What happened?

[JustTryinToPass]

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USWA #1 244 (1.5 weeks out)
USWA #2 242 (1 week out)
NBME 13 221 (4 days out)

Which do you think my real score is more likely to be like?

The only thing I can think of that happened on the NBME was that it took me a little while to get use to the question style. I missed 27 questions in the first two blocks, and 14 in the last two blocks. I'm hoping this is the case, bc missing 7 q's per block is up in the 240 range

 

[secants]

Was that your only NMBE so far? I've heard that 13 is somewhat tough compared to the others.

 

[JustTryinToPass]

yeah, that was my only one. Thinking about doing another, but not sure since that would take away from me studying certain material I had planned to cover these last couple of days

 

[weightlifter911]

The u world tests over predicted me when I took my first practice nbme but after two more I caught back up to the u world. I attribute you this to the curve and getting used to the question style. Try another one.

 

[alternatego]

To OP:

Based on the posts I've seen, the most accurate predictors for most people tend to be their NBME's. UW almost always overpredicts.

 

[JustTryinToPass]

I have seen it go either way based on people's posts on this site. And if I'm on the negative side of that, I hope it isn't by 20+ points. Which NBME should I take if I take another? 6 or 12? Is one harder than the other? I don't want to get rocked again, but then again, I don't want to take one that is considered easier than the real thing and would inflate my score

 

[FiestyFutureDr]

I have seen it go either way based on people's posts on this site. And if I'm on the negative side of that, I hope it isn't by 20+ points. Which NBME should I take if I take another? 6 or 12? Is one harder than the other? I don't want to get rocked again, but then again, I don't want to take one that is considered easier than the real thing and would inflate my score

I took both 6 and 12, and although I haven't taken the real deal yet (this Saturday's the big day), I would suggest 12 as it's newer and, I believe, harder than 6 (so it probably won't inflate your score at all). I also agree that the UWSA exams tend to inflate your score, so I would take another NBME if you're trying to figure out where you stand. For the record, I also took 11 and 7 and both seemed about equal in terms of difficulty to 12 and 13, so either of those would be fine choices too. Good luck! 👍