I got like out of the 14 2 part questions, half of them wrong. I felt each of the questions was nothing like uworld and super super specific. Each block I remember thinking, 'well the next block can't be that bad'. This entire exam was like narrowing it down to 2-3 options, but had zero inkling of what to pick and ended up making random guess ('well this sounds right', or 'I picked A last time, so let's pick B this time'). Usually can narrow a question down to 2 and then make an educated guess. Biochem was ridiculous on it lolĭay 2: Day 2 was terrible and my experience was NOT like what everyone had told me. Figured I would make up for the exam on day 2 as that what was what I had studied mostly for. Those drugs ads were SUPER LONG so pace accordingly Figured it was hard for everyone so didn't stress too hard and everyone told me day 2 was a lot better. I usually have lots of time on exams (10+ minutes each block, but was finishing right as it ended).

Felt good about the biostats portion but that was about it. Felt like I studied for the wrong exam apart from biostats. Was super calm going into step 3 and really didn't study much the last week since I only wanted to pass.ĭay 1: I remember shaking my head to myself during most of the exam at how useless these questions were regarding biochem, receptor stuff, bugs, what antibiotic to give if allergic to one, etc. Did the higher yield ccs cases one time (only the ones that were listed as high yield 50 or above). I then tackled like 3/4 uworld where I got around 70% first pass. They were awesome for the exam and there's only like 150. I highly recommend the biostat flashcards in this deck. I don't think this is super necessary but I don't read uworld explanations apart from the high yield sentence, so figured it would be best for me to remember the material. I think I ended up suspending about 30-40% of the cards. I also changed the anki settings where I did not see cards as frequently. I would suspend any card that I felt was low yield, repeat concept, or just something I really didn't care to remember. I downloaded it and over the span of 3 months, I'd spent like 15 minutes a day doing anki on my walk to the hospital. I had used tzanki step 2 deck during my third year of med school and figured it would be easier going through a deck I had already done previously. Around August I downloaded the dorian deck, did like 30 flash cards, realized it was too hard and not my style, and deleted it. I'm a PGY1 resident in a field where I really don't see any of the information presented on the exam (not EM/med/peds/surgery), so figured I had to learn this info on my own. Step 3 was easily the hardest exam I've ever taken. It ended up working out well for me and wanted d to pay it forward to help calm the nerves of anyone who just took the exam. I felt terrible after taking step 3, so was refreshing this group a ton trying to hear any news over that stressful 2 weeks.

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