squirrels
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hey everyone,
i have my step1 scheduled for march 30th. I plan on starting my final revision in march. I m using these last few days to get rid of virgin topics. ( i have a few cuz i usually skip the chapters i dont like).
I did everything from Kaplan.
Oh yeah i havent done pharma properly even once, (cuz i hate it) i read thru kaplan once then bought pharma cards, and had nighmares aboout them and finally i bought the "road map" book and am workin on that. Otherwise i m pretty much done with my 2nd revision.
I get 50% average on the practice Kaplan Qs,
help me out here......whats the way to go?
How shall i plan this out?
I m not opposed to delaying my exam, my eligibility period is till april 30th.....but i d like to get it over with if i can.......this amout of stress is not fun and id like to get rid of it if i can. I d like a score past 85...
what do u all suggest?
thanx in advance.
i WILL pay it forward when i can.
thanx :roll:
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| berkeleyboy
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I've pretty much went thru the kaplan books too. Almost done with physio- my last book. I'm planning to just do like 200Q a day when I wake up, grade them, and read the kaplan books over again 2 more times before the exam. What else can you do?
good luck
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| squirrels
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what's ur average score on the practice tests at this point?
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| drfnky
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hi squirels,
i've been enjoying ur input and well, the whole forum for a while now. i'll be taking my exam nxt week, march 2nd. and at this point, i think all i need is prayers. i've gone thru all the materials i can lay my hands on and well, i guess i'm tired of re-reading the same stuff. i get btwn 56 & 60% on kaplan tests and i think thats okay. but ithink one can't go thru first aid enough.i'm going thru it for the 3rd time now and i have pharmac and physio to go. i believe all will go well for us.
see ya at the top :lol:
fnky
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| berkeleyboy
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I'm hitting about 75% on everything I do, whether I do them random or by subject. But I haven't done that many questions yet. So far I've only done like 500Qbank and 400NMS. I'll let you know tho once I start cranking them out.
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| squirrels
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:? really? i m only making 55%, do u think this is a call for me to postpone my exam?
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| berkeleyboy
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exam. What approach are you trying to take? Are you aiming to pass? Get the mean? Or destroy it? The way I look at it, the practice questions we use are going to be a lot easier than the actual usmle as everyone already says. I read from the kaplan Q book, that getting 70% on the actual usmle means your getting a score above the mean. 5 weeks seems very short but US medstudents only study for like 4-6 weeks and most of them get the mean. Ask yourself what your goals are and take the exam when you feel prepared to achieve those goals. I know its difficult to tell, I'm in the same situation.
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| squirrels
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my friends who ve taken the step 1 say that the usmle is very different from the Q bank, but i havent had anyone say its harder. But thanks for adding that to my list of things to worry about :cry: I ve just decided to do what i can and then take the NMBE test the week before and then ill decide from that score whether to take it or not. I just really dislike the whole being stress out all the time.....and naturally i d like a high score but not at the expense of my sanity. I dont know if everyone gets as stressed out as i do.....it doesnt seem like it. I dont know how the hell i got into and then out of med school.
Are u supposed to feel like u dont know anything, all the time?
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| berkeleyboy
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either....Sometimes in med school I had to read things like 8 times to get it down. And embryo? jeez I read our schools syllabi for embryo like 13-14 times...ridiculous...and to this day its still one of my worst subjects. I don't feel like I have mastery of anything at all. When I'm taking exams I feel like I'm guessing most of the time. I think stress happens to all of us...I used to have diarreah 3-4 times the morning of most of my exams. I solved that problem by bringing pepto and taking loperamide the night and day of the exam....I feel you about the stress...
and about q bank? my friend....there have been many posts of those scoring around 70-75% on qbank and getting 99s on the real thing...go figure
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| squirrels
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i thought i was the only one who spent so much of my study time in the bathroom! :lol: But i m never really afraid of the actual exam i e i m all happy the day before and of the exam, cuz by that time my mind's saying "what can u do now?"
and i feel the same way u so about embryo!
so hey, thanks for ur advice, its been comforting......and i ll keep harassing u as the time draws near and as i have more panic attacks.
later.
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| berkeleyboy
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we're all in this together!!
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| renu
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i also feel that i mguessing the answers.may b someone who has given the exam can guide
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