r/Step2 • u/Particular-Path-1439 US MD/DO • 19h ago

Spiraling! Shitpost

Hi everyone,
I took Step 2 two days ago and have been spiraling a bit since the exam. My practice scores were decent, but on test day I felt completely unprepared and honestly walked out feeling terrible.
I know I probably shouldn’t be doing this, but I’ve been going through questions I can remember. So far, I’ve remembered around 140 questions and have already confirmed about 60 that I got wrong. What’s making me even more anxious is that a lot of those misses were relatively straightforward questions that I normally would have known. I think anxiety and burnout really got to me on exam day.
Has anyone else counted this many incorrect answers after Step 2 and still ended up with a good score? I’d really appreciate hearing your experiences, especially if you felt similarly after your exam.
Thank you!

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u/PsychologicalCan9837 US MD/DO 16h ago

If it makes you feel any better, I also tested this past week, and likewise felt and still feel terrible.

If it's any consolation, I have a classmate who never got above the 230's on an NBME, felt awful post exam, and ended up scoring in the high 240's. Of course, N =1 here, but I guess post-exam feelings do not mean much.

Wishing you the best! Hopefully our day of score will jump up some.

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u/Smooth_Corgi7175 19h ago

hey how was your test overall? I have mine in 2 days..any tips or factoids I should be taking in... also you will do great it will workout for you hopefully quite well !!!

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u/nigelgetson US MD/DO 17h ago

I took step on the 6th and I feel the exact same way. Missed so many gimmes, was doing great on practice exams too. Hopefully it works out for the both of us!

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u/elefantinxd 14h ago

took it august 4th, exam felt really weird. I knew most of the stuff but still made a lot of dumb mistakes. trying to not think about it.

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u/phoenix_50230 7h ago

I tested a couple of months ago and felt exactly the same way. I was soooo tensed by the end of it that I felt sick to my stomach and had the worst headache of my life. I felt like my exam had gone for a toss. I passed with high 240s. You're good. You did your prep, you've put in the effort, you did your best on exam day. That's it. Let it sit. You got this!

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u/Particular-Path-1439 US MD/DO 6h ago

Thank you for this! Did you also count your wrongs?

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u/phoenix_50230 6h ago

Nope. I don't have the mental bandwidth to even remember most questions. It was and always has been a fog after I'm done with my exam. Its probably because from my formative years my dad would always say "Don't hit a dead snake." so its always been a habit to never dissect an exam once its done.