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I took UWSA2 last Friday and did horrible. I was scheduled to take my USMLE on this upcoming Saturday but pushed it back a month due to the score I got on the simulation test. I am a DO student and just took my COMLEX on Monday. I am wondering what I should do next. I did dedicated studying (board studying all day everyday basically) for 7 weeks prior to taking my COMLEX. I came to the realization I was horrible at standardized testing/tests in general a few months ago when doing practice questions during the semester. I used to change answers (from right to wrong answers) a lot, I've stopped for the most part. Also my scores on practice blocks fluctuate a lot from like 70% to 50% on back to back blocks. I am also confused as to why I did much worse on my UWSAs compared to my UWorld average. Is there anything I can do to improve my test taking skills?
Here are the resources I used:
My practice exam scores:
Besides finishing UWorld what else should I do? I feel hopeless because I did what I thought was the right thing. I have been studying my ass off and now I'm here questioning whether I will even be able to pass STEP 1.
Here are the resources I used:
FA: read the entire book & marked it up while going through lectures, notes, when reviewing practice question answers, etc.
Pathoma: watched the lectures that I hadn't done during the semester and reviewed the rest of the chapters I had already watched
Sketchy Micro
Sketchy Pharm
UW: completed 1600 questions with 59%. I still have 1189 questions.
My practice exam scores:
Prior to dedicated my school did gave us an NBME I got a 57 (Step 1 equivalent 165-170)
UWSA1 181 (51.8%) at 4 weeks into dedicated
UWSA2 175 (53.8%) at 7 weeks into dedicated
Besides finishing UWorld what else should I do? I feel hopeless because I did what I thought was the right thing. I have been studying my ass off and now I'm here questioning whether I will even be able to pass STEP 1.