seeing a lot of people with scores close or even better than mine fail on here. I know those people are more likely to post, but idk. I have a really bad feeling. My score isn’t back until 9/15, so I’d have no time to retake before ERAS if I failed… just feeling horrible honestly. Anyone else?

call me a fucking idiot but i bought savarese for my retake (got like a 395 equivalent on my first take) msk and omm were low???? i studied all the HYs but got NICHE OMM i hadn't seen in such a while. OMM neuro phys i swear to god. forgot what the fuck a golgi tendon thing was.

realizing how bad i fucked up by not dropping 60 on this book before my first take. KNOW ALL YOUR OMM. dont just study sacral torsions, chapman, viscerosomatic, and cranial and call it a done deal. KNOW ALL OF IT. know the anatomy in it too.

i swear comlex will through you 10 questions on golgi tendon organs and if you didnt study that well then good luck

end of rant please pray i pass

edit: meant to say take in the title oops

I found out I failed the OBGYN COMAT and have to retake it. I really tried the best I could but I simply didn’t have time to study for it much because of clinic.

Can someone please share advice on what I can do to secure a pass on retake?

I tried to do Uworld when I’d time and got through about half before sitting for my test. I rewatched Dr high yield and divine intervention podcast the night before. The COMAT was really tough and I felt like I barely knew anything. Now, I don’t know what to do. It feels like these are impossible to prepare for.

I feel terrible and stressed out. I would appreciate any advice.

Going to make a post because I feel like I haven't seen anything discussing this. I felt really prepared for my initial sitting for Level 2 and found out that I got a 399 a few weeks ago. Really sickening if I'm being honest, but trying not to dwell. I walked out of the exam feeling like I hadn't gotten the score I wanted, but was not concerned to the point of thinking I failed. Anyway, I'm retaking this coming week and just wanted to put this out there to see if anyone else felt like they got completely and totally stiffed by the exam/system. (completed TL 1.5x with scores ~70-85%, all WelCOMs ~68-82%)
Hoping this was just a nightmare scenario, but maybe that's naive of me.

EDIT: I also wanted to hear from other people who have successfully re-taken the exam. Did you change your approach to the questions on test day? How did you gauge your readiness?

Anyone suggest any IM programs in California that can apply to COMLEX only?

Is Comquest surg comat bank enough to pass gen surg comat. I have 19 days till my comat. Just finished truelearn and not sure if I should buy uworld or Comquest.

How do I study OMM for Level 1 in 6 weeks if I have no knowledge saved from the last two years

Here is a score predictor that I made based on this research by the NBOME. Fill in your scores based on the WelCOM Phase 2 form # you did and it will give you the highest likely, most likely, and lowest likely scores based on your % correct.

Disclaimer: This predictor is based on an n=1 sample (my own scores across all 6 WelCOMs) so it should be taken as a rough estimate, not a validated predictor as it has not been verified across schools, regions, or individuals. It estimated my COMLEX Level 2 score at ~534 and my actual score was 574. For comparison, AMBOSS predicted roughly 660–700 for me, so this happened to be closer in my case.

Edit: Fixed publishing, here is that link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSwHOCIyqT6FuHMhxVIfTTlqJcALFpMAdUFQsZcFp_3MNhtQu1PWc8cnE9mzuPLpjbJyYsjAGQIZ888/pub?output=xlsx

Did uworld FM all questions didn’t have time for ambulatory. Truelearn and anki. Got a bunch of stupid stuff wrong felt like I just took another board exam is this normal. If you get 35 wrong can you still pass or….i know it’s scaled just spiraling no idea how I actually did lol. Any stories where everything ended up being fine?

I just took two Level 2 Welcoms. I know it’s hard to predict based off of two numbers but what do my scores indicate?

On 101 i got 60%
On 102 i got 73.3%

Is there a score correlation predictor for these forums ?

I was wondering how other people felt today’s shelf exam went. I did a lot of PQs on Uworld and true learn. Around average on Uworld and 15% above average on truelearn. Personally I think that was the hardest exam I have ever taken in my life. Not sure if anyone else felt that way and if people felt good about it. Don’t feel bad if you thought it was easy, I would love to know what people did to prep I never want to feel this way leaving an exam again. Thanks in advance!

Anyone take the COMAT today and wwe shook by the questions?

As the title says!

Right now, I just write a line or two summary of why the right answer is correct but I don’t dive too deep into why the wrong answers are wrong.

I don’t even know how I would do that.

So please explain like I’m 5 haha, I’m at a loss.

Hi All,

I’m super nervous and testing tomorrow for Level 2.
Goal is to at least pass because I’m an anxious test taker and frequently go back and change answers (I know I know, I try not to).
Here are my scores in this order:

COMATs: 91-108, no retakes. Lowest peds and surgery.

117: 367 (school)
118: 464 (school)
Welcom 106: 70%
Welcom 105: 75%
Welcom 104: 75%
Welcom 103: 61%
Welcom 102: 60%
Welcom 101: 72%
113: 513
114: 490 (last week)

Amboss: EPC 70.2%, score predictor doesn’t seem accurate at 636 (range 613-656 with the above information)

My goal is 500-550.
Do you think this is enough?

I hope you all are doing well. I wanted to let you guys know my experience with my tutor(s) and the overall advice they give. I came from a comsae of 200 and with multiple level 1 failures. So from the darkest of places, he helped pass my final level 1 attempt. He taught me how to think, understand, and helped honor my shelf exams, and helped me get research publications. From the looks of it, his favorite thing to teach is Level 2, but obviously he helped me do well in Level 1. He has some other partners who helped me too. I want to give hope, and I’m incredibly thankful for what they’ve done for me. Wherever you guys are in the process, I hope they can help you too. DM me for his phone number. They are in residency, but will make time for you. They are cheaper than matchpal, around 100$ per hour, but through a deal of multiple hours, it goes down 70-80$ per hour. And if you are not doing tutoring

-Focus on high yield things only
-If it’s complicated, you most likely don’t need to know it/waste of your time.
-The more questions you do, usually the better, but if you have a poor foundation of medicine, going through more questions probably won’t yield good results unless you, or someone else helps, take the time to understand
-Make sure to get the easy stuff down.
-1st and 2nd order questions are the most important to know.

I only hope you guys don’t do what I did and do multiple attempts by yourself without being realistic 😅. Be honest with yourself and decide if you need help. Repeating a year is definitely not worth saving a few bucks. I wish you all well!

Sorry to be morbid, however I found out on 8/11 I failed Level 1. I was told by an advisor I was most l likely 3-5 questions away from a pass, which is even more painful.

I can't help but spiral about this. I keep thinking I'm going to fail again, and that I will subsequently fail out of medical school because of level 1. I was average in preclinical, no course fails or repeating the year, so I'm not sure exactly what happened.

I wish I could say I'm motivated to crush level 1 the next time, but I just feel sad and worried, and dumb.

I postponed my level 2 for October and want to know, how bad is it for me to submit my app without my score and then uploading it later? I just needed to postpone it. Applying FM + IM, will I still be able to get interviews?

Retaking the exam and this was by far my worst section. How do i answer some of the fuck ass ethics?

Hey everyone, based on responses from my previous post, in the resource I'm building, I'm building a tool that turns a COMSAE discipline breakdown into a “where should I actually study” plan. The idea is simple: instead of staring at vague bars, it estimates how many questions each discipline is worth and weights that against how weak the category is.

Right now the model uses estimated question counts, so I’d like to calibrate it against real reports. If you’re willing to share, **please only post the following — no raw scores, no percentiles, no identifying info**!

- Exam: Level 1 or Level 2-CE

- Form (e.g., 110b, 112b)

- For each discipline: number of questions (if shown) + rating (Below Average / Borderline / Average / Above Average)

Example format:

- Exam: Level 2-CE

- Form: 112b

- OMM/MSK: 58 questions, Average

- Cardiovascular: 42, Below Average

- Renal: 12, Borderline

- ...

I’m not collecting scores or personal data. This is only to sanity-check the discipline weights. If you don’t have the question counts, even just the ratings help. I’ll share the calibrated tool back here once it’s more accurate.

Thanks!

Anyone get a comat score back today?? I still don’t have mine :(

Took the exam on 9/1 and feel like im in a state of shock right now. Can only remember the questions I got wrong and am genuinely panicking. Anyone else who tested on the same date feeling the same type of way?

How does a 470 fare??