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For IMGs whose NBME scores have stopped moving in the weeks before NBME 32 and 33.
By Dr. Marish Asudani · Published
The Neil Randy PDF and the Mehlman HY Arrows. The Neil Randy PDF consolidates all of his high-yield playlists, system by system, not just biostats. The HY Arrows are 160 up-and-down arrow questions, exactly the kind the NBME keeps asking. Run both before NBME 32 and 33, or when you're stuck on a plateau. These 2 alone have helped several of my students gain at least 10 points on their next NBME.
These 2 PDFs are a 10-point jump. Want a 20-point jump? Scroll to the end →
The short version2 PDFs. That's it. No new course, no new Qbank.
The 10 points in the title are percentage points: 62% to 72%, not 62% to 63%.
They work because by the time you open them, you've already studied the content once. You're not learning anymore. You're compressing. Both PDFs are the densest version of what you already know.
People use Neil Randy just for biostats. That's not the case. He's the GOAT in a lot of systems: cardiovascular, CNS, psychiatry, ethics, biochemistry.
The Neil Randy PDF is a consolidation of all of his high-yield playlists, broken down system by system. It helps you quickly revise, consolidate, and accelerate your NBME growth. It is worth 5 to 10% on its own.
How to run it:
Get the Neil Randy PDF in the Vault UniversityIt's under Files, next to the Mehlman HY Arrows. Free for your first 3 days.
Open the Files tab →Want to hear a system from him first? His playlists, by system:
▶Neil Randy · CardiologyYouTube playlist ▶Neil Randy · Behavioral healthYouTube playlist ▶Neil Randy · BiochemistryYouTube playlist
Arrows help you understand things. Each one is an up-or-down arrow question: this goes up, what happens to that? Those questions clarify a lot of your concepts, and the NBMEs and the real exam ask a lot of them. They just open up your mind.
It's 1 dense document covering every system at once: 160 arrows.
How to run it:
Not on day 1. They are revision instruments, so they come after your content is built. Run them before NBME 32 and 33. Both forms offline, like every NBME: online (50 questions in 75 minutes) inflates your score by 4 to 6%. Why offline →
Before 32 and 33 they belong with the rest of the push from 68% to 75%: how to score more than 75% → · The tab for NBME 33: the week before NBME 33 →
Want a day-by-day schedule that tells you exactly what to study next? The Vault builds it around your exam date.
Put both PDFs on the right days →If you want a 20-point jump, do the NBME Booster Anki and the FA Foundation Anki as well. 1 revises First Aid. 1 revises every NBME. The PDFs compress, the decks make you recall.
The 2 decks behind the extra 10 pointsThe NBME Booster Anki revises every form. FA Foundation Anki revises First Aid. Both open straight into the deck.
NBME Booster Anki →FA Foundation Anki →
2 decks = a 30-point jump — FA Foundation + NBME Booster Anki.
Stuck at 62–65% — the 3 moves.
The 7 free sheets — every PDF with its trigger.