Does anyone know how long it takes to get COMLEX scores?
Released in batches by date range. Shorter if you take at the end of a range, longer if you take it at the beginning.
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I think it's +/- 8 .
Thank you! Damn, it's like over a month.Released in batches by date range. Shorter if you take at the end of a range, longer if you take it at the beginning.
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Ahhh okay! That would make more sense.
Yeah I just wish they could find a way to make the exam better and tighten up the interval by like~ 4
I took COMLEX yesterday as well and I am glad to hear Step is fairer. I largely agree with your thoughts. Some ridiculous emphasis on certain material and under-emphasis on a lot of material, to the point where I was scoffing everytime I got certain questions.Well, I thought I’d give a comlex update after getting some lunch.
Step is definitely the fairer test, and it’s not even close. I thought step was a lot easier for two reasons - as everyone else says, the comlex questions were vague as crap, and then they also hyper-focused on a few subjects. The person who said it felt like all MSK and neuro wasn’t kidding. Anyone who solidly studies neuro and MSK and ignores everything else will score very, very well. And by studying neuro I mean more of the stuff studied in neuroanatomy than the neuro block (separate classes for me).
The survey asked if I thought it was a fair assessment of my medical knowledge and I put “disagree.” There’s just not enough of a spread - way too many repeat subjects tested for it to be a fair assessment of anyone’s overall knowledge. I easily had five or six questions on one disease alone. (fortunately I knew it well LOL)
The biostats was also about 100% worse - more questions, and more difficult than step. Went beyond the biostats reviews I looked at, for sure. I’d never even seen a bunch of those types of analysis mentioned before, and they didn’t have many obvious distractors. I think I did well enough, but I don’t really care to be honest as long as I passed. I’m really glad I felt pretty solid on the neuro questions.
That’s how I felt too, down to being concerned about the curve. We’ll see what happens! Congrats on getting it done!!!! 🙂
I'm loving AMBOSS so far. I am only doing 1-4 hammer questions though, as I've heard 5 hammer questions are often ridiculous and maybe to detail-y. They didn't even pay me for this post. But the question quality is high.
Yeah it’s a big enough variance in wait that I actually figure it into choosing my comlex test dates
Yeah its awesome! And i agree the percentiles are weird-Im in the 80%+ correct range which is the same as what im getting on UWorld currently and Amboss has me in 91st percentile....that doesnt make sense at all. Regardless its SOOOOOO much better than Kaplan omg lol wish i would have known that before I did half their bank. Kaplan is honestly garbage other than their cardio and physio
Yeah totally would've if I had known. I'm July 1st so right at the beginning of the period, it'll be like a 5 week wait.
Personally Don't drink coffee or any energy drinks and what not, but I'm def in the minority
I think it’s doable for USMLE, given you can spend your break time how you see fit. Just prepare yourself to use the restroom at the end of a single block if it comes up. COMLEX though, you start to play with fire in my opinion. It’s hard enough to wait through 1 block until you go, but two? Hah!
Oh I dont use it at all, ever. Drank coffee once as a teenager, was not a fan and havent looked back since.
Oh thats nice
Stick with whatever you normally do. I usually have a cup of coffee in the morning, so I did the same thing. Then I brought an unsweetened iced tea with me to help me get a little bit of a kick if I needed it. I wouldn't do anything more or less than what you're used to. If you normally have coffee or something and suddenly don't, your brain is gonna be lacking it.
Cheers, Im not going to invest much effort in them then. I mean I can tell you how to do most of them except for pelvis CS. These descriptions of the techniques are just so long its absurd lol
Such a garbage exam. Everyone i know that took it just says the questions are overall easier but really poorly written
I'm legit going to do the bare minimum because I'm so over it. OME vids and some COMBANK questions and that's it. Step drained me I'm so glad you didn't decide to take COMLEX first lol
Im actually taking it first haha my test got moved. I think it may work to my benefit-It will be a good practice run and Step will feel better with the breaks and with better worded questions. Im taking COMLEX on a monday and then Step that Friday. May also calm my nerves as ill get a feel for prometric and what not/wont be my first rodeo
Ahhh my bad haha! Those are good points though, it'll all be good.
I thought the first half of my COMLEX was its own beast unlike any of my resources but perhaps closer to UWorld with regards to stem length (although I though COMLEX had the longest stems of any resource I have used), but the last half was more akin to COMBANK/COMSAE with regards to length and style. I never used COMQUEST though.Hey guys! Quick question, for those who have already taken COMLEX level-1 do you think COMQUEST or COMBANK was more representative of the actual exam? I've been doing mostly COMQUEST, but just read somewhere that the new blueprint level-1 exam is more so based off of COMBANK. Now currently freaking out because my exam is in 2 weeks
It is working for me
You mean I won't ever get to demonstrate my mastery of cranial???
That was really important on my test. Also upper\lower extremity innervations for sensory/motor/reflexes.
This is wonderful lol, KCU always hammered those in
