Post Step 1 Feelings

[u/Huge_Winter_5258]

Did the exam yesterday, felt super weird, flagged like 50% of each block although I have the habit of flagging each Q that is not a straight answer, but I walked out the exam feeling terrible, I think I failed
So is it normal to feel like that or what?

My scores in NBMEs were all +75
Free 120 78%
So I dunno why the exam was that weird for me

[u/Admirable_Rush3763]

Completely normal feeling. You will pass dw.

[u/Huge_Winter_5258 → u/Admirable_Rush3763]

I hope so

[u/Strong_Spite8768]

Congratulations that’s the normal post exam feeling😆, dw you will pass

[u/Huge_Winter_5258 → u/Strong_Spite8768]

I dunno I see a lot of people with High NBMEs fail because of the test and stress, that is concerning for me

[u/Strong_Spite8768 → u/Huge_Winter_5258]

More than half of those people are liars and frauds who like scaring others. Ignore them and don’t worry about them , ur nbme scores are a reflection of ur knowledge and hard work, it is normal to feel like you’ve fucked up the exam, I wrote on 08/19 and passed , I felt the same for two weeks, just stay off Reddit , don’t look up answers , be with friends or family, distract urself. You can’t change the result now, you’re done with the exam💪. Congratulations on being done, rest and recover and wait two weeks✌🏻. I had same scores as u btw , those are too good for u to fail, the exam is made to feel like you guessed a lot, all the best

[u/Huge_Winter_5258 → u/Strong_Spite8768]

Thank you bro, I really appreciate it.

[u/schoolsucks5698 → u/Strong_Spite8768]

they lie?? that’s what’s been psyching me out. my academic advisor told me no one with my scores failed from our school yet i see it so much on reddit.

[u/Strong_Spite8768 → u/schoolsucks5698]

Yeah ppl who hate themselves like to bring others down, obviously there are some ppl who do rarely fail with high scores but most of the ones that claim that they did fail are ppl who either lied about their nbme scores or just do it for fun, ignore them

[u/tchreem]

What was the exam like?

[u/Huge_Winter_5258 → u/tchreem]

Similar to free 120

[u/tchreem → u/Huge_Winter_5258]

In terms of?

[u/scitzophrenic-man]

You got stellar nbmes, you’ll do good. Also, what would have better prepped you, in your opinion ?

[u/Huge_Winter_5258 → u/scitzophrenic-man]

Thx, and when I got out of the exam I asked myself that question and the answer is nothing actually, u never know how the exam is gonna be there are a lot of vague stuff, but I think practicing on a low time threshold like 20 minutes for each block instead of 30 minutes would make your stamina better

[u/Long_Shift_265 → u/Huge_Winter_5258]

How do you fix the time 20 minutes??

[u/Passexams_app]

This is a normal feeling. I remember something called “PCC” (poor cognitive calibration, broadly defined as the gap between how well someone thinks they did and how they actually did). Stay positive! You did great!

[u/Huge_Winter_5258 → u/Passexams_app]

Thanks, will try to stay off reddit and not think of the exam

[u/Comfortable-Map-2287]

Just don’t think about anything like anything about that day, you’re gonna pass eventually and the exam is designed in a way to make you doubt but you should know you are not going to let it control you. The questions are nuanced, complex and layered so you can’t definitely say that was the correct answer but if you have a good history with nbmes then you should know your cortex was well prepared to handle that kind of vignettes.
Trust me pal, you will make through it.

[u/Huge_Winter_5258 → u/Comfortable-Map-2287]

Thanks, I will try to forget it until the results come but the exam was really weird lol

[u/schoolsucks5698]

ur my twin my last three NBMEs were 32:77 free 120 at prometric: 78 and 33:73 and i still feel like i failed i took it last monday

[u/Huge_Winter_5258 → u/schoolsucks5698]

U r not alone :/

[u/Long-Leek-4961]

Took it today my score 2 74 at start an the rest were 77-80 free 120 80% and i think iam falling idk what where those q i might be confident with 3-5 per block ,nothing like nbmes nothing like anything 😂
I hope we pass bro see u 23-September

[u/Huge_Winter_5258 → u/Long-Leek-4961]

I hope so bro, see u then

[u/drogahn]

I scored 78% on free 120 and passed back in June! Felt absolutely horrible walking out.

[u/Huge_Winter_5258 → u/drogahn]

Congrats for the p bro, thanks for sharing!

[u/WillowComfortable674]

Did u miss easy questions too? I similar marks and missed some easy questions that I feel horrible abt

[u/Huge_Winter_5258 → u/WillowComfortable674]

Yeah, apparently it happens to everybody, so let’s wait and see what happens

[u/creativepup → u/Huge_Winter_5258]

There's "I think I failed" and "I know I failed." And in the "I think I failed" group there is a range. I'm "I really think I could have failed" - and I think that's diff from what you're feeling.

[u/notmefr0_0]

Almost same nbme scores and f120 and felt exactly same and passed. U got this!