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A new NBME 15 is out! Here is the official discussion page. How did you guys feel about this nbme?
Took it yesterday.
Got 590 (Approximately 242)
Felt tougher than NBME13. Felt more like UWorld (question stems tend to be long and multiple options given all look the same)
Many questions were WTF-type of questions. Had to take many guesses. There are also some easy questions though.
I think it is worth it if you still have 2 - 4 weeks before Step 1. My guess is that it reflects the type of questions on the current Step 1 exam.
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Man, I'm exactly 2 weeks out. Debating if I should or not. Don't want it to kill my confidence, I'm only around the 220s...
How were your previous NBMEs in comparison?
what's up with the numbering system? there's nbme 1-7 but no 8, 9, 10. then there's nbme 11, 12, 13 and now 15 but no 14?
yet another one of the many NBME mysteries...in a long line of mysteries.
What was the highest ever Score?
What is the highest possible Score?
How do they work out the Score?
Is there a life after death?
NBME 13 and 12 were around 250...
Check out this forum http://www.usmleforum.com/files/forum/2013/1/723796-2.php to see several questions and how you feel...
If you decide to take it, take it in expanded-feedback mode so you can at least look up the wrong questions.
PROS on taking it: could reflect current Step 1 questions (but not sure of this though)
CONS: harder than NBME 13, might get you a lower score than expected, answers not yet available on forums
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during repair of esophageal atresia, fibrotic esophagus with no lumen, what germ layers originally filled the lumen?
endo/intermediate meso/NC/paraxial meso/surface ecto.
A new NBME 15 is out! Here is the official discussion page. How did you guys feel about this nbme?
For Question 3: Why did you pick 2* Hypothyroid? Due to there being no goiter?
2.c; EPO stimulates RBC precursors to proliferate. go to the wiki for hematopoetic stem cells and there is a good picture. But the bottom line is you only really see an increase in RBCs, not other lines, so it is the RBC precursor
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I have a few NBME 15 questions i need help with... would anyone help me answering them?
that sounds about right. I think this might have been one that I was split on and guessed correctly. I felt that this test definitely had a handful of questions that came down to eliminating to two choices and flipping a coin.
Oh I also didn't understand the one where H. pylori was the answer for the esophageal mass. Can anyone shed some light on this?
I can't remember the question exactly but did it give you a picture of the biopsy? I think this one was just adenocarcinoma (following GERD-induced intestinal type metaplasia).
this was a dirty question. They were asking for the DIRECT cause of the symptoms. In this case it was the excess T3 acting on the nuclear thyroid hormone receptors.
Just finished taking NBME 15...I'll agree with everyone else as well and say that there were way more UWorld style questions. A lot more vague symptoms too (way less "buzzwords") and more questions (I thought) where I was wavering between a couple answers. A lot more questions than the other NBME that I just straight up guessed on.
Yeah somehow I got that botulism one right but have no idea how. About to go read the wikipedia article on mEPPs haha. I also got some ridiculously dumb ones straight from FA wrong though like the coronary circulation one and the acute intermittent porphyria enzyme one.
The only other NBME I've taken so far was NBME 12. Crazily enough I scored higher on this one than 12 even though I felt like 12 was easier.
12 (4/9/13): 610/247
15 (4/16/13): 630/252
Thought this test was pretty tough..
- Floppy baby w/ defect in inhibitory neuron (glutamate? glycine?)
Thanks!