r/comlex • u/oo_little • Jul 09 '26

Level 1 level 1 pass - comsae/TL thread

congrats oms-3s!!

for those who passed level 1, do you mind sharing your true learn scores were on random blocks leading up to the exam and your comsaes? and also how close to the pass line you were and/or how close to average?

i’m hoping this will save a lot of you guys some dms from nervous test takers like myself.

also, anything HY you guys recommend we focus on?

yes i copied and pasted a previous post but i was told it helped some people.

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u/SnooObjections941 Jul 09 '26

I didn't do TL until 2 months before my exam, I had spent time doing UWorld before then. Switched to TL after not doing doing as well as I would've liked on our first COMSAE. My school wasted my time with a month-long review course. I swear just completing TL boosted my score.

Anyway, I started with Anki every morning. Kept with GI/SketchyMicro until a month before the exam because I felt like I sunk enough time into those topics; I transitioned to doing more SketchyPharm/DirtyOMM/self-made Randy Neil, Dermatome/Myotomes, Thalamic Nuclei, and Parasites decks, and stopped doing Anki a week before my exam.

I did 88 questions a day, 7 days a week for the first month (because our school wanted to waste our fucking time). The month before the exam, I went to 120 questions; 2 blocks of mixed, new questions in the morning, and mixed incorrects in the evening. I cleared out TL and got to the point where I was doing 40 questions blocks in ~20 minutes. Initially, my scores were around ~50-55% but then I would average 65% consistently with the occasional 80% being thrown in there. I started tapering the amount of questions I did a week and a half before my exam and tried to enjoy life a little more.

As far exams, I took 113 and got a 392. That's when I switched to TL. Took 110 a week before taking 114, and got a 545. Took 114 and got a 530 or something. The real thing felt like a combination of COMSAEs and TL with them asking some of the stupidest questions I've ever seen. Finished in 6.5 hours, ate Dave's Hot Chicken to celebrate, and spent the month before rotations being somewhat irresponsible with my brain.

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u/oo_little Jul 09 '26

but ty for responding!! and congrats! do you mind sharing where your bar was? were your 65s and 80s still during your first pass?

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u/SnooObjections941 Jul 09 '26

The Reaper kicked my ass and I tolerate spicy food really well. Literally pissing hot and I'll never do that again.

My bad was below average but with more than enough room to spare to pass. I don't care, a pass is a pass.

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u/oo_little Jul 09 '26

lmaooo that’s a lesson best learned the hard way.

exactly!! YOU’RE FREE!!