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Doc, I don't know about step 2 beacuse I started studying for it only recently, but I can tell you this: one month ago I did step 1 and the day after I really couldn't remember anything else than wrong qs. I started to check some I was in doubt on and for 6 out of 7 that I checked I realized I was wrong. Also doing the test it was seeming to me much harder than what I expected. When I just got out of center I phoned my father and told him "I don't know if I passed, but it was so hard and if I passed I must have taken between 80 to 90".
I was about to start thinking I was never gonna pass but than I went thorugh my NBME score report of one month prior. I scored well on NBME, on kaplan simulated and on UW blocks in last days. Also I saw that my performance in these qs was around 1.5 SD above the mean while to pass it's required to do only 1 SD below the mean. There I became very confident and stopped checking my exam qs, and in fact I got a good score.
So my advice is: if you have always scored above the mean, what is the odd that you did a disastrous performance just on exam day? And also, do you remember when you did your UW blocks? I am sure a lot of times you have clicked the "end this review" button with mixed feelings about your performance just to find few seconds later a good score. Why should this time be different? They claim that, at least for step 1, the exam score should have at maximum 6 points of variability if the same candidate takes this test several times. let's just belive them! If that's true your score cannot be bad! So please don't even think anymore of your test qs and just think of your previous preformance in UW, Kaplan or NBME!
Edited by virgola82 on 06/18/07 - 04:02 PM
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| doc_clotaire
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Yup Virgola , I read your experience and found out myself how it was for you ยด. That was terrific !
Congradulation and thanks for the high spirits !
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| nany
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Hi docclotaire:
I'm sure you'll do more than fine with your score...., just don't worry and trust your preparation.
and be sure that God will never let your effort goes away
Best of luck
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| doc_clotaire
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Hi Guys !
Just wanna let you know that my oasis is updated and Guess what !
I ' ve got the beautifull red letter ..... yeah I passed 
Thank you God first and thanks to all who ' ve been supporting me .
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| virgola82
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I told you...
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| Aashi
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 wish u a gr8 score doc...
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| sprint123
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Hey clotaire---I am very happy on hearing this! I am expecting 95+ from you!
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| Jesussaves
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congrats doc_clotaire!!!!!great! GL for a great score..........!!!!!!!!
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| doc-o8
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congrats dr.clotaire. u deserve a great score. im very happy for u. hope u get a very good news.n dont forget to share with us.
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| doc_clotaire
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Got my score !
I know it is not what most people expect from me but I think I still have to share it . Why not ?
it 's 81/199 ...............low  but STILL PASSED 
PS : Go to the first page of my journal ( first paragraph ) and you ' ll see that I already mentioned that ..... I WARNED you guys ..It 's a BLESSING to pass both steps in first attempt ....
SPECIAL THANKS TO :
Prep4usmle------ for creating this GREAT forum
Aashi ---- who took time to lecture me about some HY facts days before exam and who 's always there to asses my paranoia . May God bless you in whatever you are doing !
Sprint 123----Sorry to disapoint you buddy . I know you meant it .. hope you do better than me
Docnikki ------my study patner .... Congradulation on making 90s , GL with CS
Virgola ------- Yes , You DID tell me . I really thought I wouldn ' t KILL THE BEAST but I DID
Nany --------be sure that God will never let your effort goes away .... HE DIDN' T , Thanks for that
Jesussaves -- I am glad that you exam was doable , wish u great score
to doc-08, USLME Gladiator , coolmavs usnmesmile, sera , klimt to make my journal more INTERESTING and sorry if I forget someome
CS ... here I come in september God Willing !
THAT WAS A PLEASURE TO LEARN , SHARE AND GETTING TO KNOW GREAT PEOPLE LIKE Y' ALL
I AM SURE YOU WILL BE GREAT DOCTORS IN THE FUTURE ..... GOD BLESS YOU ALL
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| Jesussaves
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congrats doc_clotaire
wish you all the best for the match!!!
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| Aashi
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Thats the spirit buddy!, good luck for your CS and all your future endeavors
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| sprint123
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Excellent spirit clotaire---Cocentrate on CS and wish you good luck on your residency!
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| virgola82
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Congratulation doc, I can understand how tough could be for an IMG to be thrown in this new world of MLE like tests... It is indeed a bless to pass both steps at first try and the best thing is that you don't have to do this pain anymore now! You will study the same stuff again for step 3 but it's gonna be after you have that ECFMG certificate in your hands and the spirit is gonna be completely different then... Ok you could get a better score, I mean you were definitely able to do so because you are very prepared, but unfortunately sometimes it happens to perform not at one's best. If you follow soccer, how many times you see a very strong team losing with a much weaker team? Luckily you didn't lose! You won! So it's as if that strong team wins 1-0 suffering all the 90 mins with a weak team. The team is still strong and has 3 more ponits in the league... So don't think that because you got 81 you worth 81; you worth 99, we all know that. Keep your spirit high! I woud like to see how most of 99ers used to the US testing style would perform doing the test in a foreign language and with a completely different setting as we are used to... I wish you all the best for step 2cs and hope you're gonna get a nice holiday then!
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| doc_clotaire
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While you said that Virgola , Let me give you guys my curriculum !
Native Country : HAITI
Native Language : French and Creole
Age : 28 yo (Single Male )
Medicine School : Mexico ( Had to learn Spanish in med school )
School in Mexico : Cannot say its name but very very bad ( generally only 1 out 10 make it though the USMLE after multiple attemtps ...... and only 3 out of 40 in my class made a residency in Mexico which is obviouly easier than the USMLE .... I am the only one who made it to the US 
English status : I started learning it while studying for step 1 in social service , when I fisrt read Goljan stars books , I didn ' t understand DARK until I had to read it 3 times with my dictionary next to me and of course his audio make it easier for me ( HE IS MY BIG TIME USMLE SAVIOR , I even got his picture in my room ) I cleared d Step 1 with 78 with no english . Now , I am still worried for CS though but I ' ll find a way to make it as usual by God 's grace
Actually I think my english status screwed me up in Psychiatry BIG TIME , I was scoring 70 s in UW and now I got the lowest performance in it ... In the real test those Qs are so long (30 lines ) that It took me 1 min to read it and another one to understand what they said without even go the the choices ( may be it 's rationalization )
Current Location : Mexico , looking for CS visa ( Hope I will get it )
NOW , YOU CAN SEE WHY I SAID IT ' S A BLESSING
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| nany
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Congratulations doc-clotaire
you worked for it...and you deserve it
best of luck with your CS exam
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