I'm not sure whether I should take Step 1 since I did pretty poorly during second year and I'm not trying to get into any fields or geographical areas that are tough for DOs.
I've also done around 1,000 questions on one of the major Qbanks and am getting 55-60% of the questions right pretty consistently. Our class average is normally above the national average for level 1, which makes me feel even better. I feel pretty confident that I'll be okay for the COMLEX though, and scored around average for our class on a diagnostic test that is supposed to help us figure out what subjects are our weak points, and I haven't started studying a ton yet since classes just recently got out. It was also recommended that I not take the USMLE by my dean and advisor (one of them is an MD), because they feel like I'm at risk of failing or barely passing, which they say would look worse than just having a decent COMLEX. I'm pretty positive I want to go into family med, but have ruled out pretty much every "competitive" field for residency and want to do residency in 1 of 2 metro areas that are very DO friendly. Other than that, my second year grades were less than spectacular, but I actually feel like I know the material pretty well.
I did pretty well first year (around average) but had some family issues happen during second year, which eventually caused me to fail a class. I'm a 2nd year student that's in the bottom quarter of my class. Before everyone says "of course you should" I think my background is kind of important.
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