congratulation on passing step1. I myself is currently facing similar problems. I've got 167 in my first attempt. I completed qbank completely. also did qbook and i was consistently scoring 70-77% in both of them. i studied for 8 months. now i have again reorganized myself may be i extended my paper for too long and i cannot find anyother expalnation for my failure. I only want to ask u that does attempts matter in getting residency. ive heard a lot of people saying that theer r many institutes in states who consider attempts not score.

I have also heard of this, but then again, I have heard of those that got some really good residencies or the residency that they desired... after numerous attempts; It's difficult to tell.... I believe that it really depends on several factors... first is the USMLE board exams (1,2,3); basic/clinical sciences.. how well you did in them?; recommendation letters; Dean's letter; your desire for that particular residency.... just my opinion..

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I also plan to giv it in jan-feb 2007.
i m also IMG.even i think "i dont remember my basics."
we are quite in same boat.
kaplan lecture notes are good.first aid is must.
practice ques from Q-BANK essential.
so just ...get-set-go......

you wont be able to finish it, unless u start preparing it...!!

long way to go.

best of luck.

i posted this reply in a wrong thread.....

SORRY........

it is doable indeed.

i've heard the same thing.. a buddy of mine failed his step 1 4 times and still got a good residency for surgery..

hi every1,
iam a new person inthis forum.i recently gave my step1 but i got failed with 68%.it took me almost a week for me to become normal.
i dont know where iam making mistakes.plz help me.
iam an average student.prepared for usmle for almost an year.but in that one year may be in the early few months i didnt study for more than 5,6hrs in a day.but for the last 6months i worked very hard.i did qbook bits,35 blocks of kaplan( q bank)bits,and i studied every thing which was given in kaplan books.i did golgan review for patho.
but wn i went to the exam,i got only brainstem pict,ct scans from anat ,i hardly got any theory bits.iam an foreign medical graduate.i dont know (dont remember )any thing or any pict which r not from kaplan.iam not able to do patho also .studying is diff and solving those quest is diff
iam an average student.i think i dont hv brains.i study lots but iam not applying it.this is my biggest prob.
getting worried. plz help

Just check your results from your test and look what were your weakness and start from there.

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hey iam also in the same position where u r.even i got almost the same score as u got.last time i did kaplan q bank and q book.this time iam planning to do usmle world..i think for residency lot of other things also matters like greencard,good recommandation letters,contacts etc.i dont hv any of the things which i mentioned.but may be people like us need to do observationship or research.lot of people r like us but i know few people who got residencies even after they failed

please give me some advice. Ifailed in last november scoring 179/75. tatally fail in genetics and behavioural science. what shall Ido?