Which NBME first?

[Girfaroo]

Advertisement - Members don't see this ad

I've searched the forums to try to figure this out on my own, but if anyone could give me their opinion, I'd appreciate it.

I'm planning on doing 3 NBME's during my studying. I'm about 1.5 weeks into my studying and am going to take one tomorrow, then one in a couple more weeks, then the third pretty close to my test date. I was going to do 6/7, 12, and 13.

Which is better to do 6 or 7? And out of those four exams, which do you think is best to do first? I haven't studied all organ systems yet, so I'm not expecting to do well, but I don't want to be very discouraged either by a horrendous score.

Thanks!

 

[HelpPleaseMD]

I would do the more recent ones.

11 12 13

 

[Girfaroo]

I would do the more recent ones.

11 12 13

Thanks.

Anyone want to tell me which to do first? Haha.

I've been so stressed lately I can't even make this simple choice. Not a good indicator for how this will go.

 

[Dr McSexy]

11, 13, then 12.

 

[futuredoctor10]

11, 13, then 12.

And if you had to pick only one of those 3 to do? 🙂

 

[Dr McSexy]

Haha, well I wouldn't just rely on my opinion, and I'm sure other people have their opinions. But I would do 12.

I think 11 is the easiest of the 3.

12 and 13 have about the same toughness, but I thought 13 had more bs nit-picky questions and had several questions testing the exact same concept. I thought 12 was more fair overall and a good test of some varying concepts.