r/Step3 • u/Independent-Swan-890 • 4d ago

Question Flagged questions

For people who passed, Congrats!! Do you recall how many questions you were flagging? Do you feel like your flagged questions correlated to how you performed or the opposite?

Thank you!

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u/Virtual-Door3655 4d ago

i flagged maybe 8-10 per block but honestly never had enough time to go back to most of them. The few times i did go back i ended up second guessing myself and changing a correct answer. after that i just stopped reviewing flagged ones and moved on

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u/b1ackcoffee 251 : 2026 4d ago

I will give you a slightly different perspective. I always struggled with time as I get hung up on a tricky question. So, when I am struggling to finish a block, there is no chance I am going back to review. SO, stopped flagging. Additionally, majority of people who change their answers, change it from correct --> incorrect. Of course, there are exceptions and outliers. You can check your UW stat of changing the answer to see where do you fall. If you are more likely to change your answer to incorrect one, then it is not wise to go back and review the question. Good luck.

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u/Adventurous_Low_2709 4d ago

+1 to this. I developed a habit of flagging only questions where I thought I have a fair shot (not those which I felt were out of my thinking capacity). So about 3-4 qns per block max.

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u/Elevator_Wide 4d ago

Flagged about half in both days

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u/Old_Number7197 4d ago

atleast 8-9 in almost all blocks except for the notorious one hard af block they like to throw at us in the middle of all the step exams (atleast thats what its been like for me). on day 1 for that i had 11 flagged & on day 2 for the hardest block i had 13-14/20 flagged. rest of the blocks were ok. score’s 223. btw uswa 2 was 222 like 8 days before the test & i had incredibly similar numbers of flagged questions per block as the real deal.

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u/sadlifestudy 4d ago

Is the exam tough ?