Step I step 1 vs. shelf exams?

[globallmedicine]

how do the shelf exams compare in level of difficulty with the actual step 1?

 

[pleaseletmepass]

for what it's worth, upperclassmen have been saying step 1 is "a lot easier"

 

[Pianoboe01]

I take Step 1 next week, but a friend of mine took it a couple days ago and said the questions were generally at the level of shelf exams or a bit easier.