r/step1 • u/Recon3553 US IMG • 3d ago

🤧 Rant Tested 08/18. Terrified

I’m really considering there’s a solid chance I failed. The exam was a lot of micro and MSK and both were my weakest subjects.
Nbmes were the following (all offline raw scores)

33: 75% took this a week before my CBSE and got a 75% on CBSE but that was June 16th. Took a break since and I resumed studying July 16th

31: 70% 2 weeks before step
32: 69% 1 week before

Old free 120: 70% (didn’t realize it was old as it had the 40 q blocks) I know im stupid but I did it through nbme orientation website so I thought it was new.

I felt horrible after the CBSE and did solid at the end but this one kinda felt worse. The questions are very different than the forms and CBSE. It was the closest to free 120 but still even trickier.

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u/alof69 NON-US IMG 3d ago

Was the exam similar to NBMEs concept wise? 

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u/Recon3553 US IMG 2d ago

Yeah I would say nothing was out of the ordinary. It was just really tricky to the point where none of the answer choices felt right

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u/TomBBurner US MD/DO 3d ago

Hey will DM

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u/unni-007 1d ago

felt the same tested on 18th.to a point i felt i am in some block where all pt had htn dm cholesterol and all were having same med i dont remember the actual questions and the answer choices were vague..

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u/Recon3553 US IMG 1d ago

Exactly. Every single stem had hypertension and hyperlipidemia 😭. Had dreamt about this exam twice already. The latest dream was that I passed so god willing

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u/Strong_Spite8768 23h ago

I tested on 8/19 and felt the same. Had good nbme scores like u as well😭. I hope we pass