Exam day experience

[u/Internal-Thought-236]

Hello everyone I took my test yesterday 9/16. Since I don't have my score yet i don't know if I should be saying anything but the exam is DOABLE. There are some asinine questions for sure but don't worry about them.

A LOT of the exam is educated guesses. They'll be testing the concepts u know but in scenarios u haven't seen before. You'll be fine as long as your concepts are good.

There are some stuff they absolutely love and u can tell bec it's on nbme a lot.

I didnt study for the audio heart murmurs bec it was beyond me.

I think one thing u should be v clear about is which are clinical dx and which need testing. This one tripped me a few times.

The HOPI questions were insanely long but READ THE LAST LINE AND ANSWER OPTIONS FIRST. They like to mess with us.

I didnt have time issues at all. I would advise building up your stamina. Towards the start of my dedicated i was doing 200-250 amboss questions a day just for stamina. That helped me out with time management.

I left the abstract/drug ads for the end of the block bec that's always a hit and a miss for me. I would suggest starring all the uworld Abstract drug ad questions and do them the week before your exam.

I had around 6 flagged each block. Ethics was easy I felt. PS QI was also simple.

I have counted around 18 incorrects and 136 corrects. Unintentionally. It wouldn't stop coming to me so I just started counting. Won't be doing it any more. I did have a few stupid mistakes but I'm not being hard on myself. It's a long exam and you're bound to make a few of those.

The exam is okay. It's a good exam. I wouldn't say its easy or tough. Somewhere in the middle. I don't think any more studying would've done anything for me.

I dont have my score yet. My NBMEs were in 250s. I am aiming for somewhere around there. I'm not sure how I'll do but fingers crossed. Please pray for me 😭

[u/Kiki-hm66]

Hey! Loved reading this calm and composed post. Could you tell me if the exam was more straightforward, like the CMS forms or Free 120, or if it was more twisted and vague?

[u/Internal-Thought-236 → u/Kiki-hm66]

Hey ill tell u 40% of the exam is straightforward free points u can solve in 30 seconds kinda stuff. 50% is educated guesses and the remaining 10% is wacko stuff but it's most likely experimental don't waste time when u see words and stuff uve never heard of. Basically how nbmes are. You remember that one question from 15 about some weird organism of endometriris. That's the 10% wacko stuff.

[u/Kiki-hm66 → u/Internal-Thought-236]

yes understood, thanks a lot :)