just thinking of doing true learn and nothing more . is that ok? IM comat in 7 weeks gonna start studying tomorrow for it . havent started studying yet eek
Low pass probability, should I move my test date
I am having like major anxiety with my testing scores and hella confused on what to do. Testing in 3 days
Comsae 107 (May 17 330) diagnostic
Comsae 110 - 430
Comsae 113 - 425 (June 26)
Comsae 114 - 500 (July 2)
Comsae 111 - 403!!!! (July 5)
I just dropped 100 points within the span of like 3 days what do i DO?? Im testing July 9!
Title basically.
Wanted to make sure cause that’s the only way I can relax after my exam by just attributing missed questions to experimental 😂
Anyone know how many questions specifically are experimental?
Long story short: School requires us to hit 450 to be able to take the exam. I took COMSAE Form 119 and got a 383. Honestly really humbling, but was ready to grind for the next few months. I got placed into an intensive study block to get my score up. After one month of studying, I took COMSAE 114 and got a 402. Glad to see I jumped 19 points, but it's honestly not as much of a jump as I'd like.
I didn't struggle as much nearly for my Level 1 tbh. I'm kind of at a lost for words. I scored 496 at my highest COMSAE for Level 1 and currently can barely scrape 400 for Level 2.
Any advice on how to maximize my score would be great. I think the next COMSAE I'm taking is either 117 or 118.
hey yall. I test in 9 days and im pretty scared. comsaes and tl have been fine, but do not feel prepared to take this exam at all. Still feel like I don’t know everything and insanely scared I’ll get a form with everything i somehow missed. Any advice to manage this panic before sitting?
Got score back from May COMLEX and was wondering if anyone could ballpark a numbered score or percentile that I got.
Is the upper end of the standard deviation estimated to be 85th percentile?
Does anyone have any reccomendations on what to focus on for the next 5 days before level 2? any advice will help - these posts are scaring me about how weird level 2 is
Hey everyone. Found out I failed the second time. First time had no time to study, below average preclinical student. Just did micro and omm. This time? Did first aid for a year, did uWorld and reviewed OMM And still failed :(
Devastated. NEED TO pass the third attempt so please help me
Comquest? Trulearn? Didnt do either for the prior attempts bc i hate truelearns explanations.
Amboss? Any and all advice welcome. Very demoralized and considering quitting
I need to get a 450 on my comsae and sit for level 1 by the end of this month or I delay my rotations by 2 whole months.
I am having a lot of trouble keeping up with everything. I'm terrible with pharm. I still need to review msk, omm, stats, and psych.
Is it likely that I pass?
Hey everyone, I just need some advice.
I am currently scheduled to take my level 2 on July 20 and then I start Sub I's. I can delay the exam, but then it would be during Sub I's and currently I don't see any dates open in Aug.
I was a below average student during third year, and I studied just enough to get a pass on COMATs (89-95 range). I started dedicated 4 weeks ago. So far, I used UWorld tutored mode to work on each system (40 questions, one system a day, spend 2 days on each system/topic) and also did TL 40 questions mixed. My average on UWorld has been 50% and on TL it is around 65%. I have been doing about 1 hour of anki a day. I try to do uworld incorrect deck but it has been building up and hard to get through them all. I took 2 COMSAES:
June 16 COMSAE 113 - 395
July 1 COMSAE 114 -424
I was shooting for a 500 at least since I am not taking step but at this point I think I just want to pass. I am planning on applying IM (not interested in fellowship and ok with community programs). I think I'm at a point where I am burnt out and honestly some days just not in the right headspace/mental health because of this exam. I have been going to therapy. I noticed OMM was one of my lowest sections for both COMSAEs so I plan to review more of that going forward, but just looking for some advice. I have 115 left to take which I plan to take about a week before the exam. Just wondering if its possible or should I really consider pushing this exam? Also, anything to help with burn out or mental health during this time? (other then therapy which I am already going to).
Just finished OMS-I and realized I know absolutely nothing about COMLEX prep. I keep hearing about First Aid, UWorld, Sketchy, Pathoma, Anki, TrueLearn, etc., but I have no idea what resources I should actually use or when to use them.
Can someone give me a simple step-by-step timeline from the start of OMS-II until exam day? What resources should I prioritize, when should I start question banks, and what would you do differently if you could start over?
Assume I'm starting from zero knowledge about board prep. Any advice is appreciated!
I see some people complaining about the amount of comlex 1 stuff on comlex 2. curious if people think itd be worthwhile to go through the rapid review and microbio sections of first aid for step 1 in preparaion for level 2?
3 weeks from test day. Have taken 2 comsaes 113 (471 - 4 weeks ago) and 114 (534 - yesterday). 35% done with Truelearn, doing 2 40 question blocks a day averaging between 60-80%. I don’t like anki so I review the blocks by taking notes afterwards but struggle with reviewing my notes regularly. I still feel a lot of knowledge gaps even though my scores are not terrible and do not feel confident at all, doesn’t help when level 1 info comes to haunt me either. I started out dedicated by watching and annotating Dr. HY but the information is just not sticking and feel like I have plateaued and very burnt out. I really want to score a 550+ but am worried because the forms are so unpredictable. Does anyone have advice on what I should do/focus on
Anyone take level 2 today?? My test is next week I’m scared out of my mind and my friend took it today and said it was the hardest test that no comsae or amount of truelearn qs could’ve ever prepared her for. I’m scared I need to push my test back more
How did everyone feel?? I haven’t found a post yet but I feel like I missed a lot of easy points and kept going back n forth on a lot of questions :/ hoping it’s enough to pass. Didn’t feel great walking out.
got 529 on level 2 but 226 on step 2. should I even report my step 2? scored way lower than expected
feeling so defeated about my step 2 score. Practice NBMEs were in the 240s so anxiety must have gotten the best of me on test day. Also, I was so burnt out since I took step 2 after comlex.
Need any info for COMSAE 113. I would greatly appreciate it if it's something solid to pass, the more details the better. it's the last attempt through my school just making sure I cover my bases with all the forms. thanks in advance!
I have only done the school comsae and got 542 on it. That was about 4 weeks ago. My test is in 4 days.
That score 5 weeks out sounds good but my NBME scores for step 2 have been mid as hell, in the 230s mainly (step 2 is in 11 days for me). So I'm worried that I haven't actually improved much at all.
Should I bother doing another comsae? Last year for level 1 I felt that the comsaes were significantly easier than the actual test and deeply regretted buying every single one of them. I didn't learn much from them anyway, and only used them to predict where my score would be.
I'm honestly afraid that the 542 was a fluke and that if I take another comsae I will do bad on it and just really ruin the last of my confidence right before my test. My 230s plateau in NBME has already brought me down quite a lot and I'm terrified I will destroy whatever remaining self-esteem I have.
Hi everyone
I'm about 28 days from my Level 2 exam and been on dedicated for about a week or so. My daily schedule has been doing 120 Q of truelearn a day, reviewing them throughly and doing anki on things I'm getting incorrect. I keep a big word document that I can brain dump all my incorrects into when I'm reviewing.
My plan is to take a COMSAE at the end of this week to see where I'm at. I've heard they're not that representative however so I'm trying not to put TOO MUCH pressure on it.
I took a truelearn "pre-test" that our school provided for us when I started dedicated. I scored a 69% (this is not the assessment, it was a 176 Q quiz they hand picked truelearn questions from) I'm not sure how this translates. I reset the truelearn level 2 bank as I had done some questions for assigned quizzes and such through school. I've currently done about 900 questions of truelearn and am averaging a 69% on my timed blocks. I plan to continue to do 120 Q a day, keep up with my anki and review OMM with the help of the green book + dirty medicine. I don't plan on doing Uworld as I had finished it during the year when studying for the COMAT's.
I wanted to get some advice from people about my prep. I know that I still have a month to go and can make changes to how I'm approaching my prep. I am not a great test taker by any means and have scored extremely average on all of my COMAT's (ranging from 85-100). I plan to apply EM and would LOVE to score around a 550.
I honestly can't really tell where I'm at considering all of the NBOME exams that we're provided are considered not good predictors.
Please gimme all your tips and tricks and things you think helped you on your exam!
Good luck to everyone studying :)
