Comments on: How Accurate Are the Step 2 CK NBMEs?

By: Yousmle

Yousmle — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 02:19:36 +0000

In reply to EZ. If you click to review your incorrect questions, you can just count the number of wrong answers manually by clicking through each question. Once you have it, we should be able to tell you how much each question is worth.

By: EZ

EZ — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 23:31:41 +0000

In reply to Yousmle. Don’t have the exact numbers, but probably around 50 questions for form 12 (75% correct).

By: Yousmle

Yousmle — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:08:58 +0000

In reply to EZ.

Hi EZ,

Thanks for your kind words! Obviously there is no way to predict with certainty one’s score although the NBMEs are reasonable means to get a general estimate – I assume you are feeling more nervous since NBME 12 was significantly below your prior NBMEs? Do you know how many questions you missed on NBME 12? FWIW, if you can tell me, I can give you an estimate of how much each question was worth on the test, to see if the test is weighted differently than the others.

Dr. P

By: EZ

EZ — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 05:42:05 +0000

Hey Alec,

First of all, thanks for all of your content – I’ve been following your blog since I was an M1 back in 2019, and it’s very good quality – probably one of the best USMLE blogs on the Internet.

At the risk of sounding super neurotic, in your experience, what your students with similar practice exams to mine usually score? NBME 9: 250, NBME 10: 261, NBME 11: 259, NBME 12: 245 (last exam), Free 120: 75% (individual blocks were 75%, 70%, 80%, which I attribute to getting freaked out after checking my answers after 1st block, then rallying on the 3rd block).

Thanks a lot!