WanderlustPA Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Alright, I just got my results today, and I passed! I wanted to share my experience, because I feel like I've read a lot of personal accounts on this forum from people who were getting ridiculously high scores on everything and telling people not to worry. Well that didn't help me! Here are my scores:Packrat I: 131Packrat II: 157 PAEasy: 65% Pancemaster: low-to-mid 60's PAEA EOR Exams: mid-to-upper 70's I thought the questions on the pance were very similar to the packrat, at least the most recent one that we took. I had some copies of old packrats, and I thought those were much easier. PAeasy and pancemaster questions overall were harder than the pance, so they are good study tools. I didn't really spend a ton of time studying. I tried to do a little bit every day in the 2-3 months leading up to the pance, and most of that was practice questions. I did read through most of the cardio section in Current. I think this is a much better way to do it, at least for someone like me who just cannot sit there and study non-stop for hours on end. I would highly recommend this approach, and then take the pance as soon as you can after graduating. And one more thing, I won't say what my pance score was, but I was well above a 350, so you don't even need to be scoring as high as I did on these practice questions to pass. That being said, I think I was in a good range to feel comfortable. I wouldn't want to cut it close! Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerlily Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Thank you for posting this. I know a lot of people say not to worry, but it is definitely more helpful to know pre-test scores vs passing/failing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit516 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Thank you for posting! I would be interested in hearing what other people's score were before they passed PANCE/PANRE? Also, which questions most resembled the format of the PANCE? I have been getting higher scores on Kaplan then PaEasy and Pancemaster which really confuses me. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgaboria Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Do you have any recommendations for a specific review book that would be the most helpful in terms of the same type of question formatting? Our program director just took her PANRE and told us the format was different than the last time she took it. She said they have moved away from using "buzz words" and the questions were a lot more deductive reasoning based. Being a first year student, that scared me! For example, a question might not say there are Kerley B lines on an X-ray, but instead describe symptoms of CHF or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystaltide Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I think the Kaplan Qbank and LANGE PANCE prep book were the most similar for me to the actual PANCE, though I never tried PAEasy or PanceMaster. Your director was right in that there are very few buzz words - focus on learning what the buzzwords actually mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgaboria Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Thank you Crystal! :) I will look into those :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChathamPA Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 OP, how much time did you spend studying? I have been telling people to focus on studying rather than taking practice exams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystaltide Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I'm not the OP but I would highly recommend both. You have to both know the material and how to integrate the material to test well. Studying helps with the first, practice exams (and reviewing the answer explanations) helps with both. I would say I spent my time doing an almost even mix of both, though possibly more questions than studying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WanderlustPA Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 I didn't study much at all. Doing the practice questions was my studying. At least not in the final weeks leading up to the exam. I studied a little bit here and there throughout rotations. IMO, that works better than trying to cram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogatoes88 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Thanks for the tips, crystaltide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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