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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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Its so funny how you think we’ll crash and burn and you’ll be the one who’ll thrive lolThis ^^. You are 100% spot on with present day medicine. One of the things I have noticed is the 3rd/4th years must retrain or redirect their learning to the more clinical and real world mindset. If they dont, they will more often then not crash and burn during rotations. Unfortunately, up until Step 1, 99% of us are trained with First Aid as the bible. That being said I am very much looking forward to clinical rotations to experience real medicine
Its so funny how you think we’ll crash and burn and you’ll be the one who’ll thrive lol
Took it yesterday. It was most like UWSA 2. Essentially it was 7 sections of uworld. plain and simple. Bunch of ethics and wtf questions and handful of biostats. I had one of the free 120's on it. When I was taking it I felt about same way I felt when I took the UWSA2. Def left points on the table which pisses me off.
Its so funny how you think we’ll crash and burn and you’ll be the one who’ll thrive lol
i did not say that, chief.
Hello. I'm a long time lurker and made a throw away account to get insight into what I should expect. My exam is on Friday and these are my practice scores
uworld average first pass 69% 2nd pass 85% (1/4 of the way through)
CBSE (9 weeks out) - 184 (before dedicated)
Free 117/120 (6 weeks out) - 78%
NBME 15 (5.5 weeks out) - 213
UWSA1 (5 weeks out) - 237
NBME 16 (4 weeks out) - 215
NBME17 (2 weeks out) - 236
UWSA2 (6 days out) - 243
NBME 18 (6 days out) - 215 (WTF)
UWSA2/NBME18 taken today one after the other for endurance
As you can see, my practice scores are all over the place. Any idea what I should expect. I'm hoping NBME 17 and UWSA2 weren't a fluke. I'm shooting for >230. Not looking likely. But I'd be happy with a 220+ since I don't want anything competitive.
Any data out there on how people felt immediately after their exam and resultant performance?
I think that’d be pretty funny/amusing.
Thank you for sharing your experience. That's really encouraging.. do you think UFAP covers most of the stuff? I'm 4 days out and feel that I'm forgetting everything. Need motivationTook step 1 yesterday, I thought it was a fair exam. Anyone else take it yesterday (22nd) wanna chime in on their thoughts of the test. I didn't think it was hard and there were no crazy questions but it wasn't easy.
Any data out there on how people felt immediately after their exam and resultant performance?
I think that’d be pretty funny/amusing.
were they in the UW?I've been searching for hours for people who felt like they failed/bombed it coming out, and ended up scoring higher than their nbmes.
Also in regard to the anatomy, I can't remember all the anatomy questions I had, but I can remember three that are not in FA.
I have not received my score yet, but I have to reiterate what others have said about the anatomy. I would say that out of the 18-20 or so anatomy/embryo questions I got, 3-5 were from UFAP, if that. There were a few that only showed up deep in BRS embryo/GA and the rest of the anatomy was understanding anatomical relationships I learned from in class and not explicitly from direct studying but rather application. I feel like anatomy is one of the subjects that they may be using to regauge the curve. Who knows?
what were your study resources for anatomy?I used FA 2017, and a good chunk of the anatomy questions I got were nowhere in that book. As in, the name of the muscles or nerves in the answer choices weren't even mentioned in FA, let alone in the context presented by the question. To be honest I'm not too upset about this fact because anatomy was always my weak spot and I kind of figured I'd take the L on it regardless of what showed up unless it was the really bread and butter stuff. The fact it was so esoteric just means most of my competition probably missed it as well, whereas if it was merely "slightly" hard I might have missed it and they might have gotten it lol.
thanks. what were your review resources (esp for anatomy)?I truly believe the USMLE is using anatomy as a way to renormalize the curve. A lot of the anatomy I got was not covered in FA/UW, I had to flat out guess on 4-5 of them because I hadn't seen some of the stuff since my first semester of M1
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Thank you for sharing your experience. That's really encouraging.. do you think UFAP covers most of the stuff? I'm 4 days out and feel that I'm forgetting everything. Need motivation
were they in the UW?
Rx?
Kaplan?
Zanki?
Every time I see people say anything along the lines of "those who feel terrible after their exam usually end up doing awesome", I get a little more anxious.
So you had 15 qs that were not in the FA/UW/Zanki?
Yea I took it yesterday as well, I agree with ya. Thought it was mostly fair. Still thought there were some ridiculously hard questions. Deff harder than UWORLD or their practice tests but I think it should be within 10 points of my uworld form 2Took step 1 yesterday, I thought it was a fair exam. Anyone else take it yesterday (22nd) wanna chime in on their thoughts of the test. I didnt think it was overbearingly difficult but it wasn't easy.
sorry, bro... but can you pls confirm the ZANKI part?Just on anatomy/embryo yes.
They aren’t impossible but I only knew most of them because of class and BRS/High Yield. Even then, some were just off the wall. They scout all of our known resources and make questions so that we all keep coming back on here saying how hard it was. Keeps us on our toes.
It’s by design.
thanksNo they were not in UW or Rx. I didn't do kaplan or zanki. I'm pretty sure they would not be in those. If you knew your hand anatomy well from class you could have gotten two of them. The third was just a straight up wtf kind of question. Like that question was a curve-breaker question that I think I got right because I chose the most likely answer. I have not studied the lymph node drainage of this particular region anywhere in class or in dedicated.
does anyone know when that cut off for delayed score releases is?
Email said May 7th through early June, no specific date for "early June".
FAdoc2020, look at this
I heard from last year they they also got the same delay in score reporting b/c of changes in test item pool, and they got it back earlier than expected. They actually got it back this upcoming week. Don't shoot me if it doesn't happen this year though. I took it in June so I'm not expecting it until July 11th or so, but if you took it in May there is a chance to get it earlier than July.
so vague. did you end up getting an email after completing the exam ?
FAdoc2020, look at this link. Step 1 – Delay in Score Reporting - ECFMG News
I heard from last year they they also got the same delay in score reporting b/c of changes in test item pool, and they got it back earlier than expected. They actually got it back this upcoming week. Don't shoot me if it doesn't happen this year though. I took it in June so I'm not expecting it until July 11th or so, but if you took it in May there is a chance to get it earlier than July.
Nah I haven't heard anything since I took the test. It's pretty frustrating tbh.
As a June 2nd test taker I'm still holding out for this Wednesday! I guess we'll find out tomorrow since permits seem to disappear on Mondays.
Nah I haven't heard anything since I took the test. It's pretty frustrating tbh.
As a June 2nd test taker I'm still holding out for this Wednesday! I guess we'll find out tomorrow since permits seem to disappear on Mondays.
you are niceFAdoc2020, look at this link.
I heard from last year they they also got the same delay in score reporting b/c of changes in test item pool, and they got it back earlier than expected. They actually got it back this upcoming week. Don't shoot me if it doesn't happen this year though. I took it in June so I'm not expecting it until July 11th or so, but if you took it in May there is a chance to get it earlier than July.
May 18th here. Nothing yet.Nah I haven't heard anything since I took the test. It's pretty frustrating tbh.
As a June 2nd test taker I'm still holding out for this Wednesday! I guess we'll find out tomorrow since permits seem to disappear on Mondays.
Many congratulations on getting great scores. It's really encouraging to read such posts...I took it Wednesday, May 9th and got my score back a few weeks ago. Everyone I know who took it the 10th or later is still waiting.
I am one of those people who felt legitimately terrible leaving the exam. I was preparing myself for a 210 and ended up with >250. All I can say is trust your practice exams and try to get some sleep the night before and you all will do fantastically. It's a beautiful feeling to move on from this thing.
I took it Wednesday, May 9th and got my score back a few weeks ago. Everyone I know who took it the 10th or later is still waiting.
I am one of those people who felt legitimately terrible leaving the exam. I was preparing myself for a 210 and ended up with >250. All I can say is trust your practice exams and try to get some sleep the night before and you all will do fantastically. It's a beautiful feeling to move on from this thing.
I took it Wednesday, May 9th and got my score back a few weeks ago. Everyone I know who took it the 10th or later is still waiting.
I am one of those people who felt legitimately terrible leaving the exam. I was preparing myself for a 210 and ended up with >250. All I can say is trust your practice exams and try to get some sleep the night before and you all will do fantastically. It's a beautiful feeling to move on from this thing.
Many congratulations on getting great scores. It's really encouraging to read such posts...
Would you mind sharing your assessment scores ,?
Can you give an estimate of what percentage of questions you think you got wrong? Congrats on the great score!
Nah I haven't heard anything since I took the test. It's pretty frustrating tbh.
As a June 2nd test taker I'm still holding out for this Wednesday! I guess we'll find out tomorrow since permits seem to disappear on Mondays.
Hey guys! Congratulations to all who have slayed this crazy monster of a test lol
I just have one question, rather stupid one I guess. Does the location at where you take the test or the months when you take it effect the score curve?
e.g when americans are taking it, I heard the curve is more generous rather than when its IMG season who tend to usually aim for higher scores. I plan on taking it in New York in a months' time. Just a random thought!
Thanks alot! Really cleared it out for me!USMLE is very tight-lipped about how they determine their curves so it's hard to say. However I believe that each question has its own curve, which is determined around now when they tweak the question pool (which is why so many of us are waiting a while for scores). Because of that, I don't think it really matters where and when you take it. It isn't like the SAT/ACT/MCAT/etc where everyone who takes it on a single day gets the same questions, everyone gets different questions from I assume a 10,000+ question pool, and each individual is scored independently based on how everyone has previously done on that question. Hopefully that answers your question!