usmle step 1 NBME 12 score: 207; 15 days left

[V14]

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I have 15 days left. My goal is 230.
I took NBME 12 today and got a score of 207. Got 49 questions wrong from 200 = 75.5%. From those 49 qs I didn't read the question stem for 10 qs due to lack of speed. I don't know if having read them would make a significant difference.

Do you guys think its still viable to get a 230 or should I postpone? If its still possible what do you guys recommend?

Appreciate your help

 

[operaman]

Unless your other NBME exams were hovering around 230, it looks like that score isn't happening anytime soon. If that is the case, I would postpone.

 

[tdram]

How long can you postpone for?

 

[V14]

about 3-4wks

 

[rodmichael82]

I have 15 days left. My goal is 230.
I took NBME 12 today and got a score of 207. Got 49 questions wrong from 200 = 75.5%. From those 49 qs I didn't read the question stem for 10 qs due to lack of speed. I don't know if having read them would make a significant difference.

Do you guys think its still viable to get a 230 or should I postpone? If its still possible what do you guys recommend?

Appreciate your help

Yes it's possible. Run through Pathoma and first aid one more time and do 60+ Uworld questions a day.

 

[latrala2300]

NBME 12 was bad for me and a lot of my friends for some reason. I received ~225 about 2 weeks before my test on it, but received 250+ on the real deal. I only took two NBMEs, for what it's worth and the other (NBME 16) was close but still underpredicted my score.

 

[Firefly90]

....

 

[Anicetus]

How are you guys taking them in random months like July or March? Doesn't MS II end around April/may and third year start in June?

 

[Psai]

How are you guys taking them in random months like July or March? Doesn't MS II end around April/may and third year start in June?

Caribs, internationals, delayed third year

 

[TheLionheart]

Caribs, internationals, delayed third year

Or differences in curriculum. 2nd year at my school ends right now, and they're testing end of February/early March.

 

[W19]

Is the average NBME score (+/- 10) representative of what one might get on the real deal?

 

[hallowmann]

Is the average NBME score (+/- 10) representative of what one might get on the real deal?

More the +/- 5 points. The newer ones are more representative from what I remember though, and honestly if they test your weaknesses it may significantly affect the accuracy of the NBME as a predictor for you.

 

[BamaNicole]

Or differences in curriculum. 2nd year at my school ends right now, and they're testing end of February/early March.

way to remind me, @TheLionheart .