sure, without going into too much detail, look at the Histology shelf. the same author of the Ross Histo textbook writes the shelf and you will see some pictures even some drawings directly out of that book. i really doubt that you will see illustrated histology pictures from that textbook on the USMLE.

also the writer of the neuro shelf, Dr. R J (can't put his whole name here but he's on faculty at University of Rochester) is a close friend to our Neuro proff and he has told us many times, although some of the questions are retired, he still writes new questions for the shelf exams each year.

the scores we receive at AUA are two digit scores which is similar to the two digit scores from that of the step 1. a 64 on a shelf exam is equivalent to passing of that subject on the step 1 with a 185. i know Ross uses this two digit score as well and i wouldn't be surprised if SGU and AUC does this as well.

as for the behavioral science shelf, there were was very little if not any biostats questions at all. i'm not sure how the curriculum runs at SE but every shelf i've taken, there hasn't been anything asked that wasn't covered in class. sure, there were some pretty challenging questions going into deeper levels but if you did pretty well in the class, you probably would have no problem passing the shelf with a 64. this shows you're on track to doing well on the USMLE

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is it possible to buy shelfs if you go to a school that dont have shelf exams?

that is not possible as far as i know

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Supposedly they are going to start making shelf exams "optional" at staia, if you are willing to pay to take them. But forsure they will not be part of the class grade.

that is up in the air and hasnt been decided yet, but it is looking that way.

you can access SHELF material online (i heard ~$45 per test subject)

do you happen to know the site?

no, i couldnt really understand what the lady was saying when she said the site haha

i think she might of been talking about NBME

lol, someone wasnt paying attention....

$45... arent those the nbme?

yeah i edited that in there

i think she was referring to those