josh2004
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Hello everybody!
Somehow inspired by ahdy2000 and namf ,and thought i should also continue the tradition of daily diary.Again its for my good...keeping me on the track!Thanks for listening me guys!!!!
I have seen people helping each other so much on this forum.Felt like to be a part of it.I think its not too late till now.
My aim is 99!!!!!!!Whats wong in keeping high aim?I will try my best for it,but will accept whtever i will get!
I am planning to take my exam in august last week that is 26th ...so 35 days from now!!!!
Things i have done till now -
kaplan webprep course
with kaplan lecture notes --i am revising the stuff and will finish my revision this weekend!
kaplan q bank-finished 70% of it...but my problem starts here.I didnt do well in qbank!
the scores are horrible....is it because i directly started with the qbank?and i was not good with my study material?
But though it is a big shame,i score only 40-45%in qbank.Sometimes go uptill 62%.But still the low scores kill me .
I am an IMG,not using any other resource than kaplan.
I satrted using with Goljan audio last week.And listening regularly to him.Will finish listening him first time this weekend,suppose to be.Thats what my scedule in this week is!
I want some advic from you kind people from this forum....some of the names which i could read were...ahdy2000,nuprin,namf,ELM,kalsam,aish,.....and lots more!
what i lack in from those 99'ers?
I am ready to put my 100%,but want some direction!
35 days in hand,right?
can somebody help me out?
i want to put up my new schedule with your advice. I want to finish my remaning revision till the end of this week!
Wish me good luck guys!i am on a great mission!
and Good luck to you all also!!!!!
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| josh2004
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wednesday
7/21/2004
Today(as it is already evening!) my goal is to finish renal pathology and listening the same from Goljan audio!!!!
And after that..doing 50 questions-enough for tonight! 
Thanks for listening!!!!!
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| Ahdy2000
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What direction do you want? Sounds like you're doing just fine. Finish Qbank ... i think the trick to do better in that is just to do a lot of questions. I got better just by doing questions. I think you have to learn how they want you to think. Otherwise, your material is just fine.
Good luck.
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| josh2004
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Thanks Ahdy ...for ur reply!I am inspired with your daily diary.Hope you will rock this exam!! Good luck to you for your scores!!!!!!!!
I will be happy to get your advice in this last month of my preperation!!!!!
I felt very sad with my qbank scores initially.Then i came to know about this forum.I read people writing that they used to get low score initially...so in a hope i will also get good score i am doing the qbank!but never could do that!
i need to ask what i lack than the people who score in 70&80's?
where i should work?
concepts?
thats why i am doing my revision very thoroughly!!!!!
Just in a hope to do well sometime in the qbank! :roll:
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| Angie
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Keep on going! I am note writing dairy but certainly will read yours!
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| josh2004
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Thanks Angie!
Hope i will shine...to give others inspiration!!!!
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| josh2004
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Good morning everybody!!!!!
Today i am going to revise immunology .I have read that people get immuno -mol bio version of the exam.Relly scared as both of them are my favouirite ones(most hated)!
But you will have to master them if you are aiming for high!So here i go.....will revise the things from kaplan once.Then i will go to the beautiful links provided by the angels on this forum.Thanks to Nuprin,docarjun,ahdy,kalsam,......and lots of you who have contributed to those links!
And yes..i hvent done the qbook given by kaplan.How can i forget it?I am just running after the online qbank.So today i will do questons from the qbook...microiology section!
Hope everything will go smooth <:wahtch_where_you_go:>
One subject can be bores for the whole day...so whenever will feel exausted with immuno ,i will go to the famous Dr Goljan!!!!!!Hope he will help me finish this mission with success!!!!
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| docarjun
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Good luck Josh!!!
keep going!
I guess Nuprin will help you the best she can,very soon she will show up with her bright score.And yes,the inspiration of this diary ahdy&namf are also there !!!!
U can go through Goljan rapid rewiew,though i didnt go through it because of time constraints !
About ur score in qbank,i will say same thing,do lots of them!
Train ur mind to think in that direction .
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| docarjun
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and yes,try to participate in subject forums!
Through discussions u will get the concepts more clear!
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| josh2004
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Thank you everybody!!!!!!!!!
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| josh2004
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Anybody can suggest something for immuno?
My kaplan notes enough for it?
Now i dont want to go for new resources but just eager to know that wheather i am having a good material!
Though i am going through the website suggested in the links ,its really cool!!!!!!!!
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| docarjun
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oops sorry ! :oops:
Thank you Josh,for such a inspiring message!!!!!!
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| bm
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God speed josh2004 :icon_bounce:
i'll follow your diary to see how you are doing with your review. i'm taking my exam last week of august and doing questions plus note taking (since yesterday) in first aid for things i tend to forget
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| josh2004
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Thanks bm!!!!
yes...GOD SPEED!!!!!
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| nuprin
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best of luck, josh! as many of us who've taken the exam have said, the three keys to passing and scoring high are goljan, first aid, and qbank. you keep doing those and you will do great! i recommend as much revision as possible, esp with questions, bc they prepare you for the real deal. also, you might want to do the nbme assessments to figure out your strengths and weaknesses. be advised, however, that you don't get the answers or even copies of the questions, so buy it untimed and copy the questions you're unsure of to look up later.
i have also heard a lot about the immuno-molbio version of the exam. i was thinking that there wasn't too much difference, but some people really did seem to have an overload of the questions! my molbio was pretty easy, but others seemed to have a hard time with it (knockout mice, homeobox, and all that).
for immuno, i've heard the jawetz micro book is great (just for the immuno part, though). i didn't use it myself, but if i had had the time i would have. be sure to check out the prep4usmle link rating sources and books.
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| aish
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Josh, you don't lack anything from those 99'ers. You're using the right resources and from this diary we can see you have determination- just believe in yourself. 35 days is a lot of time, you won't believe how much can really be done in it - I wouldn't have if I hadn't written a paper log of what i was doing everyday! Don't worry too much about your q-bank average, as the weeks go by I'm sure you'll see a steady rise in it- at this point use it to find out where your weaknesses lie and work on those areas. Good luck.
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| namf
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Oh my Josh! This is awesome--I'm so happy to see the next generation of prep4usmle diaries! Of course, I hope this site makes not a penny off your efforts and mine--but it's nice to have a place to do this.
ANYWAY, this is very short and sweet, and I just wanted to offer you some encouragement as I am neck-deep in my own struggles presently. So here goes, in the words of the diary Godfather, Ahdy2000:
HERE WE GO, ALE ALE ALE
GO GO GO, OLE OLE OLE
THE CUP OF LIFE
WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE...
something something something...
I wish you all the best, JOSH--so glad you decided to put it down for everyone to see!
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| josh2004
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Thank you!Thank you and Thank you very much!!!
Thanks Nuprin,Aish & namf!Yes namf,i am writing a next generation diary!
So what i did today...
Kaplan Immunology- i went through half of the stuff,got bored! This is bad,but i will make up for it tomorrow for sure.
Then i thought i should do some doctor patient relationship questions.
So revised few pages of behavioral science..went through the question bank.Did questions of behavioral science from the kaplan qbook.
And now i am listening to my favourite Dr Goljan!!!!!!!!
So here was the end of one more good day....and waiting for the next sunrise.With lots of things to do!!!!I want to do a lot of studies,cant help it!Thats the way i can achieve my dream!
Good night!
Thursday
7/23/2004
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| Ria
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Hi Josh,
You are doing a GREAT JOB and I am sure you are gonna be great out there as well.Just keep going there is a great saying by Tupac Shakur-"If you believe then you can Achieve"
So aim for the best and give it your best,and there is no stopping you.
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