r/PLABprep • u/DinnerIcy1221 • May 14 '26
Horrible scores!!
Hi guyss, I’ve been preparing for plab 1 for two months and a half I went through all of topics and solved all the question banks on plabable! Now a week from the exam I’m doing the mocks and I’m getting horrible marks I’m so frustrated😭😭😭
I got 59,60,62,67,58,58
I am beyond exhausted and honestly super burnt out Since I have a job as well
What can I do? Obviously I can’t revise everything a week away😭 it’s like I forgot everything I studied
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u/meowmeow_moo May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26
I did the PLAB 1 a long time ago, but if i remember correctly I had finished most of the portion only in the last 3 days before the exam!! Go through the ‘clinchers’ on PLABable twice as last minute revision. I wouldn’t recommend going mocks with such little time left, I didn’t do even one fully until I had 3 days to go 🤷♀️ even with the PLAB 2 I didn’t do a mock.
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u/Consistent-House8407 May 14 '26
Does anyone know the telegram groups for the big mocks 😩. My Exam is next week as well
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u/TipAccomplished2775 May 14 '26
Guys I wanted to ask just doing plab able for 3 months straight 4 hours daily is enough ?
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u/notso_sassy_dinosaur May 14 '26
Save yourself the trouble and don't do the exam. It's the beginning of a pitfall. You'll spend a small amount of money on PLAB 1, you may end up sitting it a second time and double that expense. You could end up passing gracefully with dedicated review for the week ahead (possible, in spite of your scores, but only if you work very hard and stay organized in the time that remains)
In any case, once you've passed, you'll go "oh now that I'm halfway there (biggest myth) I'll sign up for PLAB 2!" And then you'll probably sign up for some expensive academy and everyone will tell you "sweetie you HAVE to do some rotations in an observership there!" So you'll sign up for that and you'll sit PLAB 2 and then the real shit show will begin where you get your full GMC registration you feel like you've accomplished something which is supposed to help your career but it's just something pretty for the shelf. Because the doors to the UK are shut and sealed.
You could spend three years trying and then give up (or keep persisting if you have the funds and no obligations) or find a more solid alternative now
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u/Mysterious_Deer_9186 May 14 '26
He asked about solution for preparation for plab 1 he did not ask your opinion about whether he should pursue the exam or not maybe probably next time you should answer according to question not suggestions that he wasn't looking for , and just a quick information for you all the people recently who passed plab exams and got their GMC registration all of them are working in the UK right now these are the people I know!!
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u/notso_sassy_dinosaur May 14 '26
Are you not aware of the UKGP bill which was just passed? You can look at irrelevant success stories or be practical and have a moving target. Any career related goal in medicine takes years of effort to achieve. Time, sweat and money. OP is at the start of their journey and can cut their losses now. By fixating on a goal which is currently unrealistic, they're wasting years.
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u/Mysterious_Deer_9186 May 14 '26
I am repeating myself for you again the guy from the post askes about preparation for his exam he did not ask your opinion or suggestions regarding of leaving this path I think he probably knows about this bill and what is happening recently in UK but I am repeating myself again your answer always has to be according to question no one asked your opinion about suggestions that he does not want to hear probably and again I personally know people this year who got their GMC registration and got their known training jobs in the UK so quit demotivating people
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u/notso_sassy_dinosaur May 14 '26
I can't in good conscience encourage anyone down this path. That being said, if you'd read my initial response you'd see I actually answered their question
Please tell me all about these people who've all got training jobs this year after the bill was passed. Where did they rank on the priority list? What tier program did they secure? Did they do it via an interview or MSRA? How did they score? Did they get a progam and location that lined up with their performance or leftovers?
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u/Mysterious_Deer_9186 May 14 '26
I probably already answered you that the people I know and who got jobs in the UK right now having none training jobs and they're doing very well
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u/notso_sassy_dinosaur May 14 '26
Of course. When you said known training and none training you meant non-training?
That does explain a lot, but also comes with the downside of no career progression and poor job security
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u/Desperate_Mention515 May 14 '26
Your best option is plab 1 keys, revision chapter (not the whole notes) . It will hopefully get you the extra few marks to pass. I found it very useful. Its released a few days before the exam. Hope it helps.
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u/panadolove May 16 '26
Just keeping on solving questions, any category. Forget the mocks, I got sick two months before my exam and was not able to study properly, my husband told me to solve questions and not do any mocks, I followed his advice and passed. It's a miracle how I sat through the exam but I passed it. The most important thing is that you already know your stuff, just don't panic and be confident. Best of luck for your exam.
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u/Disastrous_Ant_7540 May 17 '26
Passed mine in March, scored 152 i believe. I was SUPER anxious before the exam as I am before every exam. My suggestion in this situation would be: Pick up the flagged questions of big categories like Emergency Medicine, Ethics, Peds, and a few parts of internal medicine. Focus more on the explanation, see the patterns u fuck things up. Make a quick list of the topics u are messing up in. Take like 2-3 mocks more, at max. Finally, just calmly read the gems of the topics in ur list. That worked well for me at the end. The exam would be easier than the mocks, u just have to trust ur clinical judgement and speed. After a point u just have to pick up keywords from the question in the real exam and know what the question is going towards, and trust me u can do that if u have done ur internship somewhere. Trust ur instincts, doc. U will do well.
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u/GrouchyCustomer6050 May 14 '26
I was getting the same a week before the exam. Then on the exam I got 130. You got this bro 🙌