Strategy for raising 190 to 220 for CK? Read more or do more questions?

[treadmass]

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Hi all, I am in a frantic dilemma here. I took NBME 7 this week and got a 190. I don't have any clerkship shelf-examination exposure since I am a foreign student. I passed Step 1 about 1.5 years ago, just a few points above passing and just got my passing step 2cs results. All I have left is Step 2CK.

I finished UW on a 1st pass on tutor-random mode and I took a UWSA on the weekend and got a 200 on that. I was using FA + Step Up Medicine for my main reference reading but thought to focus more on UW questions and answers. I thought I could read all of Step up to Medicine in a few weeks but the information was overwhelming to remember on top of UW IM points. I looked at the MTB CK book but didn't feel confident it would help me from what other members wrote here on relying on that text to pass.

My NBME score report showed everything within the below and borderline range and I am beginning to review the wrong answers I got - definitely threw me off and I'm not even sure why a lot of the answers shown as incorrect were incorrect.

Should I change up to another reading strategy or do something differently with UW? I'll take all your advice and opinions in high regards.

Hope to make a new plan in the next few days for the next 4 weeks, my exam is scheduled at the end of June right now. Thank you for all the help and opinions!

 

[treadmass]

Thought I would try asking again for some input.

 

[treadmass]

Thought I would try asking again for some input.

Trying to ask this once again. Thanks!

 

[Oblique]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...p-2-ck-experiences-and-scores-thread.1114130/

try going through here and read on what people have done to prepare for their exams.

 

[treadmass]

Thank you Oblique, I did read through some of the 2015 and even 2014, I forgot to mention it but it looks like it's the same resources I had. It has to be that I'm not using the resources properly or relying too much on UW to help guide me, I'm not sure. I repurchased UW again to do in subject tutor mode since I did it randomly in tutor the first time. A few of the experience threads said that MTB for Step 2CK is ok for some parts but not to memorize their protocols for the test day. I didn't fully get what that meant and was hesitating on trying to read that book for the entire month.

 

[Oblique]

Try to do one pass through MTB in 1 week, then restart UW again. I always try to have an organized overview of the materials before doing questions. UW questions are random and you are learning things that are all over the place.