i havent dont step one yet... infact i just finished premed from saint james school of medicine... i noticed alot of people passed on this topic doing the NMBE exams and also doing sampling USMLE discs... im just wondering if theres any other key sources that i should use to ensure USMLE success since most of the people on this forum are scoring like 230's

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Got my results today and PASSED! Yeah, it has been a struggle. I am not very good at standardized tests and had some issues, but it is over and I never have to take it again!

NBME form 4 (two weeks before) 400
NBME form 2 (5 days before) 490
Kaplan cummulative 60%
Actual score 199/81

Took the exam on Dec 12, 2007
Score reported Jan 9, 2008

Best of Luck to everyone else

test on 1/22/2008
posted my experience the next day.
NBME average 240 (all within a month before the test)

took step 1 on feb. 4th (big mistake taking it the day after my Giants won the super bowl)

just got my PDF file today, feb 27th

passed 212/88

kaplan q-book: mid 60s
USMLE world: started off high 40s, high 50s by test time
NBME 3 the week before: 75% correct
USMLE CD the week before: 75% correct

My advice is just to study hard, learn the concepts, and do as many practice questions as possible. On the real exam, you see so many questions that you think are impossible upon first glance, but after reading it again and relying on past experience, you can normally deduce the correct answer. Reading all of the advice on this forum has been a big help.

ok so heres my story
i am an IMG n graduated in 2006, i used Kaplan lectures notes n videos, goljan for patho n i did his audio,review notes and slides dat i found on internet.i did physio from BRS and micro from MRS series.
study time was 5 months of serious studying, before dat i had been toying with books for 2 to 3 months.
kaplan Qbank done 100%---- score was 75-78 mostly
usmle world done 65%------ score was 70 mostly
NBME FORM 1 month before exam 530
NBME FORM 3 week before exam 500
NBME free tests 3 weeks before exam 82%
day of the test i felt i done average n i felt that my test was hard n i wasnt expecting good result but i got
step 1 237/99
i did FA last five days.n prayed a lot.

special thanks to asiana and darkmansaad...

NBME Shelf Exams
Anatomy – 440 / 63.5
Physio – 350 / 62.5
Bichem – 380 / 63
Behav Sc/Biostat - 480 / 73
Path – 420 / 68
Pharm 460 / 67
Micro/Immuno – 410 / 65
Basic Science Comprehension (PD) – 440 / 66

UW 100% completed
55% average -- 50q/timed/random/unused (1st time)
70-80% -- 50q/timed/incorrect/random (2nd round)

Kaplan Qbook 100% completed
~45% average

2-27-08
Step One - 221/91

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230/96

hoped for a 99 but close enough for me

Test date - March 4, 2008
Score reported - March 26, 2008

So I got my step back the other day...pleasantly surprised!
Some background info...
Basic Sci GPA...3.9
NBME form one - 460 (5 weeks out)
NBME form three - 540 (3 weeks out)
NBME form two - 165/200 (1 week out)...should have payed for it...
USMLE World - first time through - 63%
USMLE released CD items - 40, 40, 45

Big Day - 249/99

Hey, here is what I did
I did kaplan videos, lecture notes and live lectures
Qbank score 66%
Qbook average 70 - 75%
Kaplan simulated 73%
NBME self assessment 79 - 80 - 83 and 85% 4 days in a row 5 days before exam
USMLE sample questions 80%

USMLE STEP 1 SCORE 243 / 99

test taken: 3/8/08
score reported: 4/2/08

NBME 3: 380 (3 wks b4)
NBME 4: 440 (1 wk b4)
USMLE World: 53%
USMLE CD: 76%
STEP 1 Score: 220/91

Studied about 2 months using Kaplan books, kap videos, UW, 1st AID and of course Goljian