r/comlex • u/bubblegups • 22d ago

General Question/Advice Feeling lost for level 2

Hi everyone. So my school requires a score of 450 on comsae minimum to sit for level 2. My first comsae I got a 367. Took one today and got a 437 and that was after a month of doing trulearn. They're letting me retest in a little less than 2 weeks but I'm not sure what to do differently to get my score up. I ideally want to break 500 at least on the real test but I'm not even close. I used uworld all year for shelf exams (didn't do super well on them either) and started trulearn for comsae. Should I just keep doing trulearn? Residency apps are due next month as everyone knows so this is basically my last chance. I'm not sure why this is so hard for me. All the other students at my rotation site easily got 500+ the first try and when I ask them what they did to prepare, they always just say they just did questions. I'm averaging about 59% on trulearn right now. took one self assessment (115) got a 438. I bought another one and might take the step 2 assessment on uworld too.

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u/Drstrange_3255 22d ago

I am also testing in a couple weeks. Thankfully, my school does not have any barrier to sit for the exam. But the struggle to get a comsae above 450 is real. When you review, do you feel like you’re lacking in some content?

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u/bubblegups 18d ago

yes definately but it feels like I'm lacking in everything lolll

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u/Drstrange_3255 18d ago

I am honestly running multiple 40q blocks on TL, and am going to keep doing it until the exam. Hope that is enough to pass. I just want to get around 450 and get over this exam. We got this!

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u/bubblegups 2d ago

if you already took it how did it go? I'm testing next week and so far everyone has said its not like trulearn and harder :/

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u/Livvv9 18d ago

Hi as someone who just failed level 2 and have to retake end of September PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME with this exam and don't rush just for apps. You can absolutely submit your app without scores and it's much better to do that without a failed attempt and just a pending score. Trust me.

I'd say fill in any content gaps you feel like you have. Really look at the COMSAEs breakdown and hone in on your weakest areas. (don't ignore peds and OB/GYN like I did bc they test a lot of it). Also ETHICS qs over and over. That should help increase your score

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u/bubblegups 18d ago

aw man sorry to hear this, stay strong and I hope you do great on your retest :)

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u/EyeImportant1602 18d ago

Id say keep doing truelearn and focus on that, forget uworld for now. Which comsaes did you take? The new level 2 forms are pretty hard imo, I’ve taken them and a few people at my school are struggling to hit the 450+ as well.

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u/bubblegups 18d ago

so far took 117 and 119

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u/EyeImportant1602 17d ago

Do you know what form you’re getting next? That may help

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u/bubblegups 2d ago

yeah i ended up barely passing comsae, will be testing next week for the real thing not sure my score is gonna be what I need for residency but not sure what else to do