260 on the real deal!
Ask me any questions you have! This group helped me a lot when I was worrying about my NBMEs and leading up to the exam.
Study period: November 2025-End of April (I only got serious with studying daily after January 1st)
Materials: UWorld (finished around 92%), took NBMEs 10-16, free 120 (old new + new new), and did around 3 CMS forms for most of the subjects. I used Amboss to look up diseases I hadn’t seen in awhile & to read about ethics/QI/patient safety (only did this in the last month, in my free evenings). I studied full time from Jan- April 17th. Didn’t take many days off and was extremely burnt out by test day. Wouldn’t recommend that part!
I listened to very few DIP when I walked my dog, but can’t say if I really recalled things from it or not.
Other: Passed Step 1 end of August 2025, so I was going in with a good foundation from that. In my very last week I was all over the place, but did review biostats from my step 1 notes & screenings from USPSTF. Was just going through my prior NBMEs and trying to read my incorrect notes.
My NBME scores: my first score on 10 was a 230. My last 3 scores were 257,258,254 on 14-16. My free 120 was 80% (2021 version) and 74% (2023 version) taken 4 days before exam.
Test day: slept around 6-7 hours and brought water and lots of protein bars. Ate half a protein bar on every break. I took a break after each block of 40. I did rush a lot, felt time was working against me. I had to make guesses based on the context and what fit best and move on quickly. However, I stayed positive and tried not to fixate on one weird question! Answer, move on, pray and hope for the best!