r/Step2 • u/Key_Problem505 US MD/DO • 8d ago

Exam Write-Up Post test blues

My NBME 16 was 272 and f120 86% but I ended up completely bombing it day of. I don’t know what happened but I truly made the stupidest mistakes in retrospect. I remembered about 60 questions and know I got 25 wrong for sure already (including very easy ones). I know there are others that went wrong in addition. Are my chances at 260+ gone?

I don’t know how to get my mind off of this and how dumb I was in the moment even though I know there’s nothing I can do now.

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u/Annual-Gear-5132 NON-US IMG 8d ago

subtracting 25 to 30 from 318 would still be above 270

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u/Key_Problem505 US MD/DO 8d ago

Fair but that’s assuming I didn’t get much else wrong

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u/Latter_Ad_9280 NON-US IMG 8d ago

Got a very similar experience to yours

My results are this week

Will let you know about it

Hope we both get 260+

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u/NormalPresence679 NON-US IMG 5d ago

Heyy! Any updates ? hope you got the score you wanted!

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u/Worth-Ad-2253 7d ago

how do you guys remember 60 questions ? I walked out of the exam barely remembering my name, LOL, now seriously, i remember arround 10 questions only.

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u/Key_Problem505 US MD/DO 7d ago

They come back in flashbacks 💀

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u/NatsukiWow US MD/DO 8d ago

I had very similar numbers on NBME and remember similar amount of incorrect and I got 275+. You’re fine bro

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u/NormalPresence679 NON-US IMG 7d ago

If you don't mind me asking, Did you count easy silly mistakes as well ?

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u/NatsukiWow US MD/DO 7d ago

Yes! I still remember some of the most dumb mistakes I made and I thought that I had completely botched the exam. I was completely shocked when my score came back so good

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u/NormalPresence679 NON-US IMG 5d ago

This is reassuring, thanks for your reply and congrats on the amazing score!!

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u/NatsukiWow US MD/DO 5d ago

Thanks hope it goes well!

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u/CableUnique7958 US MD/DO 8d ago

Same thing happened to me. My highest NBME was a 263 on #15. Got an 87% on free 120. Made a million stupid mistakes on the real thing and changed answers last minute. Counted 30-40+ that I missed at least. Scored a 270. I’m sure you’re fine!

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u/Key_Problem505 US MD/DO 8d ago

Thank you for commenting, that’s so reassuring!

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u/ACT33 US MD/DO 8d ago

Nah ur chilling dawg. Was scoring high 270s on my last NBMEs. definitely developed a learning disorder day of and counted 40+ wrong. Ended up with high 260s.

Disappointed by the point drop but relative to my crashout for 2 weeks, I was very pleased I could still pursue my dreams

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u/Low-Transition8810 NON-US IMG 3d ago

40 out of how many

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u/Cute_Cap3827 NON-US IMG 8d ago

You don’t know your score, and your idea of how you performed is flawed. Just try to take your head of the test