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my biggest mistake was not turing off my cell before sleeping..and assuming that noone would be stupid to call me late night as my friends know that i hav a big exam tomorow.. but a friend called me at 1 am at night and then i cudnt sleep after that...was realy disturbed
another mistake was .. pushing the red button of water cooler in exam cetnre.. n burnt mouth with boiling water!
through out my preparation... my mistakes were.. Panicking.. and wasting time in anxiety... being fearful of exam...
the other biggest mistake was not starting MCQs on time.. starting them v late...
leaving things to end.... and taking long time for preparation..
not doing NBME to assess my self..
not doing goljan slides
not doing UW and not paying attention to ethics... where i scored lowest.. and not revising patho quickly...
but the most important thing is that
DONT FORGET TO TURN UR CELLS OFF AT NIGHT!!
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| P4a99
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I hope you are still friends 
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| deja_vu
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My biggest mistake: I took 4 months break in between my preparation. I read step1 for 3-4 months then started preparing GRE, TOEFL and Searched universities for MPH, applied to all and kept follow ups.I had to start it again and read 3-4 months more. In the whole process I think I worked 1month extra because of the break. Never do such kind of silly things.
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| ABLAH20
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My biggest mistake was falling in love with someone during prepration for the exam
Never let anything or anyone distract you from achieving your goals.
You will have plenty of time to do whatever you want after acing the exam.
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| myeloma
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ABLAH20 wrote:My biggest mistake was falling in love with someone during prepration for the exam Never let anything or anyone distract you from achieving your goals. You will have plenty of time to do whatever you want after acing the exam.
WOW! wat a unique mistake! never heard that one before. i hope that "someone"isnt around to read ur post or things might get nasty
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| Zozo
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This is a wonderful thread!
thank you!
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USMLE is like any other exam, only it's slightly more difficult
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| drjmch
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My biggest mistake was just studying qbanks from usmleworld...... I'm not saying the questions aren't good, but there are so many questions there that are way more difficult than the real test. I also didn't have enough time to study during the day (because I am an IMG and have a 8 hours job), so I just could dedicate about 2 or 3 hours a day to study and it really kept me out of focus. Just received my score and I failed. Funny thing is that most of the vignettes were really familiar.... but since I studied several months I just had forgotten what I studied the first month......so, my advice is, do not waste your time.
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| hiprized
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[quote=ABLAH20]My biggest mistake was falling in love with someone during prepration for the exam
Never let anything or anyone distract you from achieving your goals.
You will have plenty of time to do whatever you want after acing the exam.[/quote
this is so true.....i think it is the biggest distraction or biggest help you can get...for me...it was a big distraction and spent a lot of time that i could have used for studying....in the middle...i had to let go of her.
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| cNOfussedLA
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I just finished my basic sciences at a Caribbean Medical school (WUSM) and I am preparing myself to study for the Step 1. I'm not sure how to go about it...with what topics to start with. Right now I feel like I don't know anything and feel very discouraged. If yall can give me any tips on what books you used, what topics you studied together and started with...it will be greatly appreciated. THANKS!!
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| magdy
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hey sup guys thanks for all these benificial information it really help but i have a question i'm in my preparation for step 1 and i wann know what is the best time to take usmle world
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| sleepy_student
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hi magdy, i havent taken step 1 yet, although i'm taking it soon...some ppl like to do UW after they have revied the material at least once. others like to wait until the last month to do it, and others (like myself) like to do it while u study.
i started UW the same time i started to study for step 1, and it helped me A LOT, since the questions were tricky, and the explanations were really good. u learn a lot from the explanations, and i made notes in my books from info that was found in UW. it also helped me get used to the types of questions that will appear on the exam. i did 50 questions a day, timed, and mixed, and then took about 2 hours reading the explanations (all of them, right and wrong), and made notes if i needed to. after i had finished doing the unused questions, i started doing all the ones i got wrong.
so, ultimately, it's up to you, but i would recommend doing them timed. it will only take you a little over a month to finish the whole question bank if you do 50 questions a day. hope this helps, and good luck in your studies
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| magdy
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Thanks sleepy_student that is really great i will take your advice and your way too i will start doing the Q bank with my 2nd review
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| yousefreda
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DO NOT SUMMARIZE USMLEWORLD EXPLANATION... I DID AND IT WAS A WASTE OF TIME .. .SUCH LOW YIELD INFORMATION... UW IS DETAILS... STEP 1 IS BASICS
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| SHIFFO9
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hi doc
which is best kaplan dvd or goljen audio....?
thx doc
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