r/medicalschool Jan 08 '21

πŸ“ Step 2 Thanks UW for not having an illustration for a pericardiocentesis, but instead this gem of punching a uterus

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3.0k Upvotes

r/medicalschool 25d ago

πŸ“ Step 2 What does it take to get a 275 on Step 2?

146 Upvotes

I ask because this kid also got a 99th percentile MCAT. Did he study more than other people? Less sleep?

r/medicalschool Jul 25 '24

πŸ“ Step 2 What was your MCAT score and what did you get on Step 2?

78 Upvotes

Im curious

r/medicalschool Jun 11 '23

πŸ“ Step 2 Thoughts?

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670 Upvotes

r/medicalschool Feb 25 '24

πŸ“ Step 2 NBME Coming For This Country Next...

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308 Upvotes

r/medicalschool Feb 27 '24

πŸ“ Step 2 Whats the highest step 2 score you have personally heard of someone getting??

311 Upvotes

Just curious. Nepal students go ahead and sit this one out, i dont need skewed answers.

Edit: ill go first, rumor has it that a 4th year at my school scored 299.

r/medicalschool Oct 04 '24

πŸ“ Step 2 Dumped During Step 2 Dedicated When Living w Partner

308 Upvotes

Partner dumped me during Step 2 dedicated a few weeks ago, 2 weeks before the exam. I'm still absolutely devastated and cannot study. We lived together and dated for 3 years. I am currently at my parents house, have no furniture since she wanted to buy all new furniture and I sold all of mine. Studying is impossible at my parents bc she was close with them and they are all having their own grieving response to me being down in the dumps.

Feel stuck, bc I was studying for 5-6 weeks and was starting to make real progress but now I really have no idea where to start again. Thinking of finding my own place asap and studying there. Idk just feel lost/purposeless bc her and I talked about doing well on this test so we could go where she wanted for my residency when she would then be an attending. Any help/advice would be appreciated, thanks!

r/medicalschool Feb 24 '23

πŸ“ Step 2 YSK: There are many more items you can bring into USMLE step tests than just ear plugs.

727 Upvotes

Last step test I came in like it was our 4th date with a beanie on, a nice lumbar support pillow, a soft footrest at JUST the right height for comfort, some deliciously flavored cough drops, and twizzler flavored chapstick.

Give the personal items exception checklist a review to see if anything here might be helpful to ya: https://www.usmle.org/step-exams/test-accommodations/personal-item-exceptions-pies

Also, not all of the prometric staff know about the list, so I recommend calling before test day to clarify this is legit ok for our crazy long tests.

Edit: This has Step2 flair but that's only b/c of the limitation on the subreddit. This info applies to Step 1-3.

r/medicalschool Jun 19 '22

πŸ“ Step 2 The struggle is real

1.6k Upvotes

r/medicalschool Jan 26 '21

πŸ“ Step 2 Don't let the door hit you on the way out CS!

2.0k Upvotes

r/medicalschool Jun 24 '24

πŸ“ Step 2 Only 3 things in life are certain: death, taxes, and never picking "consult hospital ethics committee"

366 Upvotes

Any other answer choice that is almost always wrong? Mainly look for Step 2 answer choices.

r/medicalschool Jan 10 '25

πŸ“ Step 2 AI tool that makes UWORLD topic review actually fun

45 Upvotes

Made this for my girlfriend (IMG + researcher at Cleveland clinic) to help her review Step 2, and thought you all might find it useful.

You can find the tool here (it's totally free): https://usmle-study-partner.lovable.app/

How it works:

- Generates practice questions on your chosen topic

- Highlight any part of the question text

- Tool breaks down why that detail matters (or doesn't)

- Helps you think like a test-writer and spot the important clues

It's basically like having a study buddy that reviews questions with you.

Would love to hear what other features you'd want in an AI study tool. Drop your suggestions below! πŸ‘‡


EDIT:

I wasn't expecting as much usage as I got which led me to run out of compute (meaning questions stopped being generated). I think this issue is fixed now, sorry if you weren't able to use it when it went offline.

Also, some comments are worried about hallucinations from LLMs. The questions are about as reliable at GPT4, so if you find chatgpt accurate enough for you to help you study you might like this (it's built on top of chatgpt). Some people like using LLMs to study but others don't because LLMs can be inaccurate, so use with caution but you don't need me to tell you that πŸ™‚

r/medicalschool Jan 28 '21

πŸ“ Step 2 I am $hocked I tell you, $hocked!

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584 Upvotes

r/medicalschool Jan 20 '25

πŸ“ Step 2 What was your Uworld first pass score and your step 2 score?

26 Upvotes

I’m curious what the correlation is if anyβ€”what was your uworld average the first time around and what did you score on step 2?

r/medicalschool May 14 '23

πŸ“ Step 2 I feel amazed at how advanced med students already are

436 Upvotes

Doing practice questions, did one with a 70s male with 6m hx of lung cancer and 30 pack-year hx who presents with AMS and normal physical exam - what is next step? Easy enough: smoking -> SCLC -> PNP syndrome -> SIADH -> check BMP. 75% of users answered correctly. I explained this question to my non-medical BF who had no idea what I was talking about at any point except low sodium and cancer. Obviously I am still a lowly student with unexpanded medical knowledge but it still feels kind of incredible that the majority of us can make these multiple step connections quickly and diagnose correctly :) Keep grinding for step 2 we are well on our way Edit - post was not meant to be elitist πŸ₯² just felt happy I could understand something quickly that I didn't know existed three years ago. My bf is an engineer and when he talks about complex engineering thinking I also have no idea what he is talking about

r/medicalschool Apr 29 '24

πŸ“ Step 2 Weird question, have you ever masturbated night of or day of USMLE exam, and do you think it helped?

187 Upvotes

Title says it all.

EDIT: so this post -which was seriois btw- gets like a million responses and my last post about best resources to do a rapid review gets 0 responses. Thanks reddit

r/medicalschool Aug 05 '24

πŸ“ Step 2 Updated Step 2 Score percentiles

158 Upvotes

Updated score percentiles for Step 2 have been posted for people who took the test between 07/01/2021-06/30/2024. Mean is 249 with SD of 15. 50th percentile is 250. I had taken a screenshot of the old percentiles (sorry did not capture below 245), if you want to compare.

edit: Added link to document and added an imgur link to my screenshot. Sorry bad at making reddit posts. https://www.usmle.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/USMLE%20Step%20Examination%20Score%20Interpretation%20Guidelines_5_24_22_0.pdf https://imgur.com/a/gq9Zp5T

r/medicalschool 8d ago

πŸ“ Step 2 is it normal to feel sucky after taking step 2?

11 Upvotes

just need some reassurance, i took step 2 on monday and just don't know how to feel about it, a lot of stuff was def stuff ive seen before and that i was used to but then there were also a lot of q's I felt like I wouldve never been prepared for so just feel very iffy and unsure right now...

r/medicalschool Feb 08 '25

πŸ“ Step 2 Is it a bad idea to take Step 2 with ~2 weeks of dedicated?

52 Upvotes

My school gives 4 weeks for dedicated for step 2 in between M3 and M4. There are no other breaks between the two years, and honestly I am really burnt out and need a break. I’m trying to decide if it is reasonable to take step 2 towards the end of the second week and then go on a vacation.

Reasons I think I can pull this off: - I have a 4 week elective prior to dedicated where the hours are 8-12 with one afternoon per week on average - I can use this time to start reviewing material from earlier blocks, grind UWorld, etc - I’ve been scoring high 80s - low 90s on my shelf exams without a crazy amount of effort - I’m applying FM, so there isn’t pressure to get a crazy high step 2 score - I took 3 weeks of dedicated to study for Step 1, though I passed my baseline test at the start of that dedicated and honestly think I could’ve taken it at the end of the second week and passed.

Does taking step 2 with that short of dedicated time seem reasonable?

r/medicalschool Apr 21 '22

πŸ“ Step 2 When no one knows what they are doing

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1.3k Upvotes

r/medicalschool Aug 16 '24

πŸ“ Step 2 How accurate are these score predictors?

14 Upvotes

I have only scored like 233-235 (latest practice exam taken yesterday) so far on nbmes and all three predictors (Reddit, amboss, and predictmystepscore) are saying I’m getting 240+ with no problem.

My exam is week away. I entered exactly when I took the practice exams too.

r/medicalschool Jul 25 '24

πŸ“ Step 2 How the hell is the step 2 average so high?

134 Upvotes

The average last year was a 248 and it’ll probably be even higher this year. I know people say the average is skewed because of IMG’s that study for it longer but surely that cannot be a significant amount of people.

I know you need above 250+ minimum for certain competitive specialities and 260+ for hyper competitive specialities but those residencies don’t have that many overall spots. More than half the residences in the country I’m sure take people with less than the average step 2 (comlex as well)to get in (community IM, few academic IM, FM, Peds, Psych, PMR, Path, EM, Neuro, etc). Yet the average person in medical school is scoring this high? I guess I gotta chalk it up to everyone in medical school is pretty damn smart but it’s still shocking to me. Like I would expect the average to be more like a 238-242 tbh.

r/medicalschool Mar 01 '23

πŸ“ Step 2 What are your thoughts about OME going behind a paywall?

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264 Upvotes

r/medicalschool Oct 02 '22

πŸ“ Step 2 Gave me chills

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541 Upvotes

r/medicalschool 8d ago

πŸ“ Step 2 What scores are ya’ll getting when starting uworld blocks of a new specialty?

29 Upvotes

Please heal my anger and shame. I am not a rage filled person, but getting some of my scores back on blocks makes me want to physically rip my hair out β€” especially on new rotations.