KEROCHI
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Read Read Read No matter what you're doing. How's every1 doing?
hippo, I am also listening on Goljan & tried to finish the 36, 44 , & 100 pp notes last night. i was glad I was able to stay up til 2am. 100 pp am getting there....
Will do more q's today.
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| drworm
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Hi everyone! Haven't posted in a couple of days. Just finished revising FA, yet again! I'm going to do one more revision before I take NBME test. Feeling a little down today. Need to find motivation. This test is freaking me out.
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| hippocampus
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hi all. hope the studying is going alright. i'm doing physio and pharm now. i have a question- how does bss compare to nms? i was looking at postings and those seem to be the two most popular after qbank. does any1 know if you can do nms questions by subject? gl to all. goljan is awesome, wish i could whistle like that...
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| drworm
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Concentrate...concentrate I keep telling myself. Okay did questions and revisions yesterday. Got thru Biochem and anatomy. Aiming for more today. I only wish i could retain the stuff that I am revising. It's all there and makes all sense when I read but things volatilize right after that....
How's evryone doing?
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| kaira
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hey everybody u all r dng gr8...........
wanted to ask u all a question......im dng pretest...micro...i find it very good to understnd the basics ....bt it takes a hell lot of time......i rembember kerochi u did mention in ur post u were dng pre test on biochem..........did u find it good??? i mean is it worth spending time on it ???
i hav booked my date fr oct-dec slot........currently on my 2nd read.....
any advice wuld be appreciated
hav a productive day everone
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| hippocampus
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hi all....well i guess i haved to go with nms. tried buy bss,but all sold out. i've been doing qbank by subj- goes fast that way. need more questions. happy studying.
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| KEROCHI
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hey every1,
sorry for not posting for 4 days, i think. We were OOT. i was constantly pressured not going back home at once for my computer. Anyway things are still thesame. I was finishing up w/ goljan audi, lectures & tommy's HY notes. Today will go back to serious studying again.
drworm, looking good w/ biochem. r u doing q's also?
hey kaira, how r u?
Yes. Biochem pretest helped me a lot but q's r quite hard. If I don't understand anything in it, I just look up at Lippincott. Same thing w/ FA. I was trying to see how they would make up q's for Biochem. It takes time to finish the explanations also but be patient. it's better to finish something & understand some if not all of its contents.
hippocampus,
I heard that NMS is also lengthy & other just picked some chapters like Behavioral sc fr the book. It has EXCEPT items( disadvantage bec it's not in MLE exam anymore) so just pick some topics that you think you need more practice.
Good luck to all. Have a productive day every1!!
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| hippocampus
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hey kerochi. thanks for the advice on nms....but i called borders and they said they could order the bss for me which is cool. now just gotta decide btwn the 2. anyways, going over physio now. gl all.
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| sturge_weber
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hey kerochi,could u tell me if the goljan audio and the patho kaplan notes combo will work fine.....
thanks
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| KEROCHI
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hi hippocampus,
you should be getting your BSS in less than a week if u already ordered it. GL w/ ur studies too.
sturge weber,
those are grt patho sources. Don't forget goljan's HY notes also. GL.
Yesterday was a hyperproductive day for me & Im hoping today would be the same. I am rereading all my notes etc & will do more q's today. Got a headache yest from reading but its okay. My bro in law said if that happens all the time.. Im almost ready..hehehe what a gauge huh?
will do FA today for the4th time plus q's. I am still scared to do NBME. Okay guys have a grt day evry1.
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| hippocampus
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good to hear you've been having a productive day kerochi. me too. i've been reading faster all of a sudden. maybe it's the anxiety. let's keep going. let's nail this exam. i haven't done nbme either. we have to though. i'm gonna force myself to take the nbme soon. don't know which is scarier- doing bss or nbme. ok gl all.
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| drworm
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Hi guys! Hope everyone's working hard. I've been revising and doing mcqs. Did 2 blocks of the USMLE CD that they sent me and got 43 and 41. How would you rate that? I'm scared to do NBME. When are you taking ur step 1 guys and when do you plan to do NBME?
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| hippocampus
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hi all....hey i stumbled across tommy's hy notes on the internet...kerochi- you said you were going through that. is it any good? reputable? just wondering. i don't want to add more to the plate so we'll see. ok gl all.
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| kaira
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hi kerochi
thnx a lot for ur advice.............i thnk i will stick to pretest as i kind of liked it.....its time consuming bt as u said its better 2 understnd some concepts well...thn knowing little........
best luck everybody
u guys r gr8
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| KEROCHI
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Hey that's a super score drworm!! Keep it up!
hippocampus, I am reading tommy's everytime i travel or just waiting in line for coffee, Jamba juice etc meaning it's an easy reading. got a lot of clues & advices from tommy. i started that since the 2nd mo of my review bec it's really looong. I t helps a lot.
hey kaira,
I did 50 q's from pretest pathophysio 7 it's great.
Im in trouble w/ micro/immuno.. did 50q's yest, only got 64% mostly wrong answers fr immuno. i noticed that most of the q's were fr FA.
Well have a productive day every1. GL w/all ur revisions.
Edited by KEROCHI on 07/28/05 - 10:35 AM
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| hippocampus
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thanks kerochi for the reply. quick question....does this look like the right one to you?
http://usmle.valuemd.com/tommykusmlestep1.htm
if so, thanks... then i will print it out too. man, i want this exam to be over with. i'm forgetting how to be a regular person. it's nuts. i wish i could be like everyone else enjoying the nice summer. oh well....gl 2 all.
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| KEROCHI
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yup that's the one & it's better now. What i mean is when I printed out my copies it was very loong bec it was not edited yet. There were lots of adlibs but these one looks like it is in smaller prints. mine is >300pp I think. It's from valuemd.com. GL hippocampus.
Don't worry abt having fun this summer, just think that next summer you won't be staying in your room studying step 1 anymore.
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| octospider
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Good luck you guys!
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| kaira
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if ur dng micro/immuno frm pretest and getng a low score.......dnt worry much as the qs are definately harder especially immuno.....
just keep gng .....i agree it does make ur basic more stronger
gl
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| KEROCHI
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got any tip/tips on how to remember bugs if they are enveloped/naked, single/double stranded??? it's making me nuts. I figured out how to remember the coagulase pos/neg stuff but not this one. Hellpp guys..
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| hippocampus
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hey every1...i was looking at pharm kaplan and it said that phenytoin increases the action of warfarin. is that correct? i thought phenytoin was a p450 inducer, in which case it should metabolize warfarin, decreasing its action. thanks ahead.
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| shyma
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Hi Kerochi ,
pls go thru the charts in FA they r easy to memorise .when u r done go thru them at random ,like from rt to left side of the column .Its easy that way .Also the page next to both charts .
G/L to all of u 
Shyma
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| KEROCHI
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hey guys thanks.
iam doing more q's nowadays. I won't let this exam lower my self esteem. i encourage myself & evry1 else to read read read, revise revise revise.. GL for today...
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| hippocampus
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i all hope the studying is going well. got my bss today pretty excited...kinda. just trying to stay motivated while all my friends are partying out tonight. like you said kerochi...my motivation is never to have to think about this exam again. so back to the reading. gl everyone.
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| KEROCHI
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Today is another hyperproductive day for me. trying to raise my score in physio. Will start pathophysio pretest & kap qbank for it. Gee this is unending but it's okay... "I just don't want to see this step 1 again...I am eager to move on" so Please help me/us GOD.
how's every soul doing? hope you're not taking a break for wkend too much. Read Read Read
Revise revise revise. That's our slogan for the succeeding week or so. Keep saying that to yourself & you'll be anxious.....stressed....read .. read...revise revise..
GL to you all...
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