sharvil
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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.
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| wyvern
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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!
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| Surfer
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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
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| Surfer
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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
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| guggu
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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??????
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| sharvil
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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.
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| infliximab
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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.
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| sharvil
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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
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| enigma1010
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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
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| sharvil
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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.
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| ethics
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enigma congrats
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| zaf3000
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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)?
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| zaf3000
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Congrats enigma
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| enigma1010
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Thanks ETHICS and ZAF3000. If I can be of any help to any of guys let me know! GOOD LUCK!
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| Adrish
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sharvil , this is the best advice which i can get from any 1 .. i m realy realy so thankful to You . MAY GOD give u more more n more successes in LIFE . You r a gem !
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| merris134
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Can you please tell us just the books you studied?
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| sharvil
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i studied kaplan, usmleworld thats all i can think of.
i solved all kaplan and usmleworld questions.
did kaplan simulated and nbme for practice .
good luck.
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| candace
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hi sharvil ur message was amazin and inspiring!! pleaes tell me whether writin the practice test on nbme was helpful or not... i'm a really average student... like just try to scrape thro exas in college do u think i can get high score too..how many hours of sleep is needed?
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