Elizka
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It is written in FA that 10-20 % questions on Step 1 have been designated as experimental or incorrectly phrased. Is that true? I mean, did you really feel that some qs were unable to answer? Or maybe there are some really difficult question, that you can actually figure out the answer?
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| dirtyplay28
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for some reason everyone says this magical number of ' 50' experimental questions. i personally think thats alot! i took exam on sept 22 and to be honest i came across only 2 questions that seemen to be experimental bc #1 the question had a spelling wording error that didnt make sense at all, i just skipped it. and another was some kind of weird weird graph of a PFT. now i studied PFT's VERY VERY WELL. i knew every graph in which fev and all that stuff could be presented and this question was like What the ^@&^@..... BUT really thats it. All the other questions i thought werent tricky, were well written and doable. of course i got some wrong bc i just didnt know it or most of time didnt have fast enough recall . But if 50 questions r automatically taken away bc there experimental than better news 4 me  but i still dont believe that the number is 50. anyone else? please comment. im very curious.
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| jazmil
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I don't think anyone really knows exactly how many questions in a given exam are experimental. The scoring system the NBME uses is rather secretive.
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| medocuk
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Well I had a few questions where I had no clue what was being asked. specifically I remember my 3rda nd 6th block were horrible. I know one or two were purely because I didn't the related fact but that was that.
I wouldn't worry abt experimentals. You have a lot more to study for. good luck
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| medocuk
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know* see I seem to miss the most important word. :P
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| dirtyplay28
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i think on exam day....u really dont have time to think about it. you kind of either know the answer or u dont. and on the ones i didnt know ..i didnt want to waste time on or try to figure it out bc i knew it would take me like 4-5 minutes (i had some weird PFT graph ) and than i would run out of time for the rest of the questions which were easier or that i knew well. I think Most questions Can eventually be figured out BUT TIME is an ISSUE. u gotta CHOOSE your BATTLES WISELY 
but i am a little nervous bc especially in my 3,5,6th block there were like 5-6 WTF questions and i just INSTANTLY took a guess and moved on . i just assumed they were experimental. I prob should not have done that But than again the TIME would of run out. owell......... I wish know one wouldve ever told me about these experimental questions! maybee i wouldve tried a bit harder on some of my WTF questions! we will soon see.......
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| dirtyplay28
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Oh i remember where i got the number 50 ! i use to be on this american med student forum where all of them posted there exam experiences and they all wrote to each other (recently-this year) when they were waiting 4 results.....to not worry ...bc 50 of the questions r experimental.
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| new_n_lost
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Experimental questions r the ones which will literally boggle ur mind and u will be like a zombie. u will stare at it and think how the heck did they come up with this. The number may vary but the idea is to keep u on ur toes.
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| dirtyplay28
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hehe , i guess i can laugh about it now since im post exam *3weeks. But it sure wasnt as funny on exam day I can defin recall about 5 of them but damn i hope there was more!!!
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| dirtyplay28
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hey new-n-lost, i had one gross pic ,which of course i cant get out of my head BUT it was absolut. absurd, u think its possible for a pic to be an experimental? r expermentals always the obvious ones . i just read in FA that sometimes they put 'pretest' questions in that dont count (like u said to keep u on ur toes- some prob from the step 2 qbank). i dont think pretest quest's r same as experimental ? whats ur take. how many WTF questions were on yours?
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| jazmil
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A part of me actually enjoyed seeing those extremely weird questions bcos I would mark the first answer that came to mind and consequently save the time for more doable questions.
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| jazmil
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There was one question that had 5 options that I had honestly never seen before in my life. 60 secs saved.
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| dirtyplay28
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u hit it Jazmil! i think thats why half the expermental questions are there...SOOOO we can add 60 seconds to our time !!!
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| Elizka
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Thanks for sharing your experience I was just curious about those qs. I know, that on exam TIME is an issue. I got 2 months to real thing and still a lot to study
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