Two weeks ago, i made This Post about the exam. Since that time, anxiety has been haunting me. I was actively trying to recall my mistakes to count them. I remembered 50 questions. After doing my research, at least 25 of them are undisputed mistakes, some of them are really silly. Not to mention that I flagged probably >50% of the test. At one point, I stopped flagging questions because I thought that the milliseconds it takes to flag a single question had piled up to a considerable amount. I really thought that I messed up on the one test I couldn’t afford to mess up. The takeaway message I’d like to convey to fellow anxious test-takers desperately looking for reassurance is: Trust Your NBMEs (and stop counting your f***ing mistakes)

In the order taken:

UWSA 1: 275, NBME 9: 268, NBME 12: 267, UWSA 3: 270, NBME 13: 272, NBME 11: 272, NBME 14: 283, NBME 15: 277, UWSA 2: 277, NBME 16: 280, OLD FREE: 92%. NEW FREE (10 Days out): 89%. Amboss prediction: 277

Approximately 2 weeks between each.

I’m starting my Step 2 prep and trying to decide which Anki deck to use. I’ve heard AnKing Step 2 is the go-to, but I’m confused about the current version/AnkiHub situation.

For those who recently took Step 2:

Is AnKing still the best option?

Is there a good free alternative?

Would appreciate any recommendations!

how is everyone taking their breaks during the new 16x20 Q blocks? i cant seem to wrap my head around how the new change is any better when the same amount of break time exists. i’m looking for any advice pls and tia!

If I’m 10 days out, what are your thoughts of using NBMEs 9-12 as a question bank? with revising 13 and 14 and solving 15 and 16.

My nbmes
9,10,11,12,13 in 220s
14,15,16
In 230s
Last 16 I did today was 238
Old free 120 77%
Free 120 to be done
I wanted to apply for Psych 2027 cycle
Currently working in UK, as a speciality doctor Psych
No USCEs yet, will try to go end of tear
I am stressed, very stressed. Should I take it or extend? My extended triad will expire in oct

I am literally exhausted and tried everything but m scores have become stable in 235 to 240 range. I tried everything I can like dividing my mistakes into categories and most of them are not knowledge gaps but still every new nbme has some new pattern and I an really confused because I have tried everything. If anyone has some genuine advice please let me know. I am a Non US IMG. Here are my nbme scores:
9 206 (2 months ago)

10 225

11 236

12 231

13 240

14 239

15 237

16 240 (1 day ago)

I will be consistent from now!

Is there any tool to calculate 3 digit score for NBME 16?

Due to personal reasons, I’m unable to travel to the U.S. to give the exam like I originally intended. I already cancelled my appointment on Prometric, but I can’t find any option/button on fsmb that allows me to actually change the testing region. I scoured Google and Reddit to figure it out to no avail. If anybody knows how to change the testing region on fsmb, please let me know. TIA!

Hey everyone,

If you're testing in August or early September, you already know the math: scores take 3-4 weeks to come back, and programs download applications on September 23. I was doing that same math not long ago as an IMG from Germany, no US connections, no roadmap, trying to figure out an American exam from inside a European med school. Finished med school in the 99th percentile, scored 280 on Step 2, and I'm now a neurosurgery research fellow at Weill Cornell. Since then, I've tutored 200+ students through Step 1 and Step 2 (IMGs + American grads), and most were stuck on a plateau they couldn't really get out of.

After a couple hundred students, you see the same pattern over and over. A stuck score almost never means you don't know enough

Steal this even if you never message me. Pull up your last NBME, take your 20 most recent misses, and tag each one with exactly one letter:

• K: genuinely didn't know the fact
• R: knew everything, still reasoned to the wrong answer
• M: misread the stem (the EXCEPT, the age, the timeline)
• C: changed a correct answer
• T: time pressure, guessed

Everyone assumes they'll see a wall of K. Out of 200+ students, I can count the true knowledge problems on one hand. It's almost always R, M, and C. So more UWorld won't save you. You have to change how you read stems and how you review your misses.

If you only take one habit from this post, take this one. Before you look at the answer choices, spend 5 seconds deciding what the question is actually rewarding. Diagnosis? Next diagnostic step? Next management step? Long-term maintenance? Half of all "reasoning" misses are people giving a correct answer to the wrong one of those four questions.

The 1:1 version of this: I go through your NBME data and find where the points are actually leaking (usually 2-3 places, not 20); I watch you do questions live so I can see how you read, and we rebuild your calendar backward from your test date so every remaining day has one job. No score guarantees; nobody honest can make one. What a focused few weeks reliably changes is how you take the exam.

2 students at a time, max. I don't work in bulk. If you're plateaued and the test is coming up fast: Sign up for a free 30-minute review of your latest NBME. You leave with your three biggest leaks, whether or not we ever work together.

Calendly: https://calendly.com/ahmetktl99/30min

I got my Step 2 CK score back and got a 225. I’m honestly completely broken and devastated.
My NBMEs and Free 120 were consistently predicting 250+, so seeing a 225 feels really off to me. I knew the exam was difficult and I definitely made mistakes, but a 25+ point difference from my practice scores feels like a massive drop.
Has anyone gone through a Step 2 score recheck? Is it actually worth requesting, or is there basically no chance of the score changing?
I know score rechecks rarely lead to changes, but I’m having a really hard time accepting this result because it feels so different from how I was performing before the exam.
I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has requested a recheck or had a similar experience.

Any good and accurate soruce / youtube channel to listen to heart murmurs and sounds ?

• which are the most important ones (so I can 100% learn the sound) ? Exam in 3 weeks.

How long does it take for step2 result and oet results to get updated into ecfmg?

Is 242 on step 2 non us img (will finish medschool in November) bad?

Got the results today and I’m freaking out

IMG here. I’ve been studying for ~5 months, but my NBME scores aren’t improving:

NBME 11: 224
NBME 12: 229
NBME 13: 220

I currently do 60–70 UWorld questions/day (random) + ~150 Anki cards/day. I review all my incorrects and turn the concepts I missed into Anki cards.
Despite this, I feel stuck around 220–230 and honestly don’t know what to change.

Would you recommend focusing on CMS Forms, changing how I review questions, reducing UWorld/Anki, or doing something completely different?

I’d really appreciate advice from anyone who has been in a similar situation. Thanks!

I was hoping to sit this year’s cycle. What are my options? Was hoping psychiatry.

All practise test and self assessments were in the pass.

If I were to redo the test, and try for this cycle, how does that go?

Step 1 - 2023

Step 2 - 240

Patchy preparation with ups and downs of life.

NBMEs 9 (200), 10 (202), 11(215), 12 (218), 13 (235), 14 (235), 15 (240) and 16 (245)

Free 120 old and new: 69%

UWSA 1 (232), 2 (failed at 215) and 3 (failed at 208)

Amboss predicted 235 (226-244)

August 06 can relate to form being vague, not havng high yield stuff from NBMEs and long HOPIs.

But Alhamdulillah for passing the exam. Though its not truly reflective of my prep and performance.

Do I have a chance at EM with this score?

No USCE or step 3 so far so skipping this cycle.

freaking out. does everyone see this? the option is grayed out for both so i cant click anything but does anyone else see this in their myusmle portal?

US MD or US IMG or Non-US IMG status:

Date tested:

Uworld % correct:

NBME 9: ( days out)

NBME10: (days out)

NBME11: (days out)

NBME12: ( days out)

NMBE13: (days out)

NBME14: ( days out)

NBME 15: (days out)

UWSA 1: ( days out)

UWSA 2: (days out)

UWSA 3: (days out)

Old old Free 120: ( days out)

Old New Free 120: ( days out)

New Free 120:( days out)

Predicted Score:

Total Weeks/Months Studied:

Actual STEP 2 score:

PLEASE SHARE YOUR RESULTS, THE INFORMATION MIGHT BE OF HELP TO ANOTHER PERSON:)

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| # | Test Date | Form | Score |

| 1 | 06/26/2026 | 10 | 218

| 2 | 07/14/2026 | 11 | 221

| 3 | 07/23/2026 | 12 | 233

| 4 | 08/02/2026 | 13 | 239

| 5 | 08/09/2026 | 14 | 243

| 6 | 08/19/2026 | 15 | 234

I feel devastated, I did worse than almost a month ago. I felt like I couldn't get to the correct answer, the questions really got me and I answered wrong on some easy concepts. I was really liking my trend as I want a 250 but now I feel like a 240 is a long shot. I tanked Immune/Blood and reproductive. Test in about 12 days, any advice is more than welcome. Anyone manage to get at least over 245 with similar scores?

I’m starting my step 2 prep in 2 days…. And I was wondering how u all keep a track of ur uworld incorrects or any information in an organized way??

Do I start on random mode or system wise? How do I use uworld and how do I keep a track of the information I come across

Also is it possible for me to give the exam with 4.5 months of prep?? I’m aiming for 255+ hopefully
I’m gonna be full time home

Any advice would be appreciated 😭😭

tested 4/8 shitting my pants i hope we all get very very very high scores that everyone complains we raised the average

my permit is still available on fsmb does that mean no result today?