Moctopod
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Hey Sis
Nine weeks. You can get through lots. Wow, three readings already as well. :lol:
Can I ask a quick question? After listening to Goljan, you said you move on to his notes, and then the 100 pages. What do you mean by his notes? Is it the 36 pages? Or your own notes from the audio?
Study well!
Moc
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hi moc
i got a set of notes by Dr.Goljan from one of my friend(xeroxed) but i dont know what those notes are.how is uir preparation going on?i think you are little bust with your labs?rt?
another day wasted .....its already 4 days that i didnot do well.i hate such days of unproductivity before the exam.
HOPE MY DAY WILL BE FRUITFUL.
PLANNING TO COMPLETE 60 PGS OF PATHOLOGY.
HAPPY STUDYING EVERY ONE!!!
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| krushna
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You are really working hard Kiran.
You are so much determined,i wish GOD should give some of it to me .
Good to see you almost finished with 3 rd revision.
Because of inconsistency in last few days,my confidence agin gone down.It seems whenever i get a long break,away from books,it take even more longer to come back.
It again a shock for me when i am opening the books now.It seems this way i will keep revising and revising .
For me most important thing is to finish it now.
Anyway no more excuses.
I am on Goljan now.Just bought Rapid review for step one.Finiding it good.
Trying to recover with the help of Goljan audio for now.
How are you doing now?
Wish you good lck with your plans!
Happy studying!
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hi krushna
good to see you back in the orum with your studies....yes its true if we lose some days we will go out of the track completely.i'm just struggling a lot to be in the track again. :oops:
today is a better day than yesterday but on the whole did not do well.neither did i do the questions nor i completed the set portion. :oops:  :-& :? :x
i feel so terrible that i just cant concentrate on the studies....i know besides the days that i lost due to some inevitable reasons i'm also losing these days due to tension....should i say lazyness or carelessness otherwise......? :x <red_eye> <:big_eeys:> :-k
well now i have decided that untill i complete my set target for tomorrow i'll not write down my dairy.i got used to my dairy that i begin my day by entering something into it.now the zeal to write down my dairy will push me forward.this may sound fooloish or silly to many but i'm going to do this.this is just one more way to get myself on to the groove. :-& :-& :-# :-# <:help:>
happy studying everyone!!!
see you all soon.
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| Roxanita
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Hi Kiran,
I think it would be a better way to write what we accomplished that day than our wish plan... uhm... maybe also to write our plan for the next day:roll:...  well I am just to following your idea kiran, so I think it's a great idea what you've got here :P Maybe I will follow you too 
You know your stuff Kiran, don't panic, you will do great, just relax and stick to your schedule, I am also in a mood again and feel great :wink:
Have a great time studying kiran :icon_study:
Roxy.
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| pinkangel
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Hi Kiran,
It seems like many of my friends in Diaryland are suffering from USMLE-stress! I just told niti not to beat herself up for taking a break from her studies. Remember my bouts of tension and laziness during my journey? It's normal and to be expected. What helped me was to write down what I accomplished that day even though it wasn't much. This way, I could see that I needed to pick up the pace when my accomplishments didn't measure up to my goals for the day.
I just wanted to stop by to say hello and to wish you well. :wink:
Love,
pinkangel
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| niti
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Hi kiran,
No stress..no tensions about anything...I am saying these words for u as well as these words r true for me too 8) bec. it only waste MORE TIME...& this is not rt. !!
Keep going..I think we have covered >half way..even we were turtles from the begining lol Now...ready to win the race..
Keep going..
niti
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hi rox,niti,pink for encouraging me.....i'm feeling ok now....not good though.i really feel blessed to have you all and this forum as my study partners.....its all your support that pushes me forward.
now atlast i have done something today....
i completed CVS from goljan...heard his 2 lectures of CVS and then completed nutrition and cell injury.
i cud also do a set of 63 Q...well scoring is very low......got 35/63.
i did not go thru the explainations yet...will go thru them now and sleep.
i cudn't resist from browsing thru the forum....and also the journals here.
now i'll go back to the explainations and then sleep.
see you all tomorrow.
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| krushna
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Well done!
Keep going kiran,thats the only way.
Happy studying!
May todays day & everyday in future also be fruitful to you.
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hello all
things are going on well slowly........i can find myself near the groove but not still into the groove.
yesterday i did nutrition again,neoplasia then did a set of 50 questions from q-book in anatomy.my scoring in anatomy is very low....got only 58%.any suggestions how i can imp[rove myself in anatomy.........i cud also complete respiratory system......
ok friends got to now ......back to my studies!!!
happy studying evryone!!!!!
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| niti
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Hi kiran,
Keep going..u r doing great ! For Ana..I think its a matter of pure memorization evil ..I guess no better way.. except make some good mnemonics..and, also see all those imp. points from FA again...I hope it will help !
Keep Up..
niti
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| wombat
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Hi Kiran,
As Dr. Goljan said, the more you read, the higher you score. I felt very clear about anatomy when I first listened to the kaplan lectures. Then during my read, I felt so frustrated cuz I totally could not understand/retain things I used to be able to. Then things got better when I read the notes again. So keep reading and you will feel better. I still feel anatomy is my weakest subject but my NBME form 2 said I am doing good in this subject now. (I hope it's true though) Things will make more sense when you repeat encountering them. Happy studying.
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hi niti
thanks for your valuable advice.
i solved some of the questions in q book yesterday found some of them were out of our kaplan books.i know anything can be asked but i'm just scared if the usmle people go into much depth.......i'm very poor in the basics particularly anatomy and physio.
another worst part is i hate memorisation....by which i tend to forget things easily.but i dont think any other way will help me in anatomy except pure memoriasation for a no:of times.
making my own mneumonics is a very good idea.i'll do that....
thank you once again.
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hey wombat
thanks for your input here.....ya i agree repeated memorisations may help me out.evn for me...anatomy is one of the two weakest subjects(anatomy & physio).
thanks a lot for your valuable advice.
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good morning all
got up just now.....slept very lately last night.
i cud complete inflammation,GIT,and most of the renal pathology......
but i cud not do questions....just did a few of them around 20.
ok then here i go now to complete rest of the pathology......but after having a cup of coffee.
happy studying everyone!!!!!
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| Moctopod
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Hi Kiran
How are you? It seems like your making great progress.
Path + coffee = lovely combination.
I'm trying to quit caffiene but woke up two hours later than planned tonight. :oops:
Study well, Sis!
Yours,
Moc
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hey thanks a lot moc for cheering me up...
yesterday i dinot do much....was kind of break for me....went out for shopping and then saw the movie HITCH....good one....but no more movies till my exam is over......
well i shud complete patho by tomorrow and do the question sets in q-book in patho-physio....my q-book scores are very low....around 60%....which is scaring me a lot.....
any tips friends for improving the score....
ok now i will hit the books....
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| niti
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Hey kiran,
How r u ? How did u spend your Sat.QBOOK score..60% ..I will not say its soo bad..definitely it will improve after finishing third revision ( add Goljan's audios..one more time )..
Keep Up..
niti
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| pinkangel
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Hi Kiran,
Wonderful progress! Now you are almost done with pathology. Whew! :P About the Q book scores - I agree with Niti - 60% is really not as bad as you think. I talked to many people studying at the Kaplan center during my time and they were ranging in the 40's-mid 60's. The questions are very hard and detailed - if you can get up to mid to high 70's by the end of your preparation, then you are set. Like niti said, keep reading and doing questions, listen to Goljan to help you slap everything together. I will confess something to you - I listened to Goljan whenever and wherever I could - even when I was in the bathroom! I'm not kidding. You won't believe how much information sticks in your brain from the oddest places and times that you've listened to the magical Dr. Goljan. :shock:
You WILL get there. <:wahtch_where_you_go:>
Love,
pinkangel
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hello friends
though i'm reading everyday...i feel that i'm becoming more slow day by day.have done just CNS and musculoskeletal systems in pathology from past two days :oops: .tomorrow is my last day for patho. :roll:
hi niti and pink
thanks a lot for your valuable encouragement....but today i got very less score in patho.i feel ver awful to reveal my score.your posts in nmy dairy lift up my spirits.thanks once once again for being there for me. :lol: :lol: :lol:
my schedule till may 5:
MAR 15----->complete my thrid revision and do the usmle cd.
MAR15-APR 15----->subcribe Q-bank for one month.
APR 15----->NBME form 1
APR 15-APR 30------>revise all the kaplan notes once(4th reading) along with Q-book and FA.
APR 30------>NBME form 2
MAY 1-MAY 4------->revise all the topics in which i'm weak and revise FA.
MAY 5------->THE BIG DAY. :roll: :| :? :shock: :shock:
friends ...is this ok?any suggestions for me...oh ya i didnot forget goljan ...will to do one lecture per day. :wink:
all your suggestions mean a lot to me...please help me in making a good schedule as this is the final one!!!!and also the big day is nearing. :idea:
good nite evrybody!!!!
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| niti
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Hi kiran,
Your plan looks perfect..but,since your date is fixed now..u have to follow your schedule tightly.One thing I want to add here ( I am doing this for my final revisions..)....recognize your wk areas..don't focus on subject as a whole..now,focus only on those wk areas..& u will definitely see the improvement in scores !
Keep Up..
niti
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| Roxanita
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Hi Kiran
This is your 3rd review and you know your stuff, don't get discourage with tests results; you still have a long way to go before your exam and your schedule looks pretty good, just stick to it and do looooots of questions, read the explanation and save it to your hardrive :shock:
Keep going Kiran, you are doing good :wink:
Best wishes,
Roxy.
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hi niti
you gave me a real superb idea to focus on my weak areas.i will definetly do it now.
rox
your idea of sticking the notes into the hard drive is really good.i'm already doling that.but the only thing is i shud revise them all agaiun which i'm not doing.
well i completed most of the patho....still left with endocrines and fliud & hemodynamics.will complete it by today evening and and start biochem....i've got only 6 days do complete my third revision....as niti said i've got a very tight schedule and time is running uyp.i need to be more studious.
will get back to studies now after my klunch break..
sorry for all the type mistakes....correcting all of them really takes a lot of time for me.i apologise for that/
happy studying evryone!!!!
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| berkeleyboy
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I couldn't have planned it any better, myself.
You can do it!!!
Berk
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| niti
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Hi kiran,
Just to say Hello..
u r doing great..
Keep Up your hard work..
niti
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