Just finished my test, i assume that just like everyone i feel exhausted from the 9 hours session, i studied very weirdly and should have taken the exam long time ago but i couldn’t due to annoying circumstances.

I felt like age has hit me hard today lol, I wish for my performance today to be as close as it can be to my last assessments
NBME 16- 270
Free 120 84%

But i felt that the exam got weirder every block lol

To be fair it wasn’t lengthy, it was normal with some questions being very long ofc, i had over 30% of and only 2 abstracts questions as patient charts and tbh i felt much better doing these.

The exam content is
50% ( ik what it is from the first glance )
30% hmmmm i think this has to be the answer bcz no way the other one is true
10% maybe the answer is this ( wtf is this way of questions and answers writing?? )
10% if you are the question writer himself you COULD answer

among the last 20%

5% of questions are things you only answer if u were an elite med school student that actually attended, listened and viewed weird resources and you have ur instagram reels filled with medical bullshit lol

10% are straight up challenging and time consuming, they could throw a clear scenario about eg blunt abdominal trauma with shock, and give you zero clue to know which kind of shock and expect you to know whats the cause based on whats most common or most likely in the absence of clear clinical evidence ( and this could apply to any single presentation) trust me you will be smiling when u see such questions

5% are straight up you shall never answer unless you are a pathologist, interventional radiologist etcc bcz its for sure not even close to a normal specialist depth ( but you heard of it though, they say 😂😂 )

Overall i think the exam is pretty fair , u have 80 unscored questions so relax ur shoulders when u see weird shit, every question was vetted before it reaches you so trust that there will be a glowing answer most of the time, and never listen to discouraging comments, its true that it feels a bit different but so does every nbme when u take it, the test is not a vacation, its meant to test you as a physician responsible for life and death and its by all means fair and square.

Good luck

Hi there! Curious to hear experiences from folks who got their scores back the same day ERAS went live. I’ll be getting my score the morning of the 23rd, just a couple hours after ERAS can be downloaded.

Has anyone heard of this situation before? Do I need to email programs on the 23rd itself letting them know?

If anyone has been in this situation- how did the match go?

Thank you so much! I don’t want this to be the reason I delay a year. I’m a U.S. MD.

US MD or US IMG or Non-US IMG status:

Date tested:

Uworld % correct:

NBME 9: ( days out)

NBME10: (days out)

NBME11: (days out)

NBME12: ( days out)

NMBE13: (days out)

NBME14: ( days out)

NBME 15: (days out)

NBME 16:

UWSA 1: ( days out)

UWSA 2: (days out)

UWSA 3: (days out)

Old old Free 120: ( days out)

Old New Free 120: ( days out)

New Free 120:( days out)

CMS Forms % correct:

Predicted Score:

Total Weeks/Months Studied:

Actual STEP 2 score:

PLEASE SHARE YOUR RESULTS, THE INFORMATION MIGHT BE OF HELP TO ANOTHER PERSON:)

How is everyone feeling about tomorrow? Personally very nervous 😅

For those of you who took step 2 recently how long did it take to get back your score? I’m supposed to take it Friday but am considering pushing it back a few days.

Thank you in advance !

Edit: will be applying for residency this year

I am about to lose my mind because I just took NBME 15 and nothing has changed.

I know my scores are not bad, but I am aiming for 270+ (maybe even higher). Even without a high target, seeing some improvement would be nice.

Here are my scores:

UWSA1: 258

NBME 9 : 262

NBME 10: 259

NBME 11: 260

NBME 12: 258

NBME 13: 250

UWSA 2: 263

NBME 14: 266

NBME 15: 260

My first UWorld pass was 79%. I only did a second pass for my incorrect and marked questions. I have done most of the CMS forms and use Anki for my UWorld incorrects. I recently started AMBOSS but realized I do not have enough time for it.

Whaaaat am I doing wrong? I thoroughly review NBMEs and am usually good at taking exams, but NBMEs never fail to surprise me. There is always something completely new. Is there a hidden resource that only 270+ scorers know about? Are people mastering AMBOSS? WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO DO? If they keep asking random low-yield details, I don't know what to do.

I have seen some posts on reddit explaining how you can master NBME's by just "using your clinical judgement" and choosing the answer that feels the safest, but IT DOESNT WORK. These questions genuinely require specific knowledge that you simply have to know.

And I only have 1 NBME left. I gotta figure this out quick

Do we think we'll get our scores back on 9/9 (2 weeks later) or 9/16 (3 weeks later) due to Labor Day?

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passed step 1 few months back and i am just starting uw for step 2 now but my uw is around 40% and it feels like that i have forgot most of step 1 content, what should i do

I took Step 2 on 8/21, and I'm expecting my scores tomorrow 12pm EST. Is there a working methord to see these earlier?

Took Step 8/21, expecting scores tomorrow at 12pm EST. Are there any currently working methods to see my before that time?

I see everybody talk about their Amboss, but do people use step2predictor (http://step2predictor.com)?

It has an option to compare your NBMEs to your score “twins” against their actual score.

Wanted to know if people who already took Step 2 used it, and whether or not it was accurate.