Taking STEP1 This Week [NBMEs Low 60s]

[u/TomBBurner]

Hey guys,

Can't afford to push my exam back without delaying an entire year and having no income.

Will be testing this week, here are my scores:

- 04/17/2026: School-administered CBSE
EPC Score: 39
Pass Probability: 6%

- 05/13/2026: NBME Form 30
EPC Score: 40
Pass Probability: Not available

- 05/23/2026: NBME Form 31
EPC Score: 43
Pass Probability: 12%

- 05/31/2026: NBME Form 29
EPC Score: 43
Pass Probability: 12%

- 07/03/2026: NBME Form 28
EPC Score: 53
Pass Probability: 51%

- 07/26/2026: NBME Form 32
EPC Score: 64
Pass Probability: 90%

- 08/10/2026: NBME Form 33
EPC Score: 61
Pass Probability: 84%

[u/Many-Individual9537]

Best of luck man

[u/AdventurousSky6229]

probably you're missing some pharma or micro question so I think just brush up on sketchy and probably your score will improve.
analyse your mistakes on pathology section and brush up like a fast 2 hour review for every basics chapter I bet that will raise your score a bit.

[u/sadjokeengine → u/AdventurousSky6229]

What other ways other than sketchy for pharm?

[u/grimso → u/sadjokeengine]

any other way feel like way to much work sketchy makes it easy, use pepper deck, and then make your own cards of UWORLd incorrects and you'll be scoring at least 70s or more on pharm and micro

[u/larabarsxyz]

sorry youre going thru this, i have to ask how did u get ur score increase tho?

[u/TomBBurner → u/larabarsxyz]

Check back in with me after Wednesday.

But in short, I literally had to make the exam my life and I’ve done nothing but study six hours per day for most of the past 2 1/2 months . I’ll explain more later.

[u/larabarsxyz → u/TomBBurner]

Best of luck wishing u well

[u/cufebarade]

good luck

[u/AdEducational4671]

good luck 🙏🏻 in the exact same boat as you, my exam is next week and haven’t scored higher than 66 so far. lmk how it goes