USMLE Official 2018 Step 1 Experiences and Scores Thread

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bananasewq said:
Hey everyone

Not exactly sure where to post this, but I think I got between an 80-85 percent overall on step 1. Any correlates to actual score?

Thanks! Good luck everyone!
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My guess is 240-250, but that likely varies based on the difficulty of your examination. Also, you may have gotten a higher percent correct than you think. It's the questions we struggle with that we preferentially remember.

ChordaEpiphany said:
Someone in another thread linked someone from Harvard neurology (not neurosurg even) who scored a 278 and a 282 on 1/2 respectively. There was that other NSG guy who infamously got on here and proved he got 282 and 284. I probably couldn't do that with infinite study time and experience. I
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Is there any write-up for these scores? The person who is claimed to have scored a 278 is a real resident at Harvard, but I can't find any write-up of his score. I've never seen any write-up of the 282 score either. The highest score on step 1 I've seen anyone claim that they themselves scored - rather than talking about someone they know, who may be lying or may not exist - is 276. I've seen at least 5 people claim it - 2 on SDN, one on reddit and two on USMLE experiences. I suspect a 280 is around 100% correct on step 1.
 
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EbolaOnMyMind said:
NBMEs:
13: 240 (4 weeks out)
15: 242 (3 weeks out)
16: 244 (2 weeks out)
17: 259 (taken 4 days before)
19: 240 (2 weeks out)

UWorld:

UW1: 247 (5 weeks out)


I think restricting access to education to those who can afford it only serves to concentrate wealth, power and opportunity in the upper classes :shrug:
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so having a half a million dollars loan doesnt?

btw "upper class" doesnt go into medicine. just so that you know. some of the top docs become a part of upper class. most docs are upper middle class until folks trying to spread wealth come in and then they too would end up trying to make a hundred grand a year...
 
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Diphyllobothrium latum said:
The idea that a young adult with 0 income (unless you work - and having to work as a med student is also absurd) is forced to pay 6 figures for his education and ends up repaying that debt for his whole life is absurd. Why not create equal opportunities in the beginning for everyone? Those who manage to succeed financially will pay higher taxes, which in turn allow for the education to continue to be free.

Basically it's the same thing, successful financially-independent adults get to pay big money, only difference is who gets it : Repaying greedy bankers while people are left out of university completely and poor people having no insurance vs the state in the form of taxes that are spent in order to provide equal opportunities in education and health care.

Not going to post anything other related to this, since we already are offtopic. Plus they might be keeping tabs on me after what I wrote, shall I ever manage to make it to the US...After all Americans consider Bernie to be a communist.
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it is absurd to me that you decide what is right and what is wrong. you do realize that you are coming to a system that is way, way richer than yours. right? so your system failed miserably becuase of presumably smart kids like you who were brainwashed to just believe a certain political group. and this system that you so criticize is the most successful. what i said is that these abhorrent student loans grew out of proportions BECAUSE vested politicians tried to appease certain political groups who think like you. so now it is us that are left with the baggage of loans.

no politician should be deciding for the fate of the people. people are not dumb and the best regulator of what is right is the market. market always corrects itself. every dollar that is given out "free" by the government to a certain group of people would result in a rise in price for the commodities most commonly used by the segment of the population. one of the examples of this is education. soon it would make no sense whatsoever to get any for most because it would never pay off. and the same would go for med school. family medicine would not pay off a half a million dollar loan.

i am all for "creating" equal opportunities. and that is called competition. artificial equalizing would only result in more inequalities and corruption. bankers are not "greedy" as a profession. people in every profession are different and some may be more or less interested in a higher income - whatever it is. the job of a banker is to make money. dont tell me a doc who sees one patient after another doesnt care about earning more. and it should not be you who decides what is enough for who.

bernie had a lot of left-leaning thoughts that are absurd and brought up just to stir up the ultra left who favor whoever offers the most things free. USA in general is anti-socialist and years of obama rule when it became a sin to say, "Merry Christmas" didnt really change anything. also, MOST of the US population had insurance and the prob there was that 10 % didnt. if we were to close the ERs for a free visit that number would have dropped. the less lucky ones here were never known to be dying in the streets... you know? also, it would be great to keep those borders secure. although i would prefer to get rid of welfare and then to open the borders to all those that want to come in and join the free market. this is a free country. they are spying on you and that is only for security. so unfortunately folks with that kind of a sentiment are not filtered out and spread the kind of philosophy that they are actually trying to get away from.

also, you indicated in one of your texts that your parents are paying for you. so you ARE one of the middle class people in your country. because it IS normal for a lot of med students in socialist leaning countries in europe to do a part time job. there is nothing wrong with part time jobs and most of us here have been doing it regardless of our paretns' income... you know... as opposed to what you guys have been reading americans know a little bit about europe. so if you ever get to work here, hopefully you embrace the culture that made this country great in the first place.
 
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Jesus christ... all of you social justice keyboard warriors PLEASE take your guys' debates elsewhere.

Go make another thread somewhere and y'all can debate to your heart's delight.

Either you put your scores down and what you thought of the test and any advice or stfu and get outtaaa hereeeee.

Thank you.

<3
 
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Oh, the score returns are wonky now, right? Any idea when i should hear back?

But a small take..
I dont feel like FA prepared me at all for anatomy.
 
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ciestar said:
Oh, the score returns are wonky now, right? Any idea when i should hear back?

But a small take..
I dont feel like FA prepared me at all for anatomy.
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Seems like we won't hear until July 11th, as it seems no one got their scores back this week.
 
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ciestar said:
Okay, I survived. I ended up laying in bed awake until 4 am. I wasn’t happy at all.

But, i don’t think I failed and that is all I care about lol
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Hi, what were you getting on your NBMEs? I saw your post that you had a 198 at the beginning. Were your nbmes good enough to make you think youll pass? Im in a similar position but scored 180 5 weeks out
 
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Apologies for continuing the off-topic debate in the last page.

On-topic question : I am currently making my planning as I'm beginning my prep in 2 months. Total prep time is 36 weeks (taking the test as an IMG graduate). I figured that since prep duration is not a major constraint in my situation, I should do all major Qbanks (Qmax,Kaplan,Uworld) and all NBMEs, including the old ones (1-7), since I' ve seen many people saying they got actual questions in their test from these old NBMEs.

I'm having a bit of trouble organizing when should I do these old NBMEs. Should I be done with them before I start doing the newer NBMEs? And if yes, is it more beneficial early or later in my prep? Or should I be doing like 1 online NBME/week for the last few weeks and in-between an offline one?
 
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Lannister said:
Seems like we won't hear until July 11th, as it seems no one got their scores back this week.
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I did some digging and am pretty sure July 11th is the case for people who took step the week I took the it (jun 8)...because you were a week earlier than me I’d wager there’s a chance (although unlikely) that you may get yours June 27.

This wait is killing me - I was reading last years score reports yesterday and am convinced I got either a 200 or a 250 lmao
 
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The Knife & Gun Club said:
I did some digging and am pretty sure July 11th is the case for people who took step the week I took the it (jun 8)...because you were a week earlier than me I’d wager there’s a chance (although unlikely) that you may get yours June 27.

This wait is killing me - I was reading last years score reports yesterday and am convinced I got either a 200 or a 250 lmao
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This damn delay is giving me more stress than the test itself haha. If things were normal I would get my score this coming Wednesday, and the wait would have flown by so quickly. But an extra 2-3 weeks just seems crazy.
 
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dabears405 said:
Hi, what were you getting on your NBMEs? I saw your post that you had a 198 at the beginning. Were your nbmes good enough to make you think youll pass? Im in a similar position but scored 180 5 weeks out
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My 198 was before dedicated hahah
But i got a 215 on NBME 18 and a 232/230 on UWSA 1/2. I didn’t fail of the practice tests i took which is why i think i passed
 
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ciestar said:
My 198 was before dedicated hahah
But i got a 215 on NBME 18 and a 232/230 on UWSA 1/2. I didn’t fail of the practice tests i took which is why i think i passed
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What resources did you use to make that jump from 198 to 230's? Also, what was your experience of the exam and did UFAP cover most of the exam? Average student looking for some hope during this study period. Thank you!
 
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jimmyd1 said:
Took the test today. Overall thought it was pretty fair. Mine was heavy on neuro and light on pharm. Several topics that were tested on the practice nbmes popped up. I would highly suggest going over the first three of chapters of pathoma before the test. Best of luck.
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What resources did you use? Do you think UFAP covered it all? I was thinking about doing goljan but was not sure. Thank you!
 
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Step2myLou said:
What resources did you use to make that jump from 198 to 230's? Also, what was your experience of the exam and did UFAP cover most of the exam? Average student looking for some hope during this study period. Thank you!
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UFAP and Sketchy! And it absolutely did cover mostly everything. Cannot recommend uworld highly enough
 
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ciestar said:
UFAP and Sketchy! And it absolutely did cover mostly everything. Cannot recommend uworld highly enough
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Did you use sketchy for Micro and Pharm? I love the micro but am having trouble getting the pharm to stick haha. I am being realistic with my self and am aiming for a 210+ and going through resource overload crisis
 
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Step2myLou said:
Did you use sketchy for Micro and Pharm? I love the micro but am having trouble getting the pharm to stick haha. I am being realistic with my self and am aiming for a 210+ and going through resource overload crisis
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Some pharm. I found the cancer drug videos helpful and other ones i had trouble with. But for the most part, i didnt.
 
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Just took UWSA2 thoughts, predictions? and previous stats:

April NBME 15 205

April CBSE: 215

May 20 UWSA1: 241

June 15 UWSA2: 237
 
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Took the real thing Tuesday and finally have the energy to write something about it. Practice scores for context:
CBSE (2 months out) - 255
NBME 13 (6 weeks) - 244
UWSA 1 (5 weeks) - 271
NBME 17 (4 weeks) - 259
NBME 16 (3 weeks) - 269
NBME 18 (2 weeks) - 265
UWSA 2 (1 week) - 271
NBME 19 (5 days) - 273
Free 120 (3 days) - 95%

Overall my test was difficult but fair. Felt like my questions fell into four major categories. 5-10% were gimmes that required little thinking and gave a classic picture or presentation and only wanted you to name what it was. Another 40% were questions that tested basic facts but made you think through multiple layers to figure out what was being asked. 40% were questions that made you distinguish between two similar diseases without giving the one major distinction that was always provided in Q banks. The last minority were vague NBME style questions where you had to just make an educated guess and hope for the best. Overall question stems were very long and contained lots of details you didn't need.

I used B&B, Pathoma, Zanki, Sketchy and USMLErx all year along with classes and started UWorld on timed random late in our 2nd semester. Only read through FA once in the last 2 days before my test but got at 5 questions solely based on random one liners I noticed in that read through. Almost all of my questions were based on info found in one of these resources. B&B, UWorld, and Zanki were hands down the most helpful resources.

Felt OK coming out of the test but definitely made a few dumb mistakes. Goal was 270 which I think will come down to how many of my guesses were correct. Hoping to report back with some good news in a few weeks.
 
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Just took the beast today. As a very average scorer I must say I feel like I failed it. My highest NBMEs at the end was a 230 and a 234, but my first one predicated was a 205 and I feel like I did way worse than that! Also, it didn't help that my testing center was horrible, I could hear the proctors chatting the whole time and people just kept walking in and out slamming the door and some girl next to me taking the PRAXIS kept talking out loud to herself. Lost my train of thought several times, made a LOT of dumb mistakes on easy questions I should have gotten correct because I was running out of time. Overall, I was not on my A-game. My test was very pharm heavy and I struggle with pharm so that was also a bit of a let down. Lots of respiratory questions and basically the same question about ITP worded three different ways. Overall I think the questions were fair, only 2 or 3 WTF questions per block so if you were on top of it and were calm and confident you probably would do fantastic. I'm just going to go watch Handmaid's Tale in my room the rest of the night and drink a bottle of wine in sorrow. Hopefully I don't have to retake it. The wait is going to be worse than studying for the damn thing.
 
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RaginMD said:
Just took the beast today. As a very average scorer I must say I feel like I failed it. My highest NBMEs at the end was a 230 and a 234, but my first one predicated was a 205 and I feel like I did way worse than that! Also, it didn't help that my testing center was horrible, I could hear the proctors chatting the whole time and people just kept walking in and out slamming the door and some girl next to me taking the PRAXIS kept talking out loud to herself. Lost my train of thought several times, made a LOT of dumb mistakes on easy questions I should have gotten correct because I was running out of time. Overall, I was not on my A-game. My test was very pharm heavy and I struggle with pharm so that was also a bit of a let down. Lots of respiratory questions and basically the same question about ITP worded three different ways. Overall I think the questions were fair, only 2 or 3 WTF questions per block so if you were on top of it and were calm and confident you probably would do fantastic. I'm just going to go watch Handmaid's Tale in my room the rest of the night and drink a bottle of wine in sorrow. Hopefully I don't have to retake it. The wait is going to be worse than studying for the damn thing.
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If it makes you feel any better, I averaged a 252 on my NBME's and feel like I bombed it. Literally marked half of every block. I was honestly so nervous for the first couple blocks it felt like words were just going into my head without registering what I was reading. Some stems I had to re-read like 3+ times before just guessing what felt like a random answer. But hey, it's over now and just remember getting to this point to take Step 1 is an accomplishment itself! Hopefully I'll see you back here in a few weeks after we both passed!
 
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BabyShoes said:
If it makes you feel any better, I averaged a 252 on my NBME's and feel like I bombed it. Literally marked half of every block. I was honestly so nervous for the first couple blocks it felt like words were just going into my head without registering what I was reading. Some stems I had to re-read like 3+ times before just guessing what felt like a random answer. But hey, it's over now and just remember getting to this point to take Step 1 is an accomplishment itself! Hopefully I'll see you back here in a few weeks after we both passed!
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I certainly hope so! And I completely agree! After reading a really really long stem I just couldn't even process it! Then I leave the room on break and think about it for a second and realize the question really wasn't that insane. I'm positive I got like 40 questions wrong but I feel like got half the test wrong. I felt great at first because block 1 I only had like 15 questioned marked. Then second block was more, then I had 2 blocks back to back that were absolutely atrocious. At one point gave the computer the middle finger. I marked a little over half of the 4th block. All in all. It was awful. I hope I didn't fail. Not sure my heart could handle that. I got a nose bleed right after the test so I think that is a bad omen.
 
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Hey everyone!

Haven't posted on SDN in a while, but just wanted to share my progress here for anyone else struggling with dedicated right now.

NBME 15: 171 (8 weeks out)

Did not start dedicated until 4.5 weeks ago!
UWSA 1: 188 (3 weeks out)
NBME 17: 217 (2 weeks out)
UWSA 2: 243 (1 week out - today)

Comments: I freaked out when I got my 188 score on UWSA1 3 weeks out, but at that point I had only been through about half of FA. The following next week I really put in the work in finishing FA and my score jumped considerably! And then today my score jumped again, when I finished the whole of FA and UWorld, so overall it jumped 55 points from my first UWSA 1 3 weeks out!

I have one week left to study for STEP 1. Basically the plan is to go over everything in FA for a second pass and also go through all my UWorld incorrects; and supplement Pathoma/Sketchy on weak areas! Hopefully my score is around my last UWSA I took and it's not a fluke, but I would be happy with a 230+, considering three weeks out I was at a 188... lol. Hoping for the best!
 
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RaginMD said:
I certainly hope so! And I completely agree! After reading a really really long stem I just couldn't even process it! Then I leave the room on break and think about it for a second and realize the question really wasn't that insane. I'm positive I got like 40 questions wrong but I feel like got half the test wrong. I felt great at first because block 1 I only had like 15 questioned marked. Then second block was more, then I had 2 blocks back to back that were absolutely atrocious. At one point gave the computer the middle finger. I marked a little over half of the 4th block. All in all. It was awful. I hope I didn't fail. Not sure my heart could handle that. I got a nose bleed right after the test so I think that is a bad omen.
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I also average 240 on NBME...and I feel like I failed too. I took all current NBME except 16, and old ones 11 and 12. I did not feel like either Uworld Kaplan first aid or those NBME really help me to prepare for today test. Does anyone know if they just change the exam? I have very few buzzwords...and questions/answers were very vague...really did not think either Uworld or NBME were like that. Got 246 NBME 18 and 250 on NBME 19...n step were 10 times harder
 
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frenchyn said:
I also average 240 on NBME...and I feel like I failed too. I took all current NBME except 16, and old ones 11 and 12. I did not feel like either Uworld Kaplan first aid or those NBME really help me to prepare for today test. Does anyone know if they just change the exam? I have very few buzzwords...and questions/answers were very vague...really did not think either Uworld or NBME were like that. Got 246 NBME 18 and 250 on NBME 19...n step were 10 times harder
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Oh yeah there were some really vague questions imo. I had maybe 2 or 3 buzzword question. Most were just weird presentations. I had quite a few "alternate treatment, alternate management" questions. I was like, "I don't ****ing know I haven't been on a wards team yet!"
 
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RaginMD said:
Oh yeah there were some really vague questions imo. I had maybe 2 or 3 buzzword question. Most were just weird presentations. I had quite a few "alternate treatment, alternate management" questions. I was like, "I don't ****ing know I haven't been on a wards team yet!"
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We probably had the same test lol. You know when we find out exactly? I feel like I failed....even though I did not just study high yield or buzzwords...since I feel like those are very bad advices lol...real thing are so random, detail, no buzzwords, no high yield, vague...
 
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RaginMD said:
Oh yeah there were some really vague questions imo. I had maybe 2 or 3 buzzword question. Most were just weird presentations. I had quite a few "alternate treatment, alternate management" questions. I was like, "I don't ****ing know I haven't been on a wards team yet!"
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frenchyn said:
We probably had the same test lol. You know when we find out exactly? I feel like I failed....even though I did not just study high yield or buzzwords...since I feel like those are very bad advices lol...real thing are so random, detail, no buzzwords, no high yield, vague...
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Do you guys have any advice after taking the test? If you guys did have a tougher form though you'll get the curve in your favor so that's good! At least you guys are done, congrats and stay busy!
 
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I say just take more NBME...even though I did not thing real things are like Uworld or NBME. Questions are very vague as well as answers. Uworld give you more detail than you need to pick out correct answer. From my understanding is NBME is supposed to be vague also...now that I took real thing, I do not think NBME is vague at all. NBME 18 is difficult but managable. 19 is easy. Real thing is just vague....could not even narrow down two answers...plus I had issue with time too. Normally finish Uworld or NBME with 10 mins left. Sorry I do not really have good advice for you.
 
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Took the exam this past week. It went horrible. The question stems were soooo long and I marked sooo many questions. I walked out of the exam thinking I got 50-60% of the questions right. Was just hoping to pass. I'm just hoping that my exam was just a particularly tough exam and it is going to get scaled. Like I walked out just hoping to pass. Gonna be so scared to open up my score to get a low score that I feel is a lowball reflection of all the hard work I put in these past 2 years.
 
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frenchyn said:
We probably had the same test lol. You know when we find out exactly? I feel like I failed....even though I did not just study high yield or buzzwords...since I feel like those are very bad advices lol...real thing are so random, detail, no buzzwords, no high yield, vague...
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I'm sure we will probably know by mid July, late July at the latest. Lets hope other people struggled as well and we get a nice curve.

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Do you guys have any advice after taking the test? If you guys did have a tougher form though you'll get the curve in your favor so that's good! At least you guys are done, congrats and stay busy!
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Yeah.....If I could go back I would have spent more time on pharm. People told me it was low yield but that wasn't the case for me. Also, do NOT just learn buzzwords obviously. I think you should go through and try to explain what the buzzwords look like or present like..... because I had pretty much no buzzwords. It was a lot of detailed descriptions with adjectives that felt like I was doing a vocab test and needed the context clues, and I consider myself to have a decent vocabulary and I had no clue what some words meant. Um, also don't let yourself forget the "easy points" I tried to review list type stuff and I still missed a lot but I think I was able to snatch some easy points by doing chart reviews of UW and FA. Overall, be prepared to have longer questions with more detail. I have a 5 step thinking question. You had to go from disease, to drug, to side effect of the drug, to the deficiency caused by the drug, to what metabolized molecules were affected by the deficiency, and all you got was disease and description of the drug side effect.
 
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Took the exam this past week. It went horrible. The question stems were soooo long and I marked sooo many questions. I walked out of the exam thinking I got 50-60% of the questions right. Was just hoping to pass. I'm just hoping that my exam was just a particularly tough exam and it is going to get scaled. Like I walked out just hoping to pass. Gonna be so scared to open up my score to get a low score that I feel is a lowball reflection of all the hard work I put in these past 2 years.
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Same. If can we actually miss half the test and pass? If so... I hope so because I'm pretty sure I got about a 60 or less hahahaha.
 
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Is it a bad omen if you get a nosebleed before AND after your exam? I feel like its a bad omen. Or I have vWF disease now and STEP1 gave it to me. Along with a DVT and high blood pressure.
 
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kilez12 said:
Hey everyone!

Haven't posted on SDN in a while, but just wanted to share my progress here for anyone else struggling with dedicated right now.

NBME 15: 171 (8 weeks out)

Did not start dedicated until 4.5 weeks ago!
UWSA 1: 188 (3 weeks out)
NBME 17: 217 (2 weeks out)
UWSA 2: 243 (1 week out - today)

Comments: I freaked out when I got my 188 score on UWSA1 3 weeks out, but at that point I had only been through about half of FA. The following next week I really put in the work in finishing FA and my score jumped considerably! And then today my score jumped again, when I finished the whole of FA and UWorld, so overall it jumped 55 points from my first UWSA 1 3 weeks out!

I have one week left to study for STEP 1. Basically the plan is to go over everything in FA for a second pass and also go through all my UWorld incorrects; and supplement Pathoma/Sketchy on weak areas! Hopefully my score is around my last UWSA I took and it's not a fluke, but I would be happy with a 230+, considering three weeks out I was at a 188... lol. Hoping for the best!
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Crazy jump from USWA1 to uswa2! Good job. Keep it up and I think you'll got 230+ for sure!
 
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Hey guys, kinda freaking out a bit. Wanted to see your thoughts..

Prededicated 13: 225
15: 246 (6.5 weeks out)
19: 223 (5.5 weeks out)

I’m pretty livid at myself.. made 12 very obvious mistakes that should not have made on 19. Currently 80-81% uworld random timed at this point (35%).

Glaring weakness currently is biostats, will be working on it gradually. I’m doing block by block system, 80q uworld daily with going over each, skimming FA and some constanzo, and watching BB videos (1x pass during classes). Zanki all throughout MS1-2, only biochem deck left (1100 cards left).

Going to take either UW1 or 16 next Saturday..
 
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Took the exam yesterday, it was BRUTAL... I think I may have gotten one of the hardest forms...
Going in --
NBME 13 (6 weeks out): 225
NBME 17 (4 weeks out): 228
NBME 19 (3 weeks out): 252
NBME 18 (2 weeks out): 230
UWSM1 (1 week out): 258

My exam was very different from Uworld or NBMEs... I would say it's a mix of both, similar to NBME style questions/answer choices but with the length of Uworld question stems. A LOT of very low yield questions... First aid and Uworld helped very little. The question stems were insanely long with little useable information. Very different from NBMEs where about half the questions were 1 sentence long.. Every question they gave full set of vitals, useless lab values and background info. Answer choices were vague and most had to be answered by process of elimination. I don't know how it was for other people but mine was extremelyyyyy heavy in Dermatology, Micro, physiology, Biostats and Histology. Had very very low yield derm rashes and microbiology infections shown in pictures with nothing else. Weird biostats questions. A lot of charts with various unrelated electrolyte and hormone levels asking what it would be in the patients serum (elevated, decreased, or no change) type questions. You could figure most of them out but you never felt confident about your answers, and it took up a lot of time. I had no time at the end of sections to check over my answers (usually I save 5-10 minutes for that). Moral of the story is, that exam sucked. If I had to compare it to something, I would compare it to NBME 18. Try and take that one before your exam if you have the chance. I am anticipating a large curve. Was shooting for a score of 240-250, now just hoping the curve will save me.

Good luck
 
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MSU-SPARTAN-DOC said:
Took the exam yesterday, it was BRUTAL... I think I may have gotten one of the hardest forms...
Going in --
NBME 13 (6 weeks out): 225
NBME 17 (4 weeks out): 228
NBME 19 (3 weeks out): 252
NBME 18 (2 weeks out): 230
UWSM1 (1 week out): 258

My exam was very different from Uworld or NBMEs... I would say it's a mix of both, similar to NBME style questions/answer choices but with the length of Uworld question stems. A LOT of very low yield questions... First aid and Uworld helped very little. The question stems were insanely long with little useable information. Very different from NBMEs where about half the questions were 1 sentence long.. Every question they gave full set of vitals, useless lab values and background info. Answer choices were vague and most had to be answered by process of elimination. I don't know how it was for other people but mine was extremelyyyyy heavy in Dermatology, Micro, physiology, Biostats and Histology. Had very very low yield derm rashes and microbiology infections shown in pictures with nothing else. Weird biostats questions. A lot of charts with various unrelated electrolyte and hormone levels asking what it would be in the patients serum (elevated, decreased, or no change) type questions. You could figure most of them out but you never felt confident about your answers, and it took up a lot of time. I had no time at the end of sections to check over my answers (usually I save 5-10 minutes for that). Moral of the story is, that exam sucked. If I had to compare it to something, I would compare it to NBME 18. Try and take that one before your exam if you have the chance. I am anticipating a large curve. Was shooting for a score of 240-250, now just hoping the curve will save me.

Good luck
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I took it on Friday. Wonder if we got same form. I got lot of GI ( GI is normally already vague, vague GI, vague questions, vague answers lol) with good mixed of other systems, little cardio, very low yield info I don’t think I saw anywhere on first aid or Uworld or practice questions. But I feel same way. Did not think the the test was like Uworld or NBME. Took 18 and 19 NBME prior before the test, felt great. Now I feel like I failed and made some dumb mistake on the most important test of my life. I had to guess a lot and ran out of time like you too. Just gotta hope for the best now.
 
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Pepe18 said:
Many people work as hard as you and don't get 260+. I went through UWorld X2 with >85% right both times, Kaplan qbank x2, Rx X1. I didn't go out on weekends, I gave up my hobbies, studied in the summer, I woke up at 5am all of 2nd yr to pre-study for Step, I lost friendships because I was spending my time studying, ended relationships, etc. I did nothing but study and go to class and the gym. I made some stupid mistakes on my test and when you are above 245, each question wrong drops you by many points. I did not get 260.

A good friend of mine parties on weekdays and weekends, partied weekly during dedicated, had a week less of dedicated than me so he can vacation, continues to party/go on vacation during our MS3 medicine rotation (don't know how he does it when we only get 1 day off a week), and he got 262 (I saw his score report). His roommate parties as well (though he keeps it to 2 nights per week) and he got 255+. I have over a dozen friends who go out every weekend and barely study on weekends who were 250+.

My score is not because I didn't work hard enough- there are so many other factors going into it.
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**** like this makes me cringe. Hard work does not always mean success. But life is not fair. You just have to open one eye close the other and focus on yourself. And you have to give them credits. They gotta be smart to study too little and score too high or they must be very very lucky to guess that many right lol. So lucky to be born with a smart brain unlike us who work so hard for everything we gain.
 
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Just took free 120 at prometric, predictions? and previous stats, stats are kind of all over place after today

April NBME 15 205

April CBSE: 215

May 20 UWSA1: 241

June 15 UWSA2: 237

UPDATE: June 16th free 120 at prometric: 86%

going to take rest of nbmes form now till exam..hopefully with some consistency .

Game day is june 30th.
 
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