brutus25
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Guys I took the exam on the 4th of this month ; I`m pretty much devastated , I think I did miserable , now I ended up praying not to pass , that way may be I`ll get a better score.
Does anyone have any ideea of what score (minimum) you need for a decent program on internal medicine preferably somewhere in the NY area , I have a few friends around there.
About the exam itself I am too sad/down to talk , but if you think that I can be of any assitance please fell free to ask.Thanks a lot.
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| abdo
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1st the feeling is normal even ppl who got 99 had this feeling and trust in god u will hit this exam ! , could u tell su about ru preparation and the difficulty of the exam compared to q banks .. thx and congratulations on finishing the battle
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| brutus25
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Well , how much I have learnt is a matter of debate , after the exam it seems I haven`t read what I should but anyway :
My main book was FA which I should say I know it pretty well.
Physio - BRS
Micro Immuno - Kaplan
Pharma - Katzung
Patho - Goljan Rapid Review
Neuroanatomy - Kaplan
Biochemistry - Goljan and Pelley
Regarding my scores
Kaplan Qbank - 73% ( cumulative , all unused timed , mixed , 50 q/block ) but varied a lot sometimes , lowest 56 , highest 92
UW - only completed around 60% , have no ideea how accurate the score was , I used it mainly as a studiyng tool , but anyway around 55-60%.
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| abdo
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do u think the exam questions wascloser to kaplan q bank or to
uw
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| hedieh
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Dear Brutus:
donot be so upset because this kind of feelings r sometimes normal, especially after tough exams. You may find your score much more better than you think now. 
I hope success for you
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| brutus25
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hedieh thanks a lot for the nice words
abdo : the vast majority ( 95 % ) were very long about 6 lines , as content I would say they were more like NBME but tougher in that they would go more in depth , more mechanisms.
Must say that they tested concepts , I haven`t seen any of them directly from Kaplan or somewhere else , but the concepts yes , most covered in Kaplan.
Another picky thing was the way the questions were asked , in the sense that I had to read 2 times to figure out what it is that they really want from me.
I think Kaplan notes do a very well job exceptions would be Mollecular/Cell biology , where I`m pretty sure I missed each and every one , and also you should be familiar with the MRI angio slides , where different things are...
Hope it helps.
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| epica
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Relax and congratulation. You will have high score.
I know that some person w low performance in Kaplan Q bank ( 60s something, molecular biology was 23% before the exam) got 99% on real exam. Hope your score will be the same.
I wish u the Best score
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| babydoc4usmle
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i wonder who could it be...................
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| babydoc4usmle
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brutus - you can relax, sounds like you did well sounds just like me anyway
and your feeling normal you just had one of the most difficult professional exams in the US.
good luck
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| MRMAVERICK
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dont be dissapointed BRUTUS
i have seen a few people whohave scored above 95 and after the exam thwy were devastated the same way as u are
DNT worry
my prayers are wid u
u have worked hard and it will pay
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