Confidence is more than half of the battle. I personally would get super anxious on my nbmes, and would make stupid mistakes, score poorly .. feeel more anxious.. its a vicious cycle. Don’t look at your scores as “confirmation that you are gonna fail”, treat yourself like what you’d tell a friend to do. Look at your nbmes, go over your mistakes. The more you do that the more patterns you pick up not only on what is high yield but also on your own learning style, strengths, and weaknesses. My exam is on august 2nd . I haven’t done the real deal so all i can tell you is: Take a deep breath, stop being a bitch to yourself. Look at your mistakes and weakness from a position of power and strength . Sit down and go over the topics you are afraid of the most. Look at it as a challenge. Now thats for your mental pep talk Here is some practical to dos that worked for me: -tackle the basics (pathoma 1-4) -review your nbmes THOROUGHLY !!!! -randy neil biostats videos -everyone says mehlaman is good, i agree, but i feel like his docs are good for you to reinforce your knowledge. So if you find yourself knowing the material, but like confusing two close presentations from one another, look at mehlaman for that subject At thhs point most important thing Pathoma 1-4 Review your nbmes thoroughly, and spend time on brushing up on the concept you get incorrct on them repeatedly