USMLE World Scores and Step II Scores

[lmh14]

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Probably been discussed before, but can't find a recent thread....

I'm just curious about what scores people were getting on USMLE World, and then how you ended up doing on Step 2.

All you have to do is post two numbers...... 🙂

Thanks folks, and good luck with everything!!

 

[MDF1]

Step 1: 246/99
Step 2 CK: 261/99

UW Avg: 68.8% about 90% completed 46q unused blocks, but i repeated a couple subjects that i was weak on according to the breakdown.

Thanks for all the great posts, they were very helpful. I owe much of my success to the advice on this board. Thought id add my experience since i did so well. Studied for 1 month avg of 10-12 hrs a day with frequent breaks and one weekend night each week i would go relax or drinking or both.

Mainly started my day reading a subject from Crush, followed by the same subject in Kaplan, then i may or may not have done questions from the pretest series on the subject, then again the same subject would be repeated in either washington manual or another source like the blueprints series (ob/gyn and peds) just before bed. Usually did at least one UW block each day and reviewing all the answers and taking notes on them. My strategy was repetition within subjects so that when i finished that day, i had covered each subject at least 3 times. I am the kind of person that can read a chapter from something and barely retain any of it so i think this helped me alot. I selectively read First Aid as well. Towards the end i did a few blocks of Kaplan Qbook after some ppl on this board recommended it but it was much easier than the real exam.

Day before the test i was relaxing going thru my notes and got a call at noon that my test center would be closed the following day and i would need to reschedule. Real shady deal and the lady lied to me telling me that it was not due to "hurricane" ernesto and in fact it was, claiming the closure was due to "administrative reasons". I think its cuz it they didnt want to stay late that day. So after sifting thru the automated phone service at prometric for nearly an hour i got a person who rescheduled me for the following day, Sept 1st accross the state of FL in Coral Springs. Nice.

Test day started off horrible, I had bought some groceries for test day and left for the test center without them, then after stopping to buy new groceries i arrived at the test center and forgot my glasses(didnt really need them tho).

The test itself was about the hardest test i have ever taken. Step 1 was fine, i felt relatively well prepared and was comfortable leaving the test center. Step 2CK was very difficult, and i left the test center wanting to kill myself. The first four blocks i was thinking were unusually difficult and i was hoping for easier blocks for the last four, but the last four were even worse. I had no trouble finishing the blocks but had no time usually to check any answers. My exam was heavy on ID and Respiratory, which were 2 of my weakest on UW. And i wouldnt use that as what to study as there is different weighting of subjects from test to test. Overall i felt unprepared for the exam and felt like all of the material on the test was exactly what was NOT in any of the review books i had used. UW gave me word for word exactly 1 question on the real test, my last question, which had a bout 2 secs left before i finally found the correct answer out of the 12 answer choices. Id say about 10% of questions were gimme's, 5% i had no earthly idea what they were talking about, and 85% were on the fence.

More specifically what i found difficult about the real exam was the fact that they give you a scenario and i guess distractors which strongly point to 2 diagnoses, coupled with giving you many many answer choices per question. I think they do this to take the good test taker(me) out of you, whereas before you could eliminate 3 of the choices greatly increasing the chances of getting it right, now if you try to eliminate from A-K you will definetly run out of time.

My advice for this test and the best preparation is as said many times before, studying hard in 3rd year. Studying hard in yrs 1/2 doesnt hurt either. I think the key to this exam is the overall wealth of knowledge you have, and nothing gained from any particular review source(other than overall greater knowledge). All have weaknesses and gaps in them. UW is great for giving you practice with questions, increasing your overall knowledge of a topic, guaging your performance and monitoring your learing, and allowing you to refine your test taking strategy. Good luck to all and thanks again to the many posters on this board for helping me do so well.

 

[Row Jimmy]

This is a question for MDF1:

I am confused a little. You got a 261 and were unsure of 85% of your answers? Your score indicates you only missed a few questions and so I am quite curious as to your test taking strategy. Do you choose the most common, use your gut instinct, use percentages or something else? I know in my case on Step 1 and now with UW I keep thinking just before clicking the answer "this should be correct unless I am missing something they are tricking me with" unsettling to say the least.

Based on your experience, your response could help all of us yet to take this thing.

RJ

 

[MDF1]

Yeah maybe if i broke it down further some questions would be as you say, or just plain unsure between 2 or more similar answers. Or maybe i selected my best answer in the interest of time and hoped to come back and read it again more carefully(but never got to do so, probably good that i didnt). Just overall was uncomfortable taking the test and I could have gotten anywhere from a 210 to a 240 was what i predicted leaving the center.

I think if i was to give a test taking strategy away,(keep in mind everyone is different) i would say i read the question and answers once, and unless i had an answer in my head, I would go back to the question and find information to rule OUT answer choices. I dont try to rule in answer choices because there are many distractors that will rule in an incorrect answer. Another point is to be carefull when you do this because it is dangerous to use one item of information to make a choice, it is much more important to consider the entire scenario in the vignette to cross off answers. Again Id say use UW as much to refine your test taking strategy as well as to gain information. I suppose i should have phrased my statement differently and said that in 85% of the questions an answer did NOT pop into my head and i had to use the above and other strategies to get as close as i could to the correct answer. Hope that helps.

 

[poloace]

mdf- did you take any of the practice NBME's online? sick score, by the way. i'd get a tshirt made if i did that well on the exam.... only the cool people would understand.

it would say:

261/99
UW= 69%

that would be sick... wear it on test day (for those who haven't taken it yet). hey- i just came up with an interesting idea- what if the clothing you wore had a WHOLE BUNCH of information printed on it? not with a marker - but, like, silkscreened on. would that be illegal?
"i'm bringing stussy back" - and they're going to manufacture both kinds of shirts....
i wonder if the NBME or prometric has rules against that.

p

 

[Row Jimmy]

Thanks MDF1!!!!

RJ

 

[dmbkappasig1]

Long-time lurker here, have been reading this thread since it started. My story:

Studied for about 4 weeks (really hard the last 2 wks). Read about half of FA, did all of UW, read parts of B & W, read all of secrets, read all of Case Files OBGYN. Like everyone, I think that UW was the single best resource- I really studied all explanations whether I missed the Q or not. On exam day, felt that I had not done very well. I thought that it was actually harder than UW- the questions seemed more vague, as did the answer choices.

Step 1- 208 (what can I say, I'm a slacker)
UW- did all q's once, 46q random blocks, 67% final avg
NBME 1 (1 wk before)- 248
Step 2- 243

I'm happy, well... ecstatic. Good luck to all.

 

[vish07]

Well, I took it today. I viewed this thread often throughout my studying. Once I get my scores I'll post it up...

I thought USMLE World was harder than the actual exam, so I think I was well prepared. The stuff on the CD they send you is too easy. It's somewhere in between. UW, is however, an excellent tool to prep. There were some questions on my exam almost directly from UW!

However, what I don't like about UW is that I think they focussed mostly on certain topics which they thought were important.

Big topics that I got on my exam: Acid-base/electrolyte disorders, Resp, and trauma!!!

Looking at previous posts, those 3 are mentioned frequently...so I'd recommend you know those. Trauma, MVA etc is big..

Anyways, hope I did good! Good luck to the rest of you...Finally done! (I can't do these 9 hour exams anymore!)😴

 

[poloace]

Alright, so - today was the big day. Packed my 3 cliff bars, my sandwich, some almonds, a diet cherry pepsi, and a cold water and headed off to the testing center. Had a hard time sleeping last night- not too sure why. I knew that I had prepared well, but, still felt weird. Maybe it was knowing that the whole day yesterday I ended up schooling kids in EA NCAA College Football online. Felt like I should have done a little more last minute, but, I had been doing little for a while.

Got to the test center, it was chill.

Now, for the love of God, can Prometric PLEASE get the FLAT panel monitors and ditch the old school displays that are rounded??? The exam started to hurt my eyes after 2 hours.

Exam wasn't as bad as I had expected. Knew about half of them, and was like 'ehhh' on the others. I think the hardest questions were the ones where they gave you 20 options and 2 different scenarios. Other than that, I think the best advice I can give people is just do UW over and over... secrets was solid, too. Other than that, FA has toooo much crap in it you don't need. Between the answers in UW and secrets, there's enough there to rock that exam.

 

[megsMS]

I took mine today as well and I had tons of respiratory...they asked for vent settings about 10 different times. It sucked.

 

[buglady]

Well, I took it today. I viewed this thread often throughout my studying. Once I get my scores I'll post it up...

I thought USMLE World was harder than the actual exam, so I think I was well prepared. The stuff on the CD they send you is too easy. It's somewhere in between. UW, is however, an excellent tool to prep. There were some questions on my exam almost directly from UW!

However, what I don't like about UW is that I think they focussed mostly on certain topics which they thought were important.

Big topics that I got on my exam: Acid-base/electrolyte disorders, Resp, and trauma!!!

Looking at previous posts, those 3 are mentioned frequently...so I'd recommend you know those. Trauma, MVA etc is big..

Anyways, hope I did good! Good luck to the rest of you...Finally done! (I can't do these 9 hour exams anymore!)😴

I took it this past Wednesday (9/27) and mine was also resp, trauma and acid-base heavy. Also had a ton of ob-gyn...I got the same question over and over (it seemed like it anyway) on urethral injuries secondary to MVA's....didn't think the overall test was super difficult...just long and tedious! I only used FA, NMS review/practice questions and usmleworld for prep and thought that was adequate...we'll see, though! I just wanted to improve on my less than stellar Step I score.

 

[vish07]

I took it this past Wednesday (9/27) and mine was also resp, trauma and acid-base heavy. Also had a ton of ob-gyn...I got the same question over and over (it seemed like it anyway) on urethral injuries secondary to MVA's....didn't think the overall test was super difficult...just long and tedious! I only used FA, NMS review/practice questions and usmleworld for prep and thought that was adequate...we'll see, though! I just wanted to improve on my less than stellar Step I score.

I know what you mean...I had the EXACT same question twice (right after the other)!

 

[poloace]

buglady- are you b!tches going downtown for drinks tonight?

p

 

[omarsaleh66]

EDIT:

I was originally supposed to take step 2 back in end of july but didnt do it cuz i didnt feel good about it. At the time, I got 61% on UW back in July. Took a month off in august to focus on my rads rotation (applying for rads this year). Then in Sept. I was doing rads half time and managed to do qbook, look at FA and Crush.

UW and qbook both really good. I really feel i got alot of repeats from that. Crush was really HY. I thought it really helped w/ stuff like biostats, and even all the chapters from CRush were really good.

I thought this test was really hard. It was not a good testing experience for me, The test center was packed w people taking step 3, and somebody was coughing like through 3 of my blocks. it was horrible. Then i think somebody's computer screwed up and like the lady that runs that test center was inside the room where all the computers are and was talking. I mean cant they talk outside. People are taking a test. Atleast I got a good night sleep tho, I had to take step 1 w no sleep and that really sucked.

Anyways, i thought it was hard, im really glad i studied hard for it, i feel that after taking that test, i could have done well or just as easily screwed it up. Felt like there were alot that i had to guess on or could narrow down to 2. Oh well.

I will post in i guess 3-4 weeks or whatever long it takes. Thanks to everyone who posted. i would have never used qbook or UW if it wasnt for this forums so thanks and gluck everyone

holler at this baller!!!

 

[obby23]

Hi folks, read all posts on this thread which gave lots of encouragement. I studied for about 2 weeks, read Boards and Wards once, did about 50% USMLEW questions averaging 64%.

Step 1 Score:230
Step 2 Score:248

Thanks to everyone for sharing!

 

[anconeus]

so i finally got my step 2 ck score today- high 250s/99

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread in the past; here is my take on the exam prep:

I studied for 5 and a half weeks, averaging about 8 hours per day . I made time to go to the gym about 5-6 times per week but hardly went out during the month, except for events i couldnt miss, like bdays and weddings. Being an IMG and applying for rads i had enough motivation to spare, worrying about not matching.

I read both secrets and crush even though they are almost identical, because it was an easy read comparing to FA and kaplan. They are good, but too superficial to use as a primary source. I bought First aid about 2 weeks before the exam and I think its the best source out there right now. Boards and wards were also good, I would rank it 2nd best after FA as far as books go. I read Kaplan books during the 3rd year, so I just reviewed pediatrics because I had no time for all of them, plus there were too many inconsistencies and typos there.

Usmle world is the best, i finished off in the low 60's, did everything in the tutor mode once, taking notes on the answers to review days before the exam. Its not similar to the exam in diffuculty, UW was much more confusing and sometimes the answers were way too picky. The real thing was really straightforward and I had between 5-10 minutes left per block because the answer just jumped out at you, unlike UW, where i was often left with 2+ possible answers.

NBME is a waste of 45 dollars. It told me I was gonna F... up big time, and that was like a week and a half before the exam.

Doing UW is the best thing out there as far as conditioning for the real thing goes, because my major trouble during the exam was paying attention for 8 hours, and starbucks can only take u so far. Some kid sat down next to me and started typing away his 3 hour long exam in the middle of mine that i was ready to decapitate him, but the proctor came in and told him to be quieter (they actually have microphones on every desk as i found out from her later). So she spared me from being reported as a test irregularity or whatever they call it.

So, to summarize, this is what I would do if i had to study again from scratch in order of importance:
1) UW and do as many practice questions as you can.
2) FA
3) BW or secrets or crush

I think i answered all the questions I would have asked while studying for the exam. But if there is something else i'd be happy to offer my 2 cents

... hopefully this will help me get into rads this year

 

[Thaitanium]

Hey Aconeus-

Great score man.

I was wondering if u can give me some advice.

I'm about to take Step 2 and I have been going through Kaplan books and videos throughout third year. However, a NBME exam I just took several weeks ago predicted that I would fail the darn thing. So, now, I've been concentrating solely on UW, reading explanations and writing down the educational objectives. Would you say the concepts UW tested was similar to the concepts u saw in ur step? I will hit qbook if I have time, but I doubt it. Also, what did ur nbme predict, if I may ask?

Thanks and good luck with rads, it is a great field.

 

[jmrck]

Dude, I took and NBME that said I would fail too!! I am so gland that there is hope in the horizon, seeing your score, my exam is in two weeks. Prayer still works, right?
Jamrock

 

[Jimmy1]

I looked at this thread a lot while studying, so I'll go ahead and post my scores...just to represent the other end of the scoring scale:

Step 1: 196
Step 2: 207

UW: ~54%, tutor, all questions 1x
read all of FA, about 1/2 of secrets.

I think the key is studying hard for your shelf exams...which is easier said than done on some rotations. I was pretty disappointed in my score- I thought I would score much higher than that. cest la vie.

 

[anconeus]

yea dont let NBME get to you, its obviously not the most accurate predictor since my score was 35 points higher on the real thing; i forgot to mention that kaplan qbook questions were the most similar to the real thing, so maybe read those a few days before the exam to get used to difficulty level. And also i felt like there was no time to use the lab values table on the test, so I wish I spent an hour or two familiarizing myself with values from UW labs and save some time on the exam. Its in the same format.

Good luck

 

[Complications]

Are you guys talking about the NBME self-assessment on their site? Any specific form? Or am I looking at the wrong thing?

Thanks.

 

[ermonty]

WOW, ok now I'm freaked! I just got through taking the NBME #1 practice for step 2ck, and it said I'm gonna fail! WTF!

I've been doing UW and averaging 50-60%; according to all testimony and their calculation, that should be sufficient to pass.

Anyone else freaking about those d$&n NBME tests? 😱

Monty

 

[jmrck]

Dude, I am not even taking anymore NBME, I used it for what it said my weak subjects were, I am studying my a$$ off and I will take that d&%* test next week. End of story. Good Luck with your test.

Jamrock

 

[morphinator]

Just got my step 2 score today:

Step I: 238/96
Step II: 205/84

Did most of UW once getting around 60% a few days before the exam. Read thru Kaplan books and First aid.Took NBME 1 and 2 and pred. score was in the low 220s. I thought my exam version was tougher than UW. Was surprised at how long the questions were and how many more answer choices for most q's. Lot of Musculoskeletal and some tough Psych q's where it was tough to differentiate because of many symptoms. Borderline prformance on Psych in score report after ard 85% on UW. Even the Biostats q's were much harder than the ones in UW and Step 1. Had a lot of immunodeficiency q's and q's on complement pathways, etc. Ended up doing terrible on these sections and Endocrine/Heme/Pulmo. Very disppointed with my score, any advice on when to release my score to resdency progs?

 

[Adam_K]

WOW, ok now I'm freaked! I just got through taking the NBME #1 practice for step 2ck, and it said I'm gonna fail! WTF!

I've been doing UW and averaging 50-60%; according to all testimony and their calculation, that should be sufficient to pass.

Anyone else freaking about those d$&n NBME tests? 😱

Monty

Yeah.

Did NBME #1 and got a 310/165. This, after a 230+ on Step 1.

Like jmrck, I am using it to hit my weaknesses and doing questions like I was possessed.

 

[kaos]

Finally got my scores back today after taking it Sept 21st, and after the two-time rescheduling fiasco after the power went out the first time I was supposed to take it on August 26th. Also took it 3 weeks into my Transplant sub-i, which made studying a b1tch.

Step 1: 193
UW score: 61% (ranges from 50 to 80% on mixed subject exams)
Step 2: 204

Definitely didn't do as well as I wanted to. I guess I'm kind of screwed for a lot of the places I'm applying to. Oh well.
🙁

 

[manning18]

There are several people who said the NBME mini tests were VERY accurate with regards to prediciting their scores on Step 2-CK. I took the 1st two in July and, b/c of my poor performance on them, decided to push my test back from August to the end of Oct, as I had electives in between. In that regard, I'm glad I took the NBME minis, b/c I probably would not have passed on my original test date. That said, I purchased the 3rd and, even though I can still take it until 10/15, I decided not to, b/c I don't want to freak out and I'm taking my test on 10/30 regardless. In most cases where the NBME minis were not very accurate, the examinee scored noticeably HIGHER than the NBME predicted, which is better than the converse!

 

[bubba2000]

Good luck everyone!

 

[dynx]

This thread helped me alot when I was studying for step too, so I figured its time to contribute 🙂

I studied about 2 weeks (first 3 days, I had a vomiting illness), used UW religiously (completed all of the questions ~69%), and also used Step2 Secrets. Towards the end of studying, I glossed over Boards and Wards to refresh myself. Probably studied about 4-5 hours a day while intermittently checking on myspace. Most importantly, I slept very well the night before.

Scores:
Step 1: 253
NBME #1: predicted 247
Step 2: 272

Good luck everyone!

I dont really care if its true or not but when I saw this post and read "step too", and a "vomiting illness" combined with the light 2 week study routine and "glossing over" some stuff while checking my space resulting in a 272...cause you know, thats how easy this is for me, my bullsh*t detector exploded.
You did all of UW in 2 weeks? whats that 150 questions a day? you check your answers there speedy? cause that alone is about 4 hours a day, plus the My Space.

Did you have this question on your test:
10 yo male presenting with 2 weeks bloody diarrhea and diffuse crampy stomach pain after a camping trip. Most likely diagnosis is:
a. A sh*tting illness
b. A "vomiting illness"
c. A bleeding illness
d. You're a dumb a$$ 👍

I loved the post though.

 

[DreamLover]

I dont really care if its true or not but when I saw this post and read "step too", and a "vomiting illness" combined with the light 2 week study routine and "glossing over" some stuff while checking my space resulting in a 272...cause you know, thats how easy this is for me, my bullsh*t detector exploded.
You did all of UW in 2 weeks? whats that 150 questions a day? you check your answers there speedy? cause that alone is about 4 hours a day, plus the My Space.

Did you have this question on your test:
10 yo male presenting with 2 weeks bloody diarrhea and diffuse crampy stomach pain after a camping trip. Most likely diagnosis is:
a. A sh*tting illness
b. A "vomiting illness"
c. A bleeding illness
d. You're a dumb a$$ 👍

I loved the post though.

there's a lot of hate in there


I'm not saying I believe him....but don't feed the trolls

 

[Bevo]

Ok, my turn to post I guess

Ross student.

Step 1 94/233
Step 2 92/228

Resouces - used Kaplan pretty much because I didn't have any consistent studying throughout my clinicals and I had not done my ob/gyne rotation yet. No shelf exams for us in clinicals.

UW - 59% tutor mode and by subject
Kaplan qbank - 69% - all random and untimed mostly (but always done within the allotted time per block)
NMS - about 10 blocks from that book, about 66%
Qbook - Varied. Did horribly in the peds sections around 50%, medicine was between 80-90%

nbme #1 (05/06) - 340
nbme #3 (08/06) - 450
nbme #2 (09/06) - 520

 

[boston]

I dont really care if its true or not but when I saw this post and read "step too", and a "vomiting illness" combined with the light 2 week study routine and "glossing over" some stuff while checking my space resulting in a 272...cause you know, thats how easy this is for me, my bullsh*t detector exploded.
You did all of UW in 2 weeks? whats that 150 questions a day? you check your answers there speedy? cause that alone is about 4 hours a day, plus the My Space.

Did you have this question on your test:
10 yo male presenting with 2 weeks bloody diarrhea and diffuse crampy stomach pain after a camping trip. Most likely diagnosis is:
a. A sh*tting illness
b. A "vomiting illness"
c. A bleeding illness
d. You're a dumb a$$ 👍

I loved the post though.

hilarious!

 

[ermonty]

Ok, I now officially disregard NBME practice tests. Took #2 just now and did worse than on #1. Fugit those d3yam things. Riding with UW. Test in 6 days, good luck all! 👍

E-Mo

 

[dynx]

there's a lot of hate in there


I'm not saying I believe him....but don't feed the trolls

Hate? the guys post is priceless. either classic trolling or he's an idiot savant. No matter which is the case I give the post two thumbs up.👍 👍

 

[VincentAdultman]

Hate? the guys post is priceless. either classic trolling or he's an idiot savant. No matter which is the case I give the post two thumbs up.👍 👍

It's always the ones with less than 10 posts who come out of the woodwork with these ridiculous numbers. I don't actually know what that means.

Bubba:
If true, congrats. That's sick.
If false, you're a douchebag.

 

[bubba2000]

Whoa, okay, sorry, I did make a typo -- Step 2, my bad. No one has to believe me, but I really was ill the first few days studying for my step 2 and myspace REALLY is addictive. I didn't think I was going to do well on Step 2, because I wasn't as serious about it as I was about Step 1, I think my point is that being laid back and not freaking out went a long way. Our school also had cumulative boards at the end of the year, so that helped too, and maybe thats why 2 weeks was enough. I did finish all of the questions, but I started working on them while I was studying for the cumulative boards. I also talked over questions that I didn't understand with my friends, which helped. Didn't mean to offend anyone by posting and didn't appreciate being called a *******, but whatever.

 

[drdrew267]

Step 2: 239!!/97!! 😀 😀 USMLE WORLD (65-75%) **hint, this is a significant improvement over my Step 1 score!

Let ME BE CLEAR - USMLEWORLD literally RULES THE WORLD!! It is comprehensive. It is concise. It is informative. It is representative. It is well-organized. It is CHEAP!!!

Trust me, I **** my pants thinking how I needed to improve my boards scores after my so-so Step 1 exam. Looking back, I think Kaplan screwed me in the end b/c I had so much biochem on my Step 1 exam and Kaplan Qbank only has like 100 questions to practice with...so USMLEWORLD may be a better option for Step 1 as well.

Step 2 resources I used?
1) First Aid for Step 2 CK: use this as a notepad, use this as a quick final review, excellent pictures, excellent background - drawback = takes at LEAST SIX WEEKS TO DO - if you have less time, forget it.
2) Step up to Medicine: use this instead of Harrisons/Cecil's for the sake of time when you read other review books and say to yourself "...wha....??"
3) Step 2 SECRETS - there really is no secret about this book, it is amazing.
If you only had 1 month to study, you better know this book. THIS IS ESSENTIAL.
***Incidentally - Crush is a waste of time, it is written by the same guy and literally has the same text, just more pictures.

4) Hematology text you used in med school
5) Boards and Wards...eh - wasn't too impressed, the detail isn't nearly good enough for comprehensive review. But then again, if you only have a month, I'd combine this with Secrets since First Aid takes longer. If you have time for First Aid, drop this one.

Hope this helps! Good luck everyone!! 😀

 

[saraj]

Hello everyone,

Step 1: 219
Step 2: 234

I just thought I would post because I basically stalked this site as part of my studying/procrastinating ritual while studying for step 2. I used USMLEworld after the advice of many on this site, as well as the fact that it was a little cheaper than Kaplan. I went through all questions once without repeat and averaged about 60%. I then made tests composed only of missed questions to solidify things. I used Crush, and made notes in the margins with things I learned from UW. There was a lot of male GU on my test which was also well represented on UW. Also a lot of people in car accidents. Walking out of the test I did not feel that good. Most questions I wasn't sure about, I'm not going to lie, but didn't have enough time to convince myself that I was right and had to move on quickly. I walked out not knowing if I made the right decision to get UW since all my friends used Kaplan, but I'm very happy with my score. Anyway, hope this helps others as it did me. Good luck everyone!

 

[cachectic]

Hi everyone,

I wrote step II CK on Sept 12th in Florida and have got nothing in the mail yet. I am a bit anxious 🙂 Anyone else having problems with delays?

Thanks.

 

[dynx]

Whoa, okay, sorry, I did make a typo -- Step 2, my bad. No one has to believe me, but I really was ill the first few days studying for my step 2 and myspace REALLY is addictive. I didn't think I was going to do well on Step 2, because I wasn't as serious about it as I was about Step 1, I think my point is that being laid back and not freaking out went a long way. Our school also had cumulative boards at the end of the year, so that helped too, and maybe thats why 2 weeks was enough. I did finish all of the questions, but I started working on them while I was studying for the cumulative boards. I also talked over questions that I didn't understand with my friends, which helped. Didn't mean to offend anyone by posting and didn't appreciate being called a *******, but whatever.

apology accepted. Just thought your post was funny in the way it came together, maybe not at all what you were intending.

 

[ermonty]

Finally...

After NBME practice step 2CK #1 and #2 telling me that I am going to fail step 2 and that I have no business in Medschool...finally, I b@#*%h slapped NBME #3. 👍

Good thing too, test in 2 days

Good luck to all who have yet to take this beast!

E-Mo

 

[Adam_K]

Finally...

After NBME practice step 2CK #1 and #2 telling me that I am going to fail step 2 and that I have no business in Medschool...finally, I b@#*%h slapped NBME #3. 👍

Good thing too, test in 2 days

Good luck to all who have yet to take this beast!

E-Mo

Yeah, good luck.

I retook NBME#1 today and passed solidly after three hard weeks of Kaplan and UW qbanks. I know it isn't anything to depend on, but after more than 2500 qbank questions, I didn't remember any of the NBME ones. What had changed was my approach to the questions. I went from low stars in my areas of weaknesses to high stars. A couple more weeks for me and I should be fine.

 

[maybemanda]

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[nabeya]

It seems no matter how many UW questions I do in blocks of 46q's, I always consistently score at 57-58%. Should I be worried? Is this around the same ballpark that most people on here get? My exam is on Friday, I'm wanting to do a NBME exam this wednesday. Any recommendations on which form I should do to get an idea of how prepared I am before I walk into the exam?

 

[ermonty]

I say do NBME #3. And 58% on UW is good, more than enough to pass, and I'd say you are likely to do well.

E-Mo

 

[Jadeite]

Hey guys! How well did your score on NBME #1 compare to when you really took the test? Thanks!

 

[omarsaleh66]

Step 1: 233/94
Step 2: 229/93

Took my exam on 9/29.

I did USMLE world and avged 61% back in July. I also did qbook and avged 70-75% in Sept.

I want to thank everyone for the UW advice, and the qbook advice. That helped me alot. Im not sure about the score breakdown, but Im pretty sure that I struggled w/ obgyn and surgery. I got my score report back and did well on surgery, medicine, and psych. I ended up doing borderline in peds and gyn. I think i got banged on those child development questions where u have to know what is normal, delayed, etc.. If I could go back and improve my score, I would work harder during 3rd year and really "get" peds and i feel ob-gyn is kinda hard to get , atleast for me. So work hard on 3rd year and do questions, questions and questions!!! And of course read the advice of people on here that are scoring high, it really helped me when i was studying.


later ballers!!!

 

[BIMS 01]

Took Step 2 last Tuesday. My study strategy was Secrets and some Boards & Wards mixed in along with UW. I got through about 1700 of the UW questions timed, and ended up not finishing about half of the OB/Peds/Surgery/Psych questions. My overall score was 68.5%. After taking the test, I'm not sure if studying really prepared me that well. I felt like there were quite a few questions that came out of nowhere. Some questions I could have studied for a year and never encountered the material. All in all, I guess it's like most other standardized tests we take and is just another hoop we are forced to jump through. Anyhow, glad it's over and can't wait for my results to get in.

 

[scaredtodeath]

Im freaking out coz I tried doing UW questions after not having done them for a while and saw that my scores just dropped to high 50's from having an average of around low 60's...Im really freaking out! my exam is next week. should i postpone it?

im just halfway with the UW questions....HELP!!!

 

[jmrck]

If you have finished reading through your materials then you should just keep doing questions. The fact that you were not doing questions for a while probably took you out of that mode. You need to put yourself back in that mode and stay steadfast. I don't thank anyone here can tell you if you are ready for the test, or if you should postpone it. That is a decision you will have to make yourself. I am pretty sure all of us on the thread would agree that you are capable of doing well on the test if you have been scoring in the 60's. Stay strong, and good luck.

Jamrock

 

[scaredtodeath]

thanks. i know its just nice to get support from people here 😳