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i finished exam yesterday after 1 year study fulltime.
Exam is hard, format is like uw, composed of everything, and test on everything.
who said just study the concept?? questions is on everything? No matter how much you study? you won't beat this exam, because research come out.
and they put a lot of questions based on research.. balbaba...
when i went home, i search on google, it is all there.
Kaplan isn't enough, who said Kaplan is enough, UW isn't enough, FA isn't enough, Goljian itself just ok for pathology.
Majority questions i found on Robbin pathology book rather than gojlian book,
nbme 5: 220
nbme 7: 228
nbme 6: 230
Understand and memorized, not only understand. UW isn't enough itself, do more questions on the book like pathology robbin books questions with more than 1000 questions on the back.
They test everything guys!! A lot of graph might fool you.
Read Internal medicine, i saw at least 20 questions from here. Since step 1 has been changed more clinical, so, expect more clinical questions. Whoever has handison's internal medicine or Washington medicine review manual, read this concepts. They are from there...
around 40% from Kaplan+FA+patho+UW.. roughly 5 questions identical with UW, 2 questions NBME, and the rest of it from google.com , majority questions are identical from google.com. I checked it on the internet, Ohmygod, exactly identical from the article.
Same concepts but make you more intergrate, but you don't have clue what they are asking, that is why trying to know as much as you can. No time to think!!!
Whoever said, just think about the questions???? Either you know or you don't know. Questions is long, i don't know i pass or fail at this time.
NBME just test your knowledge, but study everything guys. They asked the question, i can't imagine.
GL

Please kindly elaborate on the questions in your exam based on research? are they clinical research, basic science research?

@spicyneptune: it isn't clincial or basic science research. You meant the "experimental questions" no... that is not what i am talking about.
I am talking about there is NEW INFORMATION, not in FA, Kaplan or anywhere. only on those sources i mentioned above. There is few experimental question but it is easy. I am talking about New information correlate with the exam mainly those things from recent research.... clear.

and these FA, UW, and kaplan are behind.. once they updated, we already done with the exam. you are taking the USMLE in USA!!! Everything is Updated... clear...

thanks for your information...i think u will be passed..pls give us the website address..

obamacrazy,
everyone that has done this exam knows how you feel.
Here's my 2 cents, just for you, don't look up the questions on the internet. Like you said, you have studied for a year, this is the time to relax
If you keep looking up the questions, you might run mental, and the 3 weeks waiting period will be longer than the 1 year you spent preparing
You don't have to accept the advice, it's just 2 cents anyway

thanks for the good advice it kinda scared me out but to be scared and prepare is better than to to have fake feeling of secure so thanks again

I just want to know where to read behaviour from it's kida I don't get it well from kaplan notes and it is my weak ring

hi u mean harrison manual or textbook, plz reply,am confused

This post remembers me so many posts ....One of which was sammy10's post....Even in that post Sammy10 said UW has no value at all....TO ACE THIS EXAM ....after three weeks he scored 255 or 257 ....and he said again he did UW THREE TIMES.......and to my knowledge he adviced one of the forum members to study UW 5 times as a TOOL ....What an IRONY......

What I want to say is ur exam experience may be not good but I am sure u will get above 95 ......So please dont say the exam is from google..When u say this it affects other exam takers BIG TIME .....why because we know it is not from there ...IT IS from KAPLAN BOOKS and UW and Golijan...Any one who masters the concept in UW can score above 260...

Recently I met A guy who scored 266 on step 1 and 274 on step 2...and his advice was do UW until u understand the concepts ....Use it as a tool...

So to those who get tensioned ...relax UW is the best...If u dont believe me look at all the sample questions from ECFMG for 2011....all of them are in UW......

Good luck to all....I m sorry if I offend anyone .....

@fitch,

thank you for your post! You are right after reading this thread it made me feel even more worried, but I agree that everyone's exam experience is different. And I think that after you leave the exam center people only focus on the mistakes they "think" they "might have made" and no one really knows. To the one who originally posted this thread, all your NBME scores pointed you in the right direction and I am sure you are going to do great!