drmed
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Dear colleagues - i took USMLE 2CK 3 days ago (23.08.) and allow me to share this terriful experience with u. Don't want to scare u but would really like ur opinion cause i don't know if something is wrong with me... 4 month ago i gave state exam in my own country, after that i was preparin from american books. On Kaplan i was reaching more then 88-90%, and on USMLE that i downloaded from its page 93%. So I thought that after 8 month of hard studyng and such a good results on these sites i was pretty ready to take an exam. To be honest i was shocked with the severity of the exam. More then 30% or even 40% of my exam was surgery - can't believe it and the questions were like i was taking specialty exam on last year of my surgery residence. Almost all the questions were so long that i needed almost 1min just to read it. And there was plenty of questions which seemed to me like they should belong to USMLE step 1 - they gave me a cross section of 5 week old fetus and told me to sign where exactly the future melanocites are!!!!!! can u believe it?!?!?! Don't get me wrong - i knew that the exam was going to be difficult and i spoke with a lot of people but was really not prepared for such things. I had 372 questions and can u believe that NONE of them (and i really mean NONE) was from neurology, only few from phychiatry, no cardiology, nothing but surgery and basic medicine. I almost thought that there was something mistake and that they gave me the wrong exam. I really don't know if i'm going to pass at all and really don't know what to do cause i can't do much more then i did for this time - i passed the whole clinical medicine and i mean all. So please tell me was ur exams so difficult with so many basic questions from anatomy, physiology... or was this just a coincidence that on this date was applied this havy exam. Would be gratefull for any suggestion or opinion. Wish luck for u all with ur exams and hope that they will not be as difficult as mine was. Thanx
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| paruli
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do not worry at all, my exam was 50% OB/GY, 30% peds and rest medicine but i managed to get good score. so do not worry. many people feel extremly horrible after the exam, but they do well. so just relax now!
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| drmed
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thanx paruli very much - i hope it will be all right cause i really spent much time and energy and wouldn't like to give it all for nothing - keep telling to myself that everything is going to be just fine. thanx again
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| chemamr
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DRMED, YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAVE HEARD SEVERAL HISTORIES JUST LIKE YOURS AND SOMEDAYS LATER, THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY GOT A HIGH 90īS, REALLY, I DONīT KNOW WHY, BUT IF YOU STUDIED IN THAT WAY, YOU ARE GONNA BE LIKE THESE GUYS IīM TELLING YOU. DONīT WORRY BUDDY. AND PLEASE SHARE YOUR RESULT WHEN YOU HAVE IT. 
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| drmed
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i will chemamr gladly - especially if they will be high 90's (hope the God heard you)
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| chemamr
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 all right
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| drkpp
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buddy bont worry this is a sure sign of success. it is proven that we tend to remember only the questions that we dont know and thus feel down
the way u did on your practice tests i think u are on your way to get a 90+. if u still feel anxious i would say go ahead and take nbme!! they say it correlates well with the exam and when u get a 600+ equals a 97 on the exam you will feel more relaxxed.
but honestly i think u just need to go to hawaii and have some fun unless u have to worry about match .
dont worry u will be fine. keep it kool . (this is a true sign of a 99ner, if u dont beleive me read some of the previous experiences!!!! 
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| aliakram
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im sharin my step1 exp... i got wat step2 has in step1 .... after the exam i was literally torn apart... depressed and what not...normal questions seemed to have shyed away from me...Q length had made me read like a Flash ".... it ended and i remember one guy sittin outside the exam cntre ho had given steps...told me the very same thing...the more depressed u come the better the result... i thought he was jokin and my depression had got to me...and increased when us mail kindoff missed my mail for 21 days !! ...but eventually it all came back well... i did secure nice score... and honestly i dont know how...God helps .... so best thing is to have a week of fun...travel....enjoy ...do what makes u feel light... U have done ur bit. Inshallah ull get a super score. Best of luck
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