COMLEX 2026 Changes Every DO Med Student and Resident Must Know · COMLEX Tutoring

COMLEX 2026 Changes Every DO Med Student and Resident Must Know

The NBOME just announced major COMLEX exam changes coming in 2026, and every DO medical student, resident, and retaker needs to understand how these updates affect exam timing, pacing, studying, and scoring.

In this video, I breaks down the exact COMLEX 2026 updates, including:

✔ New timing rules for COMLEX Level 1, Level 2-CE, and Level 3

✔ Changes in seconds per question

✔ How the new structure impacts pacing, accuracy, and fatigue

✔ What this means for first-time test-takers and retakers

✔ How COMSAEs will change under the new blueprint

✔ What study strategies DO students must update immediately.

These COMLEX 2026 changes affect all DO students and residents. Checkout the video for speculation on how this might impact your COMLEX scores and what level 3 may look like with the massive update.

Here's the tl;dr:

• COMLEX Level 1 is becoming 32 questions shorter in May, 2026

• COMLEX Level 2 is becoming 32 questions shorter in June, 2026

• COMLEX Level 3 is becoming a 1-day exam instead of 2 in January, 2027. This is HUGE! Checkout the video for my personal experience taking the current two-day format.

• These changes might help students at risk of LOA, expulsion, or delayed rotations pass with slightly more time per question. (90 seconds / question as opposed to the old 82 seconds / question)

• The current TrueLearn timer has already been updated with the updated timing per question. But that means if you're testing before these changes go into effect your TrueLearn timer is WRONG! You should be doing 44 questions per hour, not the updated 40 questions per hour.

Whether you’re a first-time test-taker or a retaker trying to understand how the new COMLEX timing impacts your score, this video gives you a clear, step-by-step explanation, and the study strategy adjustments you need to make now.

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