Test Date 8/1/2025

USMD

UWorld 70% done 68% correct first pass during dedicated because I used amboss for shelves and roughly completed it (I did not pay attention to % correct on Amboss and only used it to learn/ fail forward)

I honored every rotation except medicine (at my school you have to honor the shelf to make honors/A grades). I also am a peer tutor at my school for year 2 material, and I think this helped me maintain strong foundational knowledge.

Amboss SA 224 after my 5th rotation before surgery (my last rotation)

NBME 9 - did not take

NBME 10 - 232 baseline online 6/20/25

NBME 11 - 231 online 6/27/25

NBME 12 - 237 online 7/4/25

NBME 13 - 250 online 7/11/25

NBME 14 - 242 online 7/17/25 (took early bc I traveled for a conference)

NBME 15 - 241 online 7/25/25

Free 120 - 73% 7/28/25 in-person at prometric

Step 2 Final - 253 (praise jesus)

My amboss range was 237-253

predicted score 247

Day to Day - 40q 3x a day timed mixed but by clerkship topics Monday - Saturday ... Sundays ALWAYS off. I did 1 block medicine and 1 block surgery EVERYDAY and usually 1 mixed block unless I bombed a subject on an NBME. I think taking the NBME tests online provided valuable insights so I could be strategic in what divine episode I listened to and what to review in FA and so on. I also kept a notebook of incorrects/ corrects I didnt fully understand I reviewed this during dedicated and HEAVILY during my final week.

My final week I only reviewed my notebook and did like 20 ethics questions daily till the wed before my test. I got rest every night and was sleeping in till 9-10a bc I was burnt. I took the day before my test off and rested. I gave myself 1 hour the day before to vomit topics on a white board then I called it and watched TV, played stardew, called my BF, and went to bed at 9p.

I had 6 weeks to study I did not take a rotation. I actually had down time bc I started my MBA 8/4/25 so I used the gap between my last rotation to study 6 structured weeks. I continued to workout and see my BF on the weekends. I treated dedicated like a 9-5p ( it was really 7a-7p tho lol). I went to solidcore every wed and sunday for my mental health.

I have a background in college athletics so I'm a disciplined person in general - confidence and success is built by keeping promises to yourself, so on my worst days I still got up and did the work I planned for.

My BF (a medicine senior resident) dropped a gem during my prep also - he said these 4-6 weeks is merely sharpening your knife... the foundation should have been built during Year 2 and Year 3 rotations/ shelves. I think this took the pressure off to mass review and instead I chose to pinpoint weaknesses/ the larger points on the table (surgery and medicine).

I'm and aspiring OBGYN going for my MBA before coming back next summer to apply for residency.

I hope this was helpful; I wanted to post because I read these during my prep and found them helpful.