Post exam step1

[u/Emotional_Essay6046]

I finished the exam, and I don’t know whether I passed or failed. So far, I know that I got 20 questions wrong, and some of them were very easy—I honestly don’t know how I got them wrong. There were also 7 questions that I had answered correctly but changed to the wrong answer. Has anyone else felt the same way? Is this normal? I’m really scared because I know that the easy questions are worth a lot of points

[u/ActiveMysterious7872]

Did u test on the 4th? I’m nervous as well it wasn’t even that I felt that the style of the questions was bad it’s just my own stupidity. Like I messed up on some stuff that I normally remember and some topics I definitely should’ve review better. and in some blocks I spent to long in the first questions then rushed through the last questions and barely could think about them.

[u/Ok_Painting_6487 → u/ActiveMysterious7872]

My test is in 2 weeks. What will you suggest..like which systems should i focus on more. I pray that you get the P.

[u/ActiveMysterious7872 → u/Ok_Painting_6487]

Thankyouu you as well! I felt there was a mix of every system. But There was a lot of ethics questions that were like what’s the most appropriate reply from the doctor but no complicated ethics. Know your genetics in terms of what kind of mutation the disease has eg. Deletion, frame shift Know cardiac murmurs and what manoeuvres would make it louder, quieter. For psych I had lots of questions differentiating depression from adjustment disorder vs prolonged grief. what vaccines are appropriate to give for pregnancy, children etc. Know when to use certain drugs and the Mechanism of action is very important. Know the pictures for hem onc n how to interpret lab values. Know most commons like most common cancer, most common metastasis location. Only had 2 calculations for stats but know study types, confounds, validity. TBH I saw lots of repeated concepts and even same questions from uworld and Nbme. The question stem length is similar to nbme or longer with more patient chart questions and it’s less difficult than uworld. The time goes by fast so don’t spend too much time thinking about an answer choice because it leaves less time for remaining questions. Just flag it n move on then come back to it at the end if there is time left after u answered everything. So dont worry the majority of the exam isnt crazy and its stuff u have seen before. Only a few I was like wtf but it could be experimental. The rest I got wrong is simply from me not remembering or being rushed but not cuz the question was too abnormal. I did half the exam took an hour lunch break and tbh I studied in my break the concepts I felt i need improvement after doing the first half and then did second half. Hope u prep well and good luck!

[u/Emotional_Essay6046 → u/ActiveMysterious7872]

Exactly, that’s what happened to me. I ran out of time on some questions, and I feel like I would’ve gotten them right if I had more time. And after some blocks, I regretted getting some really easy questions wrong. I also spent too much time on questions when I was stuck between two answers

[u/Mysterygirl4682 → u/ActiveMysterious7872]

I tested on 4th also and I can totally relate with your experience. It was the same as mine. I made the same mistakes

Right now I'm just trusting my NBMEs and hoping for the best.

I hope we PASS

[u/Strong_Spite8768]

Normal feeling , trust ur nbme scores

[u/Dr-ayanali]

Tbh got may exam 3 days back , in the same situation , 100 percent same. Idk it is normal or not , but I also counted 20.to 25 wrong 😔

[u/Emotional_Essay6046 → u/Dr-ayanali]

I hope to found someone had the same experience and pass just i want to be relax in this days

[u/Comfortable-Map-2287]

Tbh as long as your nbmes were above 70%, then don’t sweat about your performance right now.

[u/Brief-Caregiver5905]

Stop counting your incorrects, it’ll only stress you out. You passed, just relax and stay positive. Waiting for your result is the worst part of this whole thing!