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Hii guys!! Doing uw 2nd time..but i know i shd do nbme..i shd know my current situation abt my knowledge..but i m so afraid..I don't know why?? I m just thinking what shd i do if i have a real low score..god help me..

@asaha I am on the same boat as you.I feel UNTIL I know FA well there is no point in taking NBMEs & im not there yet .

@asaha, @zeeviq guys me too !! dunno what my curent stats r cuz i feel i have a long way to go before taking a nbme... how to combat this stress/ exhaustion/ burn out...??? no matter how much i study ... feel like its not getting tattoed in my my brain.. loosing confidence...

Hi, I am an old IMG, I got the same question as you, so I open a new post.

I am scared to take an NBME and demotivate myself, I know it sounds silly, but I can't control the feeling… scared : (
How did you guys gone through it? How did you manage stress?
Please advise.

@ my friends who scared from NBME he is my experience. First of all most people who post amazing NBME performance usually post there score that has been taken with there last stage of there prep usually with in last 2 to 3 week before the actual test this why its very high scores and its very predictive. Very rare to find people who fail there NBME share there experience. So please allow my to proudly share how I fail my NBME and how this widely open my eyes.

I do love reding big multiple book , searching Wikipedia for every thing , love to read about rare disease and watch you tube , I continue to do so for my prep I ignoring every person telling (me stop just grab the concept do uw and do fa. )Off course due to my high ego loooool I did not listen.

My exam was planed for November 25 and I did only offline uw and superficial study of first aid and I was blindly heading toward the exam. I do have strong grasp of concepts due to my study style but I didn't practice enough Qs and did zero memorization and zero regard of hy points so I did take my first NBME( 11 ) on September and I failed 280/181. First I didn't believe my eyes and I was in complete state of denial and I change nothing in my study style. Then one month later I did the 2 NBME (12) and guess wt I failed again and even lower score 260/177. This time it's like Whooooooow something really really wrong. So I cancelled my exam and I figured out what wrong with my study plan and here is me again harder than 1 st time knowing exactly what I will do and wt I will not do.

I took away all my big book , I limited all my resources and using mainly online uw and FA


After this poring story here is my advices

1- NBME it's not your enemy , it's your best friend who will never lie to you
2- take one early in your prep then space all other through your prep
3- NBME it's like the run way light that guide the pilot where to land or take off so please don't fly your airplane blindly
4- of you plan to take NBME I think the end of year will be perfect time because if you fail you will find a lot of family around you during the holidays and this will help you to rewind. And you can make a new year resolution by promising to beat those NBMEs and ultimately the big test.

Thanks bugguy, I really appreciated that.
I think you are right, this is the perfect time for taking it. I am planing to diminish my study hours between Dec 22th-26th, as long as there will be a lot of relatives around, so I must take my first NBME this weekend! God help me!

But dont u guys think we shd assess our status as it will point out if we r in rt track?? Anyways i might give one soon..i will let u know how it goes...

thanks bugguy !!

@bugguy19,
Sir, this is very inspiring. Yesterday I took nbme 12 and failed(175/250), I was very upset. This made me study even harder today, I think everybody should take nbme regularly to see the progress.

Thanks buggy!! It was inspiring..actually these days can't concentrate..going out of track..just doing 3 blocks of uw each day..thats it..wanna bring me on track..need a shake