some advice and maybe even encouragment...

[golfpropsychguy]

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[superoxide]

Have you taken any of the NBME forms? I'd take one right around now and another one a week before your test date.

 

[QuinnB]

Hey golfpro, based on the fact that you failed before, I would be a little more excessive. How do you feel about your grasp of the material? If you feel it is decent, then try Qbank and UW (seriously, this sounds ridiculous, I know). Get through all of the questions and understand why you got each incorrect answer wrong. This will help to solidify things.

If you don't feel that you have a mediocre (average) grasp of the information, you should consider really hitting the books and in particular your weak points (ob?, peds?, surg?)...

NBME exams are really good, not for predicting your score like a lot of people use it for, but for identifying which particular areas you are weak in and what you need to study really hard for. This is exactly what I used them for and it kind of paid off.

 

[golfpropsychguy]

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[mpd210]

I think you have to do an nbme test and see where you stand before you take the real thing. Above all else is the importance of this test. don't try and rush it to match on time or don't blow it off. this one test is like your future (esp if you're a foreign grade like me). don't make the same mistake I did and just take it when you are 100% ready. and only know what you are 100% ready... so don't let peiople tell "just take it" "i'm sure you'll be fine if you take it" because only u know how far along you are on your studies.

 

[icare4u]

Golfpro,
you sound just like me. I was sooo hard-headed, I was determined to study, study, study, study, and by then it was too late to do questions.
If you'll do the UW questions -- make yourself do the questions -- MAKE YOURSELF -- AS MANY AS POSSIBLE -- you will learn the material and REMEMBER it. It doesn't do any good to study if you don't know how to apply it. That's how I raised my step 1 from 191 to a step 2 of 228 in 2 1/2 weeks. how much longer do you have?