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 From 199 to 235!!! Thanks God!!  



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Guys this test is soooo doable... I got a 199 on step 1 and now 235 on step 2 thanks to God!!! So if I could anyone can do it. Just keep it up... reach a different goal day by day and you'll get there. And pray pray and pray!!!

Studied for 7mo (3 last months for real 8-10h/day)
Kaplan notes 2x,
3xMTB 2( IM/Emergency),
3xMTB 3 (peds, obgyn, surgery),
FA for peds (immuno, infecto),
Step Up to Medicine for hepatology;
50% of FA Q&A
NBME 2 (1 month before) 218
NBME 4 (4 days before) 228
UWSA (3 days before) 235*****
UW first time 61%
UW second time 80%
USMLE.org Q's 80%


About the exam experience: The test like I said before was very doable, had mixed of long and short vignettes, found the ads and abstract questions hard. In every block I had an average of 8 minutes lefts to review, which after the test made me think I did something wrong but I think that simulating the test day few days before the real exam helped me. Of course the beta blocker worked like a charm to control my anxiety and kept me calm during the whole 9 hours.

On the day of the exam I took a 40mg of propranolol an hour before my test, took some sugary drink (a very concentrated tang) and a Pb&J sandwich. After the first block I just took a 2 minutes breather in from of the computer and kept going to the 2nd block. Took a break then in every block with the lunch break after the 4th. When I was done with the 8th block I didn't feel tired or anything, I was ok and was the block which I had more time left after (12 min).

So doing a test day simulation really helped with the anxiety and help me to try the snacks and what changes to do during the real exam.

Good luck everyone!





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Hw many blocks of uw or kaplan online QBank did u used to do per day...I can do one and a half block per day..can u suggest hw to speed up ? Wat abt the drug ads,biostats and psychiatry..





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