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!!

 

[Roy7]

Did anyone ever use kaplan Qbank?? I was planning on going through it at one point, and I was just wondering if anyones ever tried. Im' taking step 2 sometime this summer, and really wanted to go through as many q's as possible.

Honestly, I'd like to do better on step 2 than I did on step one - so I was planning on going thorugh kaplan qbank, world, and all the books I went through for my shelves (step up, blueprints, etc).

I know it'd be overkill, but honestly I'd rather overkill a test than underkill and think "I shoulda done more".

 

[MAYOphtho]

Did anyone ever use kaplan Qbank?? I was planning on going through it at one point, and I was just wondering if anyones ever tried. Im' taking step 2 sometime this summer, and really wanted to go through as many q's as possible.

Honestly, I'd like to do better on step 2 than I did on step one - so I was planning on going thorugh kaplan qbank, world, and all the books I went through for my shelves (step up, blueprints, etc).

I know it'd be overkill, but honestly I'd rather overkill a test than underkill and think "I shoulda done more".

In my opinion, Kaplan QBank for Step 2 is NOT very good. I looked at it and found the questions to be too easy and/or very different than the real thing. Your money is on USMLE World, I doubt QBank is going to help much, but it's your dollar.

Side note: for step 1 Kaplan QBank is FANTASTIC...

 

[USMELL]

In my opinion, Kaplan QBank for Step 2 is NOT very good. I looked at it and found the questions to be too easy and/or very different than the real thing. Your money is on USMLE World, I doubt QBank is going to help much, but it's your dollar.

Side note: for step 1 Kaplan QBank is FANTASTIC...

what program can one use to increase kaplan video speed, without chip munk sound?

thanks

 

[Thomas123]

step 1 241/97
step 2 244/99
step cs pass

usmle world 67 (last 5 high 60's to low 80's)
completed about 50%, but on checked the answers on 20%
studied mostly the blue book by adam brochet (supposed to be the same as usmle secrets)- sorry it's been a long week and the name is blanking on me. The book I used is a couple years old.
Also read/skimed step up to medicine once.

Study time 2 months. About 0-2 hours/day for 5 weeks of reading brochets book, 1 week of 4-8 hours/day, and 2 weeks 4 hours/day.

 

[gbwillner]

I studied about 2 weeks with USMLE world only, with some quick references to Step-Up to Medicine (great), FA (so-so), and occasionally Blueprints Peds. I took it yesterday- in the middle of my Psych rotation. I do not recommend doing this. I studied about 2-4 hrs a day. In total I did 58% of all the questions.
I started getting 47-52% early on. By the end I was getting 58-65% on unused question blocks. I started in tutor mode for the first week, then untimed for the second. 2 days before the exam I did a "mock" exam, alternating blocks from unused and "all" for 6 blocks. I averaged about a 66%, with one low block score of 45%- that was right after lunch. Because of that I decided NOT to take a lunch break during the test but to snack after each block.
I think the most important thing on test day is to make sure that you are awake and alert. The hardest thing about this thing is to have the stamina to go 8 blocks.

I thought the actual test was only slightly easier than USMLE world- you had to know less detail but the breadth of questions was greater. Plus, 25% of my test was Peds- and that was my worst section. There were very few mechanisms in general, and virtually no surgery questions. OB/GYN was about 2-3 per block- about as much as Psych and Neuro. About 20% of al questions were cards or pulm. I would definitely focus on that if I had to do it again...

Will report my likely terrible score in 4 weeks.

 

[nopo]

Step 1: 231
Step 2: 236

Read first aid 1.5 times. World ~60% of questions finished, mostly on tutor mode with cumulative avg 59%. Studied two weekends and nights for three weeks. No practice tests. My exam was heavy peds. 3 weeks for the score report via e-mail.

 

[E92er]

what program can one use to increase kaplan video speed, without chip munk sound?

thanks

PowerDVD & MPlayer work really good....

 

[gschl1234]

USMLE World 66%, completed ~70% in subject blocks. Skipped derm, ophtho, some others.
Step 1 233/94
Step 2 247/99
No reading

I took it so late it didn't matter so wanted to test whether I could get away w/ nothing but MCQs. Happy to say that I do not plan on reading for step 3.

 

[koolaidkid]

Hi All,
Have 4 days left (including today). Have read through half of Brochert's crush for step 2 and can't seem to remember anything.

Took NBME 1 and got 540 (227) which made me probably overconfident.

Now I'm taking UW and scoring around 50% on teh qquestions (unused, random 46 q blocks for last 3 blocks). I've done about 600 questions from UW. Based on medfriends, I'm scoring around 186.

I'm wondering whether or not I should try to postpone the test (which will be another $115--I already postponed it once). I'd rather just get this test over with, but the fear of not passing (and stresssing about it after taking it) would really be lousy.

Thanks for your advice.

 

[koolaidkid]

if you can PM me, that would be great

Hi All,
Have 4 days left (including today). Have read through half of Brochert's crush for step 2 and can't seem to remember anything.

Took NBME 1 and got 540 (227) which made me probably overconfident.

Now I'm taking UW and scoring around 50% on teh qquestions (unused, random 46 q blocks for last 3 blocks). I've done about 600 questions from UW. Based on medfriends, I'm scoring around 186.

I'm wondering whether or not I should try to postpone the test (which will be another $115--I already postponed it once). I'd rather just get this test over with, but the fear of not passing (and stresssing about it after taking it) would really be lousy.

Thanks for your advice.

 

[gbwillner]

if you can PM me, that would be great

Don't sweat it too much- that medfriends simulated score it TOTAL CRAP. I did the practice tests on the USMLE web site, got ~78% right, and it told me I would get something like a 202 on the exam. I also did ~58% cumulative on USMLEWorld, which was better than the average person who did the USMLEWorld test, and my "simulated" grade was like a 197.

People who do USMLE World do significantly better than the average. If you are within a standard deviation of the average score on your USMLE world questions, you will be fine. 94% of people pass this test the first time they take it.

 

[Lauraaa]

Don't sweat it too much- that medfriends simulated score it TOTAL CRAP. I did the practice tests on the USMLE web site, got ~78% right, and it told me I would get something like a 202 on the exam. I also did ~58% cumulative on USMLEWorld, which was better than the average person who did the USMLEWorld test, and my "simulated" grade was like a 197.

People who do USMLE World do significantly better than the average. If you are within a standard deviation of the average score on your USMLE world questions, you will be fine. 94% of people pass this test the first time they take it.

At my world I'm at 58% cumulative as well but it states that the percentile is 35th. What do you mean when you say that 58% cumulative is better than the average person who did the USMLEWorld test if the percentage for 58% is in the 30's?

 

[gbwillner]

At my world I'm at 58% cumulative as well but it states that the percentile is 35th. What do you mean when you say that 58% cumulative is better than the average person who did the USMLEWorld test if the percentage for 58% is in the 30's?

That's pretty strange... on most of my USMLEWorld question blocks the average for users was about 56-58%. I suppose if you're doing blocks of all Peds or all biostats where the averages are much higher that could happen.
I wouldn't worry about your percentage- if you are scoring about the same as everyone else you will do as well as the average student who uses USMLEWorld, who in turn does better than the average test-taker.

 

[koolaidkid]

so, i've already matched and just want to pass step 2.
however, it seems like passing stuff just keeps on getting harder and harder (or I keep on losing motivation). it seems like stumbling over hurdles seems to be easier now.
the question is, would you suggest that I postpone the exam for a week or not?

read Brochert's book 1x
USMLEWORLD ~50-55% on recent blocks, completed about 900qs
NBME practice 1 227(540), 4 days before exam
NBME practice 2 222 (520), 1 day before exam

I just want to pass. I guess the question is, what's the likelihood of bombing step 2 (failing, <185?) with the above if I have 24 hours left?

What is the failing score?

 

[gbwillner]

so, i've already matched and just want to pass step 2.
however, it seems like passing stuff just keeps on getting harder and harder (or I keep on losing motivation). it seems like stumbling over hurdles seems to be easier now.
the question is, would you suggest that I postpone the exam for a week or not?

read Brochert's book 1x
USMLEWORLD ~50-55% on recent blocks, completed about 900qs
NBME practice 1 227(540), 4 days before exam
NBME practice 2 222 (520), 1 day before exam

I just want to pass. I guess the question is, what's the likelihood of bombing step 2 (failing, <185?) with the above if I have 24 hours left?

What is the failing score?

DON'T postpone the test!!!! If by chance you have trouble scheduling or fail it the next time, you may have to delay residency!!!! Just get it over with!!!!

Your scores on USMLE are fine. Check how you compare to other people who took the tests- they probably score about the same as you. That means you'll probably score 220's or so ono the real test.

 

[wylie313]

hey guys, after months and months of reading, and re-reading this thread and obsessing over my world scores, my CK results are finally in, and now its time for me to post!

i completed about 70% of world with an avg of 66%. I started off in the low
50s for about the first 10 blocks or so then started moving up to 60s, 70s, and even a few 80s by the end of my prep.

CK - 237/98 😀
very thrilled!!!!!!! up 17 points from step 1! UW is the bomb!
also just to add a little more info
NBME 2 - estimated a 229
NBME 3- estimated a 224
Boy am I glad those underestimated!!!!!!! good luck to everyone still going through the struggle!

 

[Lauraaa]

PedsPedsPedsPedsPedsPeds.... For what it's worth, on my test which I just took today I felt like every other patient was a kid....

That test is such a beast - the length just killed me. I'm someone who gets really thirsty and hungry when I'm taking tests, so just like in Step 1, I took a bunch a food with me and took a 5 minute break after every block and just would pound down as much food and drink as I could before heading back in for another block. I felt like I was in a 9 hour race to either finish questions or put as much nutrition in my body as I could. It was grueling! I felt reallllllllllly uncomfortable after it walking out of the testing center, just seemed like so many questions were either way too easy that I felt like I was missing something or way too hard that I just had to guess almost blindly, but I guess what's done is done....

I studied for 2 weeks, used First Aid the 4th edition which I actually got before third year and sometimes read relevent sections out of it during rotations. I did about 65% of World, tried to focus on big topics so I did all the questions from Cards, Pulm, ID, Renal, Neuro, Preventative medicine, and then random blocks after as well. My average was 59% cumulative. We will see what happens, but I'm a bit scared. Will post when I get the score.

Thanks so much to everyone who contributes to this thread - I think it's a really nice thing to hand down for others taking it, I sure apprecitae the input and support!

 

[koolaidkid]

lots of peds. more straightforward than USMLEWORLD. Pretty painfully long. Would suggest that people do maybe one practice NBME exam (I did 1 and 2) to gauge where you're at. I think NBME #2 was pretty close to the complexity of Step 2 CK. This somewhat alleviated my neurotic mind. For those who just want to pass, it's not a bad idea since taking this thing again would stink. Almost ran out of break time.
Prometric has this policy where you can't take off your sweater during the exam (must be kept on or left outside the test room). Pretty hardcore.

I think USMLEWORLD was really helpful. Thought Crush by Brochert was also good. LAst minute things I did included flipping through rapid review in First Aid and flipping through the 100 top high yeild stuff in back of Secrets. I hope by the grace of God I pass both Step 2 CK and CS.

 

[Dr. Donkey]

USMLE World 75%, 80% on later tests. Finished about half.
Step1: 259
Step2: 273

 

[Uberman]

hey guys, after months and months of reading, and re-reading this thread and obsessing over my world scores, my CK results are finally in, and now its time for me to post!

i completed about 70% of world with an avg of 66%. I started off in the low
50s for about the first 10 blocks or so then started moving up to 60s, 70s, and even a few 80s by the end of my prep.

CK - 237/98 😀
very thrilled!!!!!!! up 17 points from step 1! UW is the bomb!
also just to add a little more info
NBME 2 - estimated a 229
NBME 3- estimated a 224
Boy am I glad those underestimated!!!!!!! good luck to everyone still going through the struggle!

Thanks for post. I just started studying and have been hitting the low 50s on UW which has really got me down. I landed a solid score on step I, worked hard on rotations this last year, and was really floored with my UW scores but after reading your post I don't feel like jumping off a bridge anymore.

 

[Ragnarok]

USMLE World 75%, 80% on later tests. Finished about half.
Step1: 259
Step2: 273

Strong work !

GL

 

[wylie313]

Thanks for post. I just started studying and have been hitting the low 50s on UW which has really got me down. I landed a solid score on step I, worked hard on rotations this last year, and was really floored with my UW scores but after reading your post I don't feel like jumping off a bridge anymore.

Good im glad this thread is saving lives!

 

[Bill_Brasky]

At my world I'm at 58% cumulative as well but it states that the percentile is 35th. What do you mean when you say that 58% cumulative is better than the average person who did the USMLEWorld test if the percentage for 58% is in the 30's?

i gotta second this. i'm getting about 51% of the questions in world right, using it to study in tutor mode and it tells me i'm in the 18th percentile.

some of the questions on there are unbelievably obscure and world is trying to convince me that 67% of people are getting them right. something strange there.

 

[liverotcod]

Somebody smart needs to plot all these data and do a correlation and regression analysis. Or whatever the appropriate stats are.

 

[koolaidkid]

Very fortunate. Thank God I passed.
Step II CK 226
Step II CS Pass
NBME 1 and 2 were really accurate in predicting my actual score. I would do that if you're neurotic like myself, have matched, and just want to pass "safely" or want to gauge how you're doing (if you want to excel on this test).
Good luck to all those who are taking it.
225 is the average so I'm an average joe score (not like these other 260-280 people posting). I hope I remember this stuff for internship.

so, i've already matched and just want to pass step 2.
however, it seems like passing stuff just keeps on getting harder and harder (or I keep on losing motivation). it seems like stumbling over hurdles seems to be easier now.
the question is, would you suggest that I postpone the exam for a week or not?

read Brochert's book 1x
USMLEWORLD ~50-55% on recent blocks, completed about 900qs
NBME practice 1 227(540), 4 days before exam
NBME practice 2 222 (520), 1 day before exam

I just want to pass. I guess the question is, what's the likelihood of bombing step 2 (failing, <185?) with the above if I have 24 hours left?

What is the failing score?

 

[bry2781]

Just wanted to thank everyone for contributing to this forum. It has given me something to do between studying sessions. Don't think i've ever posted before, but wanted to share my experiences. Studied for CK for 3 weeks, with 8-10 hours a day of interrupted time. USMLE world was invaluable and I used it as the basis for my studying. Read through Crush once and flipped through sections of FA. Had access to old kaplan videos which were helpful though a highly inefficient use of time.

USMLE World avg: 61% (80% completed) with avg of 65% or so over last 6 blocks (range from 45% to 80% on individual exams) all timed 46Q random blocks.
step 2CK: 245
step 2CS: pass
step 1: 240

Thanks again to everyone for their contributions and good luck to all of those following. Good luck in residency!

 

[onemoretime]

step 1: 232/97
nbme form 1 (step 2) before started studying: 228
step 2 ck score: 246/99

studied for 2 months during rotations, avg. 3 hrs/day. skimmed through toronto notes, did all usmleworld questions in tutor mode 2x, once before year 3 finals, once for step 2, avg. 63% first time, 76% second time. i got the impression about half the questions could be answered with confidence from answers and explanations to usmleworld questions. doing the exam felt like doing usmleworld, highly recommend it as a study tool. got on-line score report in 20 days. all the best

 

[Dr McSteamy]

UW is extremely humbling.

shows how little i know. damn

 

[Deleon]

Thank God I Passed!!! Here's my experience...

- Resources: USMLE World, First Aid, Secrets
- Prep time: 3.5 weeks, 6-8 hours/day
- USMLE World Score: 50-60% on the last 10 blocks, new questions only. I finished roughly 50% of the total questions.
- The USMLE score estimator predicted my Step 2 score to be 201 based on the average of my last 10 blocks (roughly, 55%). Needless to say, I was very nervous when I went to take this exam.

Results: Step 2 CK: 228/94

The score estimator for USMLE World seems to underestimate the real CK score pretty consistently. My assessment is based on many, many other posts I read before I used the score estimator for myself (believe me - I spent hours scrolling through many forums to find out what others really scored on CK and what the score estimator predicted their score to be based on their USMLE World percentage).

For me, USMLE World was by far the best resource for this exam. The questions were much harder than the questions on CK. Many questions on CK came from USMLE World questions (or the explanations). If I could go back, I would take a few extra days and work more questions - Do as many as you can!!

GOOD LUCK and GOD BLESS!

 

[Tastebuds]

Can anyone enlighten me on if Step 2 was harder than or easier than the questions on USMLE world? Also, how is kaplan Qbank compared to Step 2? Thanks guys....just need feedback from you guys since you have already taken the beast. 😉

 

[voodo]

I had a 63% on UWorld and I just recieved my 187/76. I dont know how that could have happened. I thought I did pretty decently walking out of the test. Has anyone else heard of a result like this? Is there anything I can do??

 

[Lance]

I had a 63% on UWorld and I just recieved my 187/76. I dont know how that could have happened. I thought I did pretty decently walking out of the test. Has anyone else heard of a result like this? Is there anything I can do??

Not that it helps, but probably a horrible string of bad luck in the question draw. Sorry to hear about it. You could always not release your scores - I asked our dept chair about this once and he said he doesn't usually take the time to look if applicants have taken step II.

Don't know what else you can do, but now you've got me worried.

 

[RB333]

Hi all,

Step II CK: 258/99
Step I: 210/85

Studied for about 6 weeks. First, by topic, read a section in Toronto Notes, then corresponding section in FA, then did between 2 - 4 blocks of 25 q's from that topic on World, scoring 68-69%. Then re-read every answer explanation and annotated in FA. I find this way of studying very helpul and I do well with repetition. With 2 weeks left, did timed blocks of 46 random, unused q's and averaged around 67% and finished about 90% of World. Also re-read FA and my notes a few days before the exam.

Obviously huge improvement over my Step I score, but will say that I was much more focused for Step II. Since I was not planning on doing my residency in the US, I wrote Step I during my Med 2 year while I was doing other stuff (didn't actually dedicate time off to write it).

That said, highly highly reccomend USMLE world. Good luck.

 

[EternalMD]

Hi all,

Step II CK: 258/99
Step I: 210/85

Thats a great improvement. 👍👍 Congrats

 

[Bandit]

rb333 wow. thats a great score. hitting a 500 foot homerun when the fence is 300 feet away. well done.

I take the comlex on monday and usmle teusday. biting my nails off. I completed about 85% of usmle world average 62% right now all unused questions. skimming first aid and crush again today.

most who have done this have done faily well with only a few exceptions. Like Voodoo who is scaring the crap out of me!!!!!!!!

did you think the test was similar tousmla world or more like the shelf exams?

 

[Bill_Brasky]

i've got 7% left to go on USMLEworld the first time around, since I don't take the exam until early August (COMLEX late July) I'm going to go through every question I marked (those I missed and those I got right but was fuzzy about). I"m also going to go through FA after I am done with Secrets and B&W which are both nearly completed.

I'm not getting great scores on world, only averaging mid fifties, but by the time Aug rolls around I should be ready I hope...😳

 

[relaxedMD]

Step II CK - 239 / 99

Step II CS - Passed

Step I - 249 / 99

Thanks to all that have posted. I appreciated it when I was studying. It sounds like all of our experiences are similar.
I just wanted to share my experience with Step 2 prep. I studied crush step 2 and Secrets (step 1 and step 2) religiously for about two weeks (4-6 hrs a night) before registering for USMLE World. Then I planned to do questions for two weeks during my radiology elective in april. At first the questions kicked my butt, so I was getting just under 50 percent on timed and unused full length tests. I decided to push back the test another 3-4 weeks depending on what exam date was available and just tried to get good at doing questions. I made it through the entire USMLE world bank of questions in a month and was averaging 65 - 80 percent on timed unused full length tests in the last two weeks. (Final avg in all was 72%)
I actually got bored waiting to take the test those last two weeks and could have cut my prep short, but that is scheduling luck! Total: 8 long weeks.

Please oh please study USMLE world questions!!!! (They are the BIBLE of Step 2 prep. No Joke, I could have done without crush and secrets as I had great cores and a strong step 1 score.)

The actual questions were just as long and strangely worded. Also my examination experience felt about the same as when I sat down to take full length practice tests. (WARNING: the last two blocks are a serious grind)

Another key is your speed in identifying the purpose of the question on the actual test. The answer choices can become monotonous especially in the later blocks so try to have an idea of what you are looking for before glancing at the 20 or so answer choices. Finally, I completed each section with about four to five minutes to review my marked questions.
Good luck to all!

 

[cubsrule4e]

Actually, much like Step I, it wasnt that awful. But it still sucked...a lot.

Learning from Step I and figuring out what works best for me, I trashed all study sources except for UWorld. I also re-read through parts of Step 2 Secrets (i had been going through it throughout the year during rotations). I studied for 2.5 weeks, 4-6 hours a day, in which i could get in anywhere between 100-200 questions. Topic based, 25 question per block, all in tutor mode. I went through all the categories in reverse order of when i took the rotation (ie - i had OBGYN last so i started with it and worked my way all the way back to Medicine which I had in July/August). I finished all the categories except medicine which i didnt come close to completing, but i did several blocks each from all the medicine categories. Completed 60% of UWorld at a cumulative average of 66%. I took NBME 2, which I did not like at all and which I dont think was as similar to the real thing as it was for Step I, and it predicted a 220.

As some have said previously, UWorld is all you need for this test. The most striking thing to me, even having doing UWorld and the 3rd year shelf exams, was the question stem lengths. Some of them were just absolutely ridiculous. The psych questions were the worst. After the first few, anytime there was a paragraph that took up 3/4 of the page i knew automatically i was looking for a personality/mood disorder. My test seemed to be fairly well distributed. And fortunately, the one thing i completely skipped both on UWorld and Secrets, Biostats, mainly because I hate it, only appeared 5 times on the whole test. It did have more respiratory than I cared for, but a lot of the time it was a mixed respiratory/ID or respiratory/rheum, etc question, and not the pure respiratory phys that i hate.

Its really hard for me to gauge my performance on these things. Theres times you get on a roll and then times when it seems like youve marked the last 8 questions in a row. Having gotten a 233 on Step I my goal for this test was >240. If i had to give a conservative estimate of my score it would fall somewhere between 225-240.

Of course the best thing about all of this is that having knocked it out so early, I can now coast to interview season and through the 2nd half of the year without some big test looming. Good luck to all the rest of you, I'll report my score whenever they decide I've torturously waited long enough.

 

[Dr McSteamy]

would you guys say that it's safe to drop everything and just do/study UW only?

is it comprehensive enough?

I don't think reading this Kaplan is very efficient, especially with my exam just 7 weeks away. 😱😱

as I'm doing the UW questions, I'd say that Kaplan helps answer 20%. 30% is common sense. and the other 50% are "WTF???!!!"

I'm hovering around the 60% mark. But damn, I do feel stupid. that 60% is half lucky guesses I'd say, and i have not improved. When I read the explanations, sometimes I'm way off in my thinking, even if I arrive at the same answer.

 

[warehous34]

Just to quell some anxiety, I was in the 50's on USMLEWorld, and I ended up with a 260. It is a good tool to get you in the mindset of the exam, but not necessarily the definitive content. I did all of UW and read Secrets. 2 weeks total. Also took an NBME exam, which I found very different from the actual exam. My performance was average on all of the 3rd year shelf exams; honestly I found Step 2 to be far easier than the shelves. Much more straightforward than I expected. Don't stress.

 

[hope4derm]

Step II CK Score: 278/99

Test Date: 6/5/2008
Score report date: 6/26/08

Kaplan Q bank: 71%/ completed 70% questions

Prep Materials: First aid and Boards and Wards one full time through each.
I only did sets of 46 random questions timed. I reviewed all questions and explanations. As I reviewed my tests and the books I wrote down everything I was not 100% sure I knew in one notebook (I never went back and read it but writing it down helped me to learn it) and in another notebook I made a list of things to review the day before (small details I have a hard time remembering and formulas- took me about 1-2 hrs to review)
I studied for 2 1/2 weeks.
I thought Step II was easier than step I because it was more practical and the knowledge tested was info you actually use on a daily basis.
I studied less than I did for step 1 and was 21 points higher than step 1 on step 2.

 

[Dr McSteamy]

recent test takers:

did many of the questions on the real exam sound familiar because you did UW?

i'm trying to get a sense of how much overlap there is between the practice q's and the real thing.😕

 

[turkdlit]

Step II CK Score: 278/99

step 2.

😱 Holy crap...strong work. Looks like that derm spot is just around the corner for you, congrats 😀

 

[misery]

So no body else has gotten scores back in the past week.....come on. I'm hedging my bets based off this info.

 

[EternalMD]

For individuals who have taken the exam recently, can anyone comment on the time comparison with UW and the real thing? Currently I have been doing timed tests and most of the time i have 2-3 minutes left with occasional blocks where I just about run out of time. Was the real exam similar or did you feel that you had more time on UW and CK was a constant horse race?

 

[Dr McSteamy]

For individuals who have taken the exam recently, can anyone comment on the time comparison with UW and the real thing? Currently I have been doing timed tests and most of the time i have 2-3 minutes left with occasional blocks where I just about run out of time. Was the real exam similar or did you feel that you had more time on UW and CK was a constant horse race?

yeah man. 1.1 minute is ridiculous.
hastiness is how the doctor makes mistakes. 👍😎

 

[cardiotonic]

Tutor mode or no tutor mode?

Review questions or just do more questions? [scheduled to complete about 70% of UW and about 25% of Kaplan (without reviewing)]

Thanks!

 

[Doc34]

Took step II three days ago. Studied for like 2 months, off and on,through tough medicine rotations and on weekends, then really hard for 5 days straight with no rotations. USMLEWORLD Avg last 8 blocks was 63%

Very similar to USMLEWORLD. I would focus my time on studying the crap out of usmleworld. I had heard people post this same statement before but i didn't really belive it, so i only finished like 85% of uworld with a few tutor mode blocks in the beginning but the rest timed. Wish i would have done the whole thing and and then read through the wrong answers again. Exam questions are a few sentences longer than wolrd, so watch your time and some questions are very similar to uwolrd but with a diffenrt twist so be careful.

Leaving on vacation so won't be able to reply to post so Good luck everyone Ill post my scores when I get them. Glad to be done!!

 

[cubsrule4e]

For individuals who have taken the exam recently, can anyone comment on the time comparison with UW and the real thing? Currently I have been doing timed tests and most of the time i have 2-3 minutes left with occasional blocks where I just about run out of time. Was the real exam similar or did you feel that you had more time on UW and CK was a constant horse race?

Time shouldnt be a problem. I finished most blocks with 10-15 minutes left to go through marked questions, and I wasnt flying through the test by any means. I think the shortest amount of time i had at the end of a block was 7 minutes. UWorld seemed to be more labored for whatever reason, but I was still finishing my blocks with 5-10 minutes to spare. Also UWorld is particularly good at getting you into a mode of pattern recognition which allows you to spend less time on certain questions.

 

[ranmyaku]

step 1: 232/97
nbme form 1 (step 2) before started studying: 228
step 2 ck score: 246/99

studied for 2 months during rotations, avg. 3 hrs/day. skimmed through toronto notes, did all usmleworld questions in tutor mode 2x, once before year 3 finals, once for step 2, avg. 63% first time, 76% second time. i got the impression about half the questions could be answered with confidence from answers and explanations to usmleworld questions. doing the exam felt like doing usmleworld, highly recommend it as a study tool. got on-line score report in 20 days. all the best

Thats encouraging for me. I got like a 240 on nbme form 1 before i started to study, and i have 2 weeks to pound out some more studying. hopefully i can walk away with a 246 also.