aboalemr
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thanks ALLA'H ,,,
Hi every one , after about two monthes of waiting finally i got some releive .
my study scores :-
USMLEworld Qbank : 60%
USMLE free sample : 82%
Kaplan Q bank : don't remmember exactly but i think about 69 or 70 %
Kaplan simulated : 66%
NBME 6 : 520 , 224 one week befor
NBME 5 : 540 , 228 2 days befor
I have a question , why the 3 digit correlation with the 2 digit changed ? & what is that mean ? how it will be compared to poeple who took the test in the past ? coz in the past 223 was equal to 91 i guess , am i right ?
my advice for step 1 talker , USMLEWORLD is good , & NBME almost tell you what you will get in the real test , so you should get on it the score you aiming to get in real test or littile more to insure that .
i hope the success for every one ,,,
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| SpeaksSoftly
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Mashallah! Congrats on a wonderful score! Can you tell us how you studied? How much time did you need and how many hours a day did you study? Also if you can tell us what books you used and what lectures (if any) you listened to, thanks!
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| usmlekiller
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congrats
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CONGRATULATIONS
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| ultradocmansu
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congrats buddy!!
that some weird score changing system though.. they should atleast try to keep a same scoring system.. but 93/223 is kinda understandable keepin in mind that exam prolly got harder..
but the thing no justified is , as we jus saw in another thread , 78/192 and 81/185 .. how will they compare people with such erroneous scoring system? 
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| aboalemr
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Thanks every one who replies & i hope for you the best !!!!!!!!
(SpeaksSoftly) : I studied for more than one year , but not a full time & some times interupting , at first i took a kaplan course & then i did kaplan Qbank , then feel i am not ready for the test & took some gab , whish is not good , then started on USMLEworld , first not serious & it take from me more than 4 monthes to finish it , some times i am littile lazy  , but at the end i feel i have to be serious coz the time is running .
at the time of serious study i studied for about 10 houres , so i advice you to study seriously & concentrate on subject that you perform worse .
(ultradocmansu) : your examble you gave is really weired , but i think as you said the exam become difficult , not comparable to USMLEworld in my opinion , but not as I expected to be . especially the mean went up to 222 instead of 218 , am I right ?
in the other hand i think 3 digit score doesn't indicat how the test is diffecult , but the 2 digit do , hence if some one get an easy test & he score 223 he will get 91 for examble , but if you get a difficult one & you score 223 you will get 93 , this is what i though , so give me your idea ?
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| dowjunk
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Thanks for sharing ur experience. Congratulations on the achievement!
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| ultradocmansu
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aboalemr
yeah it makes sense absolutely.. but the problem arises if program director asks u only ur 3 digit scores. and i keep hearing that program directors jus ask ur 3 digits scores , and give take 5 points on 3 digit scores doesnt make a difference for them. but with this system , there will be a trouble. an year ago , 99 started at scores 243 , yesterday it has dropped down to 236. and so does every corresponding 3 digit relative to 2 digit has fallen down.
considering an example , they made exam harder , and now if boards calculate that 93 an year ago is same as 93 today , they should make necessary changes to make 3 digit scores comparable too. the point is , a person who appeared year before us , is standing at 229 or 230 at 93/94 while we ' ll stand at 222/223 with same 2 digit score while according to percentile system , we both r graded same but we got a harder exam and so percentile went up for same 3 digit score.. and if program directors ask jus the 3 digit score , we r at the losing end..
in short , i dont know what the boards r keeping in mind . either they shouldnt have taught us biostats in this way , or they wanna say that biostats is only for books , rest all is erroneous p values 
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| Delmar
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the 2 digit score is not a percentile , for ur own knoweldge
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| ultradocmansu
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okay , yeah its not a percentile , my bad..
but still they should ve maintained relativity of 2 digit and 3 digit scores consistent , atleast i think 
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| usmlekiller
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ultradocmansu wrote:okay , yeah its not a percentile , my bad.. but still they should ve maintained relativity of 2 digit and 3 digit scores consistent , atleast i think
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| aboalemr
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(ultradocmansu)
Thanks for the interesting points you mentioned , & I agree with you , if what i said about the 3 digit scor didn't tell about how the exam is hard , they have to make the 2 digit score is the one who compare between the applicant & advice the programmes directer about that . but since I am not sure if i was right on that , I hope some one who have a better idea about the USMLE scoring system some explanation on this issue .
(dowjunk)
Thanks for your kindness & hope for you the best .
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| gauri14
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congrats for ur score. aboalmr...!!!
am new to the bandwagon of USMLE...am starting wid the kaplan books and videos...wud u plz tell me the diff bte the Q bank and the Q review of the kaplan???thanx...
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| aboalemr
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Thanks very much (gauri) & you got the best score , Qreview includes six months of access to both Step 1 Qbank and Integrated Vignettes Qbank , you can visit kaplan web site for more information .
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| abummeis
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well done
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| antidepressant
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congratulations! great score!
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| gauri14
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hi again!
thanx for the reply...i had sum more q"S
1. do i need to do high yield goljan too??
2.do i have to do path kaplan too or goljan is enough??
thanx...
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| aboalemr
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(abummeis) :- thanks & i hope for you the best score too . To answer your questions , I recomend you to take a look at the USMLE offecial web site , there you gonna find the answer for all your questions , I am sorry cause i am not sure for all the question you got , after that if you got any other question I'll be glad to help .
(antidepressant) :- thanks for your words .
(gauri14) :- I didn't use golgian pathology , I just did kaplan , so I can't compare between them , but many poeple said golgian is good , also i find kaplan very suffecient for me , I think if you stick to one & studied it seriously it is good .
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| gauri14
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thank u...GL to u!
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| gauri14
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one more q plz!!
do i get the latest version pf goljan RR and the FA or the older ones are better????
plz reply!!
thanx!!!
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| aboalemr
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As I told you I don't know about golgian , but the latest version of FA will contain the old edition + any additional improvment , so i recomende the latest if you can't afford the older one from a friend or so ,,,
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| gauri14
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thank u so much!
God bless!!
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