motivated2
Forum Senior
Topics: 5
Posts: 157
|
thanks for all your suggestions. About taking Vit b12 , will it cause increased sleepiness? Reason why im asking is i can't afford to be sleepy all the time. just your personal opinion abt it...thanks
BTW Congratulations w/ your UDMNJ Surgery training. That's a wonderful hospital!
I still remember Pathmark grocery store over there 11 yrs ago. The weather gets crazy there.. snow gets up to 12 feet so prepare your shovel & your thick coat. But it's a wonderful place... you'll get to see the spring blooms in Belleville by the winding road.
If you're from NJ you know what Im talking abt. Good luck & again Congratulations..
|
| aimhigh
Forum Elite
Topics: 22
Posts: 148
|
congratulations, Shavil! Your notes are very inspiring. Enjoy your residency and I wish you the very best on the way to be a great surgeon.
By the way, if it does not cost you too much time, could you please write us your experience about the preparation, interview etc. Especially I'd like to know the time to submit the application, ask for the reference letter, clinical experience in us!!! Thanks a lot!
congrats again
|
| achilles
Forum Guru
Topics: 87
Posts: 1,208
|
congratulations sharvil on getting into the residency you wanted...well done and now its time to party and enjoy before you get busy again with your residency ...
sharvil, whenever you login the next time can you pls tell me this- by what time I should submit my application forms for 2007's match? How important is usce for the match? what program would you recommend that provides this usce? are step 1 and step 2 ck scores only good enough if i plan to apply by 1st week of oct or should i delay my application and go with all 3 scores...Thanks again and wish you good luck for residency and a very good life.
your post was really inspiring and it sums up what we all goo thru during our preparations for these exams.
___________________
" it's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up"
" i have miles to go before i sleep "
|
| zinnia21
Forum Newbie
Topics: 2
Posts: 19
|
 hi can anyone guide me??????? i am doing mbbs in india finalprof part one.i want to appear in step2ck straight away without giving step one first...is it ok to try this? my internship starts in jan2008...pls advice how to study for mbbs as well as step2?????
|
| sharvil
Forum Senior
Topics: 23
Posts: 122
|
hey motivated, aimhigh, achilles, thanks a lot. i will try to post my experiences on the interview trail.
hello zinnia, welcome to the club. you can give the usmles in any order. however right now i would say concentrate on mbbs. once u finish final mbbs part 2, then you will be in a much better position to give the usmles. good luck.
___________________
Be POSITVE, thats my blood group
|
| zinnia21
Forum Newbie
Topics: 2
Posts: 19
|
thanks a zillion for replying.. advice taken.. congrats again.. few more  questions how much do prof marks in our college matter?i scored only 64.5% in both 1st,2nd prof... and does doing pg from india before appearing in usmle opffer any advantage except security and work experience or its time waste since they prefer fresh graduates?
|
| sharvil
Forum Senior
Topics: 23
Posts: 122
|
some programs dont prefer old grads zinnia. some will not mind. depends on program. if you "want" to come to usa, then just come here without wasting time in India. Coming here and doing things will be very very tough in the start, you will question yourself a 100 times, why did i do this when i was so comfortable in india?? but if you have the fire, you will do it.
i think anything above 60% in mbbs is really good. i dont know about your marking system in your college.
___________________
Be POSITVE, thats my blood group
|
| zinnia21
Forum Newbie
Topics: 2
Posts: 19
|
thanks for answering...its so hard to find ppl ready to guide so unselfishly.. i get ur point.. in my college too 60% above is good bt i am nt in top5...so i had doubts..u r rt no use wasting time in india beyond mbbs..thanks again..best of luck sir
|
| wyvern
Forum Guru
Topics: 3
Posts: 132
|
Hey zinnia, just wanted to add that there s not much correlation between mbbs performance and usmle scores.... I ve got friends who were average students in mbbs but who got 99 in usmle... N some bright mbbs students didnt manage 99s( though they got 90+)
|
| sharvil
Forum Senior
Topics: 23
Posts: 122
|
u r right wyvern, the entire approach is different, but nevertheless i would advise all to prepare well for their Final MBBS very well, esp medicine, pedia, psychi, ob-gyn and surgery as it will lay a very strong foundation for usmle. they will prepare u for the clinical vignette type of questions that is the most common format of questions in the exam.
___________________
Be POSITVE, thats my blood group
|
| wyvern
Forum Guru
Topics: 3
Posts: 132
|
|
| wyvern
Forum Guru
Topics: 3
Posts: 132
|
Btw sharvil which book did you use for obg?
|
| sharvil
Forum Senior
Topics: 23
Posts: 122
|
for obgyn in mbbs i used dutta, the ones my seniors told me, i think it was pretty good and obgyn was not exactly my fav subject. now for step 2 i used kaplan for obgyn.
___________________
Be POSITVE, thats my blood group
|
| wyvern
Forum Guru
Topics: 3
Posts: 132
|
ok thanx, am using dutta too but my professor told me that it has some inaccuracies so wasnt too sure whether to continue using it........ anyway thanx for helping!
|
| Surfer
Forum Newbie
Topics: 0
Posts: 22
|
Hello Sharvil,
First thing great many congratulations for your successfully getting entered in your residency of interest: SURGERY which accidentally is my turn-on too
|
| Surfer
Forum Newbie
Topics: 0
Posts: 22
|
Oops I think the Enter button was pushed by mistake...lol anyways...
I am on the road to prepare for Step 2, it will be my first US exam to start with.
I'm done with Pediatrics once over and almost done with OB/GYN, but as during all these years I always enjoy going through my textbooks, and even though I'm quite a fast-reader it makes my progress a bit slow. I have a question for you. Do the outlines in the Kaplan Books really cover all the topics we need to know for the exam? I just want to make sure if I can trust in the outlines_ not the contents of each topic.
You may say I am a bit anally retentive, but I aim for 99 just as you did.
Wish you the best in all your future endeavours, and who knows we may meet each other in a not-too-much-distant future
|
| guggu
Forum Newbie
Topics: 0
Posts: 1
|
hi sharvil....read ur encouraging mail.....i'm new o this forum.....n i'm takin my step two in less than a mnths time nw.....any advice frm u is welcomed.....i have gone thru kaplan videos..n kaplan text books....doing world cd thez days.....is kaplan q bank a must??????? hw many hrs is it recommended to study??????
|
| sharvil
Forum Senior
Topics: 23
Posts: 122
|
hey surfer........i trust kaplan, those guys know their business and they are the best....but if u have been out of medical school for 3 years or more i guess it would be a good idea to brush through the text books....TRUST KAPLAN. good luck.
Hey guggu..kaplan q bank is good material. i could only finish half of it though because i was short of time...if u have time its good stuff...but i think usmleworld is the best stuff around especially the explanations....must read them........as for hours of study....the more the better....but it depends entirely on how you want to go about it......good luck.
___________________
Be POSITVE, thats my blood group
|
| infliximab
Forum Guru
Topics: 22
Posts: 320
|
HI SHARVIL,
YOU R GOD SENT. MY EXAM IS IN A COUPLE OF DAYS & I M ON COUNT DOWN. GETTING JITTERY & LOSING FOCUS, READING UR POST HAS RENEWED MY MOTIVATION.THANKS ONCE AGAIN.
|
| sharvil
Forum Senior
Topics: 23
Posts: 122
|
hello everyone, thanks for all the appreciation,,,,am starting my residency from july 1 so will not have lots of time to answer all ur queries, but would still try to answer as many as i can....
i m glad that i have been of help to fellow medical students and doctors.......
good luck to you all and may u all get a residency of ur choice,
sharvil
___________________
Be POSITVE, thats my blood group
|
| enigma1010
Forum Newbie
Topics: 0
Posts: 3
|
SHAVRIL's FIRST POST ON HOW TO SCORE 99 ON STEP 2 IS KEY!!!!! I saw this post and like many others used this as a motivator. I used to be a silent watcher on the forum. But after I received my score I thought I should post and tell everyone how important that confidence during the exam is!!!!! As I posted in the exam scores forum, I only got an 85/210 on step 1 last year. This year for step 2 I read for 6 weeks, but I also used the kaplan books as a guide thru rotations also. I would read all the 99's and say to myself thats such BS! No way all these people can get 99. 6 solid weeks of studyin, took the 3 week kaplan course in manhattan, studied nothing but kaplan books and did USMLE WORLD (USE IT AS A STUDY GUIDE!!!! DO SOME IN TUTOR MODE AND SOME IN TEST MODE!!!) I also did kaplan qbank (the new qbank is different from last years - Conrad fisher added more questions) and thats it! thats all i did. MY avg. were UW - 63.75%, kaplan qbank - 67%, NBME 2 - 510 (13 days before the exam).
Night before exam I didn't sleep much and I was scared of my performance as I never do well on these kind of exams. So I slept about 3-4 hrs. Read shavril's post the night before about 3-4 times. FOLLOWED IT EXACTLY!!!! wrote positive little words for myself between each block, but also i took a break after each block! I get tierd quick :P. By the time last section came I was drained and I went a 25 seconds into the section with breaks. I wrote on my scrap paper. LAST 46 pts. for today doctor. NOTHIN' BELOW 250!!!!
REAL EXAM - 246/99
|
| sharvil
Forum Senior
Topics: 23
Posts: 122
|
thanks a lot enigma for the appreication it means a lot. i dont have much time now unfortunately being crazy busy with my surgical residency.....however will try to help as much as i can. good luck.
___________________
Be POSITVE, thats my blood group
|
| ethics
Forum Senior
Topics: 19
Posts: 89
|
enigma congrats
|
| zaf3000
Forum Senior
Topics: 8
Posts: 87
|
sharvil,
I have just finished my medical school and currently doing my internship. I am about to start preparing for step 2 CK, mind you its my first USMLE step.
Do you think that Kaplan lecture notes books are enough(+ USMLEWORLD and KAPLAN QBANK)?
|
| zaf3000
Forum Senior
Topics: 8
Posts: 87
|
Congrats enigma
|
|
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
