USMLE Official 2018 Step 1 Experiences and Scores Thread

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How often do you guys fluctuated on uworld? Tend to have a great streak of 70+ but then I hit a bump of getting below 60 and get really frustrated and start getting the easiest questions wrong.

Yep. Did a block of 40 yesterday and got 55% and felt pretty mad even though it doesn't really mean anything haha. Then today, just did a 40 question block and got an 80%, and now I feel great, even though THAT doesn't mean anything either. I feel like it can be a win-win, the blocks you do well on boost your confidence for those particular topics while the blocks where you don't do so hot are good learning opportunities.
 
Thought I would share mine since this thread really helped me during dedicated.

UWorld 1st pass: 85%
NBME 13 - 242 (7 weeks out)
NBME 15 - 248 (5 weeks out)
USWA1 - 269 (4 weeks out)
USWA2 - 256 (3 weeks out)
NBME 16 - 242 (2.5 weeks out)
NBME 17: 255 (2 weeks out)
NMBE 19: 257 (1.5 weeks out)
Free 120: 91% (1 week out)
NBME 18: 261 ( 4 days out)

Real Deal: 253


UFAPS + B&B + Zanki. Rx during MS1/MS2, UWorld during dedicated, Kaplan sprinkled around. Exam was tough, mixture of both UWorld/NBME style questions, marked ~15 each block. Good luck to everyone studying!

Congrats on the awesome score! Would you recommend watching all B&B videos? Or are there certain subjects/organ systems you think he is really good at and others not so much?
 
Thought I would share mine since this thread really helped me during dedicated.

UWorld 1st pass: 85%
NBME 13 - 242 (7 weeks out)
NBME 15 - 248 (5 weeks out)
USWA1 - 269 (4 weeks out)
USWA2 - 256 (3 weeks out)
NBME 16 - 242 (2.5 weeks out)
NBME 17: 255 (2 weeks out)
NMBE 19: 257 (1.5 weeks out)
Free 120: 91% (1 week out)
NBME 18: 261 ( 4 days out)

Real Deal: 253


UFAPS + B&B + Zanki. Rx during MS1/MS2, UWorld during dedicated, Kaplan sprinkled around. Exam was tough, mixture of both UWorld/NBME style questions, marked ~15 each block. Good luck to everyone studying!

Jealous! Any insight to what you did around 2-3 weeks out to bump up from 240s to 250s?
 
Can anyone comment on the wild variability of UWorld scores vs. NBMEs/real scores going on in this thread? I'm seeing tons of people with UWorld > 80% and NBMEs/real scores in the 230s and 240s. I started dedicated with Rx finished (82%), ~500 Qs of Kaplan (81%), and ~1000 Qs of UWorld (83%). I took NBME 16 as a baseline 6 weeks out (start of dedicated) and got a 255. Then I finished UWorld (84%) a week later and took NBME 15 and got a 250. Even the completely epic 270+ posts have UWorld in the 85-88% range for first pass. I'm honestly just a bit confused. I know it's not exact, but I'd think we'd have better than a 20 point variability in scores between people scoring the same in UWorld. Is the massive UWorld bump the Zanki effect (there are a lot of cards that give away the tricky UWorld questions)? Is the scale on NBMEs and the real deal simply way harder? Just trying to see a trend here, because in past years it seemed that finishing UWorld on first pass with 85%+ was a pretty clear sign you'd crack 260.
 
Can anyone comment on the wild variability of UWorld scores vs. NBMEs/real scores going on in this thread? I'm seeing tons of people with UWorld > 80% and NBMEs/real scores in the 230s and 240s. I started dedicated with Rx finished (82%), ~500 Qs of Kaplan (81%), and ~1000 Qs of UWorld (83%). I took NBME 16 as a baseline 6 weeks out (start of dedicated) and got a 255. Then I finished UWorld (84%) a week later and took NBME 15 and got a 250. Even the completely epic 270+ posts have UWorld in the 85-88% range for first pass. I'm honestly just a bit confused. I know it's not exact, but I'd think we'd have better than a 20 point variability in scores between people scoring the same in UWorld. Is the massive UWorld bump the Zanki effect (there are a lot of cards that give away the tricky UWorld questions)? Is the scale on NBMEs and the real deal simply way harder? Just trying to see a trend here, because in past years it seemed that finishing UWorld on first pass with 85%+ was a pretty clear sign you'd crack 260.
I've been wondering the same exact thing. It seemed like anything above 80% was exceptional on Uworld and correlated to high 250s+ before, but then I'm also seeing tons of people post this year with U-World in the 80s and step scores significantly lower and it's freaking me out.
 
Thanks guys. These past two days have now been just been ups and downs from 70 to 50 and its two days before dedicated but we finished all of our classes. Hoping I get to a steady state of at least 60+ after a week into it. First NBME tomorrow

Yep. Did a block of 40 yesterday and got 55% and felt pretty mad even though it doesn't really mean anything haha. Then today, just did a 40 question block and got an 80%, and now I feel great, even though THAT doesn't mean anything either. I feel like it can be a win-win, the blocks you do well on boost your confidence for those particular topics while the blocks where you don't do so hot are good learning opportunities.

Happens to me too. Don't think of it as "Damn I just got a 60, FML I'm going to drop out and work at McDonalds." Think of it as "Thank god I found out that I didn't know something before the real deal." Just learn from the Q and you'll do better next time.
 
Can anyone comment on the wild variability of UWorld scores vs. NBMEs/real scores going on in this thread? I'm seeing tons of people with UWorld > 80% and NBMEs/real scores in the 230s and 240s. I started dedicated with Rx finished (82%), ~500 Qs of Kaplan (81%), and ~1000 Qs of UWorld (83%). I took NBME 16 as a baseline 6 weeks out (start of dedicated) and got a 255. Then I finished UWorld (84%) a week later and took NBME 15 and got a 250. Even the completely epic 270+ posts have UWorld in the 85-88% range for first pass. I'm honestly just a bit confused. I know it's not exact, but I'd think we'd have better than a 20 point variability in scores between people scoring the same in UWorld. Is the massive UWorld bump the Zanki effect (there are a lot of cards that give away the tricky UWorld questions)? Is the scale on NBMEs and the real deal simply way harder? Just trying to see a trend here, because in past years it seemed that finishing UWorld on first pass with 85%+ was a pretty clear sign you'd crack 260.

I have kaplan 84%, Rx 83%, and Uworld 84% but my baseline NBME (13 taken at 5 weeks out, after kaplan and Rx but before Uworld) was a 232, which shocked me cause I thought, seeing everyone elses scores on here I'd have done a lot higher. I've never touched Zanki. I wonder if thats that why while going through Uworld, I would randomly miss questions that I thought were impossible and for sure would be a <30% correct type of question, only to see like 60+% of people got it correct lmao I had no idea zanki gave away Uworld answers like that cause I've never seen/touched it.
 
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I have kaplan 84%, Rx 83%, and Uworld 84% but my baseline NBME (13 taken at 5 weeks out, after kaplan and Rx but before Uworld) was a 232, which shocked me cause I thought, seeing everyone elses scores on here I'd have done a lot higher. I've never touched Zanki. I wonder if thats that why while going through Uworld, I would randomly miss questions that I thought were impossible and for sure would be a <30% correct type of question, only to see like 60+% of people got it correct lmao I had no idea zanki gave away Uworld answers like that cause I've never seen/touched it.

Seriously that's the worst, especially when they're questions with 70%-80%+ correct. I've had a few of those and it puts me in a terrible mood for the rest of the block. I'm just thinking how weird it is that I could know so much but be oblivious to some random factoid that apparently everyone else knows about.
 
Just took the test today. Pretty easy to be honest especially if you have been studying for the first 2 yrs. My only gripe is that the easy questions are way too easy, so the high scores would probably depend highly on the relatively fewer hard questions.
Wish the test was moderately difficult throughout instead of very hard and very easy questions.
Hoping mid 250s to 260 based on practice tests.

Is this for real? Do you mind sharing your prep during your first two years?
 
And then you get to an ethics question where 25% of people pick: "Yell at the resident in the hallway and physically assault them." And you're like, "How the hell does this get 25% but that other one had 2%."
legit just died reading this lmao 🤣
 
Okay I thought 12 hours too from the Q bank. But question 19 on free NBME has an ASA tox question, 3 hours after ingestion, and the answer is metabolic acidosis (dec HCO3, dec pH, dec CO2). Is there another way to tell what they're looking for on any particular question?

its frustrating to keep missing the same question when you literally have all the facts memorized correctly and just aren't sure what that particular question writer wants you to answer

I have the exact same problem regarding Aspirin toxicity concept.
Took free 120 today so I’ll share how I ended up on the right answer.
Basically while reading the qs I had completely made up my mind that this is Respiratory Alkalosis for sure. Then I got to the options and tried to find the option with pH up and the other two down. But, a twist in the story, there wasn’t any such option! So I was kind of forced to go with the option of metabolic acidosis. Even though I have no idea how exactly it can occur within 3 hours. Anyone with a nice explanation, please?

Also, does anyone have any idea what range do I expect to stand within with 78% on free 120? (For reference, NBME 17=220, NBME 19=215, both taken within the last week-10 days). Can I expect to be in 220s atleast atm?
NBME 18 still left.
 
I'll throw my hat in the ring here.
I took Step 1 this week and honestly walked out having no idea how I did. I found it extremely hard to judge simply because of how many questions there were, but also how many questions I had never ever seen before (despite doing multiple qbanks). I found the behavioral sciences questions to be ridiculously frustrating on my exam; there were multiple behavioral science questions where I couldn't even narrow it down beyond 3 final choices.
In the end I would say this, simply study as hard as you can and just go in and perform to the best of your ability. There's only so much you can do. I personally was utterly burnt out by the end of my study period and wish I had taken it sooner.
 
Congrats on the awesome score! Would you recommend watching all B&B videos? Or are there certain subjects/organ systems you think he is really good at and others not so much?
Thanks! If you are an MS1/MS2, I would watch all of the videos as a primary resource. If you are in dedicated time, I would watch only the ones that you are weak in. I thought all of his videos were great to be honest, can't think of one subject that stood out more than the other.

Jealous! Any insight to what you did around 2-3 weeks out to bump up from 240s to 250s?
UWorld. It was pretty much the only thing I did during dedicated (3 blocks/day with review) as well as anki.
 
I have kaplan 84%, Rx 83%, and Uworld 84% but my baseline NBME (13 taken at 5 weeks out, after kaplan and Rx but before Uworld) was a 232, which shocked me cause I thought, seeing everyone elses scores on here I'd have done a lot higher. I've never touched Zanki. I wonder if thats that why while going through Uworld, I would randomly miss questions that I thought were impossible and for sure would be a <30% correct type of question, only to see like 60+% of people got it correct lmao I had no idea zanki gave away Uworld answers like that cause I've never seen/touched it.
I doubt Zanki alone is raising UWorld percentages. I think at most 10% of my class uses it. That's a generous estimate. I'd guess that's a matter of "not in FA but taught at every medical school," but your lecturer happened to be awful for that subject.

I still don't get the 85% thing though. That's an incredibly high UWorld %, and everyone I know in real life with >75% is absolutely killing these NBMEs. There's the blogspot correlation table that puts 83% at a 265. Gotta say, it's weird to see this much of a change in a single year or so.
 
I doubt Zanki alone is raising UWorld percentages. I think at most 10% of my class uses it. That's a generous estimate. I'd guess that's a matter of "not in FA but taught at every medical school," but your lecturer happened to be awful for that subject.

I still don't get the 85% thing though. That's an incredibly high UWorld %, and everyone I know in real life with >75% is absolutely killing these NBMEs. There's the blogspot correlation table that puts 83% at a 265. Gotta say, it's weird to see this much of a change in a single year or so.

You poor fool...

PEOPLE LIE ALL THE TIME ON HERE!

LOL

We need to start telling people to post their score reports.

I need some damn receipts bae...
 
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You poor fool...

PEOPLE LIE ALL THE TIME ON HERE!

LOL

We need to start telling people to post their score reports.

I need some damn receipts bae...

Proof, 84% on uworld, 232 on NBME 13. NBME 13 taken right before starting uworld
 

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What is the general consensus regarding doing a full pass through first aid during dedicated? Is it worth it or am I better off doing other things with my time?
 
Call me a liar all you want. Not lying. I really did have an 84% on uworld and 232 on NBME 13.

Just so people know, I didn't post my stuff to be a pretentious person, only because "bae" implied I was lying.

I'm glad SOMEBODY has the balls to post their stuff.

AND BTW.... I wasn't referring to you homie.

Never implied you were lying. No idea where the eff you got that from.

I was trying to tell you to stop comparing yourself to the liars on this website that make up scores and obviously have geniuses like yourself doubt your capabilities.

You're doing a baller job.
 
Is this for real? Do you mind sharing your prep during your first two years?
Nothing special but I did all the q banks along with the classes especially starting 2nd year and studied in the summer after 1st year to cover all the gaps I had from first year.
Maybe it was just my test that was like that. Will post a more detailed one if I do well
 
I'm glad SOMEBODY has the balls to post their stuff.

AND BTW.... I wasn't referring to you homie.

Never implied you were lying. No idea where the eff you got that from.

I was trying to tell you to stop comparing yourself to the liars on this website that make up scores and obviously have geniuses like yourself doubt your capabilities.

You're doing a baller job.

Do people actually lie on here? I wonder what there is to possibly gain from an anonymous lie, unless it's for tutoring services maybe. A score report should be easy to fake so I doubt that would help. That's probably why they send the scores to programs directly, so we can't photoshop a digit in transit.
 
Can anyone comment on the wild variability of UWorld scores vs. NBMEs/real scores going on in this thread? I'm seeing tons of people with UWorld > 80% and NBMEs/real scores in the 230s and 240s. I started dedicated with Rx finished (82%), ~500 Qs of Kaplan (81%), and ~1000 Qs of UWorld (83%). I took NBME 16 as a baseline 6 weeks out (start of dedicated) and got a 255. Then I finished UWorld (84%) a week later and took NBME 15 and got a 250. Even the completely epic 270+ posts have UWorld in the 85-88% range for first pass. I'm honestly just a bit confused. I know it's not exact, but I'd think we'd have better than a 20 point variability in scores between people scoring the same in UWorld. Is the massive UWorld bump the Zanki effect (there are a lot of cards that give away the tricky UWorld questions)? Is the scale on NBMEs and the real deal simply way harder? Just trying to see a trend here, because in past years it seemed that finishing UWorld on first pass with 85%+ was a pretty clear sign you'd crack 260.
I was scoring anywhere from 77-90% consistently on Uworld blocks and never broke 250 on the NBMEs. I thought my exam was incredibly difficult. Like amazingly difficult. I thought Uworld was pretty easy especially compared to my real test. Bracing myself to have to choose a different career path which is going to be seriously disappointing. The variability of the real deal is astounding. My classmates who had struggled throughout first and second year felt pretty good about their tests, where as I, who had not really struggled, felt like I tanked so badly after the real deal. We all joked that they got ahold of our practice tests and that’s how they allocated the real test. Oh boy that’s going to start some wicked rumor and the USMLE Gods are going to come after me.
 
I got a 245 on UWSA 2 which was...shockingly high. I've heard on the grapevine that UWSA 2 is the best predictor but doing that well would be above and beyond my wildest dreams. I went from 230 (NBME) --> 225 (NBME 19, which has a pretty brutal curve) --> 245 (UWSA 2). So I suppose I'm in a good spot to get above 230? I'm 90% through my second pass of UWorld and have one NBME left so that's what I'll be doing in my final week, and hitting my weak spots really hard. I don't think there's much more I can do!
 
Man, every time I check this thread I feel like I'm on an emotional roller coaster. I see the people that scored around 65% on 1st pass UWorld that get lower 250s on the real deal and I feel like there's hope for me and then I see the people that get over 80% 1st pass that are in the 240s and I feel like I better go fill out an application at my local Taco Bell.

Trend currently for me with 6 weeks until Step 1:
Usmle-Rx - 100% completed, 70% overall
Kaplan - 100% completed, 68% overall
UWorld - 30% completed, 64% overall

While everyone's getting smarter, I must be getting dumber Q_Q
 
I know several people with a 1st pass percentage of 65 and a final USMLE score of 250 (I'm an IMG, so not talking about AMGs). What I've noticed on this board is that a 1st pass 65% generally triggers people into setting a 230 target. Do you plan on doing the same? Although 64% with 30% done, if you continue FA as you go through UW, I think your final %age should be over 70. I don't know how far you are from your exam, but I'd say 250 is probably possible.

I've also noticed a far more stable relationship between UWorld 1st pass %age and NBME scores in IMGs than I've been seeing for AMGs on this forum recently.
 
Man, every time I check this thread I feel like I'm on an emotional roller coaster. I see the people that scored around 65% on 1st pass UWorld that get lower 250s on the real deal and I feel like there's hope for me and then I see the people that get over 80% 1st pass that are in the 240s and I feel like I better go fill out an application at my local Taco Bell.

Trend currently for me with 6 weeks until Step 1:
Usmle-Rx - 100% completed, 70% overall
Kaplan - 100% completed, 68% overall
UWorld - 30% completed, 64% overall

While everyone's getting smarter, I must be getting dumber Q_Q
Those are good percentages! Don't worry about what others are getting. I think there is a huge difference in uworld because people use it differently. Plus, as someone mentioned before, if you didn't study as much during school you will see a very large jump in your scores during dedicated. And then there is always the fact that you might get a test that doesn't suit your strengths and then people get 240s instead of 250s (which in my mind is not something to be too upset about).
 
Man, every time I check this thread I feel like I'm on an emotional roller coaster. I see the people that scored around 65% on 1st pass UWorld that get lower 250s on the real deal and I feel like there's hope for me and then I see the people that get over 80% 1st pass that are in the 240s and I feel like I better go fill out an application at my local Taco Bell.

Trend currently for me with 6 weeks until Step 1:
Usmle-Rx - 100% completed, 70% overall
Kaplan - 100% completed, 68% overall
UWorld - 30% completed, 64% overall

While everyone's getting smarter, I must be getting dumber Q_Q
That's a good UWorld percentage. Don't let people psych you out. The UWorld questions are very involved.
 
Taking my test on Monday, and just took my last practice test yesterday so here are my scores.

CBSE 5 weeks out: 195
NBME 15 (4 weeks out): 225
NBME 16 (3 weeks out): 215 (freaked out and started studying like crazy)
NBME 17 (2 weeks out): 230
NBME 19 (13 days out): 223
UWSA 1 (taken back to back with 19): 251
NBME 18 (7 days out): 240
UWSA 2 (6 days out): 245
Free 120 (4 days out): 84%

Uworld (mostly random and timed): 73%

I'd really like to think that a 240+ is within my grasp, but I find it hard to believe that I somehow raised my score by 10 points in a week when I didn't do anything differently.

Just hoping for the best on test day! 🙂
 
I got a 245 on UWSA 2 which was...shockingly high. I've heard on the grapevine that UWSA 2 is the best predictor but doing that well would be above and beyond my wildest dreams. I went from 230 (NBME) --> 225 (NBME 19, which has a pretty brutal curve) --> 245 (UWSA 2). So I suppose I'm in a good spot to get above 230? I'm 90% through my second pass of UWorld and have one NBME left so that's what I'll be doing in my final week, and hitting my weak spots really hard. I don't think there's much more I can do!

I'll be dumbfounded if you don't score >230. Seems like you're in a great place.
 
Taking my test on Monday, and just took my last practice test yesterday so here are my scores.

CBSE 5 weeks out: 195
NBME 15 (4 weeks out): 225
NBME 16 (3 weeks out): 215 (freaked out and started studying like crazy)
NBME 17 (2 weeks out): 230
NBME 19 (13 days out): 223
UWSA 1 (taken back to back with 19): 251
NBME 18 (7 days out): 240
UWSA 2 (6 days out): 245
Free 120 (4 days out): 84%

Uworld (mostly random and timed): 73%

I'd really like to think that a 240+ is within my grasp, but I find it hard to believe that I somehow raised my score by 10 points in a week when I didn't do anything differently.

Just hoping for the best on test day! 🙂

Our stories sound similar. I have a similar UW%, similar NBME and CBSE scores, and the exact same score on UWSA1. Haven't done UWSA2 or F120 yet. I'm hoping for 250+ but I'll be happy with anything over 240. If there's any truth to the accuracy of predictors, we are both in great shape for 240+.
 
Taking my test on Monday, and just took my last practice test yesterday so here are my scores.

CBSE 5 weeks out: 195
NBME 15 (4 weeks out): 225
NBME 16 (3 weeks out): 215 (freaked out and started studying like crazy)
NBME 17 (2 weeks out): 230
NBME 19 (13 days out): 223
UWSA 1 (taken back to back with 19): 251
NBME 18 (7 days out): 240
UWSA 2 (6 days out): 245
Free 120 (4 days out): 84%

Uworld (mostly random and timed): 73%

I'd really like to think that a 240+ is within my grasp, but I find it hard to believe that I somehow raised my score by 10 points in a week when I didn't do anything differently.

Just hoping for the best on test day! 🙂
Sounds awesome. Throw out NBME 19 because it way underestimates and throw out UWSA 1 because it way overestimates. 18 and UWSA 2 are supposed to be solid estimates so I definitely think a 240 is well within your grasp!
 
I love how terrible all of the schematics on the NBMEs are. It's like, "Oh damn, we forgot to include a picture on this question. Quick, have the intern scribble a picture of a glomerulus on Microsoft paint!"
 
I love how terrible all of the schematics on the NBMEs are. It's like, "Oh damn, we forgot to include a picture on this question. Quick, have the intern scribble a picture of a glomerulus on Microsoft paint!"

Yes. Definitely feel like half the time I'm playing Pictionary and the other half of the time I'm playing Where's Waldo.
 
What is this?
since you have to keep re-typing your CIN every time you take a break, it gets frustrating. To avoid that frustration, the first type you type it in, just copy it and for the rest of the exam, you paste it into the CIN box. let me know if that needs clarification.
 
IMG, taking my test on Sunday.

NBME 13 (5/28/2017): 200 (wrong 47) --- 1/3 UWorld finished
UWSA 1 (10/15/2017): 241 (wrong 46) --- 1st pass UWorld
NBME 15 (11/19/2017): 225 (wrong 32)
NBME 16 (2/11/2018; 8 weeks out): 225 (wrong 34) --- very disappointed
UWSA 2 (2/15/2018): 249 (wrong 31)
NBME 17 (5 weeks out): 240 (wrong 21)
NBME 18 (3 weeks out): 244 (wrong 25)
NBME 19 (1 week out): 238 (wrong 20)

Free 120 (9 days out): 86% (wrong 17)

Uworld (All random and timed): 72%

Hope for the best on test day!
 
I'm about 1200 questions into Rx, exclusively doing 40 question random blocks. Does anyone else get the feeling that the algorithm they use to randomize the questions doesn't work very well? I suspiciously get the same topic clustered together on blocks... I'll have like 3 borderline personality disorder questions in a 15 question span, or 3 MEN questions, or SIADH, or something like that. Anyone else notice that as they're doing Rx??
 
When Lannister gets a higher score than you've ever obtained before her dedicated even begins
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Hahah I swear I am just getting lucky or something, I have no idea why this is happening to me. I am a very average student and I consider myself of pretty average intelligence. I guess I just did a good job of keeping up with step studying during the semester.
 
Just got my CBSE score, totally shocked (in a good way). I got a scaled score of 89 which correlates to somewhere between a 245 and a 250. Can I just take that as my real step score and be done with it??

7 weeks to go!
I was in a similar position (94) and my adviser said not to take it early- I found that I got a good amount out of dedicated but did end up taking it a couple of weeks early since I felt that I wasn't learning anything more at that point, so fwiw you might actually want to take it earlier than planned or you might feel burnt towards the end
 
I was in a similar position (94) and my adviser said not to take it early- I found that I got a good amount out of dedicated but did end up taking it a couple of weeks early since I felt that I wasn't learning anything more at that point, so fwiw you might actually want to take it earlier than planned or you might feel burnt towards the end

Yeah I am definitely worried about reaching a point where I feel like I'm loosing more information than I am learning. My dedicated isn't actually that long (I think I have 31 days exactly) because I'm actually still in class for another two and a half weeks. I think if I had 7 weeks of pure dedicated I would probably move it up, but at this point I feel like I can probably last for the full 4.5 weeks. We'll see!
 
Yeah I am definitely worried about reaching a point where I feel like I'm loosing more information than I am learning. My dedicated isn't actually that long (I think I have 31 days exactly) because I'm actually still in class for another two and a half weeks. I think if I had 7 weeks of pure dedicated I would probably move it up, but at this point I feel like I can probably last for the full 4.5 weeks. We'll see!
Actually that's like perfect and the same amount of time I ended up using
 
Hahah I swear I am just getting lucky or something, I have no idea why this is happening to me. I am a very average student and I consider myself of pretty average intelligence. I guess I just did a good job of keeping up with step studying during the semester.

Its not luck, its that you've put in the hours and its showing rewards! You've already done almost 2 full Qbanks - thats a lot of hours of practice that other people don't have. Congrats on the awesome score. You know they say most people increase 30 points from their CBSE score...
 
Its not luck, its that you've put in the hours and its showing rewards! You've already done almost 2 full Qbanks - thats a lot of hours of practice that other people don't have. Congrats on the awesome score. You know they say most people increase 30 points from their CBSE score...

Thanks 🙂 Haha I think the amount you increase from CBSE probably diminishes the higher you scored on CBSE. I would not even want a 270 on step!
 
guys. blood flow question asking the correlation with radius.

I selected an answer based on F=A*V where area is pi*r^2

so a flow dec 16 fold means a 75% reduction in r.

but it wanted me to use V=IR with V= delta P, and R= 8nl/pi*r^4

which of course gives you the answer of 50%

How do I know which one to use. Is F=AV wrong because I cannot assume constant velocity?

I know this is a dumb easy physics thing but I cannot remember for the life of me how to decide to use F=AV or V=IR.

S.O.S (should say S.T.I for save this idiot)
 
Do any of you guys have tips on how to understand Cardio better or what resources are most helpful? I did decently well on my CBSE and am pretty good on most organ systems 7 weeks out, but my performance on Cardio was so bad that the performance bar wasn't even contained completely by the line (there was an arrow on the left indicating that my score went beyond what was shown, lmao). I'm planning to watch all the Boards and Beyond videos and also read through the First Aid Organ systems book.
 
Do any of you guys have tips on how to understand Cardio better or what resources are most helpful? I did decently well on my CBSE and am pretty good on most organ systems 7 weeks out, but my performance on Cardio was so bad that the performance bar wasn't even contained completely by the line (there was an arrow on the left indicating that my score went beyond what was shown, lmao). I'm planning to watch all the Boards and Beyond videos and also read through the First Aid Organ systems book.

Cardio was also my weakest section! I think Cardio depends really heavily on physiology, which at least for me is what makes it difficult. I'm planning on watching Physeo. Normally I'm not a huge fan of Physeo but I think it might be helpful for Cardio specifically.
 
Do any of you guys have tips on how to understand Cardio better or what resources are most helpful? I did decently well on my CBSE and am pretty good on most organ systems 7 weeks out, but my performance on Cardio was so bad that the performance bar wasn't even contained completely by the line (there was an arrow on the left indicating that my score went beyond what was shown, lmao). I'm planning to watch all the Boards and Beyond videos and also read through the First Aid Organ systems book.

Trust in Dr. Ryan. Do note that doing the whole section on B&B will take quite a bit of time. Solidify your knowledge afterwards with the quizzes or with Rx/Kaplan. UWorld will be the gauntlet.
 
Trust in Dr. Ryan. Do note that doing the whole section on B&B will take quite a bit of time. Solidify your knowledge afterwards with the quizzes or with Rx/Kaplan. UWorld will be the gauntlet.

Yeah I'm really banking on his videos. Luckily I am able to watch him at about 1.5-1.75x speed so that should speed things up a bit. He's a cardiologist, right? If anything that should be helpful.

Cardio was also my weakest section! I think Cardio depends really heavily on physiology, which at least for me is what makes it difficult. I'm planning on watching Physeo. Normally I'm not a huge fan of Physeo but I think it might be helpful for Cardio specifically.

Yeah I've always had a tough time with physiology. Whenever I get pressures on pulmonary or cardiovascular physiology it always throws me for a loop because I feel like I am always missing some aspect of the content associations or leaps you are supposed to make to answer questions. I might look into Physeo too. $60 for 6 weeks sounds pretty manageable.
 
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