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i am a recent grad from caribbean. i'm doing my step 3 in 2 weeks. i've been studying for 3 hrs a day for a week now and did the nbme and such a horrible score. barely passed with a 390. anyways, ive done 70% of kaplan q bank with 57 percent and nothing else. i just purchased UW with the CCS and crush. what do you think about taking this exam in less than 2 weeks. is it doable? i just need to pass as i'm a canadian and in need of H1 visa. step 1 is 98 and step 2 is 95 in oct 09.
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the nbme & Kaplan scores put u at risk. I dont think u wd be confident at the test. Although if u are 100 percent sure of ur ccs skills u can afford to take the test.
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stick with ur area of weaknesses and do the exam, u will pass
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although nbme is not good perdictor as in step1 and 2 but still can tell where do you stand and what are your weak area to work on it hard . my nbme score was 410 3 weks b4exam and my real exam score was 83
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Practice some more with UW CCS cases and Questions. I scored 380 in my NMBE just 10 days before my Step 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! finally got 88, so it can be done.... take another UW practice exam and decide afterwards...
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thanks dgranja, yeah i'm doing uw now ... i have done maybe 8 set of quetions and have been consistently above and around average ... oh yeah so i just found out my ecfmg certificate wont be here for a couple more weeks , which sucks cuz i wont be able to do my step 3 and start residency on time but hey i have more time to study. thanks guys
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Practive CCS as much as you can..you will be fine for the test
doesnt look like i'll pass with these scores though ... i'll update u guys