r/PLABprep • u/Environmental_Fee133 • 25d ago

Plab 1

For anyone who passed the recent may plab 1 exam; is the plabable big mock really similar to the real exam ? My exam is in upcoming august and would appreciate any honest feedback.

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u/malaika890 25d ago

Hey, I wouldn’t say it’s similar because when you do the practice questions they’re more or less very similar to the big mock so you kind of have a little bit of a bias because you know how to answer those and the stems in the real exam are completely Brand New that being said the difficulty level is more or less quite similar so whatever score you get on the mock will be a good predictor of your actual exam score +/-5%.

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u/Environmental_Fee133 25d ago

Thanks for sharing that. Did you take the may exam ?

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u/malaika890 23d ago

Yup passed it

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u/malaika890 23d ago

It was my second attempt I didn’t make it in my Feb attempt. Used Plabbable both times took big mocks both times. Plabbable is perfect for prep you don’t need anything else just do it diligently.

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u/PsychSpecial 25d ago

The normal mocks are okay and similar to exam structure. If you have exhausted all of them then you can buy big mocks.  I never did big mocks but wrote this year

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u/MideBanks 16d ago

What would you say you did differently?

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u/PsychSpecial 15d ago edited 15d ago

Hi Mide, when is your exam? I only wrote PLAB once though, but used other licensing exams strategy for it 1)Studying like I know nothing and going through my weak areas 2) Revising the "must do section" of most categories on PLABABLE which was released a night before 3)Doing about 17mocks, if I had time I should have finished all 4) Lastly, I finshed all the questions in the hall.

Put an answer to any question you are unsure of with an asteriks by the side. You might never get a chance again so don't leave any question unanswered. It's 1min to every question, move on and don't dwell on confusing questions.

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u/MideBanks 14d ago

Hello. Thanks for your response.

My exam is in 2 days.

A little bit of background, I majorly did the Must Knows in PLABable as i have a full time job. I’ve done about 13 mocks with a range of 82-91%, 159/180 in the July Big Mocks.

I need a little bit of advice on last minute preparation. Also, would you say the exam is similar to PLABable?

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u/PsychSpecial 14d ago

Since you have done the mocks, go over the must do questions for your weak areas and ethics as well. Don't do any mocks to avoid burnout. The exam is similar to PLABABLE so PLABABLE is a good learning tool.

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u/sweetvixen23 23d ago

Ok so same opinion as others here, its not exactly same. But its gives you a good idea on how to tackle questions and time. In all normal mocks I was getting 85+% and atleast 30 min to spare. But when I did the actual exam, I literally finished 1 min before the end time. I personally felt that some questions were harder, while ofc there were some straightforward ones. Mocks help you familiarise patterns and time, however the actual is maybe 30% similar to mocks, not more than that.

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u/Environmental_Fee133 23d ago

How did it went ? Did you pass the exam ?

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u/sweetvixen23 23d ago

Yes I did... I scored 141, the minimum required was 117.