We ask members who have just taken their Step 1 exam to post here there pretest assessment scores and question bank performances.
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So for example, what was your USMLE World average percentage, did you do it random or subject wise, timed or not, online or offline, once or twice, ...etc The same goes to Kaplan Qbank and any other qbank you've used.
Also mention your scores in UWSA and Free 150 and NBME self assessments if you have done them.
This will help future prospective students predict their scores based on their current performances in these question banks and assessment tools.
Sometimes students forget to post their experience in this thread, instead they mention their scores in other thread in the Step 1 Forum, in such instances, we usually copy the relevant information and list it here as an additional post.
Form 7: 228 (one month 20 days before exam)
Form 13: 242 (one month 12 days before exam) Form 15: 231 (one month 4 days before exam) most predictive
Form 11: 247 (12 days before exam)
Found this thread very useful, so want to contribute mine.
3 months before exam: Kaplan Qbank 67%
2months before exam: NBME 15 238
1 month before exam: Uworld overall percentage 77% in 1st attempt, random, timed mode
UWSA 1: 253
UWSA: 264
NBME 11 (online): 245 - 1month before
NBME 13 (offline): around 18% incorrect
NBME 12 (offline): around 20% incorrect
NBME 1, 2 (offline): around 21% incorrect
NBME 7 (online): 245 - 2 weeks before
NBME 6 (online): 247 - 1 week before
Real exam: 255.
Thought the fail threshold of 70 questions might be not true as I marked 80-85 questions in the real exam, and found 15 incorrect out of 40 marked questions at home. I don't know why I got that score.
Anyway, thank God.
UW overestimated my performance (I scored 238 3 months before, and 254 2 months before). NBME was more predictive in my experience: I scored 217 3 months before, 228 1 month before (NBME 7), 242 the week before (NBME 15). My final score was 240.
UWSA 1: 230 (1 month out)
UWSA 2: 238 (3 days before over a 2 day period) I had bought it but didn't have time to do it in one day
NBME 15: 216 (1 week before)
Kaplan Qbank: 52% Did it first, finished 1.5 months before exam
U World: 62% only finished 93%, ran out of time, you need at least 1.5 months to go through this properly
(timed- random)
I just wanted to share my score with all of you since this thread was so helpful during my prep.
Oct. 2013--NBME 15: 179
Kaplan QBank didn't have time to finish...only did half the question: 55%
Jan. 13th 2014--UWSA 1: 221
Jan. 20th 2014--NBME 12: 212
Jan. 27th 2014--UWSA 2: 224
Feb. 2014--UWorld completed once (random, timed[took 1.5mo]): 57%
Feb. 3rd 2014--NBME 7: 207
Feb. 11th 2014--NBME 13: 226
Feb. 18th, 2014--The real deal: 225
I started to really study hard around Dec. 24th, 2013. My prep was mainly through First Aid 2013, UWorld, Pathoma, Kaplan Q Bank, and First Aid QBook for Step 1.
Good luck to you all!
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