sobia naeem
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hello,
i finally did nbme form 2.and got a score of 560.i found the third block a little hard.anywayz i am analyzing the score and wondering how to improve upon this.i guess i,m never gonna get a score even in 600 in my life .
any suggestions on how to boost a score while having the same brain .i have these big long bars which show that i am not consistent in my performance in various systems like resp,musculoskeletal,hematology.
Edited by sobia naeem on 02/11/06 - 06:51 AM
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| lucky
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well sobia i know nothing about nbme scores and their correlations.what i do know is that u and king r very very good and both of u will get a 99. by the way didnt u do form 1 as well.?which one is better?
i finally got my permit .i will take the nbme in a day or two[maybe[.
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| kingsofke
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Hi sobia , i was waiting so much for your score and frankly i am shocked. I expected much more. yesterday i was thinking that it has been sometime that you finished your reading and you have put a long gap before giving nbme. I dont like it, actually whenever any of my classfellow asked me what is the key to your scores i tell them that be as concise and quick as possible, read in shorter period and you will remember. Another thing that might have gone wrong is that may be as cornard says you picked many of MC wrong awnsers, which offcourse is the 2nd best option. Many a times we get confused with the context of a question and are not sure what to do first. Try doing Kaplan simulated exam and then you would be able to analyze your question solving techniques as that gives much more detailed analysis and questions are very similar in content and structure. (if you dont have that then maybe i could email it to you if you want, let me know)
I am sure you can do much better , so dont get depressed , and start preparing for the form3.
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| sobia naeem
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thanks for the honest view.i guess i love shocking people and myself .i have the kaplan simulator with me.i will do it in a few days.today i felt i had a problem with time management .i,m working on that right now.i have made a list of things that i am not comfortable with and going thru all that plus i will give a quick revision and give nbme again.
i feel i make the silliest mistakes possible.i,m out of the depression .tomorrow is a new day.there is still time to rectify some of my faults .
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| karusmle
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hi king ,
its great to know that u r doing well and on ur way for a 99 , just got back for step 2 preparation , havent got the speed ,gotta give in a very short time , that is 3 months ,do u suggest me to take up usmle world in the begining and start solving it soon after each subject or in the last one month ???as i read ur post , u did ur UW in the begining .i dont wanna mess up this time like i did for step 1 .......this time i wanna plan well , and not to get stessed ....
will be adding my progress into this forum daily . i think this makes a lot of sense to me
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| sobia naeem
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good luck for your exam kingsofke.may u do more than u are capable of.!!hey lucky what abt yr nbme ??
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| lucky
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all the best for tommorrow king.it will be a piece of cake for u.!
hey sobia i 'll take the nbme in a day or two.[now that i have new windows installed!]but i'm not really lookin forward to it.! did u confirm ur test date.
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| lucky
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sobia where r u and how is the prep going.did u take form 3?
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| sobia naeem
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hi lucky!i guess its just the two of us here now!anywayz my prep goin alright.i,m tryin to undo all the wrong i did in these last two weeks.and trying to improve my score .i have no permit yet but i have thought of 16 march as exam date in my mind.i,m gonna give kaplan simulated exam on 28th feb and nbme after that.lets see how things go this time.
so did u take nbme.and howz your uw going.good luck with your preparation.i guess i shdnt wish u luck.your already lucky!
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| lucky
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hi sobia,
i have done 2 blocks of nbme 1 and made some really silly mistakes.i want to discuss some of the q's with u after i finish it all.uw is finished and i had a miserable 64 on it. hit rock bottom with surgery 55 and highest was ophtalomo which i hadn t even read.!nbme is very different from uw.
my exam is on the first.and nowadays it seems as if i have permanent butterflies in my stomach.
do keep posting as it makes the burden a little bit lighter.good luck with ur prep.
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| kingsofke
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Hi, you 2 are doing fine. I know you are having hard times but these hard times are here to make your life easier in exam. Remember this no matter how hard it is , it is afterall a learning process so learn from your mistakes and keep finding out your weak points. Guys i am always looking for your posts , for how you aredoing. I am always here and will be more than willing to help in anyway possible. All the best and keep it up. ( and dont you start counting me out )
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| sobia naeem
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hey thanks king!nice to see you around looking over us lesser mortals! lucky i,m surprised yr exam is on the 1st !!!that was a shocker to me.so how did the whole of nbme go.i,ll wait for yr post on it.and dont worry abt uw scores.its a learning tool not just assessment.concentrate mainly on yr nbme or kaplan simulated for assessment.
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| lucky
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hi sobia. i thought i had posted somewhere here that i'll go for 1.Cant delay more than that. i'm not worried about the scores as i think its the real exam which really matters. anyway i was so sick of uw that i did the last 200 q in a sort of mental paralysis.nbme is a different story. it is tougher than uw.im not using it for assessment though as i know i'll have an embarrasing score on it.but the real exam q wont come as a surprise later on.(am i making sense).i'll try to finish it off today.i'm really confused about the revision thoug.
anyway when is ur birthday coming up.(so ur a piscean).
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| sobia naeem
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honestly lucky your not making sense!!!just finish your nbme and then u can plan a revision.and dont get too jittery in the last week before the exam.just focus on what is to be done.hopefully all will be well..i am still waiting for your nbme score..
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| lucky
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well sobia, i have finally finished with a miserable score of 520..222.what does this mean.my highest performance includes among others preventive med and principles of disease.and i havnt even sudied the preventive med yet. thats why i dont really believe much in these assessments. any way i could have done much better if i hadnt gotten jittery in the first 2 blocks. any way now i wont make these mistakes in the real exam.[hopefully]
by the way the stars also include immunology, genitourinary which according to uw were very weak . so i really dont trust these test as assessment tools and use them just for practice.
wish me luck sobia. i need it.
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| sobia naeem
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that is the 90th percentile.you have yr exam in a few days.just revise everything once pray to god and go with a positive frame of mind.plan ahead on how u are going to use your breaks and stick to it.and have a good nights sleep one day ahead.hopefully all will go well.we,ll pray for u.
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| lucky
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i finished the usmle cd a few days back,40,40,40.have revised as much as i can and am now doing boards and wards .i wish i had read it earlier. anyway i'll wrap up everything by tommorrow and then do nothing on teus. i'll see u on the 2 of march.
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| kingsofke
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All the best to you lucky, I am sure you will do great buddy. Just relax and perform to your best. I dont know whom you asked but i am Piscean See you aroun later.
What about you sobia. I need updates tell me everything , hows the prep going what about any more NBME and exam and visa. ( i was visint lahore for a week, just came back so sorry for such a late post)
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| sobia naeem
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news update:no permit yet(i am so pissed off) ..so no exam date.dont even know if i,ll be able to get exam date by mid of march now.damn the postal service.!!!
i did one block of kaplan cd yesterday and got 42/50.i am gonna do the rest of it day after tomorrow.i am planning to do a CPR course on 3rd march.and ACLS on 23 march.its florida board certified so i thought why not.the ACLS will be after my exam and the CPR is just a one day course.
i had delayed the visa interview till after my exam.i have no idea when that is ..i,m totally screwed these days...
BEST OF LUCK LUCKY!!!!hope u do great!!by the way king the piscean was for me.
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| cyra
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Sobia...you might want to call ECFMG and tel them you haven't recieved your permit as yet.A friend of mine who lives in the US had to ask for her twice cos it got lost in the mail...both times!
While I do hope this is not the case with you...it would probably be wise to give them efmg folks a holler!
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| sobia naeem
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yes cyra i do feel like giving ecfmg a holler but just 4 days back i received the cd for step 2 ck.i am just hoping that i get the permit in a day or so.got my fingers crossed..
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| lucky
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hi guys. I am back ,bruised and battered and kind of bewildered. honestly i dont know how it went.
first of all i cant thank u 2 enough for all the support and inspiration u two have showed me these last couple of weeks. it sounds reallly mushy but i couldnt have done it without help from u 2.i wish the both of u the very best in life.[get out ur hankies !]
now about the wretched exam ,what can i say. i am dazed. i think it was very much like nbme form1. in fact i had a q straight from there [but just one q]. the format is quite similar but the q stems r much lengthy. i think i'll make a post about that in the exam exp forum.
sobia i think u should do all three forms. it will help a lot. boards and wards helped me too.if i get an awful score it will be because of time management problems and some really silly mistakes i made b'cos i panicked!
by the way the piscean was for sobia.hey sobia happy birthday.since u havnt told me the date, i'm wishing u right now.
why do we have these strange looking balls next to our names.
(forgive me for going off the tangent , it is the euphoria of not havin to study again.)
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| sobia naeem
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i,m so glad to hear from u.i was wonderin if everything went ok.i was wishing that no news means good news!!now yr free to freak out and be as euphoric as u want to..
i still have an exam coming up and i,m all burnt out.had a darn flu to make things worse...i did the kaplan simulated exam today and thankfully it went well.i particularly liked the long meaningless q stems.makes u practise to read faster.now i got all my morale boosted .i still have no permit...[damn i hate saying that over and over...]..thats why i,m thinking to give nbme form 3 after a few more days when i,ll be definite abt an exam date...
good luck to both of u for your scores.!!!may we all have a happy ending on this long journey.(my bday is on 19th march.hoping to be free by then).
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| kingsofke
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Glad to hear that you are done with it. I know its a big relief. I am sure you will get a good score. All the best for us.
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