Same, review takes me almost the same amount of time whether I do poorly or well. I'm trying to trust in Zanki for my content but I know there is some stuff I need to review more in-depth but I just can't find the time. Also, UWorld please stop adding new questions.
Ive been able to manage more by starting my days with anki. I do better with UWORLD when my brain is already jump-started as well. And since I am on a time crunch by the end of the day it forces me to be more efficient when reviewing questions.
I typically start with Anki and then go to UWorld, leaving like my last 30-40 minutes of Anki for the end of the day. I think I just need to wake up earlier and commit to those 12 hour days lol
Yeah Im doing a 5am to 10pm schedule with a little bit of(a lot) chill time with the SO in between. I try to stop by 8pm but haven't been able for a few days. Still struggle to finish most days, don't know where the time goes
Damn that's impressive
im just like....how???
Youre an animal bro. Strong work! What specialty? FM?
lmao I got that wrong. save me
When it comes down to it the UW% still wins on the predictor as most influential. The most drastic changes occur when you change that number. NBMEs seem to have minimal affect on the prediction its weird
Crappy part is even if youre predicted in the 250s the low end of the confidence interval ends up being in the 230s. Means that if youre predicted for 250s you could come out on a bad day with a 235 which would suck if your predicted for 250+. My goal was to have low end CI of 240 to at least guarantee a 240+ but its looking impossible
personally I am consistent, but when I do bad I do really bad. I typically get around 80%, ( I do a bunch of 5 question blocks a day, lets me review better), but occasionally Ill drop into the 60s and 40s. I found that personally it wasn't so much a subject I sucked at, but a particular organ system. I'm ass at pulm in all regards.
80s is bomb!
Good luck on the COMSAE. Personally I was super happy when I found out we don't need to get a minimum score to be allowed to sit for boards. Gonna just chill while taking it to get it out of the way, UWorld is way higher priority to me.
Oh 100% same, I just feel like I need to do some kind of practice test but I still have 3000 zanki cards to do and dont want to "waste one" of the NBMEs or Uworld full lengths
True, but it’s typically not consistently inaccurate in one direction like we’re seeing now... also, several of today’s scores were in that middle range... we’ll have to see over the next week or two if this is a trend or not. I have a nagging suspicion that with all of this extra study time during quarantine that practice scores have been inflated a bit. It would make sense if people are more prepared for it on average, leading to a harsher curve.
Dude dont scare me like this lmao
Yeah what he said. Curves are predetermined and isnt influences by this current testing year. Also I could give the counterargument that with loved ones getting sick/dying/or losing their job. Not being able to have effective breaks,workouts or go outside. People could equally do worse. Overall I imagine not much will change.
Is there somewhere on USMLE’s website that states this? that would be good news for us, if true
This is what I used to do, but I found myself second guessing to much and then letting my mood affect my testing ability. IE if I got 5 in a row wrong I would get all pissy and do poorly on the rest of the block.
I think you just need to commit to doing 40q blocks and reviewing after. I hated the idea of reviewing so I used to do tutor mode but like you said, I found it made me second guess myself a lot. If you're just doing 5q blocks you're barely giving your brain time to start working and get in the test-taking zone. It hasn't been so bad reviewing the 40 questions once I'm done.
