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Have you seen people that says
I have 78% on UW, score 660 on NBME3 but I dont know if I will pass.
What is your opinon about it?
Mine is that some people actually are in one way cluless but the rest
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| multifactorial
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extremely apprehensive,high-strung,panic-stricken,type A people
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| peraspera
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My opinion is DO NOT Judge anyone. Everyone of us is different. Someone can have good store of knowledge but don't have a good score, someone can go on exam saying I really did not study hard... and will get excellent score. IT is life, life is unpredictable. Do not judge..
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| GOGETA
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pera that message is to who?
Read my post again,
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It's just my opinion.
it was not addressed to anyone. You asked about opinion didn't you??
I read your post and you didn't complete your last sentence.
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| kingusmle
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AGREE peraspera ,we cannot judge anyone coz nbmes ,uw donot 100% assess your score ..it all depends on the d day ....Donot judge
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| kingusmle
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people who are thinking about others this way are actually worried and panic stricken about others too much coz they are worried about others more than themselves...so people stop comparing and live and let live!!!!
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| peraspera
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we are all human being It's OK to be scared, worried, panic stricken....
IT'S NORMAL.
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| multifactorial
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it is very normal to be panic-stricken and i am sorry if i offended anyone when i made that statement but do the people who raise a havoc when they score a 660 on NBME 3 pause to think that many would die for a score like that?anything which is excessive isnt normal.if you would call that normal behavior then people would score 800 on an NBME and still not feel prepared.i didnt judge anyone.when u post something here which says that u scored 660 and still feel rubbish and inadequately prepared,many people out there who are scoring 440(i incidentally scored a 440 on my first NBME)feel pretty much down in the dumps.i am not being judgemental.i am only trying to clear the picture here.when u attempt an NBME,you are already involved enough in the process to know that a 660 is an outstanding score.but when u post something which says that a 660 or a 700 isnt good enough,many others feel depressed.if you could proclaim yourself to be pathetic after scoring a 700 on a particular NBME,imagine what you are saying for those who are scoring a mere 400?imagine what a damper that is for their morale?i am only trying to be reasonable.again,i didnt mean to offend anyone.i only wanted some of my friends to know that these are cases of nerves and they should be happy with their 400s and 500s.
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I agree with muti last statement
Ok Imagen how I feel when I got a 330 on NBME4 and then I see this ____ of nature scoring a 660 or more in NBME 3 and not knowing if they can PASS the test.
Now some people are just show off, and they like to shove in the face of other people how good they did, others are just type A, AND FEW and I repeat FEW are actually looking for an honest answer.
That you will get nervous before the test, YES just look at my posts before my exam, and sometimes you want some reassurement that you will pass, but When you have 600+ on NBME and more than 70% on UW and you still dont know if you are going to PASS
Edited by GOGETA on 06/10/07 - 09:38 PM
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| kingusmle
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Think why one didnt get it( not why the other person got 710 )and try to correct ateast thats the way i take things
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| paheli
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great post, multi.
i guess both sides have a point. but, that must mean that i lie somewhere in between.no matter how my preps are going, i'm still terrified that SOMETHING may go wrong just for me, just on my test day, and mess it all up. call me paranoid, call me a ball of nerves, call me crazy. but, these are the things that i fear. things that are out of my hand. trust me, i'm a totally normal person, ok. but, what if something happens? what if there's a hitch somewhere, and it gives me a terrible paper. what if...what if.. what if...
please, i'm not trying to scare anyone out there. and, don't worry anyway. coz as i said, these things are only likely to happen to me!!God, i'm losing it!
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paheli wrote:great post, multi. i guess both sides have a point. but, that must mean that i lie somewhere in between.no matter how my preps are going, i'm still terrified that SOMETHING may go wrong just for me, just on my test day, and mess it all up. call me paranoid, call me a ball of nerves, call me crazy. but, these are the things that i fear. things that are out of my hand. trust me, i'm a totally normal person, ok. but, what if something happens? what if there's a hitch somewhere, and it gives me a terrible paper. what if...what if.. what if... please, i'm not trying to scare anyone out there. and, don't worry anyway. coz as i said, these things are only likely to happen to me!!God, i'm losing it!
I go through this some times (well alot of times) im not going to give my examples so others wont start thinking the same way too ... is this a psychic problem or what? ... common your the Doctors!!! is this something that can be treated or its just normal ... you know, ill be happy if i just forget about it and stop thinking this way ... and as you said paheli ... i just think that way towards my self not others .... i feel the best is going to happen to (them) and i tend to make them feel better ... then im lonely with my problems with nobody to talk to him about it! So, here you go ... your from the first people to hear about it! ... hope i can find some help
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you're so reading my mind, p4a99. all possible best outcomes for others, and the worst combo of bad luck and bad karma for me. of course, i'm happy for others, they deserve it. but, i've got to stop doing this to myself. it's my nightmare.
also, as you said, i quickly jump to lift my peers' spirits when the exam overwhelms them, i try my best to infuse confidence and some positivity. but, i'm not really fortunate enough to get that from somebody.
and yeah, i really shouldn't have mentioned examples. sorry, folks.
p.s. p4a99 - YOU WILL DO JUST FINE. you know why? coz you've come this far. it's just a few more steps ahead, and this is the final dash in the sprint. so don't even think of anything but a 99!! you WILL do it!
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i kinda agree with gogeta and kingusmle...i feel some people are anxious but they just show an exaggerated and unneeded version of anxiety and some of them are just fishing for compliments on how good they have done on the nbme to calm their nerves or they just show off and satisfy their egos'.
i dont say that all are like this but most are, considering that a novice like me in preparing for the exams knows that if i get a 500 or a 600 on nbme then i should go to sleep and give the exam next day. i agree the real exam depends on a lot of things and how yu perform on that day and nbme is a mere predictor but i believe it is a good one and it tells yu your level of preparation to a fair degree of accuracy.
so to me those people are either immature and havent seem the world in the broad perspective or they are just out there fishing for compliments and like gogeta said a few are searching for an honest answer in an effort to furthur improve their performance so that they can ensure a 99 for themselves and hats off to those guyz
and i surely mean no offence to anyone here.
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hey by the time i posted this i had not read your posts-paheli and praying499
this post of mine was not for honest people like yu on this forum. what yu both said was just a fair degree of anxiety that we all go thru during our preparations for the usmle's. i went thru mine today morning
and as they say in behavioural sc.-mild anxiety brings out the best performance in a person. no anxiety and too much of it hampers performance.
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i must add that my anxiety does not really arise out of my preparedness or my scores on tests[except when i've not done that well!  ] but, more seriously, my anxiety arises from things that are beyond me, out of my control. so, these days, i just find that i pray a lot. i'm such a hypocrite! remembering God only when i need him!
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