the change? People have said there has been a lot of MSK with innervations/nerve/specific anatomy type stuff. Any truth to this? I take it tomorrow, but none of that **** was in any of the qBanks.
Took it today. 4-5 biostat questions. Tons of OB. Tons of Peds. The OMM was all set up viscerosomatics and chapman points were useless. Lots of MSK. Lots of ethics. Uworld x2 didn't prepare me for that. My timing was garbage because the stems were enormous.
Expecting a 100 point drop from level at the very least.
What do you recommend using to study for the OMM set up stuff? Savarese doesn't do the best job of it. Would you recommend doing Combank instead of Uworld for the last few days then?
Is it worth going through Sketchy one last time? did they throw in a whole lot of Step 1 stuff to make going through First aid worth it?That's tough because the explanations in combank are so bad. I would recommend knowing the steps of the main treatments and just trying to apply it to whatever they present you with.
Took it today. 4-5 biostat questions. Tons of OB. Tons of Peds. The OMM was all set up viscerosomatics and chapman points were useless. Lots of MSK. Lots of ethics. Uworld x2 didn't prepare me for that. My timing was garbage because the stems were enormous.
Expecting a 100 point drop from level at the very least.
That's tough because the explanations in combank are so bad. I would recommend knowing the steps of the main treatments and just trying to apply it to whatever they present you with.
did you feel similarly walking out of level 1?697 level 1
Took it today. 4-5 biostat questions. Tons of OB. Tons of Peds. The OMM was all set up viscerosomatics and chapman points were useless. Lots of MSK. Lots of ethics. Uworld x2 didn't prepare me for that. My timing was garbage because the stems were enormous.
Expecting a 100 point drop from level at the very least.
I agree. I did Uworld x2, both of the UW assessments, 2 NBME's, already took step 2 and got 250+, and with all of this felt very unprepared for comlex level II. The questions were very long, vague, and did not seem to test high yield principles at all. I too am expecting a drop from level I--which for reference was ~650.
I took Level 2 yesterday and echo a lot of what was said above. I think I spent more time writing comments on the horrible questions than I did actually engaging my brain on anything medical. It really felt like studying was a big waste of time. My average second pass UWorld was 89% and I was feeling pretty confident going into this test, but it maybe helped with up to 10% of the questions. Things you can do to prepare.
- Once-through of sketchy will give you a fighting chance on ID. I had questions on the most random bugs (leptospira, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia, Q fever, Rickettsia was a favorite too)
- Definitely know how to set up Still and BLT, and make sure you have sacrum down. Sacrum was the easiest points out there on my test.
- A fresh brain and a good night’s sleep will help you so much more on this than any last minute studying will. If you think “oh I can’t remember [insert some high yield topic]” and feel like you need to look it up quick or you’ll freak out, absolutely don’t worry about it because it won’t be tested.
- If you’re spiritual, or even if you’re not, definitely find the closest church/synagogue/mosque and ask the congregation to pray for you.
I took Level 2 yesterday and echo a lot of what was said above. I think I spent more time writing comments on the horrible questions than I did actually engaging my brain on anything medical. It really felt like studying was a big waste of time. My average second pass UWorld was 89% and I was feeling pretty confident going into this test, but it maybe helped with up to 10% of the questions. Things you can do to prepare.
So a lot of peds, ob/gyn, msk, ethics, random set up for OMM and sacrum, no viscerosomatics and chapmans. It's the exact opposite of my strengths. Were the stems really long? How did you have time to write comments on the questions? I've always wanted to but I run out of time. Would you recommend doing a qbank the last few days or just reviewing something like Secrets or MTB or OME
Guys for COMLEX 2 CE . ..did you end up memorizing all of the counterstrain points and the chapman tender points in the green book? Cause, in the book .. .. they give you like a "short version" in the chapters . ..and then they give you the whole thing/diagram/chart, in the appendix of the book.
Also which is more important . . finishing the COMBANK OMT questions or reading the entire green book?
Yeah dude I hear you my second pass was 89% too and had <250 on my UWSA's and felt like it was pretty ****ing difficult.I took Level 2 yesterday and echo a lot of what was said above. I think I spent more time writing comments on the horrible questions than I did actually engaging my brain on anything medical. It really felt like studying was a big waste of time. My average second pass UWorld was 89% and I was feeling pretty confident going into this test, but it maybe helped with up to 10% of the questions. Things you can do to prepare.
- Once-through of sketchy will give you a fighting chance on ID. I had questions on the most random bugs (leptospira, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia, Q fever, Rickettsia was a favorite too)
- Definitely know how to set up Still and BLT, and make sure you have sacrum down. Sacrum was the easiest points out there on my test.
- A fresh brain and a good night’s sleep will help you so much more on this than any last minute studying will. If you think “oh I can’t remember [insert some high yield topic]” and feel like you need to look it up quick or you’ll freak out, absolutely don’t worry about it because it won’t be tested.
- If you’re spiritual, or even if you’re not, definitely find the closest church/synagogue/mosque and ask the congregation to pray for you.
Thanks for the advice! This is very helpful. Question, how did you feel about the med ethics/jurisprudence questions? Is it worth studying?I took Level 2 yesterday and echo a lot of what was said above. I think I spent more time writing comments on the horrible questions than I did actually engaging my brain on anything medical. It really felt like studying was a big waste of time. My average second pass UWorld was 89% and I was feeling pretty confident going into this test, but it maybe helped with up to 10% of the questions. Things you can do to prepare.
- Once-through of sketchy will give you a fighting chance on ID. I had questions on the most random bugs (leptospira, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia, Q fever, Rickettsia was a favorite too)
- Definitely know how to set up Still and BLT, and make sure you have sacrum down. Sacrum was the easiest points out there on my test.
- A fresh brain and a good night’s sleep will help you so much more on this than any last minute studying will. If you think “oh I can’t remember [insert some high yield topic]” and feel like you need to look it up quick or you’ll freak out, absolutely don’t worry about it because it won’t be tested.
- If you’re spiritual, or even if you’re not, definitely find the closest church/synagogue/mosque and ask the congregation to pray for you.
Yes sir it was quite the difficult test.Anybody take the exam Friday and feel wrecked? Got a 650+ on level 1 and almost a 700 on comsae D, and I feel like I will be lucky to pass.
So this thread is definitely starting to give me heart burn. My CE is coming up in a few days. Obviously NOT asking for any specific questions but could someone who has taken it this week elaborate more on what type of low yield subjects were being asked?
I agree with @TheOne13. Stems were vague and/or seemed to lack pertinent information. Stems were either too long or too short. Felt like i was guessing on a majority of the questions. There were a couple of left field questions that I guessed blind.
OMM was relatively straightforward. Combank/comquest did a good job IMO. Had a handful of videos for OMM questions.
Ethics questions were elusive......I’m not sure how to prepare for those questions. Would brush up on some biostats, obgyn, peds, cardio. Just hoping for the best now till August!
Hope this helps those who haven’t taken the exam yet!
Or stems that just don't include a physical exam, or stems that include a physical exam in which it appears the physician looked at the patient's nails and that's itVague stems and lacking pertinent information, stems either too long or too short. Sounds a lot like the COMATs. Wonderful.