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Please i need honest advice
my nbs below 30 were in 60sss

Nb 30 - 75,5 %

Nb31 - 68 %

Nb 32 - 72 %

Nb 33 - 64 % !!!!!!

Please let me know what is the problem and what should i do in that 2 days or just postpone my exam. 😔😔

My last nb scores

Nb 30 — 75,5 %

Nb 31 — 68 %

Nb 32 —72 %

Nb 33 —64 % !!!!!

My nbs in 29 and beyond were in 60sss

Exam in 2 days and didn’t take any free 120 yet

Any advice and am i ready for it ???

Step 1: Pass
Step 2 CK: 233
YOG: 2024
Non-US IMG
6 publications
No step 3
No usce no us lor
Applying for im fm peds
Should i consider applying this cycle or save my money and apply next cycle with step 3 with usce and lors.

My nbmes
9,10,11,12,13 in 220s
14,15,16
In 230s
Last 16 I did today was 238
Old free 120 77%
Free 120 to be done
I wanted to apply for Psych 2027 cycle
Currently working in UK, as a speciality doctor Psych
No USCEs yet, will try to go end of tear
I am stressed, very stressed. Should I take it or extend? My extended triad will expire in oct

I had nbme scores above 75 and a free 120 of 76%😭. I felt like a failure walking out of the exam 😭. I hope this is normal and that I pass🙁.

Is 242 on step 2 non us img (will finish medschool in November) bad?

Got the results today and I’m freaking out

PASSED. Got the result last wednesday and after processing it, decided to write about my journey. Gave my exam on 29th July and this is is a very honest and messy account of my journey. If you’re struggling and have a messy journey, do give it a read and I hope it motivates you.
soo my journey started in November with uworld. I solved uworld system wise and very slowly. Used it to get used to the questions and learn the content. I completely adopted the UWORLD IS A LEARNING TOOL strategy and didn’t give a fuck about my score. Started dedicated in April and mostly did uworld on random and tried to do first aid. I was never able to use first aid to its real potential and every time I tried to it ended up becoming a highly time consuming task with low returns. When I started dedicated my uworld was only 35% complete, but I was familiar vaguely with all systems.
Started giving NBMEs
27 : 45%
29: 45% at this point I was so demotivated.
Didn’t give up, worked on my weak areas and systems using mehlman pdfs, first aid for some systems, biostats Randy Neil
28: 52% I was motivated coz at least my score had budged.
30: 50%. This score broke me. I was so done at this point coz this was supposed to be easier and somehow my score dropped.
Again worked on weak areas, did mehlman’s pdfs.
26: 58%. At this point I was very happy. Made real progress and still had 3 NBMEs left to reach 65
31: 62% elated. Reviewed NBME and again worked on a few weak systems
32: 61% a little disappointed but kept going
33: 58%. This was 1 week before my scheduled date. I was so disappointed and scared and I postponed my exam to 4 weeks later.
in the 4 weeks gap, I had my college exams for 2 weeks and I still revised my weak areas from either FA/ Mehlman and most importantly I did AT LEAST 1 uworld block a day.
Reviewed NBME 31, 32, 33 again.
I gave free 120 3 days before my exam. I got 61. It was definitely way lower than I wanted but at that point I didn’t know what else I could do even if I did postpone so I decided to give the exam.
Now the exam: my form wasn’t like the recent NBMEs. Even if concepts were repeated I couldn’t recognise them as repeated and that was my experience. Concepts from free 120 weren’t repeated but the way the questions are formed were like free 120 (The language, the wording, length of qstns etc).
I felt like I was on autopilot during the exam and didn’t spend too much time over processing the questions. Read the question, go with your gut feeling and move on. There were very few questions where I wasn’t confused between 2 options so I do think the exam is a lot about educated guessing or at least my form was.
Mehlman arrows is too good and makes you feel like you’re actually understanding smth and I highly recommend it. Also don’t sleep on pathoma 1-3, there’s a reason it’s high yield.
I never crossed 62 on any practice exam but the thing that helped me the most is reviewing the questions and having self confidence. I think at one point all of us should stop over preparing and look beyond the scores. I’m not saying or advising that people should give exam with scores in low 60s as I myself was aiming for 65+ but what I am saying is that the most important thing in this exam is self confidence on the day.

I have got this pattern of nbmes
Nbme 9 49 %
Nbme 10 62%
Nbme 13 65 %
Nbme 12 65%
Nbme 14 67%
Nbme 11 74 %
Nbme 15 74%

Need serious advice am i able to get 250 plus in real deal so much confused righ now exam in 2 weeks

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NBME 10- 235

NBME 11-240

NBME 12-242 ( Today )

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Exam in 4 weeks , target around 260

I really need some advice!

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I took NBME 27 as a baseline today and scored 56%. My Step 1 is September 21, so I have ~35 days left and postponing isn't an option.

I've completed general path, CVS, respiratory, renal, endocrine, repro, biochem, and heme/onc, but retention is poor. I still have neuro, GI, immunology, MSK, derm, psych, ethics, biostats, virology/parasites and some pharm pending. I've done ~25% UWorld.

A lot of the NBME was guesswork because I genuinely haven't covered some of the material.

Can I realistically make this in 35 days? What should I prioritize now: finishing the first pass, UWorld, revision, or NBMEs? And what strategy would you use from here?

Looking for brutally honest advice.

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If you can only choose between doing either UWSA 2, NBME 9 or UWSA 1 what would you choose?

Nbmes scores
nmbe 29: 85%
nbme 31: 83.5%
nbme 32: 81.5%
Uworld overall percentage 83%

I have taken these three nbmes yet. My exam is booked for 19 september but 4th sep is also available.I am confused whether to push it back to 4th september or keep it on the same date. I haven’t finished revising first aid and my weak topics yet.

My triad last month is September my nbme score are
25 55%
26. 60%
27 61%
28 67%
31 61%
I have still 3 nbmes but I’m so worried should I extend my exam ?

Step1 failed one time, step2 23X, step3 20X, and very long YOG. But I got accepted by a community program. Never lose hope and we’ll be there. 😊

Hello everyone! I’m step 1 pass currently preparing for step 2.YOG:2024,wanna sit in next year’s match cycle. I plan to take step 2 in Jan 2027. And then later go for my USCEs april onwards(visa requiring). Since there’s alot of rejection lately on just observer ships basis, i wanted to strengthen my application by getting a visa appointment atleast after step 2 so that i can show i am ready to take step 3. Or even if i get rejected on just ovservership basis, i can apply emergency visa on step 3 basis. Thing is i got know that for step 3 u need to have your ecfmg certification and for that u need to apply for pathways. I do hold a permanent pmdc license and good standing certificate which makes me eligible for pathway 1. The deadline for the pathways application is Jan 31,2027. If i take step 2 tentatively in Jan,i am keeping it flexible as it is score based so i cant rush it and if my scores seem to be stuck then i cant take it in jan too. So my oet gets delayed and i cant apply pathway before 31 jan so the whole backup plan for keeping step 3 goes down too. What do you guys recommend?
Shall i go for oet in btw my step 2 prep phase? Has anyone done like this? Applied pathways before taking step 2?
Please give suggestions!