Wednesday, October 1, 2014

D-Day! Step 2 CK



D-Day! Step 2 ck trials.
The day was Wednesday, August 13th, and it was the day of the long awaited and long avoided Step Exam. I woke up around 5 am. I took a shower and dressed up well. Grabbed a sweater to fight the cold if needed, and then I had my breakfast. I was out the house by 630pm with the sole purpose of avoiding the dreaded traffic into New Jersey. Needless to say, I arrived at 7, a whole hour prior to commencement of my nine hour trial. I flipped through my DIT guide book. Finally, it was time. I walked to the building feeling I had studied a lot and so this test should not be an issue. Just yesterday I had taken the UWORLD assessment test and did decent. Today should not be a problem.
I walked up to the entrance of the building and took a picture.


I was finally situated before my computer to take my test. I clicked next to start the test. I was feeling...

Holy smoke this test was hard. Question stems were longer than I witnessed in nbmes or the uworld assessment tests. Moreover, keeping my eyes open from block one and maintaining my concentration was a task. . I had to reread question stems because I lost focus during the first read. I should've slept at 10 pm, as I planned, instead of 12 am like I ended up doing
Regardless, I was aware that this day was D day. The day I'd prepared many months for. I could not drop the ball. I told myself to focus. I told myself to stay sharp and not make stupid mistakes.
I did focus but it was a tiring task. I struggled to finish on time.
After the final block, I walked out and called a friend to complain. Right after, I went to grab some fast food, which for me post exam has become synonymous with the pain i feel after a hard test. Now, I sit here and wait patiently.

Results of STEP 2 ck:
-        So I found out I passed. I was elated. Waiting for the result was nerve racking. I did not do as great as I wanted to do. However, I scored 60 points higher than where I started from, in my first nbme exam, and that I passed irrespective of being excessively less than optimal mentally on the day I took the Exam.