Step 3 bad experience, missed many questions on day 1; would appreciate inputs!

[TNKay]

Hello everyone!

I gave my Step 3 two days back and I am freaking out a lot. I left all the drug ad questions on day 1 and drained out my time in one of the blocks leaving out 6 questions. The mistakes are haunting me- some very easy infectious disease questions, one stat question, 1 peds, three coupled question stems (where you instantly know if you did the first question right), and so many other questions (some I can recall, some I cant). I scored a 225 on UWSA1, have decent scores in Step1 and CK. I had failed my CS and wanted to leverage Step 3 by scoring well in it and using it to compensate for my failure in the CS.

Please tell me if someone had a similar experience in Step 3 and still managed to score well?
I will immensely appreciate the inputs.

P.S. An IMG here trying desperately to get into residency

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[Mom24FutureMD]

Hello everyone!

I gave my Step 3 two days back and I am freaking out a lot. I left all the drug ad questions on day 1 and drained out my time in one of the blocks leaving out 6 questions. The mistakes are haunting me- some very easy infectious disease questions, one stat question, 1 peds, three coupled question stems (where you instantly know if you did the first question right), and so many other questions (some I can recall, some I cant). I scored a 225 on UWSA1, have decent scores in Step1 and CK. I had failed my CS and wanted to leverage Step 3 by scoring well in it and using it to compensate for my failure in the CS.

Please tell me if someone had a similar experience in Step 3 and still managed to score well?
I will immensely appreciate the inputs.

P.S. An IMG here trying desperately to get into residency

how did you end up doing?

 

[TNKay]

how did you end up doing?

Hey, have not received the result yet. I think I ll get it tomorrow!

 

[TNKay]

Hey, have not received the result yet. I think I ll get it tomorrow!

Hey! I got 230! I feel so blessed!- A miracle! I hope you feel hopeful after this and many more who need hope in their life.

 

[f101ce]

Hey! I got 230! I feel so blessed!- A miracle! I hope you feel hopeful after this and many more who need hope in their life.

wow congrats, i have been looking back here to see if you made it. Can i dm you?

 

[TNKay]

wow congrats, i have been looking back here to see if you made it. Can i dm you?

Hey! Sure! and Thank you! Wish you the best too!

 

[Mom24FutureMD]

thats awesome, I missed some treatments for my ccs cases, medications I couldn't remember the name for and treatments I wasn't not 100% sure about so I afraid to put them down for fear of taking points away for invasive tests or something.. did you do anything that horrible? I'm so worried I failed.

 

[TNKay]

thats awesome, I missed some treatments for my ccs cases, medications I couldn't remember the name for and treatments I wasn't not 100% sure about so I afraid to put them down for fear of taking points away for invasive tests or something.. did you do anything that horrible? I'm so worried I failed.

I did miss some very basic tests for my 2-3 CCS cases, one case I couldn't figure out what was wrong with the patient, and one case, the only plausible treatment was being repeatedly declined by the patient. But, I don't think it affected my score. And if it's only the CCS part you struggled slightly in- trust me you absolutely did not fail. I am sending my best wishes your way. And I never believed in this until it happened to me - but the exam is highly, immensely, extremely forgiving. Hope for the best!!

 

[Mom24FutureMD]

UPDATE for future readers. I passed. So it turns out you can make some pretty epic mistakes and still pass. =) Thank goodness because the USMLE trauma is now over forever!

 

[mudpiles]

UPDATE for future readers. I passed. So it turns out you can make some pretty epic mistakes and still pass. =) Thank goodness because the USMLE trauma is now over forever!

Congrats! I'm 3.5 weeks away from my test and I'm freaking out. I hope my epic mistakes aren't too epic on test day lol

Any tips???