‎Shah Zaib‎ - 248

Graduation year : 2018

Step 1 - 248
Step 2 - 254( may 2018 )

Exam date - dec 13, 2018
Result date- jan 9, 2019

Duration : 4 months 6 days (7-8-2018 to 13-12-2018)

Resources :
1- first aid with DIT lectures
2- Uworld
3- kaplan ( just for biochem and neuronatomy
4- anatomy shelf notes

Self assessment scores :
Uwsa 1 - 256 (4 weeks before exam )
Nbme 16 - 252 ( 25 days before exam )
Uwsa 2 - 251 ( 20 days before exam )
Nbme 18 - 242 ( 15 days before exam )
Nbme 19 - offline 20 mistakes ( 13 days before exam )
Nbme 17 - offline 14 mistakes ( 12 days before exam )
Nbme 5 ,12,11,- 10-20 mistakes ( during last 10 days )

Real exam score :
248

I started my preparation from first aid and uworld ,didn't wasted my time on kaplan , brs and boards and beyond , and i will suggest u dont waste ur time on kaplan lecture and videos ,they are very very lenghty and will waste your time . Read first aid atleast 4,5 times ( i read it just two times and never read it completely , ( skipped many things ) that was my biggest mistakes because there were so many question in exam directly from first aid . I did first aid and uworld side by side first read a topic and than did question of same topic from uworld ( i didnot made any notes thats the reason that how prepared from exam in a short duration )
i did first round of uworld in month ( 2 blocks per day ) my percentage of first pass was 77 % )
After that i did uworld second time ( never did it completely just did 85 %)
Than i read important topic from first aid quickley and gave nbme 13 (35 mistakes )
Than i read first aid for final time within 5-7 days and started giving self asseement
So the key point is give ur maximum time to first aid and uworld

1st round of uworld : 77% average ( system wise ,timed mode )
2nd round of uworld : 95% average ( random times mode )

Exam day : night before exam i was not able to sleep becuse i was very nervous , just slept 2,3 hours
Durind exam when i was doing 4th block i was not able to concentrate anymore but somehow i completed the block than took break of 10 minuts washed my face with cold water boosted myself and completed the rest of exam

Advice:
Do first aid again and agian and agian ( if i read it one more time than i can get 260 scores easily )
Master the concepts of uworld
Work smartly and save ur time

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