berkeleyboy
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things are cool over here in europe. Right now I'm in dublin and heading over to london for the weekend cuz a buddy of mine was relocated there for work. Next weekend I'm going to belgium cuz I've never been! this is actually my 4th visit to europe so I'm trying to stay towards the western english speaking parts since this side of europe is all new to me. I'm having an amazing time, the irish are so friendly and so approachable and easy to talk to. I've been drinking a lot as usual and its really been keeping my mind off the score. I feel almost 0 anxiety these days, and am really enjoying myself. Last night I went to a college ball, and partied like a rockstar with 500 18-19 year olds. Although I'm about 10 years older than these guys, everyone thinks I look young, someone even thought I was 17 the other day! this is great!
take care, exam is near, just push thru, and do a hard finish,
remember this exam is like a marathon, you'll have ups and downs, you'll have to work hard, and to win your going to have to sprint the final lap and go for the gold.
Berk
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remember this exam is like a marathon, you'll have ups and downs, you'll have to work hard, and to win your going to have to sprint the final lap and go for the gold
thank you very much berk.your words are really inspiring and encouraging...thanks once again.i really need them now,as my exam is judt 3 weeks away.well i'm not able to reduce the anxiety.i started doing meditation which is helping me but not to the complete extent
and i feel this is usual and everybody goes thru it. :shock: :roll:
hope ypou are having a great time in europe.enjoy well. :lol: :lol: 8)
coming to my studies,i completed patnho from FA yesterday and now i'll switch over to goljan patho.i will include goljan audio lectures (daily 2 classess). :lol: :lol: :P 8)
goodluck everyone and happy studying!!!
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| Alina T
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yes, berk's words are exactly what i need to hear now too... but haa, my final sprint somehow looks more like a self-dragging.
kiran, don't worry just now, you have PLENTY of time for the final brush up. save your freaking-out-energy for the last week. that's the tough one, trust me! 
I wish you peace, strength and patience.... We'll be done with this soon!!!!!!
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hey alina
thanks a lot for your words here.they mean a lot to me.thanks for your support.i wish you goodluck for your exam and scores.dont worry you will de very good.
now i'm left with 50 Q from my Q-bank mand th9is is the last day.planning to take nbme either tomorrow or day after.wish me luck guys!!!!
yesterday i scored well in patho and probably that made me not to study all day.did not do much.was before the computer for a long time.and for today no more browsing ...i promise.
ok huys will get back to you later.....
happy studying!!!!
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| krushna
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Hey good luck Kiran!
You are doing good.
Please keep us posted about tour NBME.I also want to take it.But i need to make sure a good internet connection before taking it.So may be i will try it in next week only.Other thing is i dont want to take it too early also.I need to schedule my exam yet.Haven't got the orange permit.Hopefully i will get it tomorrow.I am waiting lke this from last couple of days.But i am just glad to get the may-june-july slot.THnaks again to you.
ok then,i will leave now.
Good luck!!!keep pushing!!!
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| laila
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And a very good one at that. Just keep ur pace for the last 3 weeks and u r there.
U have worked hard, and ur day of grand performance will be just great.
I know u will do very well on the exam too, so just keep calm. And think positive thoughts. Our attitude can be our best or worst weapon. And it is so much in our control.
I am just thinking I will really miss u in this forum. But then the step2 ck forum is just one click away. forgive me for daydreaming, .
All the best
Laila
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hi laila
thank you soooo much for your words.you indeed lifted up my spirits 8) :P .but to be honest i didnot work hard as needed.(this is not like fishing for compliments :wink: ) but its the truth.i'm just worried if i can get a good score.another worst thing is i cant postpone my exam due to some commitments :oops: .so what all i can do should be done within 3 weeks.
i feel i have a very little time. :roll:
sorry for venting out like this.but it was spontaneous.
thanks a lot for your inputs in my dairy.i think i need to be more positive.its true that positive feelings really help us push ourself.
thanks laila. :lol: :lol:
as usual happy studying!!! :lol: :lol:
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hello evreybody
today i completed Q-bank with an average of 62% :oops: :roll: .i planned to take nbme form 1 tomorrow but i really feel scared to take it :roll: :? :shock: .its like a real exam for me.wish me luck friends. :P
laila
your posts in niti's dairy was really really awesome :lol: .you are a great writer.wish i cud write like you :wink: .you are just great in writing and giving such valuable advices.dont worry about my leaving this forum....i still need to get thru this exam (with a decent score).wish i get a score of my desire.it wud be really great then.hey even i'm daydreaming here :| :shock: ......but to be honest this feeling is really great.(me passing off with a good score). :wink: :wink:
hi krushna
ya sure i'll tell you about my nbme scores :!: ....i know waiting is painful...but have patience and you will get your permit 8) :idea: .goodluck.
hope the best for you. :lol:
ok friends,now i'll go thru some of the physio from FA before sleeping.i want to sleep early today.for some reason i'm feeling drowsy now. :| :?
ok goodnite forum and all my friends here. :lol: :lol:
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| wombat
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Hey Kiran, just go ahead and take form 1. I gota go out so refer to my post to Niti.  Good luck.
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| Moctopod
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Hi Sis
How are you? I know I haven't written in a long while. Today I'm in a hurry too, but I wanted to write to say hello, and to send some encouragement. You know, I often think that except for heroes like Berk and Wombat it's almost impossible to think that you've ever done enough work for this exam. Your QBank scores have been going up every week though, and I think the time pressures will now add new focus.
So keep at it, Sis. You're nearly there!
Yours,
moc
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hi everybody
i took nbme form 1.got a very low score.its below the passing mark and i dont know what to do now.
i'm left with just less than a month.ii can postpone the exam only till 13 of may and not more than that.will i be able to score high?i dont have any other options.i dont want to get thru this exam with just a min mark.i want to get a high score.any suggestions plz.i'm really very depressed and in a position where i cant see any hopes.
somebody please suggest me as what i shud do.i got 360.i totally lost confidence in myself.
to mys urprise the score report was jsut opp to the one in my Q-bank.i was weak in nervous system and anatomy and very well in patho and micro.in nbme it ws the opp.
now which one shud i take into consideration?????
plz suggest me something.
bye.
kiran.
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| wombat
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Have you listened to kaplan lectures? How many questions have you done so far?
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hi wombat
i didnot use kaplan videao lectures,but used webprep lectures.i'm done with kaplan notes for 3 times.now i'm doing the 4 revision.
how is rapid review questions by goljan?are they worth doing now?i finished my Q-bank.
any suggestions are welcome!!!
thanks
kiran.
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| usmlerock
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hey kiran ,dnt worry ......what u can do is that u shud try fishing more and more qs( and their explanations the ones that u got wrong)......and then go back to study the same sub in kaplan esp those which nbme has pointed out for u ,coz we all know tht nbme is a better correlation than kap q bank ....also u shud concentrate now more on those weaker area and if u think u have time try to do qs frm bss ,only those which are ur weakeness.....and then go back to kaplan notes and revise........try to read the explanation of the qs u got wrong
see,u cannot do anything more than this so first thing is ...dont panic and u still have alot of time ...........try all yr efforts in this month thats all u can do
another thing is .....u can retake nbme four times after u think u are done bcoz practising nbme can as well raise yr score
all the best to u
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hi usmlerock
thanks for your valuable advice.i postponed my exam to may 13.so now i've 26 days in my hand.i'm trying to put in more no: of hrs.
i started hearing goljan and finished 2 classes today.i also started revising kaplan notes.
i didnot understand what you said about nbme.you said that we can retake nbme for 4 times.what does that mean?once i register for the exam then can i take the exam for 4 times.can you please tell me how?
thanks a lot!!!
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| KEROCHI
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hi kiran,
Do more q's as much as you can.. & do your revision now..
It's good you still have a month to study! Down day for me too but it's fine we could do this.. Read read read & let's do more quali. time as much as we can in reading.
You can do it...
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hi kerochi
thank you very much for your advice.
good to see "motivated new step 1" in the prep journals.
ya i'm studying everything again. as i said before i included goljan lectures again.
do you have any idea about rapid review by mosby?is it worth doing now? how many questions does it contain.
thank you
kiran.
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| KEROCHI
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Hi kiran,
I think that's the rapid review by goljan. It's a review book w/ >1200Q's . Not sure if that's avail in CD. I have read this in one of the examinee's exp.
Have you done the Kaplan Q Book? or maybe do the qbank again for a month?/ Just a suggestion..
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| krushna
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Hi little sister!
Sorry to hear about the bad day!
Its just part of it,dont get discouraged ,keep on reading.You still have got lot of time.Keep patience.Give yourself 15 days to improve ,then take nbme again.I think you postpone your date by 10 days
& I feel that will be enough ! I have faith in you ,you will come up with flying colors!All the best!
Haven't got hold of orange permit yet.
They should atleast send the number with which i can schedule the date in email...its so frustating....... 
Anyway i am on my revisions.doing 50 que /day.Getting 65-70%.Still a lot topics to improve.
Do well...keep faith. You will be fine!
its just my few cents....do as per suitable plan for you.
bye for now!
Take good care of urself !
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hi kerochi
thanks a lot for the info you gave.i'll go with Q-book which i have completed nearly half.i will also try to get rapid review.
hi krushna
thanks for calling me sister.dont worry about your permit.you know these 2 days are holidays and so probaly it might be the reason for the delay.if till next weekend and then call them or email them.i think that will solve it.65-70% is great.you are doing really well.keep it up.
ok then happy studying everyone!!!
kiran.
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| ars
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Hi kiran,
You are a hard working person.Don't worry about low nbme score.Maybe there are people who don't post their low scores ,they post everything when they finally get succeed.At least,you had courage to do it ! Definitely,you can improve it .Checkout the score thread,maybe you can find so many low qbank/nbme etc. scores getting 90sss.Everything is possible.Don't loose hope.
GL & wishes
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| usmlerock
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u wrote :didnot understand what you said about nbme.you said that we can retake nbme for 4 times.what does that mean?once i register for the exam then can i take the exam for 4 times.can you please tell me how?
my answer:
once u have gone thru yr weaker areas then u shud take again nbme worth 45$ and if u have time and money then i d suggest u shud try to take nbme 4 times that is 45 bucks multiplied by4 ......pple have improvedtheir scores by jotting down their missed qs in nbme and then retaking nbme 4 times ...hope it helps
good luck and nver loose hope
goodbye for now
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hi ars
thankyou soooo much for the support.you really lightened the heaviness in my heart.thank you once again.
hi usmlerock
thanks a lot for the info you gave.
WHAT I DID YESTERDAY:-
did 2 classess of goljan with his notes.
did most of the physio from FA and cvs physio from kaplan.
FOR TODAY:-
two classess of goljan.....endocrine and gynaecology(1 class) along with the notes.
complete physiology from both FA and kaplan.
see ya
kiran.
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| wombat
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Hey Kiran,
I know it's discouraging to get 360 in NBME, but you should also be aware that you are currently on the steepest slope of the score curve, which means it's easiest to improve with this score when compared to a much higher one. You know it's always easier to improve from 360 to 460 than from 560 to 660. So first of all don't lose your heart.
I feel if I were you, I would read the kaplan notes more and listen to Goljan. I know it's important to do questions but you have finished Qbank, that's decent amount of questions to do for this exam. My friend who is from same country as I am only did kaplan Qbank and NBME. She got 96. She really read the notes a lot. So although people say do as many questions as you can, I strongly feel if you only have time left for one thing, that should be reading kaplan notes and understand the major concepts. If you have more time, then listen to Goljan more.
Make sure you get Patho, Physio and Pharma down. The anatomy Qs on NBME are not as picky, also not many in amount. I also thought at that time that my anatomy score on NBME was biased. After seeing my score report for the real exam, I think when everybody really fear anatomy, the Qs you get on exam are not that difficult. So NBME is right in assessing this part of knowledge, in my opinion. This doesn't mean you can forget about reading anatomy. You can't afford to skip any subject, cuz you never know what will be on your exam.
So my conclusion is: read kaplan notes one more time and do form 2.
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hi wombat
thank you verymuch for the suggestions.
i'm using kaplan and goljan and FA now.also i added rapid review questions ...so that i may not lose touch with doing questions.but my first target will be to complete the notes and then move on to questions.
is the rapid review by mosby and goljan the same thing?i dont have a clear idea about this.i saw in your experience that you did rapid review.can you please tell me whether they are both same?
thank you
kiran.
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