After waiting for 2 months, finally got my score back today..212/89...
well, it's a lower score than I had wished for or predicted by the NBMEs (the NBMEs had me in the 220s), but at this point, I'm just relieved that step 1 is finally out of the way and I can finally move on to step 2!
Just a quick rundown of my step 1 prep:
I used mainly FA + UW + Kaplan lecture series for my prep. I went thru UW once with a cumulative % of 61. I also took NBME forms 1,5-7 and had scored consistently in the 220s.
The majority of the questions on the actual exam were very doable and are similar in difficulty to the NBME questions. But my exam was very heavy on genetics/molecular biology (I'm not talking about the genetics section you see in FA) and the questions were just random (or it could just be that I didn't put enough time into studying those subjects)! I felt totally unprepared and had to guess on a lot of them. So my advice would be to use an alternative source when studying for genetics.
Anyway, I hope someone will find this post useful. Not everyone scores a 99 and I hope that maybe someone can learn from my experience and avoid making the mistakes that I made. I'll write up a more detailed post later when I have the time. Right now I'm just happy that I have my score back and I passed. Time to move on to CK!!
Cheers
well, it's a lower score than I had wished for or predicted by the NBMEs (the NBMEs had me in the 220s), but at this point, I'm just relieved that step 1 is finally out of the way and I can finally move on to step 2!
Just a quick rundown of my step 1 prep:
I used mainly FA + UW + Kaplan lecture series for my prep. I went thru UW once with a cumulative % of 61. I also took NBME forms 1,5-7 and had scored consistently in the 220s.
The majority of the questions on the actual exam were very doable and are similar in difficulty to the NBME questions. But my exam was very heavy on genetics/molecular biology (I'm not talking about the genetics section you see in FA) and the questions were just random (or it could just be that I didn't put enough time into studying those subjects)! I felt totally unprepared and had to guess on a lot of them. So my advice would be to use an alternative source when studying for genetics.
Anyway, I hope someone will find this post useful. Not everyone scores a 99 and I hope that maybe someone can learn from my experience and avoid making the mistakes that I made. I'll write up a more detailed post later when I have the time. Right now I'm just happy that I have my score back and I passed. Time to move on to CK!!
Cheers
I hope not..
