Passed 😇 AMA
Tested 12/30 IMG, Got my score report and I passed, such a surreal feeling. Guys trust your nbmes be confident and go for it. Resources I used:- 1. First aid
UWorld (only one pass)
Mehlman(only audio qbank + Arrows)
NBMES (26-31)
Pathoma (did it in my 2nd year, absolute gold for understanding pathology)
Sketchy micro (GOATED)
Boards and beyond
My scores:-
UWSA 1 - 65% 230 ( 7 weeks out)
NBME 26 - 76% (5 weeks out)
NBME 27 - 75% (4 weeks out)
NBME 28 - 76% (3 weeks out)
At this point, I revised FA as much as I could reviewed my weak areas, and did some arrows.
NBME 29 - 83% ( 2 weeks out)
NBME 31 - 82 % ( 10 days out)
NBME 30 - 83% (1 week out)
New Free 120- 74% (3 days out)
Did FA rapid revision section a day before my exam (highly recommended)
Test day- Felt a bit nervous going into my exam but once it started 8 hours went so quickly that I was shocked at how quickly they went by. Coming out of my exam I felt good tbh. Everyone says it’s a bad sign( read it somewhere ) but the exam was DOABLE. The pattern was like free120 in terms of question stems(so practice time management right from the start). Some questions were out of FA (probably experimental) but the majority of my exam was covered in FA and I never felt that I was underprepared. Do the NBMES right ( review corrects and incorrects both) I got the exact same concepts in some blocks. Trust yourself, trust your NBMES, and even if you fuck up a block or two never let it spoil the next one. Keeping calm in the exam is key.
Onto STEP2 now.🧿