Is there time to improve?
Here were my latest nbmes. the other nbmes i took were also in the 30s. Ive been in dedicated since january. Although my studying strategies werent as consistent.
nbme 25: 34% (took on march 20)
nbme 27: 41% (took on april 11)
I need to take this exam by may 15 or else I would have to postpone my clerkships till next year. My reasonings for the possible score jump were 80 qs a day (from 40 only), consistent anki for 1 hr a day, and i thoroughly took pathoma 1-2 notes so far. I got a 19% on cardio despite working on it for 3 days straight last week so that was weird.
Strongest areas:
- Musculoskeletal/Skin: 61
- Multisystem: 56
- Genetics: 56
- GI: 50
- Behavioral Sciences: 69
Biggest gaps:
- Cardiovascular: 19 — catastrophic to say the least
- Reproductive/Endocrine: 32
- Gross Anatomy/Embryology: 25
- Histology: 28
- Pharmacology: 35
- Behavioral/Neuro: 35
I really would like some sort of hope in knowing i can possibly still increase my score from here. A TON of questions were familiar its just i forgot a particular fact or buzzword that matched up with it. im aware it doesnt look great for me. but i dont know what to do. and i dont want to come to terms with postponing my clerkships.