redash
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Hello everyone,
got my score last night. was very happy that i got 99. 3 digit score is 251. Regarding my exam, i felt some blocks were very lenghthy. ran short of time in 2 blocks. content was mainly medicine and peds. 2 q in beh sci in every block. some q in medicine were very vague and couldnt make out what the diagnosis was. most q were on management. very few on diagnosis.
regarding preparation, i studied for 2 months. I used kaplan material only. did crush for a few days in the end. took usmleworld q bank. it was very helpful. it has very good q and covers all the major topics. as long as u r doing well there u r fine. Take nbme 2 weeks before exam date. it will give u a very good correlation of ur score
all the best to everyone
redash
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| drkpp
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congrats redash!!!!!!!
perfect score, in 2 months.. man u must be a genius...
have u done your post graduation?
and goodluck for yr match
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| merrk
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congrats! That's great! Happy for you!
How long did it take to get your results. I am anxiously waiting for mine! My content was very similar to yours, med and peds mostly, diagnosis, lab interpretation and management. Q's were not too long as I was warned- about 50% per block.
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| merrk
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congrats! That's great! Happy for you!
How long did it take to get your results. I am anxiously waiting for mine! My content was very similar to yours, med and peds mostly, diagnosis, lab interpretation and management. Q's were not too long as I was warned- about 50% per block.
good luck drkpp to you too!
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| redash
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merkk-my results were posted in 4 wednesdays. i gave the exam on 3rd and got the result yesterday. got my step 1 result in 3 weeks though.
thanks a lot for the good wishes
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| drkpp
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thanx merck
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| mac007
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congrats u got great score in just two mnths prep....
i m preparing n when solving qus its highly dissoppinting many mistakes n run short of time say can do only25 qs in 60 mints ,....takes too long very tensed
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| ammasara
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congratulation.what a nice score.did you only used kaplan books no other sublementation ...did you use firast aid step 2,and what about goljan..
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| redash
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mac 007- dont worry about the mistakes u r making while practicing. u will remember them better. but u have to improove ur speed. dont spend too much time on any q. move on if u dont know
ammasara= used crush step2 for a few days. but bascially stuck to kaplan and usmleworld. couldnt get my hands on goljan in time, so didnt do it. but iam a big fan of his
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| aliakram
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Hi redash
well congrats...its an awsome score. I also had time trouble... a lot i guess. Did u miss questions also...and yes Beh and some med Qz r sooo ambigous that they suck out time with no real answer coming.
I missed about 4 Qz due to time problem in a block and had trouble in others but was able to finish anyway...dont know when will it be despatched i guess would be 4 week also.
congrats again
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| mac007
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thanks radesh for ur advise!!!!
i ll try n improve my speed n ll skip if i dont know qs ...hey radesh as u said u referred only kaplan for theory .....but as i feel kaplan lack some important facts that r asked in exam n ll come across them while doing usmleworld or any other qs then where u use to look them for or how u use to do???
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| mac007
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one more doubt i have...i know it might sound stupid to anyone who ll be reading this...
i want to know regarding percentile ???like for example if i do 60 qs correct from 100 then wat going to be percentile???/
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| claudia_i
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Interesting question! On page 27 in 2006 bulletin of information it says "examinees typically must answer 60 to 70 percent of items correctly to achieve a passing score." My understanding is that if you answer correctly 60 qs out of 100 you'll get the minimum passing score. What do you think?
Edited by claudia_i on 10/06/05 - 08:29 PM
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| ARJ
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Kaplan suggest 60 to 65 percent for passing and more 70 to get a good score
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| mac007
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thanks claudia n ARJ
ARJ u wrote more than 70 to get good score......can u be more explanatory......
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| redash
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sorry guys for not replying earlier. i was busy with my visa issues. iam happy to report that i got a visa yesterday to give CS exam. it was such a relief as without it all my efforts on step 1 and 2 would be a waste.
mac 007- dont worry if u dont get some q on usmleworld or other q. read the explanations carefully. most of these are picked up line to line from cmdt. so u neednt refer to it again. and very few of these are tested.
percentile- usmle score is not a percentile. percentile scores are given when a maximum mark is chosen and the remanining scores are graded with respect to that score. usmle score is based on standard deviation. 60 out of 100 gives you 60 percentage not percentile. It is considered to be enough to pass if you get 60 %. anything above that will improove your score.
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| ARJ
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According to my Knowledge each question in USMLE have certain marks or let say points.
Appro 50 questions are experimental and the remaining left are taken into consideration for scoring the points.
From the 50 experimental questions USMLE will see how many people answered the particular question.
Hence if you answer a question which was answered by very few previous USMLE takers then you will get more point for that particular question and the same vice versa.
Hence the scoring depends on the difficulty of question rather then the number. USMLE world scores on Number????????????????????????????????????????????
Any differences are welcomed
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| mac007
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thanks redash n ARJ
both of u differ on ur opioion regarding scores....
redash can u tell me how many qs shd be correct to get score like u
n ARJ as u saying it depends on no. of diff qs answered then how shd we assess ourself at the time of practice n after exams....
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| sumie
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congrats redash
wonderful score
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| ARJ
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I think its difficult to assess, but overall if you answer more questions correctly in practice then you will get more answer correct in exam thats the basic rule
USMLE world gives at the bottom of the answer, the percentage of people who gave the answer correctly.........................
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| redash
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| | 10/11/05 - 04:27 AM
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The experimental questions dont count to your score. they are to find out if the questions and answers are good. that is how many people are answering them right and what is the most often picked distractor etc. the questions which we are score have been answered by others previosly as experimental quesitions.
ARJ; i too have heard that the score depends on the difficulty of questions from many sources but there is no official word on it. i mean no where in usmle site or ecfmg or nbme site it is mentioned that difficulty is taken into account while scoring.
usmle world gives the % of people answering a question but i think it also scores people who are repeating the questions. they are more likely to get the q right . hence some very difficult q seem to have a high % of right response.
mac 007. i dont know what % i did on the exam but my usmleworld was 71% and my exam felt the same
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usmle questions ... the overall test is harder/easier and graded as such... every question is scored equally, but some tests you need to only get 60% right to pass, while other test your might need to get 70% to pass (easier ones) Called usmle to verify this.
Regarding experimental question... Every time a new question is introduced, they check to see how many people are getting it right. If everyone is getting it right, or everyone is getting it wrong, they throw out the question. Usmle aims for questions in the 30-80% range of being answered correctly. those experimental questions will eventually become real questions some months down the road.
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| DiaHuq
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I heard from kaplan that some of the extremely hard questions are there to check for cheating as well. I believe there was a huge cheating incident in the subcontinent a couple of decades ago.
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