As I am coning from out of city to take the test , I don't have viable option to leave my phone at , before going to the test center. The Admit card strictly mentions no mobile phones at the testing center. Does anybody have any information on this ?
As I am coning from out of city to take the test , I don't have viable option to leave my phone at , before going to the test center. The Admit card strictly mentions no mobile phones at the testing center. Does anybody have any information on this ?
Essentially, what the title says. Better if it budget friendly?
Is the qbank authentic ? Are the past papers and mcqs in its qbank valid ? Are there answers correct? Inshort, is the subscription worth instead of SK ? I am used to solving uworld so SK past papers and rafiullah is not an easy challenge for me. So i was looking for an alternate.
I am taking Part 1 in medicine in the coming attempt.
I have a 75% aggregate in MBBS
I didn't do Housejob from my home institute so I will not get the whole 5 marks. Do I have a chance to get induction ?
I took step1 in may this year and have gone through First aid multiple times for it. I have decided to take the october attempt of Part 1 in medicine. What should I focus on in the next 2 months to maximize my chances of passing ? Is it doable in 2 months ?
Does anybody have a newer version of the book in pdf ? I only found on from 2022
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Hello. I passed step 1 a week ago and my target for step 2 is around feb-march 2027 with a break in nov for a month or so. So a total of around 8 months of study period.
I'll come straight to the point . What do i need to do for a 260 ? Ik it sounds cliche but that is my target and I want to achieve it fair and square.
My step 1 knowledge is fresh. I have read that i need 80-85% to get a 260+. My last 5 nbmes of step 1 were jn low 80s (ik it doesn't translate into good scores for step2 too because they are totally differnet exams but i just want to give you an idea of my baseline starting step2)
I didnt use Anki for step1 so i probably wont do it for step2. Apart from that, any suggestions on resources or study methods would be appreciated
To the people who got their results last Wednesday, at what exact time did you get your results ? ( In USA or your regional standard time )
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That was something.
First of all, to the people who say it is nothing like NBME/F120 and the people who say it is exactly like NBME/F120, I get you both. Majority of the concepts are the same. Some are ditto copies (NBME images). But the propotion of vague/tough questions is much worse than them both. 80% of the stems are F120 length. Rest are longer.
For a 70% NBME student, an avg block will look something like this :
-10 question you'll answer just by going through the stem once
-15-20 questions you'll have to reason through. They require in-depth knowledge of core concepts and random factoid.
-10 questions will be extremely vague, with difficult presentation or ask about a minute detail of 4th order
- 2-3 questions will straight up have Hoo-Haa syndrome or KFC mutation as the answer so that is just straight up luck.
There will be some WTF moments , where you'll get rhe exact same question for gods know how many times. I straight up got para-aortic lymph drainage of testes/ovaries FOUR TIMES on top of total 5-6 questions just on lymphatic drainage of just the pelvis apart from those 4.
I got 5 questions just on language interpreter.
You will flag a lot of questions. You will get a lot of questions wrong. But the good things is that it is P/F, so no worries in going for it while knowing all this.
Tbh, the only reason I am not shitting bricks rn is because my avg of last 5 NBMEs was 79% (don't kill me pls)
Any last days suggestions or quick HY things to do ?
I am going to test in 5 days.
My last 4 NBMEs (30-33) have been 80-81% taken throughout last month.
Just took the Free 120 (2024) and that percentage dropped to 74. Ik it's still a pass but what worried me more is that i felt like guessing half the questions . That wasn't the case with NBMEs. I took those forms fairly confident and actually knew what was going on. Plus I've seen almost everybody score actually more on the free 120 than their NBME forms.
I just want to know if it's a common feeling and whether free120 is actually tougher than NBME and a more accurate predictor?