Really high jump on NBME, too good to be true?

[Re3iRtH]

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Hello guys,

I took the NBME Form 4 about 7 weeks out and scored a 213.
Today I took Form 2 (3 weeks out) and scored a 248. It is possible that
this is an accurate representation even though I have studied diligently
but still only 1-2 hours per day max. (I'm currently in the middle of my
12 week surgery rotation).
What I am asking is, can I expect a score closer to the current 248 (or higher),
or can i expect something in the 220-240 range? I have heard and Forms 2
and 4 are the most accurate.

Thanks!

 

[kapMD/PhD]

I hope so for you! Good luck!!

Sorry for the slightly off topic post - but where do you all get these NBME practice tests? are they something that you have to buy? I've just been using USMLEWORLD. Just curious - thanks.

 

[Re3iRtH]

Just search NBME practice test in google and you will find it.
NBME puts it out and it is around $45 a pop.

Anyone had an NBME that significantly overpredicted their actual score?

 

[34140]

wow, i heard that 4 is tough, and 2 is most like the exam. id say youre probably looking for something in the middle, maybe you just had a GREAT day.

Hopefully you'll see it on the real test day too!

 

[Sislo]

wow, i heard that 4 is tough, and 2 is most like the exam. id say youre probably looking for something in the middle, maybe you just had a GREAT day.

Hopefully you'll see it on the real test day too!

I took form 2 two weeks before the real exam and got 231 and ended up with 236 on the real thing

 

[34140]

I took form 2 two weeks before the real exam and got 231 and ended up with 236 on the real thing

i pray that its like that for me too.

 

[Re3iRtH]

Any utility in me taking another NBME before test day (July 3), or can
I just get away with taking the UW Self-Assesment like a week before?
If I took another NBME which would you guys recommend?

 

[kemper6036]

whatever you're doing, it sounds like its working. good luck on the real deal

 

[Re3iRtH]

I think I will just not do the UW SA due to the several posts of it
underpredicting on here. I have a voucher for a free NBME that i was
going to take 1 week before my test. Would you folks recommend
Form 1 or 3?

 

[clement]

So what's the consensus? IS 4 supposed to be the harder of the step 2 nbme forms?

 

[34140]

i just took the exams and did nbme 4 and 2. id say the real test was a mixture of both. the more difficult questions were more like 4 and the "normal" ones were like 2, but neither of those tests prepared me for the lenght of questions on the real exam.

 

[clement]

i just took the exams and did nbme 4 and 2. id say the real test was a mixture of both. the more difficult questions were more like 4 and the "normal" ones were like 2, but neither of those tests prepared me for the lenght of questions on the real exam.

oh just peachy keen.
my problem with 4 was timing... and i thought the second block was the hardest.

 

[radiodoc99]

Compare it with UWorld, USMLERx or Kaplan. Great job either way. Keep reading and doing questions. No real way of predicting score. You dont want to jinx the real exam