NBME 15: 230 ( It was 3 weeks before my exam and I freaked out . first it was
anxiety because it was my first online so had a phobia in mind so I recommend to
do 3,4 online to get comfortable, I made a mistake which was that I bought it self
paced, extended . I believe that the more time you get in a question , it is more
likely you gonna over think and make it wrong so I suggest to buy NBME
standard paced and extended )
I revised fa twice and worked on my weak subjects which were in my NBME 15
and I know I cant delay my exam because I already had extended it so I had no
choice .
I gave my last NBME 16 ( it was standard paced , extended ) just two days
before my exam and got 239 . I was happy because atleast I made some
progress in last 2 weeks .
I revised fa pharma and anatomy uw notes a day before my exam because its
so volatile .
I took half alprazolam because I use to study at night and my circadian rhythm
was going opposite for so long lol . anyways , I offered my isha prayers , took
medicine and slept . I woke up near 5:30 , offered my fajar prayers . I had some
left uw anatomy notes to read so started reading them in 2 hours .
I started getting ready for my exam and thought its time to leave everything for
now .
I went to the prometric center an hour before , took snacks , burger ,energy
drinks ,candies ,water etc with me . I was having anxiety and was trying to keep
calm as much as possible . My headphones were not working so my tutorial time
wasnt saved much . I started my exam . did 1st block which was easy but I did
some silly mistakes due to anxiety . I took a break for 5 mins to keep myself calm
down . 2nd block was alright . I did break for 7 mins . I went to washroom to wash
my face and drink water . I started my 3rd block . it was alright too . some of the
questions are just straight forward from fa and some were from uw . but few were
tricky and you just have to follow your gut feeling and move on .
I took 5 mins break after 3rd block . and then started 4th block . this time I was
totally mentally drained . I had no idea what I reading and what I clicking .. this
time I knew I had to take a longer break after this block . so I took 15 mins approx
break . I ate burger and drank energy drink because I was totally exhausted and
my brain stopped working . i washed my face again before going inside exam hall
. I requested the examiners to keep the A.C temperature slow down because it
was making me more sleepy .
At that time I was totally fresh , I have no idea how i got fresh . I truly believe at
that time Allah helped me for sure . I was so much fresh and active again for my
last 3 blocks . some of hard questions were there in these 3 blocks . In a sense
that they were not in fa , uw or Kaplan . it was just random questions . but they
were just few .. so dun worry about it . a lot of biostat calculations came ,
genetics . rest of the questions were doable if you know Fa well .
I was really happy that this exam was over in the end .
Exam score: 241