took step1 yesterday......

[m1forever]

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and after each block(well as each block was going) I separated questions into three categories:

-pretty sure correct(>85% chance I think I got it right)
-not sure but was able to narrow it down to two likely choices
-really no clue and had what I considered three viable choices to pick from

I had ~51% fall in the first category, 22% in the second, and 27% in the third.

What's the chance I end up taking this thing again?

 

[TxMed]

and after each block(well as each block was going) I separated questions into three categories:

-pretty sure correct(>85% chance I think I got it right)
-not sure but was able to narrow it down to two likely choices
-really no clue and had what I considered three viable choices to pick from

I had ~51% fall in the first category, 22% in the second, and 27% in the third.

What's the chance I end up taking this thing again?

well....if you add up the numbers (based on what you said) you should have gotten 51%+11%+9%=71%. i think that getting 71% of the questions right should be a passing grade...but what do i know?!?

there may not be any correlation, but based on http://www.medfriends.org/cgi-bin/step1_estimator.cgi , 71% of qbank is like a 234.

so....in closing. i have no information and only conjecture which is mostly useless. sorry.


-tm

 

[anesthesiarocks]

and after each block(well as each block was going) I separated questions into three categories:

-pretty sure correct(>85% chance I think I got it right)
-not sure but was able to narrow it down to two likely choices
-really no clue and had what I considered three viable choices to pick from

I had ~51% fall in the first category, 22% in the second, and 27% in the third.

What's the chance I end up taking this thing again?

It's going to be close........you probably need about ~67% or so to get to that 185 number, so if I were you I wouldn't take a passing score for granted. It could go either way.

 

[dr.weiner]

You have no idea what the experimental questions were, and those are typically the most impossible, so I really wouldn't worry about for now. I haven't taken it yet, but from what I've read almost everybody think they did poorly after they finish. Just try to chill out and not think about it.

 

[anesthesiarocks]

You have no idea what the experimental questions were, and those are typically the most impossible, so I really wouldn't worry about for now. I haven't taken it yet, but from what I've read almost everybody think they did poorly after they finish. Just try to chill out and not think about it.

we don't know that the experimental questions were the hardest, or that they were disproportionally missed. It's just wishful thinking.

And yeah lots of people think they "did poorly", but if they had really marked every question they thought they got right it would probably come to 65% or so. If you only know you got half the questions right, that's going to be close.

 

[TxMed]

we don't know that the experimental questions were the hardest, or that they were disproportionally missed. It's just wishful thinking.

And yeah lots of people think they "did poorly", but if they had really marked every question they thought they got right it would probably come to 65% or so. If you only know you got half the questions right, that's going to be close.

are you just trying to ruin the OP's day?



-tm

 

[anesthesiarocks]

are you just trying to ruin the OP's day?



-tm

Well I guess that all goes to what the point of the forum is. I tried to answer the question as truthfully as possible. IMO that's better than giving him an incorrect answer that made him feel better.

I do think he has an excellent chance to pass. So he can take that as praise. In fact i'd say it's 60/40 or so in favor of him passing.

But let's break the numbers down- of that 50% he knows he got right, that's probably going to be 90% correct(and thats being generous) so that comes out to 45% as the starting point. Then he'll probably get 10-12% on the maybes and 8% or so on the no clues(remember some questions have 6 or more choices). So that would put him in the mid60's......right in the toss up range.

 

[NJWxMan]

COMLEX Pass = 55-65% correct

USMLE Pass = 60-66% correct

From what I have gathered.

 

[housemd]

Your experience is very similar to most people I have heard from who have taken the test. They have said you usually know about 45-50%, can limit to about two on about 30 %, and then totally guess on the rest so try not to worry about it. You probably did better than you think; however, it is an awful feeling not knowing. We're all in the same boat though.

 

[arthrodisiac]

there is no friggen way you need 60% to pass. i did pretty good and i know for sure i did crappy...i felt like **** after every section.

 

[viostorm]

If you are a US MD and your not a complete slacker then you have like a 90%chance of passing.

I think conjecturing based on what you think you got right and wrong is ridiculous. It was a complete waste of time during the test and used brain cells you could have been using for something else ... like getting a better score.

Not only that it probably only added to your stress.

Did someone recommend this strategy?

 

[chameleonknight]

i did pretty good and i know for sure i did crappy...

I'd like to hear you expound on this.

 

[Stan Savarese]

I'm impressed you had the time to catalogue your failure so precisely. You had that much time left over between blocks?
Seriously though everytime I have thought I failed something I did really well. Dont worry about it.

 

[Psycho Doctor]

you people are totally scaring me.....

 

[fakin' the funk]

and after each block(well as each block was going) I separated questions into three categories:

-pretty sure correct(>85% chance I think I got it right)
-not sure but was able to narrow it down to two likely choices
-really no clue and had what I considered three viable choices to pick from

I had ~51% fall in the first category, 22% in the second, and 27% in the third.

What's the chance I end up taking this thing again?

Who cares, either you passed or you didn't, and worrying about it isn't going to make your score any better or worse. Wait anxiously for the score, sure, but you gotta move on until you do.

 

[cubsrule4e]

M1forever needs to use which of the following defense mechanisms?

A. Repression
B. Displacement
C. Projection
D. Suppression
E. Reaction formation

Or he could skip all that and just go drink himself into a forgetful stupor.

 

[ginger60]

Try as hard as you can to not agonize over the test. There really is no way for you to figure out your score now except to expect a score similar to any recent NBME exams that you took--I'm assuming you took at least one. Trust in that and try to have some fun until you get your scores back--you deserve it I'm sure.