USMLE Tutoring FAQ

It depends on the format. Our plans and pricing are listed on our Services page, from single 1-on-1 sessions to full programs and group sessions. Group sessions cost less per session; 1-on-1 tutoring is built entirely around you.

Sessions are held online by live video (Zoom or Google Meet), which is what lets your tutor team stay reachable 24/7, keep your progress dashboard up to date and fit sessions around clinical rotations.

Yes. We prepare students for USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CK and Step 3, COMLEX Level 1, Level 2-CE and Level 3, and ABIM boards. One student’s Step 2 score went from 199 to 248 in five weeks (Sara Zandvakili, Google review).

Individual results vary; these outcomes are not typical.

A plan that spends your time on what moves your score. We build a customized study schedule around your test date and weak spots, rebuild your Anki deck with spaced repetition, and track your practice exams so we can adjust fast. For the day-to-day questions students ask Sean in sessions, such as how many questions to do or how to use Anki, see study questions students ask most.

Yes, we work extensively with repeat test takers. One Wyzant reviewer had plateaued at 200–220 on Step 2 practice exams and scored 249 about six weeks after starting; another passed COMLEX Level 3 after two previous attempts.

Individual results vary; these outcomes are not typical.

Dr. Sean Moazezi speaks French, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish and Telugu, which many international medical graduates find helpful.

USMLE lists 218 for exams given on or after July 1, 2025 (USMLE).

Yes, for exams taken on or after January 26, 2022. USMLE says the passing standard on its three-digit scale is 196.

200, for exams given on or after January 1, 2024. USMLE plans to review it in November 2026.

Level 1 is pass/fail; NBOME lists 400 for Level 2-CE and 350 for Level 3 (NBOME).

USMLE allows no more than three attempts at the same Step within 12 months; a fourth attempt must be at least 12 months after the first and six months after the most recent, and four attempts without a pass ends eligibility for every Step (USMLE, eligibility).

NBOME allows four scored attempts at each level and no more than four attempts at a level within 12 months, counting incomplete or voided attempts (NBOME Bulletin 2026-2027).

No. USMLE does not allow retaking a passed Step except to meet a licensing time limit, and NBOME does not allow retaking a passed level to improve a score.

You can book a Power Hour (1 hour), a Mighty Ninety (1.5 hours) or a Double Rumble (2 hours) on our Book a Session page.

It is a working session, not a sales call. We look at your test date, practice scores, question bank percentages and how you use Anki, then map out priorities and next steps.

Physicians and medical students who took these exams, led by Dr. Shauhin “Sean” Moazezi, DO, a board-certified internist. Meet the team.

USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CK and Step 3; COMLEX Levels 1, 2-CE and 3; ABIM; NBME shelf exams; and the MCAT. See services.

NBME publishes the Comprehensive Basic Science Self-Assessment for Step 1 and the Comprehensive Clinical Science Self-Assessment for Step 2 CK (NBME), plus the Clinical Science Mastery Series for shelf exams. USMLE offers free sample questions and an interactive testing experience (USMLE).

As checkpoints that decide whether to keep or move a test date. See our NBME practice exams guide.

From May 14, 2026, USMLE gives Step 1 as fourteen 30-minute blocks of no more than 20 questions, in one 8-hour session with at least 55 minutes of break time.

From May 7, 2026, sixteen 30-minute blocks of no more than 20 questions, in one 9-hour session with at least 55 minutes of break time.

NBOME lists 320 questions in two four-hour sessions on one day for each (COMLEX tutoring).

Yes. NBOME says Level 3 becomes a one-day exam on January 13, 2027, with 240 questions and 16 clinical decision-making cases. See COMLEX Level 3 tutoring.

Yes, all eight NBME clinical science shelves. See shelf exam tutoring.

Yes, with Daniel Theng, a UCSF medical student. AAMC scores the MCAT from 472 to 528. See MCAT tutoring.

Yes. See ABIM tutoring.

Choose a tutor and session length on the Book a Session page; sessions are booked on the tutor's Google calendar.

Free with at least 24 hours' notice. Less than 24 hours costs $174, and a missed session without notice costs $349, per our terms of service.

Yes, our terms of service say unused prepaid sessions are refundable.

As early as you can plan properly. Students who start before a dedicated study period get a schedule built from day one; students who start after a disappointing practice exam or a failed attempt get a plan built around what went wrong. Both work; the later you start, the more the plan has to focus.

No. Bring what you already have: your test date, any practice exam results, your question bank statistics and how you use Anki. We will tell you whether anything else is worth buying.

Yes. The intro consult is a free 20-minute phone call. Book it here.

Dr. Sean Moazezi speaks French, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish and Telugu as well as English.

Not seeing your question here? Ask it on the free intro call.