passing biochem shelf

[rhiannon777]

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We took the biochem shelf today. I've done fine on all of our class exams so far, but I walked out of the shelf feeling like I knew about ten questions out of 130. I don't need to ace it, but I do need to get the 15th percentile or whatever is passing this year. How hard is it to pass?

 

[leodavis]

did you use any review books? brs biochem was pretty good, as were lippincott's and the Pretest Biochem. based on my school, if you were able to get ~50-60% of the Pretest q's correct, you could comfortably pass (and probably do pretty well on) the shelf. good luck. 👍

 

[rhiannon777]

We only had a couple days to study for it and our biochem instructor advised us to study our notes instead of the review books, so I foolishly took his advice.

 

[Droopy Snoopy]

We only had a couple days to study for it and our biochem instructor advised us to study our notes instead of the review books, so I foolishly took his advice.

I think everyone walks out of these things feeling this way. I know I always do, but I've never failed one if that makes you feel better. Step I is the same way. BTW, is that 15% what your school told you? Because the national board fail rate isn't anywhere near that high (it's more like <2.5% or 2 sd's below the mean). My M1 class had 2/110 fail the thing, and those two were already failing the class anyway.

 

[leodavis]

I think rhiannon meant in order to pass, they need to score in at least the 15th percentile of the nation.