Focus on what you're getting wrong. Not content specifically, but what types of questions are you getting wrong? Your percentage is not bad. Have you taken a NBME recently?
Thanks friend i needed that!
I wonder that too. He's doing a great job but i wish he crowd sourced more (for his own mental health haha).
He switched from Rads to Anesthesia and then is no longer listed on the resident roster at his program so I think he is taking a year to himself.
They’ve been taking about two weeks for everyone I know. They’re released on Wednesday. So if taking that week, will likely be receiving your score on the 14th of October. Of course, who knows where in the week they’re drawing the line to push it back to the following Wednesday. That following Wednesday is the 21st which would be a sucky day to receive a score imo.
Uworld + anki throughout third year. Didn’t keep up throughout rotations but maybe the newer decks make that easier. Did OME with the whiteboard book somewhat regularly too. Not much true “dedicated” study. So when step 2 was 4-6 weeks out, I focused on finishing uworld IM (couldn’t finish it on rotation). When I took uwsa1, it was painfully obvious that I’d lost some of the other disciplines and was just really good at IM. So gearing up for uwsa2 I started redoing uworld while adding in the anki cards from my previous rotations. Last few days, I started writing out my stats formulas because I forgot stats existed.
Your friends at the NBME will certainly like that you reviewed Divine... Divine is the Goljan equivalent for Step 2 CK.
Agreed. I will say for a good portion of the test I was completely lost when i first read most of the question. Like no idea what the question even wanted. So I just flagged it, guessed and moved on.
UWorld helpful or nah?
..? more like yay. of course it's helpful, it's still the gold standard for USMLE test prep.
Agreed with phagocytosis. Personally, it really helped rationalize problems and get really effective for "whats the best next step" type of questions.
Thanks. I did both Amboss and Uworld and i definitely feel like Uworld is better at teaching me how to approach a question etc. whereas Amboss was just straight up fking with me. I was considering re-doing Amboss but i think i'll just stick to Uworld incorrects.
good decision! certainly use Amboss if you want as well, as those are harder questions.
New Free 120 was 76%
incredible. i hope i can emulate your success
Thanks a lot. Are you a 3rd year right now?
nope! 4th year taking step 2 in 14 days D: my step 1 was a 233 so similar to yours!
