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Just took NBME 16, got a 215. Haven't touched UWorld yet. Reddit graphs I just posted puts that at around 242. 2019 score predictor puts me at at 240.

I'm not really sure how to feel about it. I thought it was really hard lol. Kinda nervous cause the Reddit data says 16 was the most correlated.
 
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fldoctorgirl said:
Just took NBME 16, got a 215. Haven't touched UWorld yet. Reddit graphs I just posted puts that at around 242. 2019 score predictor puts me at at 240.

I'm not really sure how to feel about it. I thought it was really hard lol. Kinda nervous cause the Reddit data says 16 was the most correlated.
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Honestly a 215 before even starting UW is pretty fire. I remember you saying you were shooting for 230+ but finishing Rx with an avg in the 70s, a 215 NBME before even starting UW and finishing all of zanki there is no way youre gonna get under a 240 lol
 
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Deecee2DO said:
Honestly a 215 before even starting UW is pretty fire. I remember you saying you were shooting for 230+ but finishing Rx with an avg in the 70s, a 215 NBME before even starting UW and finishing all of zanki there is no way youre gonna get under a 240 lol
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Thank you for saying this!

Looking through the 2019 thread has me feeling better. Just gonna keep chugging along.
 
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AnatomyGrey12 said:
UWSA 2. Unless you want to count the Free 120, then do that right before. I think I did it 3 days prior.
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You think if I have UW1, UW2, Free 120, 23, 24, 22, 21 as my practice tests throughout 6 weeks of dedicated is a good amount? Have a schedule to get through those exams and the world q bank & incorrect
 
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CyrusHabs7695 said:
You think if I have UW1, UW2, Free 120, 23, 24, 22, 21 as my practice tests throughout 6 weeks of dedicated is a good amount? Have a schedule to get through those exams and the world q bank & incorrect
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Should be plenty IMO. You cant really learn from NBMEs so dont really need to take a crap ton of them as its time you could use reviewing UW questions or some other bank that has explanations. NBME just good for seeing where ya at
 
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CyrusHabs7695 said:
You think if I have UW1, UW2, Free 120, 23, 24, 22, 21 as my practice tests throughout 6 weeks of dedicated is a good amount? Have a schedule to get through those exams and the world q bank & incorrect
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This my plan to a tee with the same length of dedicated. Going to start with UWSA1 on day 1 then do 21-24 throughout dedicated and finish with 18 two weeks out, UWSA2 one week out and the free 120 Thursday or Friday before my Monday exam. Since the NBMEs are only 200 questions, I'm going to do two timed UWorld blocks after completing them to simulate the real thing.
 
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GoCards05 said:
This my plan to a tee with the same length of dedicated. Going to start with UWSA1 on day 1 then do 21-24 throughout dedicated and finish with 18 two weeks out, UWSA2 one week out and the free 120 Thursday or Friday before my Monday exam. Since the NBMEs are only 200 questions, I'm going to do two timed UWorld blocks after completing them to simulate the real thing.
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is 18 known to be a good one to take later on?
 
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CyrusHabs7695 said:
is 18 known to be a good one to take later on?
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Apparently it has a pretty good correlation to the real thing. Initially I was going to take it as a baseline but was told to make it one of the last ones I took before the real thing along with UWSA2.
 
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CyrusHabs7695 said:
You think if I have UW1, UW2, Free 120, 23, 24, 22, 21 as my practice tests throughout 6 weeks of dedicated is a good amount? Have a schedule to get through those exams and the world q bank & incorrect
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GoCards05 said:
This my plan to a tee with the same length of dedicated. Going to start with UWSA1 on day 1 then do 21-24 throughout dedicated and finish with 18 two weeks out, UWSA2 one week out and the free 120 Thursday or Friday before my Monday exam. Since the NBMEs are only 200 questions, I'm going to do two timed UWorld blocks after completing them to simulate the real thing.
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This was pretty much my exact schedule
 
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What are yall doing to stay for during this time? So much of my clothes cant fit because all I'm doing is study and I cant lift.
 
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does anyone have a way of tracking how much anki they are doing per pomodoro tracker block? Wanna know when I'm slowing down and hate doing the math
 
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Email. Only says one of my exams was canceled. Both are (were) scheduled late June. I still appear to be confirmed on NBME and NBOME for both tests. How am I supposed to figure out what exam was canceled??

Step 1/Level 1.
 
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Cath Up said:
Email. Only says one of my exams was canceled. Both are (were) scheduled late June. I still appear to be confirmed on NBME and NBOME for both tests. How am I supposed to figure out what exam was canceled??

Step 1/Level 1.
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They sent confirmation emails when we registered. If you go to Prometric's website and select confirm appointment and input that information, it should tell you if you still have an appointment or not.
 
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Cath Up said:
Email. Only says one of my exams was canceled. Both are (were) scheduled late June. I still appear to be confirmed on NBME and NBOME for both tests. How am I supposed to figure out what exam was canceled??

Step 1/Level 1.
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I'm so sorry. Where were you scheduled?
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We should probably all adopt flodoctorgirl's new profile picture in these trying times
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It felt appropriate.
 
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My class has been a blood bath so far this morning but I still haven't heard anything from Prometric and both exams are still scheduled in my accounts. There's no way I'm that lucky right?
 
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GoCards05 said:
My class has been a blood bath so far this morning but I still haven't heard anything from Prometric and both exams are still scheduled in my accounts. There's no way I'm that lucky right?
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Same boat. I believe the percentage of my class affected by this is actually closer to 70%.... It is a nightmare.
 
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People sending spam emails while im waiting to see if my test gets cancelled


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I wish someone was tracking which sites had started canceling. I'm not testing near my school so I have no idea if my site has even canceled anyone yet. I hate this unknown.
 
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"A majority of my class and myself got the email. We were late June dates in the AL/FL area."

"Same but mid to south FL [Edit: May and June dates]"

From Reddit. I'm in South FL. Let the hunger games begin.
 
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So I guess they are cancelling all the way through late June from now, saw someone with my exact date canceled. Crazy.
 
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GoCards05 said:
They sent confirmation emails when we registered. If you go to Prometric's website and select confirm appointment and input that information, it should tell you if you still have an appointment or not.
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I've done this now, and both are still listed. Power move by prometric. Cancel one, don't tell me which, so I can't reschedule.

fldoctorgirl said:
I'm so sorry. Where were you scheduled?

It felt appropriate.
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Both tests last 10 days of June.
 
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So far people in my class seem to be having COMLEX cancelled. We were all in June in the same state and I know people testing on the same dates and at the same locations as me getting cancelled yet I haven't heard anything. There is no way I'm this lucky right????
 
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GoCards05 said:
So far people in my class seem to be having COMLEX cancelled. We were all in June in the same state and I know people testing on the same dates and at the same locations as me getting cancelled yet I haven't heard anything. There is no way I'm this lucky right????
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I trust nothing. I doubt there is coordination to this considering they can't even tell people which freaking exam they cancelled...
 
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GoCards05 said:
So far people in my class seem to be having COMLEX cancelled. We were all in June in the same state and I know people testing on the same dates and at the same locations as me getting cancelled yet I haven't heard anything. There is no way I'm this lucky right????
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It is odd..... I know someone whos USMLE was canceled and within 10 minutes they were able to reschedule, no problems. But I have not heard of this happening with anyone registered for COMLEX. Which makes it seem like Prometric is favoring Step1 takers over COMLEX takers. Maybe this is based on demand/numbers, but who knows.
 
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fldoctorgirl said:
I trust nothing. I doubt there is coordination to this considering they can't even tell people which freaking exam they cancelled...
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I'm assuming we're safe (for now) if both exams are still listed as scheduled and we haven't gotten anything from Prometric. I just have no idea if I need to be expecting another email later today or if they're done for now. What a mess.
 
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