Score went down on NBME 28
I need some advice on how to improve and feel better after today. I went down 9 points on NBME 28 and I’m glad it pointed out areas I’m weak in but also annoyed cause I wish I did better. I didn’t fully review it yet but just tapping through it I know I made some silly mistakes.
Here is my stats so far:
NBME 26: 53% (5/1)
NBME 27: 57% (5/9)
NBME 28: 48% (5/19)
I’m being very transparent and gonna say I guess on most of the biostats questions. I haven’t watched Randy Neil yet, but I would appreciate any advice anyone has on maximizing getting the most biostats questions correct. Every day I do 60 random UWorld questions, take notes in a notebook for each question I get right or wrong, and have followed it up with several dirty med videos on topics I’ve gotten wrong and review it every day. Currently took a break from dirty med and I’m working through Pathoma 1-3 which saved me some points on NBME 28 today already.
For each NBME I took I spend about 2-3 days reviewing it and take notes. My exam is June 15 so I have about 4 weeks to improve, but after today I’m really worried and any advice will be helpful to get into the 60-70 range. I’m thinking of doing more focused review on UWorld instead of random questions to focus on system I’m weak in. In terms of timing I always finish on time or with several minutes left.
Before today I was honestly very positive cause I was going up but this really took a blow to my confidence. I’ve read online that 28 is a rather difficult exam but I’ve also seen that for the other forms too so I’m not sure what to think.