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I've always wanted to start one of these...So here we go!
My stats:
M2
Test time: June 2018
Goal score: 270
My stats:
M2
Test time: June 2018
Goal score: 270
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Is spending 8 hours doing and reviewing 2 UWorld blocks too long? I feel like its taking me awhile and putting me behind on my FA/pathoma readings. What do you guys think?
thanksSlight heads up, shoot @The Knife & Gun Club a PM. S/he mentioned that to be easier
For a lot of my friends who just took step UWSA1 overpredicted by up to 19 points, their nbmes where much more accurate, btw what percentage was that 279? and what percentile does that say? trust the percentile in UWSA as in your rank among others not just the 3 digit score. because some people get a 230 and that's a 22nd percentile in UWSA1
UWSA1 was 93% correct, 99'th percentile
UWSA2 was 95% correct and also 99'th percentile
Yeah I wouldn't be suprised if UWSA1 overpredicts by even more than 20 points, but I was suprised by my UWSA2 which apparently is the best predictor.
Bro your a beast! good job, I thought it was going to be like high 80s or something, that percentile too, just take step asap.UWSA1 was 93% correct, 99'th percentile
UWSA2 was 95% correct and also 99'th percentile
Yeah I wouldn't be suprised if UWSA1 overpredicts by even more than 20 points, but I was suprised by my UWSA2 which apparently is the best predictor.
I think spending 8 hours to review 2 UW blocks is quite good! In fact, if anything, it probably means you are doing a good job reviewing the answers and I felt that was far more high yield than FA - my FA knowledge was quite "weak" in some areas (probably 10% of the book I literally never even read) and it did not hurt me on either the NBMEs or the actual test (or at very least - it was offset by knowing the UW concepts well). In the aftermath of the test, I definitely think that UW time should not be sacrificed for FA time.
Hey guys! As I'm going through first aid, I'm realizing there is certain parts that are literally just giant lists of non-intuitive things we have to know (HLA subtypes, etc.). I'm realizing that these are probably things that should be brutely memorized closer to my exam (in 4.5 weeks) as opposed to right now. What do you guys think I should add to this list of "random memorization stuff". Right now I have:
HLA subtypes
Auto-antibodies
Signaling pathways of endocrine hormones
So, just did UWSA 2 today. I went from a 251 on UWSA 1 to a 232 on UWSA 2. I'm completely bummed out now . Got a 77, 75, 70, 60. "General principles" and biochem are going to be the things that completely screw me over on the real deal. Sigh, here's hoping my NBMEs go better, but I feel like I might not even hit 240s, much less 250s.
That probably just means it's a new question and they're collecting data. I assure you that you aren't the only person in the world that missed it lol.TFW you get a question wrong that 100% of other people got correct
That probably just means it's a new question and they're collecting data. I assure you that you aren't the only person in the world that missed it lol.
I bet we had the same question. I also missed a brand new question yesterday with 100%. Please tell me it was the absurd calcification in the lung and spleen question?hahah okay this makes me feel so much better.
I bet we had the same question. I also missed a brand new question yesterday with 100%. Please tell me it was the absurd calcification in the lung and spleen question?
That's exactly what I put as well, especially since they talked about him having a kidney stone. Terrible question IMO, glad I wasn't alone on that one.Yes! I even googled it and basically what I read is that extra-pulmonary involvement is really only seen in immunocompromised individuals, and there was nothing in the question stem to suggest that.
I thought maybe it was getting at metastatic calcification due to a parathyroid adenoma.
That's exactly what I put as well, especially since they talked about him having a kidney stone. Terrible question IMO, glad I wasn't alone on that one.
Ok so I sent everyone the files that I've got, which were for form 1, 3, and 4. However the rest of the files are locked up in the file above, which I cant seem to open for the life of me. If someone could figure out how to open the file Ill just post the PDF on here.
It's something called a .one file.
Think of it like the really nerdy STEP 1 version of Excalibur...
How much time do you all spend reading FA/Pathoma in total each day?
Edit -
I'm getting really frustrated because I'm not able to honestly purely recall all of these small facts. I can perform moderately well when it comes to questions I feel like but if you asked me to just riddle on about some topic off the top of my head, I struggle with it but I'm very much able to work through a question. Any thoughts on this?
I feel the same way about being able to answer multiple choice questions, but I don't feel like I could sit here and explain everything about restrictive lung disease and how it works. Makes me a little nervous for third and fourth year.
I bet we had the same question. I also missed a brand new question yesterday with 100%. Please tell me it was the absurd calcification in the lung and spleen question?
I missed this question too. I also put adenoma. And the people I talked to at school today all missed it too. If they want fungal infection they need to say immunocompromised or somethingYes! I even googled it and basically what I read is that extra-pulmonary involvement is really only seen in immunocompromised individuals, and there was nothing in the question stem to suggest that.
I thought maybe it was getting at metastatic calcification due to a parathyroid adenoma.
I missed this question too. I also put adenoma. And the people I talked to at school today all missed it too. If they want fungal infection they need to say immunocompromised or something
Don't you go to Case? Given that Cleveland is in Ohio you might consider being tested for histo.I think maybe they were hoping that the fact that he was from Ohio would tip people off to histo.
Don't you go to Case? Given that Cleveland is in Ohio you might consider being tested for histo.
Dedicated is weird, man. I've never had any stretch previously in my life where every day was exactly the same as the day that came before it.
Also, I think I got a question that 100% of people got right. It was a pretty easy one about a person with Barrett's esophagus and what other scenario is an example of metaplasia (squamous metaplasia in the lungs of smokers). But I find it hard to believe that at least a few people wouldn't get that wrong..
I also got this question. There was another 100% question though that I did also get wrong but it wasn't this one. Might be the other one you guys are talking about.
Also I totally forgot to answer your question from the other day. I did not end up reviewing NBME 13 (I got lazy after the test...I probably should have, so I might do it a bit later) but for NBME 15 I kind of just made some flash cards of stuff I got wrong. I doubt it's very helpful because there aren't official answer explanations so I tried to pull together scraps from whatever I was able to get from the SDN threads about it. I'm probably going to do a much more detailed review of the UW self-assessments.
I have plateaued at 12 questions wrong for the last few NBME's I've taken (offline). At this point, I think the main thing holding me back is test-taking skills. For example, the breakdown of my most recent form (NBME 12) was pretty frustrating:
-7 where I truly got stumped/tricked (I'm OK with getting these wrong)
-2 recall errors
-2 where I simply misread very easy questions
-1 where I egregiously overthought a very easy question
These recall, misreading, and overthinking errors are inexcusable in my opinion. This is what separates good scores from outstanding scores. The best test-takers might not know everything, but they never miss easy points on what they DO know.
Anyone have any advice for overcoming this issue / improving my test-taking skills in general?
Dude....if you're scoring above 265 on your NBME's (including the dreaded 19...), you're good to go. Unless there's a part of you that wants to get into the 280's just for fun. Maybe move up the test a week, and just spend the week doing that last 15% a few hours a day, then relax and get your mind in the right place.Did anyone here move their exam up and later regret? I feel really burnt out (like to the point where my body freezes and stops working in like 5-6 hrs after studying) and I’m 2 weeks out and with like 15% of my UW second pass left. I’ve been scoring >265 in NBME 17,19,16 and both UWSA. Please reply if you have any thoughts I’ll be really helpful
Dedicated is weird, man. I've never had any stretch previously in my life where every day was exactly the same as the day that came before it.
Did you have a test open or was the app just open in the background?You guys...I just copied and pasted something in Anki while I had UWorld running...and IT WORKED! What kind of miracle is this??
Congrats on the score! Can you add your UW first pass % and how far out your test date was from your practice examsFinally can contribute to this thread that I've been following throughout my study period!
NBME 16: 240
NBME 17: 248
NBME 18: 250
NBME 19: 242
UWSA 1: 264
UWSA 2: 256
Real deal: 256!
Did you have a test open or was the app just open in the background?
Congrats on the score! Can you add your UW first pass % and how far out your test date was from your practice exams
Got my score today: 265!!
NBME 16 (5 weeks out) 255
NBME 15 (1 week out) 267
UWorld 1st pass on random 90%
Kaplan 87%
I only did UWorld once and had about 500 Kaplan questions left that I never finished.
Got my score today: 234
Was really hoping for a 240+, but looking at my practice tests I knew that would be a stretch. I landed just around my average of all my practice tests (if you exclude UWSA 1). Overall, I'm a little disappointed in myself, but not too down.
Here's a repost of my scores for reference:
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%
Got my score today: 241
Very happy with it considering my NBMEs!
NBME 18: 207 (5 weeks out)
NBME 16: 215 (3 weeks out)
NBME 17: 230 (1.5 weeks out)
UWorld average 70%
I relied heavily on Sketchy (Micro, Pharm, and Path <- was surprised by how helpful SketchyPath turned out to be) and FA during dedicated. I didn't use Pathoma at all during dedicated, but knew it well as I had used it to prepare for my school's 2nd year courses.