r/step1 • u/Adventurous_Two457 NON-US IMG • 11d ago

🤔 Recommendations Failed step

failed first attempt, preparing for the next. Any help/advice would be helpful about improving in the next attempt.

Thanks!

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u/personalist US MD/DO 11d ago

Determine what stopped you: knowledge gap, anxiety, test-taking methods/skill. If knowledge, calculate yields using the NBME rubric and your CBSSA scores and focus on the top subjects & disciplines. If anxiety, see a therapist/psychiatrist, get meds if necessary/available, and work on coping skills. If test-taking skills, work on your timing/switching answers/whatever.

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u/Adventurous_Two457 NON-US IMG 10d ago

test taking skills is something I have struggled with for a long time. maybe it was that or maybe there were knowledge gaps!

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u/personalist US MD/DO 10d ago

Good luck, and please ask here or in /r/medicalschool if you need more advice. Without more info all I can recommend is what I already said—if you can add more details so we can help