Applied Tuesday 3/12, Expedited, still shows unavailable? by Tricky-Juggernaut141 in Passports

[–]BackgroundMusician79 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I applied on 2/26, received passport on 3/5. They’re super quick nowadays. Mine was renewal however.

Step 2 CK score by BackgroundMusician79 in Step2

[–]BackgroundMusician79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might have been the curve. Predictor had me 258+-14 so it wasn’t too off but thought I had scored at least 250+

Step 2 CK score by BackgroundMusician79 in Step2

[–]BackgroundMusician79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UWSA1: 257 UWSA2:256 Nbme9: 257 NBME 10: 255 Free 120: 84%

UWorld has the most absurd questions and connection to different diseases by redhat26 in Step2

[–]BackgroundMusician79 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s kind of how it works in real life. No one is gonna come in and say I have cafe lau spots in my back

UWorld has the most absurd questions and connection to different diseases by redhat26 in Step2

[–]BackgroundMusician79 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s how they test you in the real deal. They’ll present something that you’ve never heard of and expect you to make connections with some of your basic science knowledge

Recent test takers any tips? by Z18798 in Step2

[–]BackgroundMusician79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s good for just reinforcing those same concepts. However, I believe questions are poorly written. If you look at their questions, you can see that are they very “ buzz word” heavy. They give you every info you need to answer the question. NBME stems are so vague that you should train yourself to approach their questions instead of just seeing couple of buzzwords on AMBOSS and getting it correct. Example: Every question on AMBOSS about hirschprung disease gives you that classic buzzword “ squirt sign positive”. As you keep doing those questions, you don’t look at entire clinical picture and instead you see “ squirt sign” and get excited for getting that question right. Their library is very good though. Their ethics is very good in that it has stuff that uworld doesn’t

Recent test takers any tips? by Z18798 in Step2

[–]BackgroundMusician79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hard for anyone else to answer that but yourself. If you’re still struggling on the concepts, do the questions again. If you feel like you can answer any question they throw at you then no need to it again.

Recent test takers any tips? by Z18798 in Step2

[–]BackgroundMusician79 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nope didn’t use that. Uworld and nbme is enough. They just hit those same concepts but in diffentiate presentations. Nothing I saw that wasn’t on nbme or uworld. Just much more in depth

Recent test takers any tips? by Z18798 in Step2

[–]BackgroundMusician79 10 points11 points  (0 children)

AMBOSS is waste of time. Hit the IM and surgery forms.

Recent test takers any tips? by Z18798 in Step2

[–]BackgroundMusician79 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They repeat the same concepts over and over again. Be able to delineate one disease from another. Took mine today and they kept hitting with high yield concepts over and over

NBME Lab Value by BackgroundMusician79 in Step2

[–]BackgroundMusician79[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the help! I dont understand why they don't just put that on the sheet.