Planning to take Step 1 on March 25th. NBME 27: 60%

💡 Need Advice

Hello everyone, I am studying full time using UFAPS. My goal is to get 75% on an NBME before March 25. These are the resources I have used. Weaknesses are definitely micro, cardio and rheuma/ortho.

NBME 25 - 52%, 12.02

NBME 26- 58%, 18.02

NBME 27 - 60%, 24.02

(Admittedly, I did the NBMEs often in informal settings. Usually within less than 2 hours, without double checking and often checking if the answer is right or wrong after each question. I also never took a full day to take one and did several others things on the same day (UWorld blocks, sketchy etc) so fatigue might have played a part as I took them late at the end of the day.)

  1. UWorld (Mixed blocks of 40, 47% correct, 100% done)

  2. Pathoma videos and book, 100% done.

  3. Sketchy Micro, 100% done. Have done Sketchy Antimicrobials and Autonomic.

  4. First Aid, around 30% read.

  5. Regular Anking UWorld incorrects.

This is what I plan to do:

  1. Mehlman PDFs (Arrows, Cardio, Micro, Renal, Risk Factors)

  2. Finish Sketchy Pharm

  3. First Aid Rapid Review

  4. Dirty Medicine Cardio and other videos

  5. Repeat Pathoma Renal and 1-3

My questions:

  1. Is it worth it to go through UWorld incorrects?

  2. Any other resources I should use? Is March 25 achieveable?

General thoughts:

I have been studying intensively since mid January and been gaining and losing a lot of information. I feel a lot of the time I am making educated guesses rather than answers I am 100% sure of.

Posted Feb 26, 2026, 8:16 AM UTC

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