Post-step spiral
I took step yesterday and I feel AWFUL. I know that this seems to be a common sentiment but I truly feel like I may have failed. I've counted 36 questions so far that I know I got wrong and there were SO many more that were educated guesses for me that I probably got wrong too.
All my NBMEs ranged from a 68-77, with a 75 on the free120, so I felt okay going into it. Some parts of the exam tested obscure concepts and the chart-style questions and longer stem questions were so long that I was fighting the clock on every block. And I don't know if it was anxiety or something else, but it almost feels like I had poor testing-taking abilities yesterday. I missed easy questions that I usually would have gotten right on my practice exams, and made poor educated guesses where I usually would have reasoned my way to the correct answer. I also changed my answers a couple times when I really shouldn't have. I know these questions could be experimental but they felt fair and I have a hard time imagining that they would be.
I know everyone says to trust your NBMEs but I felt so much better after taking those than after taking the real thing. I swear I'm not trying to fear monger but I could really use some insight on how everyone gets through the wait and what everyone else's feelings were from post-exam to score release day. I genuinely have so much anxiety and I'm spiraling so bad.