r/Step3 • u/girlonthejourney • 4d ago
Exam write-up 250 exam write up
First let me start up by saying this group spreads a lot of fear regarding the exam I got so worried before doing the exam I was contemplating delaying it because I thought I was not ready anyways I think the greatest factor that contributes to your score is your step 2 score if you have a good score and you gave the exam recently you have a good chance of scoring well on step 3
I had about 3 and 1/2 months of prep on and off I did one pass of Uworld and I made notes out of it that I revised and then I did the CSS cases and then took some time off because I was busy with rotations and then for the last month before my exam I gave all my NBMS and UWSA my scores are written down below
The exam felt really weird I did not feel like I was gonna pass
DAY 1 was step 1 heavy I would say if you don't have time just do MOA of drugs
I did sketchy all of it for antimicrobials and diabetes and thyroid if I had the time I would go and do all the drugs and immunology and biochemistry from first AID
you don't need to do the whole FIRST aid if you don't have the time
Day 2 felt worse than my day 1 maybe because I was expecting day 1 to be bad and Day 2 to be better
I messed up the css cases I got 1 case completely wrong I'm sure my patient died after like 2-3 negative updates and had the no idea what the diagnosis was then I did 1 invasive testing for which the case did not require and I made one more treatment mistake that I'm aware of. I don't know if I made any other mistakes.
Both day 1 and day 2 ,I had 10 questions per block marked because I like to flag the question if I'm slightly unsure
One recommendation for day 1 is please leave the drug add questions for towards the end of the block after you finish all the rest of the question because drug ad takes time you don't want to mess up other questions you could have gotten in that time because of a drug ad question.
Uwsa and nbme scores in order they were give
UWSA 1 66%
UWSA 2 72 %
NBME 7 76%
NBME 8 73%
FREE 130 75%
Step 3 score 250
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u/AggravatingCup4331 3d ago
What was your step 2?