So I just took the prometric exam practice step 1. I got an 89%. What does that correlate to?
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not sure but can you say something about the experience? not going to have time for a practice run but i'm wondering how similar the format is to the NBME's that we take online. what did you gain from doing this practice sesh?
I thought it was a good experience. As long as you don't take the free usmle practice exam online you should get a good estimate of your overall knowledge. As a side note, does anyone know where I can obtain the answers to the free online practice test? I want to see the explanations to the answers, as many of them are similar to the prometric practice test.
Prometric Practice test is online @: http://www.usmle.org/pdfs/step-1/2012content_step1.pdf No explanations, just answers.
ok...but do you think it was helpful to do it from a logistical standpoint? do you think one will perform better because of having experienced the testing center once before?
I think so. I am more familiar with the whole routine, where the bathrooms are, what food to take, etc. Doing the prometric practice exam can only help. I won't hurt you!
Can anyone comment on the score? Is it possible to get a 240 with this practice score of 89%?
Probably best to take NBME exam. The practice test is easier than NBME, which is easier than real test according to the Step 1 Experience thread. Good luck.
I agree. Definitely take an NBME.
The score estimator for the free 150 is at this website
http://www.medfriends.org/step1_estimator/
Most believe that it overestimates vastly. I would tend to agree. It puts a 93% at 266 +/-11. It's not a very strong assessment tool.
Where are the bathrooms? can you tell me so that I won't waste time trying to find them? on the right or on the left? How much do they cost?
I agree. I thought Free 150 was easy, but not as "mindblowingly easy" as others say. I thought it was pretty much the same as all the other NBMEs (and my % was the same as I got on NBMEs as well). I think people are comparing it to UW, in which case it is soooo much easier than UW
It wasn't all in my head. I hadn't read anything about the free 150 before I took them. I got 91% and thought they were ridiculously easy, and came here to read what other people said because I was shocked by how easy they were.
By comparison, I got a 240 on NBME 11 but only a 238 on UWSA 1 and a 219! on UWSA 2. So yes, I would say the free 150 are much easier.
Hey, my exam is tomorrow and I have scored a 89% on free 150. My last NBME 13 was 224 almost 3 weeks out. Should I expect to break a 230 with that? Any thoughts.
