USMLE world is emerging as a great source for step one. A friend of mine used it and scored a 99. We are in need of a Randomized Control Trial (Double Blind!)

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interventional neuroradiology bound.... he he.. I think!

Good luck finding someone to sit and take USMLE World without any knowledge!

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congrats! excellent grade,
hope i have can pass too!

Congratulations to all who passed step 1. I will be completing my basic sciences in December 2007 from a carribean school. I am planning on taking off about 5-6 months to prepare for step 1. I know that some are taking Kaplan 6 weeks lecture right after completing basic sciences and then study on their own for a few months, and some are taking a few months off to study first and then take Kaplan and step 1. I was wondering which is the best route to take based on your experiences. I need to make a decision soon, so I can sign up for the program. Any suggestions or comments are greatly appreciated. Also any other suggestions regarding preparations for step 1 such as any particularr source or method that worked well for you guys.
THANKS....

What I did is (and it worked quite nicely for me) sign up for the course, got my books right away and I studied from the books for about 2 months, then I started the lectures. After they were over, I spend another 2 weeks going through everything once more, which if you got time, you can easily extend that for another 2 weeks.

I think that was a very good approach. After the lecture, I spent about 10 days reviewing everything, then I took NBME 1 and got a 700 (256). Took the real deal yesterday, so I'll just sit tight and wait for my result.

Good luck.

Holy smokes!!! thread is still STICKIED!!! awesome!!
Update on me:
Passed CS
Gonna take Step2 CK in 1 mo.
Gonna try to match EM!!!
GOod luck all!!! everthings gonna fall into place...have faith and keep your head up!

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hey congratz to all of you for getting through the USMLE...im starting my first year of basic sciences and i was wondering if ....

can anyone explain how the usmle score works....like what is is out of and what is expected of us to get into a specialist residency versus GP...

thank you

Hi, I suggest you refer to the most recent edition of First Aid- I guess it would give you a good idea.

Here is my Step 1 score.
take exam august 2008. Score reported in september after 3 weeks exactly on one wednesday.
NBME 3 206 1 month short
NBME 5 236 1 week short
Step 1 score 233/97.
I think NBME 5 is comparable to actual scoring.

Dear freinds ,finished the exam last week.90 per was from FA .so far i could recollect aaround 240 Qand out of that i found around 195 Q to be right !so will some one let me know bout the future prospectus,and expected score in step 1.ipresume the q i cant recollect will be wrong (most of the Q) will some one help me and let me kow wats the expected score.Thanking you.