Sorry I'm just blabbing!!!! But my main points are, get your foundations right - the real step 1 questions are NOTHING LIKE what my NBMEs were like. Maybe it is the user interface of NBME practice exams which made me feel so uncomfrotable and confused, or maybe it's the weird nervousness I had when I took them before my exam- I scored really realy really low on these NBME (12, 11, 7) around 200 and 210. This was ONE WEEK before the exam. Guys, do not take the NBME too late. I guess people who know how to study for this test would all tell you that these are used to identify your weakest performance areas & not really to get used to the test interface / experience what the test is like A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE EXAM! I had a mental breakdown a few days before my exam because of these NBMEs. You can totally ace the exam without having taken the NBME.
