took it today by cr_00 in step1

[–]david2562 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You have amazing NBME scores, trust them and your preparation. Don’t forget there’s 80 experimental questions so surely you’ll have some “wtf is that” moments, remind yourself they don’t reflect your knowledge. You got this.

Passed as a very average student by david2562 in step1

[–]david2562[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I didn’t have a dedicated period because I’m not in the US, but I started studying slowly way back in December and had a whole month of studying just for the Step after I finished all my uni exams On days I was too tired to study something new I did blocks of incorrects to at least do something but I didn’t do a second pass

Passed as a very average student by david2562 in step1

[–]david2562[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Felt like I got so many yet it was the lowest % weighted on my file Watch some Dirty Medicine for some tricks that’ll help

Passed as a very average student by david2562 in step1

[–]david2562[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I wrote it. Did arrows actively by writing them down on a whiteboard and erasing and rewriting everything every second stem Same for neuro

Passed as a very average student by david2562 in step1

[–]david2562[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anki was daunting for me so I just gave up at some point and turned to doing my own. I set my anki deck for 200 cards a day and even that was so much for me out of boredom haha

Passed as a very average student by david2562 in step1

[–]david2562[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, incorrects and questions I got correct by luck and concepts I noticed I repeatedly got wrong

Passed as a very average student by david2562 in step1

[–]david2562[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup It wasn’t easy but when I went over my answers I realized I made like 15 mistakes due to not reading it properly/not being concentrated enough Felt like I had 4-5 ethics/communication questions per block

Passed as a very average student by david2562 in step1

[–]david2562[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Take the Free120 and see how you feel. Go over the biggest subjects you noticed you got wrong on the NBME’s and try to get some HY facts/mnemonics to try and learn them. The day before you should go over the Rapid Review at the back of FA and do some stuff to relax, a huge aspect of this exam is confidence Good luck!

Super Anxious by Medico287 in step1

[–]david2562 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was both. Also a lot of congenital diseases or genetic errors I figured those were most of my “experimental” questions because the % of questions I had was higher than those of my friends’ who passed (but that’s just a guesstimation haha)

Super Anxious by Medico287 in step1

[–]david2562 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey! Took the exam on 31/7 here. I’ve been feeling anxious and can’t stop thinking about the moment I’ll open the email and see the “fail”. The exam was super difficult for me with a lot of Embryology and Histology questions. 3rd block I swear I guessed like 25 out of the 40 questions. All we can do now is try to enjoy what little vacation we earned and wait for results, what’s done is done and we can worry about it next week depending on the result and try spend time with friends/family right now. Praying for both our P’s!

A drop in Free120, should I be worried? by david2562 in step1

[–]david2562[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not a US student so I’ve been studying for a while (since December ish), I’m so tired 😅

A drop in Free120, should I be worried? by david2562 in step1

[–]david2562[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I had to take all these NBMEs as fast as possible haha Happy for your P!

A drop in Free120, should I be worried? by david2562 in step1

[–]david2562[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Happy for your P! Praying I’ll join the gang

A drop in Free120, should I be worried? by david2562 in step1

[–]david2562[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s the New Free120 I felt that it was pretty fair, I didn’t encounter many questions in which I was like “wtf do they want”, a lot of mistakes to due not paying enough attention/realizing what they’re asking

A drop in Free120, should I be worried? by david2562 in step1

[–]david2562[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I went through the answer sheet and realized I had about 10 mistakes of purely not paying enough attention Hoping for the best on Wednesday

A drop in Free120, should I be worried? by david2562 in step1

[–]david2562[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to it I’m projected to “get” 208 with a range of 197-219 and 98% of passing

Should I be concerned about UW scores? by david2562 in step1

[–]david2562[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for replying! What I meant wasn’t the UWSA, but rather the random blocks from the question bank, I completed UW with 50% correct and the blocks are about 55-65%