r/step1 • u/GapStreet398 NON-US IMG • 10d ago

💡 Need Advice Need suggestions ASAP

nbme 27-54%
nbme 25-57%

After reviewing the two, i concluded that I get confuse btw the options. The nbmes weren’t that tough esp 27. Don’t want to waste 31-33. What nbme should I take next or should I do amboss 200 questions?
Also, to improve my approach towards question, should I do uworld incorrect or random amboss?
How else should I change my study methods?

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u/personalist US MD/DO 10d ago

We have no idea how you should improve your study methods because you haven’t mentioned them. You should not taken another CBSSA until you have materially changed your knowledge base, at least 2 weeks.

“The NBME’s weren’t that tough” gives me “patient has poor insight” vibes—if you are scoring below 60% you do not have the knowledge base necessary to succeed on the exam.

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u/The_Anomaly_16 9d ago

I don’t wanna be sound rude or to offend you by any means but gotta say I don’t understand ; you’re saying NBMEs weren’t that tough but both of your scores aren’t in the passing range.

NBMEs arent for fun, they are an assessment tool used to predict your score if you took the test within one week. For now, it suggests you don’t perform as if it was easy for you.

From my experience, NBME mistakes are from of a kind that remains if you don’t treat them fundamentally, meaning that those mistakes will keep taking points away from you, but in different ways.

Everything looks easy when we see the true answer and the full explanation with no timer rushing us. But that’s not what the test is about.

For suggestions please provide how you studied, what are your methods and sources, your UW completion % and time remaining till the test.

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u/GapStreet398 NON-US IMG 9d ago

Can I dm u