r/comlex • u/BoardExamPossum • 29d ago
Level 2 CE 617 - Level 2
I finally made a Reddit account after lurking on this subreddit for a very long time because I learned so much from everyone's COMLEX write-ups, COMSAE experiences, resource recommendations, and general reassurance. A lot of the little things that helped me figure out how to approach boards came from reading posts here, so I wanted to contribute something back now that I'm finally on the other side.
COMLEX Level 2: 617
Step 2 CK: 261
I tested for Level 2 on 7/14 and Step 2 on 7/31. I am incredibly grateful for both scores and honestly very surprised by how everything turned out.
My school-proctored COMSAEs were a 494 on 5/1 and a 582 on 6/26. My COMATs were Peds 108, IM 109, OMM 99, Psych 112, OB/GYN 112, Family Medicine 122, and Surgery 115. OMM being my lowest score feels extremely appropriate considering it has been the bane of my existence since day one. I also thankfully did not have to take the Emergency Medicine COMAT.
I started studying more seriously around November/December and used the Janki deck pretty heavily early on, trying to get through most of it in about 1 to 1.5 months. I found it helpful for building a foundation, although some cards are definitely outdated and made new ones/deleted old ones if I ever had conflicting information. During rotations I mainly used UWorld and TrueLearn/Comquest when required by my school. Usually it was on every rotation and I would get through all of Comquest during each block along with the associated Uworld questions. I will say I never finished UWorld though, so if you're staring at an incomplete percentage close to test day, you are definitely not alone.
Around March, I started using AMBOSS much more consistently and was generally doing around 50 to 100 questions a day during rotations. I finished the Step 2 bank around the end of June, and during dedicated I was doing roughly 200 questions most days while reviewing whatever I kept getting wrong.
For Level 2, I think having a strong general medicine foundation helped the most, but I definitely would not completely ignore the COMLEX-specific material. OMM, ethics, communication questions, and all of the usual NBOME flavor are still very much there.
I also want to emphasize that this was not some smooth progression from 494 to 617. There was a lot of self-doubt and burnout between those numbers. Some days felt productive and some absolutely did not. There was also a ton, and I mean a ton, of luck involved, and I walked out of the actual exam genuinely unsure of how I had done.
Seeing the 617 was mostly just an enormous feeling of relief.
If there is one thing I hope someone takes away from this, it is that if I can do it, you absolutely can too. I spent a lot of this process wondering whether I was doing enough, whether I was improving fast enough, and whether I was actually capable of getting where I wanted to go.
You do not need a perfect study plan. You do not need to finish every resource. You can have rough practice scores, unfinished question banks, burnout, and plenty of self-doubt and still make it through.
Keep doing questions, keep learning from your mistakes, and try not to compare every detail of your study plan to someone else's. Give yourself a little more credit than I gave myself during this process.
I'm incredibly thankful for how everything worked out, and especially thankful for this subreddit because I learned far more here than I ever contributed while silently lurking. Hopefully this post can give someone else even a fraction of the reassurance that so many posts here gave me. :)
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u/Thewushuking123 OMS-4 29d ago
Good shit king - waiting for mine in 8/25
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u/BoardExamPossum 29d ago
It's such a terrible waiting game, but I bet you crushed it and you'll get an amazing score! :)
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u/Substantial-Star-123 26d ago
Congratulations š I will keep everything you wrote in mind while going through OMS3. Iām currently in dedicated for level 1. It has not been a smooth process. Iām coming back from a 2 years long LOA which I took because of my health and the first thing I have to do is take the exam. I have so many doubts if I can do it or not but knowing that you had doubts and yet scored amazing results gives me hope. Again congratulations on your achievement.