In this interview, Dr. Emma Husain — a senior MST medical tutor with thousands of USMLE tutoring hours of experience — breaks down how you can responsibly assess whether you should take your exam or postpone. Topics and times below:
- 0:00 Intro
- 1:29 Scores — NBMEs, data, the goal scores to aim for & more
- 5:54 What to do if you've already completed all available assessments
- 10:40 A quantitative benchmark to aim for if you're retaking assessments
- 11:20 The risks and consequences involved of taking an exam too soon
- 23:15 A recap of the main takeaways from this talk + a mindset tip if you find out you've failed a USMLE