My USMLE step 1 experience
I got the step 1 score report today and I got " 252" .
It is far less than my target score coz I can’t perform well in the exam day by lack of sleep and exhausted . The stamina and exam day performance is much more important .
I can sleep only 1 hr before the exam and I can sleep only 3-4 hour during the 2 -3 weeks before the exam coz of my anxiety and other stresses. It have effect on my exam performance. I think this exam is not only test how much do you know but also test how to response well under stress and thinking process and your IQ. I memorize too much knowledge but it is not much useful in the exam.
my self assessment score are
NBME 13 -240 ( 2 weeks before exam)
NBME 15 - 246 ( 2 months before exam )
NBME 16- 257 ( 2 months before exam)
NBME 17 - 255 ( 2 months before exam )
NBME 19- 250 ( 2 weeks before exam )
NBME 24 - 250 ( 8 days before exam )
NBME 18 -244 ( 3 days before exam )
UWSA 1 - 266 ( 2 weeks before exam )
UWSA 2 -256 ( 1 week before exam )
study materials used - U world , First aid , Kaplan , B and B vedio ( some topic ) , panthoma vedio ( some topic )
3 -8 hours of studying a day