Step 1: 223 write up (Non-US IMG)

17 months of prep!

NBME 25 - 187 (8 weeks out)

26 - 201 (7 weeks out, first NBME pass after 15 months of studying!)

27 - 201 (6 weeks out)

UWSA1 - 222 (4.5 weeks out)

28 - 218 (3.5 weeks out)

29 - 214 (18 days out)

UWSA2 - 215 (10 days out)

30 - 203 (7 days out, became a little anxious after this one lol)

Free 120 - 78% (1 day out)

REAL DEAL: 223!

I am a South African IMG who studied medicine in China. My medical school wasn't very good and I had to rebuild my knowledge from the ground up these past 17 months.

It's been a long journey of fighting thoughts of inadequacy, constant changes in study plans, fears of not being good enough and most of all burn out, but in the end I kept my hope and faith alive and I made it.

It's not a score some would say is good, but coming from my background and being able to accomplish this feat I am very proud of that!

A special shoutout to my girlfriend u/alwaystired625 who helped me immensely by guiding my study plans and supporting me <3.

Used the majority of resources as everyone else ( if you want details let me know in the comments)

A verse from scripture that kept my hope alive: Ephesians 3V20 "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us"