step 1 experience 212

[kshah]

*I m going to write my experience that might help others.
Materials used:
Anatomy..fa& uworld
Micro..fa & uworld
Biostats and behviour...fa & uworld(dont make this mistake)
HY neuroanatomy
Pathology..pathoma & goljan transripts.did audio for couple of units then read only transcripts for rest.
Physiology..brs
Immumo..again fa & uworld
Biochemistry..KLN


Studied for almost year but with lots of distractions.
Nbme 7 ,6 months ago 92/200
Then nbme 11,12,13(1 month ago) 135-140 correct.
did all of them offline.
Last month focused on fa, pathoma and goljan transcripts.
I found real exam easier than nbme.few qs straight from pathoma, fa .to summarize 80% from fa and pathoma
Biostasts and behaviour was heavily tested.at least 3,4 qs in every block.roughly 5 experimental qs.

so i would say do biostats really well.dont forget to do free 150.
Wish u all a very gud luck and dont get discouraged by getting low scores in nbme.

[Manessa]

Congrats and thank you for writing your experience.. Also would like to know how you managed time on your exam day and how many breaks you took?

[kshah]

Originally Posted by Manessa

Congrats and thank you for writing your experience.. Also would like to know how you managed time on your exam day and how many breaks you took?

Thanks
time was not a problem for me.i completed every block with 15 mins left and in those 15 mins i looked up for marked ones except in last block where i got lots of weired qs and was short of time.so if u dont know answer just mark it and move on.and for breaks
After 2 blocks took break for 5 min then
3,4 and 5 block and break for 5 mins.
6 block break for 20 mins
and then last block.

[Alvira]

Congrats ..u made it through.
Thank u for enlightening us with the resources and your sincere selfless effort..
Good luck!

[san.usmle]

Thanks for sharing your experience. Good luck with step 2 now.
I have just one qs, what is "free 150"?

[kshah]

Originally Posted by san.usmle

Thanks for sharing your experience. Good luck with step 2 now.
I have just one qs, what is "free 150"?

thanks.free 150 are practice questions.u can find them on usmle website.

[sahibjeet13]

thanks for sharing !! good luck for the future steps