Step 1 questions

[JollyMD24]

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For those who took the exam, what percentage of the questions did you feel you got right, and how did this correlate with your score?

 

[Instatewaiter]

Personally I felt I had no idea coming out of the exam. I was pretty sure I didnt fail, but beyond that I wasnt too sure.

I did feel that the exam was easier than I expected- it was almost anti-climactic. When I say that I mean that for almost every question I had a reason why I put the answer I did. I didnt know if it was right but I knew I went through a series of logical eliminations and came up with an answer. Often in UWorld I was just flat out guessing. It turned out fine for me and correlated pretty well with the last NBME-derived exam I took.

 

[docmd2010]

I marked on average 14 questions per block. of course it varied meaning I marked 20 questions in some blocks and 7 to 8 questions in others. I usually mark questions when I'm not entirely sure if my answer is correct. so therefore I felt confident on roughly 70 percent of the questions on average in each block. my score was 238 so if u are trying to achieve an sdn score than set your standards higher. best of luck to you.

 

[GMDMD]

It's really a function of your expectations. If you look at all of the people posting before the first round of scores came out, everyone who was gunning for that 260+ score was depressed and angry and swearing they would be happy with a 235. People who were doing just above average left the test thinking they did great. Most of the whiners who were worried all ended up getting 250+ scores in the end.

Just remember that if you've put in the hard work they can't take your knowledge away from you. No matter how you feel leaving the test your score will tend to reflect that in the end.

 

[njbmd]

For those who took the exam, what percentage of the questions did you feel you got right, and how did this correlate with your score?

I came out of the exam, praying I didn't fail. I had no idea of how many questions I got right or wrong and was somewhat depressed. There was loads of angst and buildup to the exam and now I was done and unsure. I drowned my depression in a couple of rounds of beer with my friends and waited for the scores.

In my case, my dean of education at my medical school got my score before I did. She told me to sit outside her office while she looked up my score. It didn't help that I had seen one of the top students in my class bawling because she had failed Step I (one of two people who failed that year). I was really spooked.

When the dean handed me my score, I was totally shocked. I know that I had tears running down my face because I had done very well. Moral of the story: don't go near your dean of students around the time Step I scores are coming in and don't try to predict what your score will be once you take the test. You do your best and the score will fall where it will fall.

The person who failed that test had predicted that she had aced it. I just hoped for the best and there it was. Test postmortems just make you crazy and won't change anything. Just stay away from your school and wait for that paper in the mail. That PASS looks pretty good and it's better to see it in the privacy of your home.

 

[JeffLebowski]

I came out of the exam, praying I didn't fail. I had no idea of how many questions I got right or wrong and was somewhat depressed. There was loads of angst and buildup to the exam and now I was done and unsure. I drowned my depression in a couple of rounds of beer with my friends and waited for the scores.

In my case, my dean of education at my medical school got my score before I did. She told me to sit outside her office while she looked up my score. It didn't help that I had seen one of the top students in my class bawling because she had failed Step I (one of two people who failed that year). I was really spooked.

When the dean handed me my score, I was totally shocked. I know that I had tears running down my face because I had done very well. Moral of the story: don't go near your dean of students around the time Step I scores are coming in and don't try to predict what your score will be once you take the test. You do your best and the score will fall where it will fall.

The person who failed that test had predicted that she had aced it. I just hoped for the best and there it was. Test postmortems just make you crazy and won't change anything. Just stay away from your school and wait for that paper in the mail. That PASS looks pretty good and it's better to see it in the privacy of your home.

Good advice. Couldn't have said it better.

 

[UditNarayan]

i wonder...since scores are now released online with no more snail mail, do we get the scores at the same time our school does? in the past, when there was no online score checking for students, the school would get it on the wednesday and our personal score reports would be mailed via snail mail i think...

 

[Amy B]

I didnt keep track of any of the questions. Coming out, my mind was a blur and I couldnt even remember any of the questions to look up at home.😱

 

[McMD]

I walked out thinking "ok, that wasn't so bad"...I wasn't sure how I did, I just felt that I had done my best and that I probably did "average." Over the next 3-4 days, my opinion deteriorated as I was remembering questions from my test, looking up the answers, and realizing I had gotten almost everyone wrong!!!!...so then I was worried that maybe I hadn't even passed. I ended up doing well and "well above average"...so the moral of the story is there is really no way to tell how you did, you do your best on every question and at the end of the day, just realized that you tried your hardest no matter what the outcome.

And yes, as much as I wanted a top score while I was studying, when I got back my score report and saw that "Pass" before I could scroll down to my actual score, it felt pretty damn good!