I Swear I Didn’t Cheat!
It’s 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday. I have returned from taking the first part of the two day exam, the USMLE Step 3. You are allowed up to 8 hours to take the exam. I finished in a little over 3 hours. No, this is not abnormal for me. Actually, it’s about average as far as my exams go.
The first day of testing includes 336 multiple-choice items divided into 7 blocks of 48 items; 60 minutes are allotted for completion of each block of test items.
When I walked out of the exam, all of the proctors’ jaws dropped to the floor in disbelief. They couldn’t believe that I had finished in so little time. Actually, one of the proctors even implied that I had somehow managed to cheat on the exam. Luckily, I eventually convinced her that I was not a cheater, but merely a fast reader and exam taker.
Anyway, I’m halfway finished with the Step 3!
How do I think I did? Well, I always think that I did worse then I actually do. So hopefully, that is true this time around as well. There were definitely a few questions where I totally guessed and quite a few questions where I couldn’t quite narrow down the best answer!
Oh well, only time will tell. No use stressing over it now. I just hope that I did as well as I did on the practice exams.
I’m going to mostly relax for the rest of the day today and run a few errands. I think I earned it. No studying for me, though. My brain is tired.
Tomorrow my relationship with the United States Medical Licensing Exams will hopefully be over forever! Yay!
Photo: My doggy Scope wearing my socks while sleeping in his doggy bed. Yes, I like to torture him sometimes for my own personal amusement.