It occurs to me that each of the previous board exams I took have been taken under somewhat adverse conditions.

Just before USMLE Step 1, the girl I was really into hooked up with someone else.

Because of extraordinarily poor planning, I had to drive 150 miles to take USMLE Step 2 on New Year’s Eve.

While I was taking USMLE Step 3, my dad was sitting in the CCU, waiting to get cath’ed.

I almost wonder if some kind of severe stress is necessary for me to pass these things.