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Guys, I am not sure about the date of test is making any difference with release of results, but one thing I can say I found out that one of my junior who took exam same date at same test center found out her result at the same time. Could be purely coincidence.
Or it could be that they are releasing test results based on the test center ID ( don't know if even that exists, could be fluke).
 
There is now an error on my View Examination Results section of my personal ABIM page I think I have refreshed too many times. Lol. This sucks.
 
Been refreshing my page (still waiting for results) and just got this: Unexpected Error9992

Anyone else encountered that?
 
I got my results at 12:00 pm eastern time.

Pass!! yeah baby!

Cards fellow... didn't take it right away because of low In training exam scores. So decided to wait and take awesome review course, which really helped me be more confident. Did MKSAP once but wrote notes on all the questions and reviewed them before the test. First time pass.

Once I logged in to the website it said... join MOC.. and I was like... is that what I think it means.

thanks guys
 
Finally, I PASSED! I was one of the last in my residency to find out.

Long time lurker, but I appreciated others advice, so I'll post my story:
Background- top tier med school, solid community based IM residency with avg board pass rate (around 85-90%), ITE 70th percentile most years, Step 1 229, Step 2 250ish, Step 3 (no studying) 220ish
Passing score for ABIM 370, Avg 475, I got a 516

I did MKSAP casually through third year and had about 60% of it done (not reading, just doing questions online) by the time I graduated.
I didn't start UWorld until about 7 weeks before the test. I got through all but 100 questions of it with about 63% correct, which was 80-90th percentile
---I did all my questions as 20-60 question blocks, random categories, timed, non tutor
---I reviewed every answer (even right ones) in detail and took notes

I studied doing 40 questions a day and reviewing answers about 5 days a week, took maybe 2-4 hours per day, up until about three weeks before. Then i did 60-90 questions a day, 5-6 days a week, probably 4 hours a day.

I mixed in MKSAP reading, Board Basics, and some more MKSAP questions when I needed a break from the stress of Uworld. I think I mostly finished MKSAP questions
I didn't like Board basics because i can't learn very well just reading- I did use it for my weak spots (aka heart murmurs and GNs) to just memorize the week of my test

I took the day before the test completely off.

even though I passed comfortably, the only thing I would have changed would be to have started Uworld sooner. I would have liked to finish it a full week before my test, then have a relaxed week of high yield review (instead I had 2 days of high yield review and 100 remaining questions from Uworld)

Congrats to all who passed!
 
hobbsste said:
Finally, I PASSED! I was one of the last in my residency to find out.

Long time lurker, but I appreciated others advice, so I'll post my story:
Background- top tier med school, solid community based IM residency with avg board pass rate (around 85-90%), ITE 70th percentile most years, Step 1 229, Step 2 250ish, Step 3 (no studying) 220ish
Passing score for ABIM 370, Avg 475, I got a 516

I did MKSAP casually through third year and had about 60% of it done (not reading, just doing questions online) by the time I graduated.
I didn't start UWorld until about 7 weeks before the test. I got through all but 100 questions of it with about 63% correct, which was 80-90th percentile
---I did all my questions as 20-60 question blocks, random categories, timed, non tutor
---I reviewed every answer (even right ones) in detail and took notes

I studied doing 40 questions a day and reviewing answers about 5 days a week, took maybe 2-4 hours per day, up until about three weeks before. Then i did 60-90 questions a day, 5-6 days a week, probably 4 hours a day.

I mixed in MKSAP reading, Board Basics, and some more MKSAP questions when I needed a break from the stress of Uworld. I think I mostly finished MKSAP questions
I didn't like Board basics because i can't learn very well just reading- I did use it for my weak spots (aka heart murmurs and GNs) to just memorize the week of my test

I took the day before the test completely off.

even though I passed comfortably, the only thing I would have changed would be to have started Uworld sooner. I would have liked to finish it a full week before my test, then have a relaxed week of high yield review (instead I had 2 days of high yield review and 100 remaining questions from Uworld)

Congrats to all who passed!
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Congrats!! When did you get your email?
 
RickyJohnson said:
I got my results at 12:00 pm eastern time.

Pass!! yeah baby!

Cards fellow... didn't take it right away because of low In training exam scores. So decided to wait and take awesome review course, which really helped me be more confident. Did MKSAP once but wrote notes on all the questions and reviewed them before the test. First time pass.

Once I logged in to the website it said... join MOC.. and I was like... is that what I think it means.

thanks guys
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Congratulations
 
hobbsste said:
Sorry- I got my email at 703am PST. Took my test 8/16, west coast. Website was updated at the same time from what I can tell. though others have had lag in the website updating
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Congratulations
 
For those still waiting, have you all checked the certification status online? If it still reports "no results found", is that a bad indication? :/
 
wholewheats said:
For those still waiting, have you all checked the certification status online? If it still reports "no results found", is that a bad indication? :/
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Nope... it’s not bad at all,, as they are updating at the same time..
And who has error, it happened yesterday too..
 
buying said:
Nope... it’s not bad at all,, as they are updating at the same time..
And who has error, it happened yesterday too..
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I think I am just tired of this pressure now - but this seems so cruel - telling some, not all, waiting so long to report...
 
riverfoyle said:
I think I am just tired of this pressure now - but this seems so cruel - telling some, not all, waiting so long to report...
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Yes it's awful, cruel, ridiculous, unprofessional ....i donot what to do and expect... I am tired, frustrated and exhausted. How come it is taking one week to release results that were prepared 3 weeks ago..
 
PASSED!!!!!!!
Took it 8/16 on east coast.
Bumped my score way up from last year.
Highly recommend awesome review and Uworld question bank. I found that my score on Uworld qbank was very much reflective of my test performance.
 
Mamabear17 said:
PASSED!!!!!!!
Took it 8/16 on east coast.
Bumped my score way up from last year.
Highly recommend awesome review and Uworld question bank. I found that my score on Uworld qbank was very much reflective of my test performance.
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Congrats! When did you get score?
 
Mamabear17 said:
PASSED!!!!!!!
Took it 8/16 on east coast.
Bumped my score way up from last year.
Highly recommend awesome review and Uworld question bank. I found that my score on Uworld qbank was very much reflective of my test performance.
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Congrats!!!! What time did you get the email? And is your cert updated?
 
Hang on guys, almost there ...
Any moment now..
I was exactly in the same spot yesterday..
All of you will pass.. good luck..
 
I took the MCAT back in the day when there was a writing section that had to be graded by a reader and they still got peoples' scores back with more efficiency than this. That test did not cost me nearly as much as this test.
 
Mamabear17 said:
PASSED!!!!!!!
Took it 8/16 on east coast.
Bumped my score way up from last year.
Highly recommend awesome review and Uworld question bank. I found that my score on Uworld qbank was very much reflective of my test performance.
Click to expand...
Congrats!!!
 
Mamabear17 said:
PASSED!!!!!!!
Took it 8/16 on east coast.
Bumped my score way up from last year.
Highly recommend awesome review and Uworld question bank. I found that my score on Uworld qbank was very much reflective of my test performance.
Click to expand...
Congrats
 
Faiza123 said:
Yes it's awful, cruel, ridiculous, unprofessional ....i donot what to do and expect... I am tired, frustrated and exhausted. How come it is taking one week to release results that were prepared 3 weeks ago..
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It’s true.. all of the above is true.. agree with you.. such a hopeless situation that we can’t change anything..
And all the results are reported to be on 10/4 or 10/5
I even if they manually up load also it shouldn’t take this long..
 
Mine came back invalidated and says I must retake next year due to "abnormal test center conditions" . Did this happen to anyone else?
 
mic43 said:
Mine came back invalidated and says I must retake next year due to "abnormal test center conditions" . Did this happen to anyone else?
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What???! Did they explain further? When did you take it and where? I’m so sorry. I haven’t heard of that. You should have your program director investigate and definitely get a refund
 
lurker, thanks for everyonese words, anyone else waiting?
 
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