USWA vs NBME

[justace]

Hey guys,

a little bit of a conundrum here. just did my latest nbme (11), got a 257. my last UWSA was a 238. what is going on?

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[tjquinn]

Different strokes for different folks? NBME 11 yielded me 245, UWSA1 yielded a 263.

 

[tjquinn]

Hey guys,

Here's my stuff. I am taking the exam in 2 weeks. I've been studying FA 2012 like mad for the last 4 months. I did Doctors in Training. I finished the Kaplan Q bank. I have 20% left in World. I've been scoring in the low 70's thus far I took NBME 11 two days ago, got a 226. Four weeks ago, i did NBME 13 and got a 231 I did the USWA today, got a 236. I would like to get in the 240's-250s range. Does anyone have any advice? I feel like I've plateau'd. Thanks.

Actually, not sure what this post is about

 

[thinkenergy]

Different strokes for different folks? NBME 11 yielded me 245, UWSA1 yielded a 263.

Did you take UWSA SA right after you finished UW Qbank? It is possible that you have gotten used to UW question style.

 

[tjquinn]

Did you take UWSA SA right after you finished UW Qbank? It is possible that you have gotten used to UW question style.

Sounds about right, it is also the most recent practice test I have taken.

 

[tjquinn]

Also, the two are scored very differently. I got 153/184 (83.2%) on UWSA1 and 177/200 (88.5%) on NBME11, with a huge difference in 3-digit score.

 

[deleted103644]

UWSA was within 3 points for me, for whatever that is worth.

 

[tjquinn]

Man that's gotta be tough, not knowing if you're going to get a fantastic score vs an amazing score

I didn't post suggesting that I am wondering whether or not I should take the test. I was just replying to the OP who did better on NBME11 but worse on UWSA, when mine was the opposite.

Not sure what the "that's gotta be tough" is actually in response to. Now, if I had created a thread saying something like "ohhh maaaaaaeeenn, I am so afraid I am going to FAAAAIIIIILLLL... my NBME11 is ONLY ___ and my UWSA1 ONLY____." (which are relatively common threads here on SDN), then I would understand your sarcasm, but right now I don't 🙁