simon73
Forum Elite
Topics: 4
Posts: 484
|
Thank you study499 and usmlekiller. My schedule was offset today because of internet connection!!! We didnt have internet connection since last night at our neighborhood, this offset my schedule today. I was planning on reviewing the rest of the 3 blocks from monday. I spent a couple of hours in the phone trying to enquire when it was going to return. Need to reschedule some study plans hence didnt have a very good day as i wanted it to be. I guess these things happen and one need to be prepared at times like these to have a Plan B. I am glad it happened today rather than the day before my real exam.
2 days to NBME, 13 days to presumptive exam date!
God, i hope that i am prepared for this NBME on monday! Will try my best to make up for the distractions. Happy studying friends.
|
| simon73
Forum Elite
Topics: 4
Posts: 484
|
Hope everyone is having a good day at studies. Completed reviewing the 7 blocks i did last monday. Did a random block in qbank and scored 63% (kaplan all users average 58%). I hope that i am making some concrete progress.
Eve of NBME, 12 days to presumptive exam date!
My review list for tomorrow's NBME is long. I hope to cover a substantial portion of it today. Friends, please keep me in your prayers.
Happy studying everyone.
|
| usmlekiller
Forum Guru
Topics: 18
Posts: 1,010
|
gl buddy im sure u will ace it!!!!!!!
___________________
FUTURE 99ER
|
| commit
Forum Newbie
Topics: 2
Posts: 264
|
Good job, simon. You are definitely on the right track. Good luck for the nbme.
Be relaxed, though. Don't let the test creat too much stresses for you.
|
| Karime
Forum Guru
Topics: 16
Posts: 1,198
|
Best wishes SIMON!
___________________
Eterea ……..“Hoc in loco mors succurrere vivis gaudet”……("In this place death comes joyfully to the aid of the living" )
|
| simon73
Forum Elite
Topics: 4
Posts: 484
|
Dear Friends,
I am really disappointed to report that i scored only 380!!! in NBME form 5. I dont know why?! I actually felt good after I finished the test except for the last block which had a lot of molecular biology questions! I dont know what went wrong. I am very very disappointed. I read in the forum that the forms 5 and 6 are tough hence I took form 5 and i expected to score over 500 or at least over 450 I thought after my last block!! but very disappointed to get this. My performance profile shows all the subject areas in borderline performance, none in low or high?! I am lost here. I have done the same materials everyone in this forum has used and scored over 95 in the exam. I have invested much time, energy and effort. I have thought of and worked all strategies and I truly feel lost.
My one consolation is the post by skamran- God bless him for sharing his experience. He had fairly good score of 480 in the other NBME forms he took, and form 5 he got a outlier score of 380 and in the real exam which he took 5 weeks after the form 5, he got 90. I am out of time in terms of this intense preparation phase. After much deliberation, my plan is this: I am going to take form 3 of NBME on Thursday and aim to score 430 at the very minimum. If I get that, then I will go ahead and take the exam on 29th August as planned. Otherwise........well, it wont be the end of the world. I will have to reschedule. My thoughts are from hope to despair to disbelief to just waiting and see how all unfolds. I am also going to pray as sincerely as I can, as prayer is the only thing I can see missing from my preparation plan. God will help those who help themselves- as now I can really and truly say that I have done my best (given my circumstances), I am going to leave the rest in the hands of God.
|
| veteran
Forum Newbie
Topics: 0
Posts: 81
|
Simon, I have been following your progress though I have not posted in your journal lately. I feel your pain. Really, I cant imagine why the score was not close to what you expected and certainly nowhere close to what you deserve for all your efforts. 
I applaud your courage and honesty in posting all your feelings here. I also sincerely hope that this NBME 5 is a outlier score. Please do not feel discouraged and go ahead with your plan of taking another form on the 21st. I will be here every step if you need anything that I can help with. Take care, stay strong and keep working.
|
| Karime
Forum Guru
Topics: 16
Posts: 1,198
|
Dear Simon, I'm sink!......but Thanks God you realize this before the real thing.
I'm pretty sure that's because of the "forms" 5 and 6...the difficult ones, no?
Don't loose heart.......It's just a appreciation issue ...just look at the other side of the coin (skamran experience) .I think you should take the form 3...and you will see.....you're doing great......!!!....Just focus.....again....don´t loose heart!......at the end.....there's a solution....you can extend your period, that's ALL!...But I'm sure this is not your case
Let's PRAY.....every day, every moment, every action we take to achieve our dreams If it's God's will.
I know I cannot do anything here...but.....God can....I'll pray for all of us
___________________
Eterea ……..“Hoc in loco mors succurrere vivis gaudet”……("In this place death comes joyfully to the aid of the living" )
|
| match2010
Forum Senior
Topics: 4
Posts: 481
|
HI simon
I feel the pain dear ....you know you can ask one more person on the forum recently got 87 on real exam and 5 days before his nbme showed 180 , so check out what he has to say as well and then proceed accordingly . Mostly these scores are some where near accurate but you can take this in a good way that now you know what your weaknesses are and you have time to work on it ......so be positive and work hard.....
goood luck
___________________
Rather the pain of discipline than the pain of regret.
|
| tia
Forum Guru
Topics: 50
Posts: 1,190
|
hey simon,
dont worry.....just think the exam as one of ur uw blocks which went bad......
i'd say just go through the whole material once....and read it slowly...everyline means something....every line takes u closer to 99.....everything is important....
give it some time....and then go for another NBME
good luck and never give up and plz bring in that smile .....dont worry
___________________
sometimes winning is everything...
|
| simon73
Forum Elite
Topics: 4
Posts: 484
|
Dear Friends,
Thank you for all your kind words. The morning after is always the most difficult. I will start my day with prayers and give my best today and next couple of days and do the NBME and see my scope.
Best wishes and prayers to everyone. Its a tough journey but we will all get their with prayers and perseverance.
|
| Karime
Forum Guru
Topics: 16
Posts: 1,198
|
Mezo wrote:Hey tiaaaaaaaa, How r u ?? sorry, i was late in checking on u this time, coz after i got back from vacation, lots and lots needed to be done, my life was on hold the last few months because of the test .. now everything has to be done to resume normal life again  Regarding NBME ... I agree with genbot, no use if u didn't finish ur 2nd read .. and plz don't hang ur hopes a lot on it ... this will just screw u even u r so good, just like the past few days when ur UW score got down just because u got stressed ... just calm down and do what u have to do ... and if it by any mean is going to stress u, then i prefer that u do it offline and learn those qs rather than evaluating urself with ... Ur UW score is gr8 .. so, just stick to the plan and may ALLAH be with u ... take care bbye
___________________
Eterea ……..“Hoc in loco mors succurrere vivis gaudet”……("In this place death comes joyfully to the aid of the living" )
|
| commit
Forum Newbie
Topics: 2
Posts: 264
|
Hi simon,
Sorry for being late here. I can feel your pain, especially after working so hard for this. I think you have a solid plan. As you said, it won't be the end of the world. We will all get there and it is just a matter of time. I think you have all the right things, the right mindset, the right material. You just need a bit more time and be really solid with the material you have.
I would suggest you to go through your two forms thoroughly. There are downloadable ones available. Form 2 has a pretty good answer sheet attached, while form 5 may need some extra work. No matter how painful it is, just sit down and find out where the problem is. Is it something you know but you forget, or something you have no idea about? Is it something you will be answering right if you have more time? Is it possible if you could guess differently based on what you have from the questions, in another word, could you have a better guess?
Life is not always full of success. Instead, there are a lot of struggles. It is more important for us to fight through them. That is just life. I have faith in you.
|
| antidepressant
Forum Guru
Topics: 37
Posts: 1,297
|
Hello Simon, i am sorry about your dissapointmenting score. You are working hard, and you will definitely be there. Commit is right, and see you improved from the previous one, you may have not gotten the expected best score, but its not the same as before, it improved by 40, thats a great achievement, and its very boring to hang in there, and i guess that beats some of us. If you do what you have been doing, working hard, and having positive attitude, you will score higher, it has been an upward curve for you, thats really great. I wish you best on your next nbme. You just need some repetetion may be, you know the concept. GL.
___________________
Striving for excellence!!!!!!!!
|
| simon73
Forum Elite
Topics: 4
Posts: 484
|
Thank you very much commit and antidepressant for your kind words and great advice. I know i am getting there but it is just the slow progress as shown in these nbme scores killing me. Through God's grace, i will be able to overcome this feeling and come out strong. As an old saying, it is during these hard times, we need more patience, prayers and perseverance to go on!
I will keep working. Happy studying friends.
|
| tia
Forum Guru
Topics: 50
Posts: 1,190
|
hi simon ,
u can make it....these stupid scores mean nothing,,,,though they bother us for a while....even i got the worst of the scores .......its fine.....dont worry...keep working....in just 12 to 15 days of work u can take ur score to an another level....keep working...good luck!
___________________
sometimes winning is everything...
|
| tia
Forum Guru
Topics: 50
Posts: 1,190
|
___________________
sometimes winning is everything...
|
| veteran
Forum Newbie
Topics: 0
Posts: 81
|
Simon, thinking of you and hoping all is going well with your prep.
Hope you are revising your notes from UW and Kaplan. Your notes, your exam list and FA are what you need to be reviewing right now and if you feel shaky about any topic, try to get into the texts. Try to also do some questions in the mean time- maybe about 2 to 3 blocks per day to keep up your morale. All the best!
|
| study499
Forum Guru
Topics: 5
Posts: 576
|
Hi simon,
I'm sorry to be very late here...i can feel ur pain...can't believe it...but i guess that's why this exam is so precious...because it's not easy...but i have so much faith in you...i am sure sooner or later you will get the score you want...it's just a matter of time.
you are in my prayers...stay focused....work as you have never worked before....stay positive....if you are taking another one tomorrow, then good luck and take it as it is ur first one...
___________________
With God, all things are possible.
|
| DRFP
Forum Guru
Topics: 39
Posts: 697
|
Don't let one score get to you, its what you can do all the time that matters.
Relax take a break and back on the Horse! 
___________________
Knowledge should be shared not withheld.
|
|
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
