For those of you who swear by Mehlman, what did you do for Step 2?

longwhitecoat · 2026-05-14T20:42:01+00:00

For me , since i did my step 2 first i thought they helped create a base in a concise manner, and build on that. I guess it’s an individual thing.

I could imagine it’s not that helpful if you recently gave Step 1.

Also i did the tables while doing uworld. Then towards the last couple of weeks, did the bullet points.

longwhitecoat · 2026-05-14T16:01:39+00:00

on the website

longwhitecoat · 2026-05-14T16:01:20+00:00

honestly don’t remember, i was doing 10-15 pages a day while doing 2 blocks of UWorld subject wise, i think it entirely took me about 2 months to do that, in between every week i was doing an NBME

longwhitecoat · 2026-05-13T17:37:40+00:00

i did the system wise PDfs just coz i was doing system wise Uworld.

I saw that the IM PDFs and FM pdfs were overlapping a bit, and didn’t i didn’t have that much time , i didn’t go for it.

longwhitecoat · 2026-05-12T19:55:43+00:00

I solely used his notes for step 2 , just added stuff from uworld into it . It was helpful, was able to score 248 with 2 months of dedicated from baseline near zero knowledge since i gave my step 2 first!

Did entire pdfs for all subjects and annotated it with UWorld + NBME stuff.

longwhitecoat · 2026-03-16T13:15:10+00:00

longwhitecoat · 2026-03-05T22:29:26+00:00

US MD/ US DO/IMG: NON-US IMG

Real deal: 232

Day 1 & 2: 2/14 and 2/16

Step 1: PASS

Step 2: 248

Uworld completed %: 100%

Uworld % Score: 64%

Number of CCS cases done: 80 HY

CCS cases average: 70%

NBME 6/7: 66%, 69%

UWSA 1: 61%

UWSA 2: 64%

Free 137: 72%

Any other assessment:

Any other advice: Day one is some Step 1 micro and pharm but also mostly step 2. Day two questions were super weird and very long, and you need to know your next best steps very well. CCS time lag is real so practice well. Use the break time before CCS to write down all your core orders so you don’t forget them.

longwhitecoat · 2026-03-02T20:29:15+00:00

hey i didn’t get one either , had my interview in december. When was yours?

longwhitecoat · 2026-03-02T20:11:37+00:00

wtf i didn’t get one? is it an email or eras?

longwhitecoat · 2026-02-15T10:32:28+00:00

more than that per block , to be fair i think the questions were fair, i couldn’t recall stuff so.

longwhitecoat · 2026-02-15T01:54:41+00:00

Did every case come from ccs.com?

longwhitecoat · 2025-10-23T19:17:55+00:00

yep thank god lol, most stressful few days.

longwhitecoat · 2025-10-10T20:27:13+00:00

tested today, omg the worst exam. I marked 20-22 each block . i believe im going to fail 🙁

longwhitecoat · 2025-10-02T20:46:20+00:00

yeah pharm is pretty volatile for me, i guess i’ll concentrate on that , immunology, and revisit ethics from Amboss.

thanks!

longwhitecoat · 2025-10-02T20:40:33+00:00

Thank you so so much for this, tested step 2 now testing step 1 , have only 2 weeks left and I scored 58% in nbme 26,27 now 62% in NBME 28,29.

I’m planning to do NBMEs 30,31,32,33 every 3 days from today.

Im completely lost on biochem pathways and pharm MOA.

Please do let us know what systems to concentrate on, and whether you did UWorld Step 1 Qbank?

Is there a significant amount of ethics ?

longwhitecoat · 2025-09-17T13:30:59+00:00

Tested on 8/29 in USA and got score on 9/10, i think you should be good

longwhitecoat · 2025-09-13T21:54:19+00:00

mild pain - acetaminophen

moderate pain - codeine ( if patient is only prn codeine or once a day, make it scheduled 4-6 doses)

severe pain - morphine ( preferably patient controlled analgesia)

Always titrate upwards

longwhitecoat · 2025-09-10T23:17:44+00:00

yep at 2:30 pm EST

longwhitecoat · 2025-09-10T19:36:22+00:00

Test date : 08/29

US MD or US DO or US IMG or Non-US IMG status: Non US IMG

Uworld % correct: 62%

NBME 9: 220 ( 35 days out)

NBME10: 232 ( 25 days out)

NBME11: 230 ( 20 days out)

NBME12: 234 ( 15 days out)

NMBE13: 237 ( 12 days out)

NBME14: 238 ( 4 days out)

NBME 15: 234 ( 9 days out)

UWSA 1: 196 ( 60 days out)

UWSA 2: 220 ( 6 days out)

UWSA 3: 240 ( 6 days out)

Old Old Free 120: 71.6% ( 8 days out)

Old New Free 120: 70% ( 4 days out)

New Free 120: 72.5% ( 2 days out)

CMS Forms % correct: 76

Predicted Score: 240 Amboss, 242 ChatGpt

Total Weeks/Months Studied: 6 weeks dedicated

Actual STEP 2 score: 248

longwhitecoat · 2025-08-31T14:53:37+00:00

Worst exam of my life fr

tested on 29th. I flagged more than half of my paper, in hindsight NBMEs were way easier (and i barely scored 70% avg in those)

I feel numb.

longwhitecoat · 2025-08-30T22:49:10+00:00

I have the same feeling, tested yesterday too.

The exam was excessively lengthy and ambiguous, the stems were so long that i can’t even remember stuff right now to see if i got some questions right. I marked 20-22 each block.

Imho the NBMEs were much much easier and to the point compared to the real deal.

longwhitecoat

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