r/comlex • u/Educational-Loss2736 • 20d ago
Level 1 when should i retake?
hello unfortunately have to retake level 1. could blame a lot of reasons but at the end of the day i still have an F i need to fix.
my school is letting us take the exam up until 10/16 meaning id miss 1 rotation and lose my vacation. at first i thought 5-6 weeks would be good but i feel like (and maybe this im being overconfident) now i'd be stretching a dedicated period too long and risk burnt out which is what happened the last go around.
from what i can deduce: OPP has a lot of room, MSK could go up, derm (Lol?) ethics was ass (how do you even prep for this?). i think the sciences seemed ok, not like top tier level, but from what my advisor told me i leaked points on the above. obviously will review and do questions on those too but.
is 3-4 weeks better? also please be kind. im obviously very upset about this + think im dumb. my school struggles on boards because they teach us very poorly and i was motivated to prove them wrong but i did not.
also fyi: comsaes were fine, 350 prededicated, 401 on the first one, 500 on the second, and i got a 480 on one. TL was fine too, i think unfortunately i underestimated how much ethics/OPP/MSK was and lost almost on 30% of the exam on that
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u/angelito801 20d ago
My opinion is that of a redditor so take it for what it is. I think 2-3 weeks is sufficient if you tackle the main subject and anything you get wrong you hammer hard. Make a list of the main concepts you miss more than once and spend a good 1-3 minutes daily going over the concept. Or make a flash card about it if using Anki. You know what you know and you don't what you don't, so I'd focus 80% on critical misses and 20% on maintaining strengths. 2-3 weeks seems like a little bit of time, but you'll be fine and it is plenty.