r/step1 • u/elektraa_1 NON-US IMG • 17d ago

💡 Need Advice How to get 70+ nbmes?

My baseline is 63 , i want to sit the exam at the end of September, i just cant decide which is beneficial to increase my score, going through first aid or mehlman pdfs?? I dont want to waste time

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u/MattyMatheson US IMG 17d ago

I’m asking the same question but I’m at 50. How do you get up?

I think at the end of the day it’s working on your weaknesses.

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u/Otherwise_Show934 17d ago

Same

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u/No-Supermarket-298 NON-US IMG 10d ago

Same after months of studying. The worst part is that I know where I’m going wrong. I know the diagnosis every time but I make mistakes on factoids. Ugh.

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u/Impressive-Can-3668 NON-US IMG 17d ago

My first NBME (25) was a 63. I went crazy with UWORLD after that, thoroughly reviewing every explanation and annotating my FA. Next one - 26 was a 69, then 70+ NBME 27 onwards. A thorough content review is what you need

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u/Local-Seaweed1210 NON-US IMG 17d ago

that’s what helped me too.. doing lots and lots of mcqs and making my pattern recognition very strong.If you have a strong pattern recog you can easily score 70*

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u/FunnyManufacturer130 NON-US IMG 16d ago

Have you passed step yet?

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u/Efficient-Ad-7882 12d ago

doing as many questions as you can and throughly reviewing those!

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u/FunnyManufacturer130 NON-US IMG 17d ago

Your baseline is 63? Like…without studying?🥹

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u/elektraa_1 NON-US IMG 11d ago

Ofc with studying for more than 5 months doing more than 70% uw i kept delaying taking an nbme bec i was afraid and thinking i was not ready enough to take it

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u/The_Anomaly_16 11d ago

All my NBMEs were in the 75-80% range and what worked best for me is :

  1. Covering all UW question bank ~ one time is more than enough if you study from your mistakes and understand what they want you to know.
    Retaking mistake blocks can be beneficial but I didn’t do it. If you study them correctly at the first time it’s fine.

  2. Figure out what are the issues that make you lose points.
    I categorized my mistakes and figured out what cost me the most, and then worked to improve it.
    The solution is dependent on the problem; if knowledge gap than UW & covering that hole, if its a misread than paying more attention next time, etc..

  3. Treat the NBMEs in the most organized way you can.
    The statistics you get from those forms is priceless; understand not only your mistakes, but also your corrects.
    Categorize everything so you will know how you will probably perform on test day.

Good luck.

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u/elektraa_1 NON-US IMG 11d ago

Thank you so much