That was me as well. A lot of people told me to do uworld and forget First aid. But take that with a grain of salt. YOU know what your true weaknesses are. It sounds like you had the same issue as me, it came down to just a cold hard fact. So what I did In a day was 60% UW and it’s explanations and 40% of content review in FA. I can truly say during the exam I was getting the stuff I was missing only because I did review my weaknesses on FA, cold. So with 3 weeks left, try dividing your day like that.
Thank you so much will try to do nbme 18 uwsa2 and free 120 each week and cover fa on daily basis.
Yes it is definitely possible! With the wide range in self assessment scores, you need to find out if you are having a content issue or a test taking technique issue. The earlier you find out the better position you will be for your target score!
No. I posted this in the step 2 thread.
Hey. I’ll be honest with you. My UWSA 2 predicted me within 5 and also my study buddy. I highly think 240 is difficult given you’re 5 days away but 230 might be if all goes well on exam day. Put your scores in the bigdaddyaorta predictor on reddit and see. I And many scored in our confidence intervals. My friend who got a 241 had 235+ on NBMEs and 240-245’s on UWSAs. USMLE RX predictor is useless. That’s way too big of a confidence interval to even act as an accurate predictor.
thanks so much for your insight! i am definitely going to try that predictor and weigh my options in terms of what score i am willing to settle with. Since my mistakes mainly boil down to trivial facts I am going tackle those hard this weekend. Concept understanding wise i am fairly confident in.
That was me and my study buddy. But honestly with 217s it might not be just the trivial facts. Those trivial facts might be standing out to you more than usual but I just wanted to give you an accurate expectation for what you seem to be heading to the exam with. Of course you can see if you wanna delay if you aren’t happy with these predictors or your performances on a personal level.
yes 100% agree. i am just so sick of delaying. i keep second guessing myself, this is truly my downfall. i will literally change answers to ones that make no sense after having fully explained it correctly in my head.
You sound sooo much like me lol. I feel you man. You’ll never be ready 100%. Take it when you peak in studying. Cause it’s worse to keep delaying *hoping* the scores increase. I feel you. The test was definitely the easiest and most fairest one I’ve taken. Pray you make it happen! Best of luck.
Yeah I agree with the above reply, you’re looking like you’re around the 220s on the real deal. Your UWSA2 is what worries me, it predicted me within 1 point and not hitting 230 on that indicates either big knowledge gaps or big test taking issues but before you write it off as test taking issues look at your Uworld breakdown % in each category, are there some that really low (20-30%)? focus on those areas. Did you make a spread sheet of your incorrects? You need to hammer those.
It's been taking 2-3 Wednesdays, with Friday seeming to be the cutoff. So for September 26th, you're looking at getting your score October 14th probably.
Realistically I would put you on 220-225 range
Yes, definitely not recommended in changing answers unless you're 1000% sure that the other answer is correct!
Well if a question ask what is 33+77 and you quickly answer 100, and then you come back to your senses and realize it's actually 110, Why would you leave 100 as the answer? That's why they say you have to be absolutely sure that the answer you're changing it to is the correct one.
It’s actually so funny that I’m just now seeing this because I took the exam this morning and decided to log on. These were my NBME scores too. I actually felt SO good about the exam. The questions were so straight forward to me and I was able to recognize a lot of conditions thanks to uworld. The NBME questions are SO F***IN VAGUE. These step 1 questions had like sooooo many hints besides a handful total. There were only a few questions I flagged each block. Pathoma 1-3 the day before 100000% helped. There was like a solid 10-15 questions or so on inflammation, immunodeficiency etc. my foundation helped a lot for sure. Lots of renal physio for sure and your run of the mill micro(opportunistic infxns,etc). I made sure I hammered my weak anatomy points and was able to get a few rotator cuff qs right DEFF HIGH YIELD. Maybe cus Orthos make like $188181981818 a year. Anyways, Lambert Eaton, G6PD, a couple GIT malignancies. I truly think I did great but I’ll be happy with 220-230.
The bottom line I would say is make sure you are always integrating your knowledge among different topics. Always think systemically! IMO.
What if you misread the question and realize it after reviewing your flagged questions? Happens more often than you think so I don't think this is a hard an fast rule.
