Passed NBME's but failed STEP 1!!!! - sexydoc

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sexydoc,

i almost made dat kind of mistake though i havent written my exam yet but what i will strongly sugggest is you find a STEADY study partner with daily meetings to treat everything all oover again.am sure this can be done within 4 months........dis is d approach am currently using and to be honest with you,it has helped both me and my partners and made us more serious and faster and also made d whole thing more interesting and challenging.d mere fact that u have written d exam before makes u better in a lot of ways than pple that havent.brace up and start cuz......"it is not falling to the ground dat is d problem but failling to get up when u fall,and d bitter truth is falling only makes us better cuz we learn how to get up".wishing u d very best

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Maybe your concepts are fine but you had some issue on the test day. Just try to recall if you were too anxious or nervous during the test. May be that would help. Good luck

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Try and relax okay?Write out all the weak areas that were indicated on your score report.Then pick up your kaplan notes again,start afresh.Study them as though you have never studied them before.then start your questions again with the goal of grabbing concepts especially in your weak areas.i know it is a very difficult time for you,but it will pass.
The thing now is you have to divert the anger and frustration you feel into the energy yu need to start again okay?You just have to get it together and move on.
All the best!

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Sorry to hear that. Your post is definitely concerning to people like me who are relying on nbme's to predict how they might do on the exam.

What were your UW scores like? Did you read Kaplan at all?

Also, I'm not sure I understand. U had mentioned to us that your nbme offline scores for 1-5 were either failing or barely passing (180-200) & that u badly failed nbme 6 when u took it offline (163) one month before your exam here:

http://www.usmleforum.com/showthread.php?tid=600691-1

When did u take nbme's 7, 11, 12? How was it that you were able to improve on your online nbme's so much in such a short period of time...like 2-3 weeks? And u said u had taken nbme's 7, 11 & 12 ONLINE but were looking for offline blocks for nbme 11 a week before your exam?

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U might have also been very anxious/nervous on your exam not letting you think properly...

I dont really understand your nbme scores. But I'd suggest you to take some time to digest the news & pick yourself up again.

GL!

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hi i am sorry for ur result.can u share some material with me thanks.

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Thank you everyone for ur concerns and support. I know this is concerning to all of you considering my situation. It is mind-boggling!

I can tell u this, that I understand my concepts and it was NOT nerves on test day at all. Cuz I told myself if I am nervous i will blow it. So I was not nervous on test day..I went in with confidence..

@ carpediem1, yes i took 1-5 offline and 6-12 online... wat i learned from nbme's 1-5 is that i had a problem with test taking skills NOT my concepts...I would always narrow it down to 2 answers and choose the wrong one.... so i learned from my mistakes.... that is why i took 6-12 online to assess myself and change my test taking skills....i dont know wat really happened in nbme 6 ( i was not thinking at all during this test) but the rest of them, as u can see, i fixed my test taking skills, and clearly showed improvement...

I was much better at understanding wat was being asked and dissecting the question as well. I was not scared in approaching the question..I hope this clears up ur understanding of my scores.

I just need everyone's suggestions on where to start now...cuz i did all nbme's and all of uworld. so how will i assess myself again? IT'S NOT THAT NBME'S HELPED ME ANYWAYS!!!
wat materials should i use? stick to the same thing FA, UW, goljan?? I dont want to spend too much time either....I need a plan

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I strongly suggest to use same materials. We learn and integrate concepts via repetitions. Make sure you understand all the concepts being presented in the qbanks. I suggest, if you are weak in knowledge-based---you need to strengthen that further by watching the kaplan videos all over again. Dont watch them like watching a movie, try to grab all the concepts and be able to say it and reproduce ( this is the relevance of having a study partner). You mentioned you thought you did not need a sp. In this kind of exam, it is almost impossible that we will remember everything. Reproducing these concepts via interaction with a SP would give you a great deal of success. I performed well in med school because I always made sure I study with someone for better reinforcement of concepts. Good luck to you! Keep moving forward....not later..start today..I wish you the best!!

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did u have a study partner?and how many hours a day where u studying?