A mixture of straightforward questions, “have to think for a b | Usmle step 2 experinces
A mixture of straightforward questions, “have to think for a bit” questions and some weird questions.
The exam is doable but very long and tiresome. But trust your prep and assessment scores (to some extent).
Doubts Solved by The Author
Q – How long did you prepare for?
A – 4.5 months
Q – How many times did you study UWorld?
A – Twice
Q – What are the CRASHES?
A – These are the sessions in the EAMTAR group where people ask questions about a certain topic and others answer, you can see the files for past crashes in the files section of the group.
Q – What was your Step 1 score?
A – Didn’t do it yet.
Q – What is UpToDate???
A – It’s a website about all the up to date info on all the medical conditions like treatment and diagnostic tests etc.
Q – Can I have the full name of the website? If you can share…
A – UpToDate is the name of the website. We could access it via our University. See if you can through yours.
Q – Did you do Kaplan, MTB or UWorld-3 as well?
A – I didn’t do any of those books, I did just the Behavioral Science of UWorld-3
Q – I don’t have enough time to study all these resources…Do you think UWorld is enough? this is what I am focusing on now.
A – Yeah, UWorld is good enough.
Q – Why is your NBME-4 low? HOW DID YOU IMPROVE YOUR SCORE?
A – Just studied hard buddy
Q – How long before the exam you took the NBME-4?
A – 4 months.
Q – At which time points did you take the assessments? Like when NBME-3, 4, 6, 7, UWSA? Thanks in advance!
A – Each one month apart except UWSA which was 2 weeks before the exam.
Q – Please can you tell me how many days/weeks between UWSA 1 and 2 you took them? As most people say, final score should be the mean between both.
A – 2 days apart.
Q – What would you recommend for the final 2 weeks?
A – review UWorld notes especially those marked high yield at the end of the question.
Q – Was step one really essential for such a good score?
A – It would help, but if you haven’t already taken them, you can go through FA or UWorld for Step 1.
Q – Did you do the NBMEs in the sequence mentioned in your experience?
A – NBME-6, 4, 7, UWSA-1 and then UWSA-2 in my case
Q – How did you study from UpToDate? (not referring to access)
A – Just looked through info on topics I was not sure about.
Q – What other resources did you use?
A – Nothing else.
Q – Do you think CMS really helped your score? or would UW and UpToDate be enough?
A – CMS psych, neuro, and med very useful.
