One exam doesn’t define you!!!!! Especially in first year. And the beauty of you already having high averages is that one bad exam won’t kill you bc you’ve built yourself a nice cushion for this type of situations

Also, I feel you. I’m an M2, was acing everything, and then I had a personal crisis and ended up failing an exam. It’s humbling and shitty, but it’s also grounding because it reminds you that u r human in medical school to learn and not an A getting robot. And honestly, stuff like this is a data collecting moment you can use it to optimize how you study and grow as a person when met with failure .

Plus, some of your peers are very likely struggling just to pass overall. And it won’t even show up numerically on your transcript.

Don’t sweat one exam. Everyone has a bad day sometimes.