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USMLE STEP 1 experience Score 253





Good Day to all,
I just want to share my step 1 experience. I took the exam last June 13, 2018 and received my grade last July 12, 2018.
YOG: 2016
Country: Philippines IMG
Study time - around 6 mos
Resources: First Aid Uworld Pathoma Sketchy(micro and pharm) and Osmosis videos and flashcards. you can get free trial for 2 weeks here https://www.osmosis.org/invite/KVLGm07
(i am not paid by osmosis, i just want to share their videos because they are so amazing)
Study time per day 8-10 hrs.
Typical day 1 block uworld. watch sketchy or pathoma. Read 1st aid(approx 1 chap/day), flashcards until sleepimg time
Goal 240+
NBME 13 and 15 - December 2017 - 50++ mistakes each around 212 to 218
1st pass of uworld - 70%
2nd pass of uworld - 80%
3rd pass of uworld - 90%
UWSA1 - Jan 28 - 251
NBME 18 - Feb 26 - 236
originally plan to take the exam in march but I have a scheduled vacation for 5 days in Taiwan so I extended my eligibility for 3 mos.
I also suffered from eye strain for 2 mos(feb to march) I cant study even for half day(please protect your eyes, take breaks every hour of studying)
April to June - I answered offline nbme 1 and 7 then moved on to answer NBME 16, 17, and 19 with 13 to 21 mistakes each exam. (uworld has a search feature that I used to scrutinize every NBME question)
7 days before exam - UWSA2 - 256 and Free 120 87%
Exam day experience: June 13, 2018. I find the the real exam questions to be more like uworld. It was difficult. I marked about half of the questions per block. Questions were so long and tiring to read. I was thinking that I would be lucky to get 220s but I really do think I failed...
PS: take a break every block. I cant emphasize this enough. It will prevent your brain from frying ðŸ˜‚
Actual score: 253 (To God Be the Glory)
Thank you to everyone here in this group! I really enjoyed reading the questions and reading the answers provided. Also, I thank everyone who shared their experience previously, It gave me the vision on how will the exam day look and feel.

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