
Does Delaying Your Exam Delay Your Graduation?īut how long should you delay? To answer this, consider: will delaying force you to push back your graduation by a year? The answers to these questions are highly personal.

Even though the NBME Self-Assessments are not perfect, the most valuable thing about these exams is their predictive value. Note: I do NOT recommend using the bootlegged copies floating around online. (To read NBME Self Assessments: Ultimate Guide for the USMLEs and Shelf Exams, click here). As such, the NBME Self-Assessments are the most accurate predictors of your final USMLE score.

The NBME has correlated each form with students’ final scores. The best score predictors are the NBME (National Board of Medical Examiners) Self-Assessments. Your goal score will depend on your self-assessment, your temperament, and your career goals.

The beauty of the USMLEs is that the only requirement is that you pass.
