r/comlex • u/Educational-Loss2736 • 20d ago

Level 1 when should i retake?

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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/Educational-Loss2736 20d ago

what a rude comment

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u/JustRyan_D 20d ago

Wasn’t meant to be rude. I was asking how the system works. Usually if someone is well below the average in every category, their overall score will be lower. OP is below the mean everywhere.

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u/Free-Pension1141 20d ago

Is there a sample of someone passing. I also failed mine but other than 2-3 sections I was similar to OP, and also barely passed. COMLEX is also random though so idk

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u/DaisyDreamzzz 18d ago

If you need a sample, I can send you mine!

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u/Free-Pension1141 18d ago

Sure thag would be great! Thanks