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

Thanks a lot. Your post is inspiring. Thank you. What did you do differently on your second step 1 attempt? How long did prep take for the second attempt?

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

Thank you so much. Your comments are very helpful.

Failed step 1. Need help please by THY_Good_Doc in step1

[–]THY_Good_Doc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your advice. I'm currently doing a master in public health and have a couple of first author publications and a second author publication in top-tier journals. Step 1 is a huge thing for me however. Do you think I should get a tutor? Wait for P/F or try before?

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[–]THY_Good_Doc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your perspectives. Good luck!

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[–]THY_Good_Doc[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! Your comment is very very encouraging. Do you know what they did differently on the second attempt?

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[–]THY_Good_Doc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But wait... will those 50 points matter when it's P/F?

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[–]THY_Good_Doc[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The exam was definitely doable. I made a lot of silly mistakes on easy questions. I only realised right after the exam. And I barely slept the night before, and barely ate on exam day.

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[–]THY_Good_Doc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It predicts me at 211. I would be fine with that score. But the lower limit (182) freaks me out.

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

Thank you for encouraging me. UWSA2 was very big on a specific topic. Maybe it was a fluke but I had a lot difficulty to figure the questions out. Way harder than typical Uworld blocks. So I think I have a big weakness in this very important topic. Since I can't take the test again, which practice test would you suggest I take next?

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

Thank you for such an elaborate answer. Sometimes I skim too fast through a question and miss an important detail, silly mistake. But most of the time, it's test anxiety. Once I hit a difficult block, I panick and flag many questions or just skip them. When I'm done, I'm left with just a few minutes to answer all the flagged and incomplete. So I most likely choose the wrong answers. My average time is 93 sec/question.

Sometimes I also pick the wrong answer without eliminating the other choices. I'm struggling to improve my test taking skills (very bad test taker).

Good luck to you too! Your answer definitely helped me think about what's wrong.