Meenaa
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Hi Wamba,I read ur post n find that u have improved ur usmle scores by soo much in each of the forms and that too in a very short time..a lot of people do worse on forms 2 n 3 cos they r harder,but ur scores got higher n higher.I am planning to take only one form..is that ok?which form is best?and please let us know how u improved ur scores too.Thanx,good luck!Meena.
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| wamba
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Hello Meenaa
As I said in my post, the score is not only a matter of knowledge but the way you face the challenge of the test is to me, very very important.
In my case, I used to get lower scores when I faced the tests without a technique and with low concentration and higher scores with higher concentration. At one point, I started to investigate the reason of this difference and I noticed that at each block I used to get wrong to many easy Qs (very frustrating) because of:
1. reading too fast and loosing important point;
2. not feeling comfortable with normal labs; (memorize them; you should go through them in 5-6 seconds)
3. lack of concentration; while I was doing NBME form 1 I found a part of my mind thinking about my every day life and listenning to people talking on the street outside my house)
4. forgetting a point of the first sentence (sex, age, job, particular region of residence or race, etc.) while I was reading very long Qs
5. waste of time between each Qs which is very bad for one important reason: it makes you lack time at the end of each block. as a result you panic at the last 5-10 Qs, read them too fast or skip easy Qs. At the NBME test this would mean panic at 20-30Qs; at the real exam it would mean doing 40-60 Qs bad only because of bad technique. The final consequence is a low score which does not depend to your knowledge but to the way you face the test. This is what happened to me and it is the mean reason why I improved in a short time.
I didn't find form 2 and form 3 more difficult than NBME form 1.
good luck
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| Meenaa
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Hi Wamba,Thanx a lot..I understand what u r talking about..yeah we need to read the Questions fully cos every line may contain something so important!I guess I will do form 2 since I already read a few form 1 Answers from some forums.What was ur score in the exam?
Thanx again for ur reply,Meena.
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| som
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Thanx Wamba for the reasoning. Though most of us 'll have these problems we try to overlook them rather than overcoming it.
Thanx to u too Meena !!!
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