i failed by 1 point. want to take it before match. currently doing a full time job, only Saturday, sunday is my time to study.

How i should prepare, which timeline i need to retake? if anyone in this kind of situation plz help me. My UW, ccs case erverything is expired. should i skip UW and go for amboss??

I’m planning to take Step 3 in about 2 months and I’m looking for a dedicated study partner who’s serious and consistent.

The main focus will be: • Reviewing high-yield Step 2 content • First Aid review • Biostatistics • Ethics

Ideally, we’d keep each other accountable, discuss difficult concepts, and stay consistent.

Can anyone please provide ne with nbme 8 offline link. Exam in 2 weeks

Heyy,

Exam next week.

Anyone up to binge do 10-20 ccs cases over the next 2-3 dats?

Non US IMG, high step 2.
Already done 20 or so CCS cases with score of 70-80%. Wanna do more for confidence.

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Thanks, and all the Best!

for Accommodation what are the things the test person gets other than normal test takers ?

TIA

Can we get a break between CCS cases or they continue one after another in step 3?

Did my day 1 today . Exam definitely felt very vague
Lots and lots of biostats and Ethics/QI questions
Micro and pharma were pretty basic
Some vague prognosis and risk factor questions as well

How was the experience for those who took day1 today ?

My day2 is in next seven days . Please advice on what should be reviewed for it apart from Ccs cases

Title. If I have time to take one test only, which one should I take? My goal is to check am I beyond passing level or not?

Recommendations based on real score correlations are welcome.

Thank you.

Edit: already taking free 137 Right now. Need another one.

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I am a pgy-1, passed step 1 on the first try, step 2 in the 250s. I signed up to take step 3 in mid-december, towards the end of a rotation that is known to be very chill -- basically only having to go in twice a week but if you tell the preceptor that if you have step 3 coming up, he tells you to not come in at all. I also have a week of PTO prior to starting that rotation, so basically 4 weeks of dedicated time.

Do yall feel like this is enough study time? I've heard so many other residents say they didn't even study at all, while others started studying early and studied a little each day for a long period of time. I have some heavy rotations leading into december and I would rather just focus on getting through those in the meantime.

Guys my testing centre was so COLD. I couldn’t even concentrate because it was too cold. The people there said they couldn’t turn down the air conditioning. Should I report this? If so how can I report it? Will making an official report even make any difference to my score?

female study partner needed to review uworld medicine in a week , exam on august 31st .
preferably from
pakistan but living in US

Anyone experience brief pop ups recently on their computer screen during the exam which disappeared on their own? I was warned about some error page appearing on my screen by the proctors when I tested a week ago but am still thinking about that and hoping it’s nothing. It didn’t log me out or anything like that, the exam kept going.

Still waiting. Does it take longer for IMGs to get score report?

I’m a PGY2 took my first attempt two months ago. Studied UW and CCS cases I don’t know if timing was an issue. I had taken it right after a difficult MICU rotation. I ended up getting a 195.

I wanted to try to take it again so I studied harder for another month. Doing more questions daily and reviewing explanations better. This resulted in a 198.

I feel very discouraged, and with a grueling schedule ahead just don’t know what to do. I know the explanations of Amboss are better, so I was thinking of making that change. Any advice anyone has?

Hi! I am currently scheduled to take Step 3 on Aug 31 and Sept 4. Realistically, what are the chances of me getting my scores back before Sept 23?

https://www.studyccs.com/score-release predicts Sept. 16 for release at 90% but I'm not too sure how accurate the site actually is.

Also, has anyone had recent experience at the Fair Lawn, NJ location?

I’m wondering if anyone has experience with the CCSCases.com question bank?

For context I’ve always been a very strong test taker and did very well on step 2. I’m an anesthesia resident on a categorical intern year looking to test in October. Talking to the PGY2s most of them used uworld but a lot of them used less than half the questions and still felt like they would have been fine with less.

I know Uworld is the gold standard but I only care about passing and $350 in savings would go a long way, is Uworld really that much better?

I found out today that I passed Step 3 after taking it approximately two and a half weeks ago. Since the preparation process and both exam days are still fresh in my mind, I wanted to share what helped, what did not, and what I would do differently.

A few early takeaways:

1. Use the Free 137 and the official CCS cases relatively early.

In my opinion, the Free 137 and the official USMLE CCS cases should not be saved only for the very end. Complete them early enough to become familiar with the style and feel of the actual exam, then return to them later depending on the length of your study period.

The official question style feels different from UWorld. UWorld gives you the knowledge base and clinical understanding you need, but the official questions give you a better sense of how that knowledge may actually be tested.

2. Pay close attention to prognosis questions and prepare for greater uncertainty on Day 2.

Prognosis was especially important on Day 2. I would make sure you understand not only diagnosis and treatment, but also the likely clinical course, major complications, long-term outcomes, and factors that affect prognosis.

Day 2 may feel more uncertain than Day 1. Many questions still focus on the next step in management, but the distinction between the answer choices often depends heavily on where the patient currently is in the course of care.

Several options may represent reasonable actions at some point, but only one is appropriate at that specific moment. That creates psychological discomfort because the incorrect options may not be medically absurd—they may simply be too early, too late, or not the immediate priority.

A useful question to ask yourself is:

What does this patient need next, given what has already been done?

3. Pay attention to where your thinking becomes inefficient. Preparation has to be individualized.

Notice the areas where you repeatedly struggle, overthink, lose time, or fail to reason clearly. Your clinical background, time away from medicine, question-bank performance, weaknesses, and available study time should determine your plan. Blindly copying another person’s schedule can waste valuable time.

4. The quality of my question review mattered more than simply accumulating question counts.

Doing more questions helped, but the greatest improvement came from understanding why I missed questions, recognizing recurring patterns, and correcting the reasoning error behind each miss.

I completed 91% of UWorld and also completed at least six 40-question blocks composed of previously missed questions. Practicing full 40-question blocks made the shorter exam blocks feel much more manageable.

5. CCS preparation should be active, not passive.

Reading cases is not the same as practicing the interface, sequencing orders, advancing the clock appropriately, and recognizing when the case has given you enough information to act.

After each case, I reflected on what I did well, what I missed, and how I could manage the case more efficiently. At times, I immediately repeated a case—even though I already knew the diagnosis—to rehearse the proper sequence and build better habits.

6. Time management and stamina are part of the examination.

Knowing the medicine is not enough if fatigue, overthinking, or poor pacing disrupts your execution. Speed has always been a challenge for me, so I treated reading efficiency and decision-making as skills that needed to be trained.

I also experimented with the foods I planned to eat on exam day during longer study sessions so I could see how they affected my energy, concentration, and mental clarity.

Practice reading quickly, identifying the central clinical problem, and making decisions without repeatedly reopening every possibility.

7. Your final weeks should become increasingly selective.

Near the exam, I found it more useful to prioritize recurring weaknesses, high-yield patterns, CCS execution, and test-day decision-making rather than trying to relearn everything.

I am not claiming that one method works for everyone, but I wanted to share a more detailed account than the usual “just do UWorld and CCS” advice.

I’m happy to answer questions about my preparation, UWorld review, CCS practice, pacing, exam-day stamina, or anything else that may be helpful.

If I am going to take exam on 30-31 august, will my results be ready before 24 september

Unfortunately i failed but can someone please explain to me why my score graph point is vertically above the passing of 200 point and not below it?

Step 3, you haunted me all of intern year. As of this morning, USMLE, we’re done. It’s not me, it’s you.