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  #76

Thanks ETHICS and ZAF3000. If I can be of any help to any of guys let me know! GOOD LUCK!

  #77

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 !

  #78

Can you please tell us just the books you studied?

  #79

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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  #80

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?

  #81

hey

i was just about to start "prep" for CK., this post was a great help.

im all for setting goals down in writing, and i do believe that making 99 is not impossible.and hey, congratulations!
i just had one q. any idea where i can buy the kaplan review books from?

thanks,

ambika


  #82

thanx sharvil, good work! I agree with everything you said in your first post. And I'm gonna do it, I really need a good score in this exam.
good luck everyone!

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  #83

Hi,
I am doing the NMS USMLE STEP2CK REVIEW 3RD EDITION bY Nandan bhatt.
it has 1000usmle step-2 quetions with cd.
Let me know if this will help me get a score of 90% on the step exam.

I am short of time.
I plan to do the NMS Q-book,Kapla Q Book and first aid Usmle step-2ck.

Is that sufficient?.
Please help.....


from
Dr.P.S.Varma
Hyderabad,India.















sharvil wrote:
you know what if you want a 99 it is possible, just follow these simple intructions, first of all decide that you want a 99, i mean if you decide that you want a 95 you will get a 90 so aim for 99 and nothing less. You are only limited by what you think. If i told you that you could never fail what would you do? Do not get frustrated easily, life has just started for you, take one step at a time and enjoy it. You have great intelligence and education and a great life in US, how many of your countrymen can get such an opportunity. here is what i would do......... i would sit down first for 2 hours shut down my cell phone and take a notepad and a pen and start answering the following questions with full honesty and sincerity.......... what do i want (if you are honest here you would say i want a 99 because anything less than that would be a lie), how would i feel when i have achieved my target? (think of you holding you usmle step 2 score sheet with a 99 and you giving your friends a great party and celebrating) what is preventing you from getting to your goal? how long would it take for you to reach your target? What are the resourses that you have that will help you reach your target? Do you have any role models who have got similar results? Describe your ideal day What is your timetable and plan for achieving your target? answer these questions, not orally, but write them down on paper. You can do this even in chinese, but your pen should not stop for half and hour, just keep on writing. then read it loud. go to the beach and stand in front of the sea and say it out loud. read it everyday after you wake up and before you go to bed. you need to be obsessed with the idea to get results. now you will start feeling more confident you should now start studying hard. first start by reading the first 50 pages of kaplan q book where they have shown you how to prepare for the test and how to answer the questions.................. there is a key to studying in medicine..before opening any book answer this question....Why am i reading this stuff? For whom am I reading this text book? What is your answer? It is for my patients? Any single line of the book can save the patients life. So then you will get highly motivated to learn each and every line of kalpan text book. So in your revision you have to do medicine + pediatrics 12 days ( e.g. read CVS from medicine and then CVS from pedia) it saves a lot of time and energy Ob-gyn 5 days surgery 3 days psychiatry/behavioral sciences 4 days so one revision in 24 days then do all the questions like usmleworld.com ( dont miss a single question), kaplan q book 10-12 blocks, q bank 10-12 blocks, usmle sample cd ( the one you get from ecfmg....dont miss a single question)
what has to be done
kaplan q book and bank usmleworld.com
usmle sample cd
harrsison text book of internal medicine......hematology slides, dermat slides and stuff..
photos from first aid last 10-12 days just dont solve questions but read all the material again.
Take vitamin B complex pills everyday......or else you will get wernickes enceph 10-12 days before exam solve the kaplan simulated and the usmle sample cd
then 2-3 days for each subject
just read kaplan and nothing else, be confident, if you have read it before
you are going to know the answer. take notes of all those things of kaplan that you think that you cannot
remember e.g. leukemias, or pedia guidelines for head injury or infectious ds. at what cd4 count you get what infection in AIDS..............................
and write them in the diary...........................
last 3 days, read no new material, just read those notes that you took and
diary,...........also you might read certain topics that have to be
memorized e.g. hemat, cns, kidney
do a rapid revision of those things
2 day before exam do usmle sample cd again, see photos of harrison and first
aid, read diary.
day before exam just have fun,..........
go for a haircut, go for a massage on the head,..........its so relaxing,
dont sleep in the afternoon or else you will not be able to sleep at
night,...........
do some physical activity like going for a walk,............
and relax with freinds,.........watch a
movie................
and in the morning of the day before the exam read kaplan q book 1st 50
pages where they have described the ways to answer question in the
usmle.....................dont read anything on last day before exam. just
check your orange card and i.d.
Night before the exam, when you go to bed, visualise yourself at prometric
and giving the exam, you are doing so great and fantastic and you know all
the answers all the time...............wow that is the greatest exam of my
life.....................
read something that inspires you before you go to bed, so that you go to
sleep with positive thoughts in your mind.............
the next morning awake refreshed and happy and ready to give the
exam...........
take 3-4 bottles of tang or vital z with you for energy. take some jam
sandwich or something sweet so that you get lot of sugars, remember your brain needs
glucose as sole source of energy.
have a breakfast and take 2 tablets of vitamin B complex because you need
them more today and take apples in breakfast.................one apple can
stimulate you more that one cup of tea or coffee can. those of you who have
a habit of drinking tea or coffee can take them to prometric as
well...............
again check the orange card and i.d...................................
now take the blessings of your elders/god and conquer the exam
in the center just take deep breaths
go to toilet before the test begins............
wash your face with water and wash your eyes and feel fresh
once you go inside the test terminal dont immediately start.............
take some deep breathes.
take the earplug and put them in your ear.
take the marker pad and then write on the pad............I am going to do
the very best. Come on You can and You will do it
surely................Nothing in this whole world can now stop
me..........Unleash my powers and awaken the giant within
...........................
now you are confident........................
then start the tutorial....................
you cant skip it but just keep on pressing the next button until it gets
over and then you will be asked your CIN no. Just type it and the exam
starts.
Read carefully and start exam. Dont worry..............
Just take the exam like you are playing a video game or computer
game,..........no big deal just routine game.......................
most important ENJOY the exam,
after the block gets over just write on the pad. Great Job Doctor, keep up
the tempo, keep up the good work , 1 block over successfully..........
DO the 1st two blocks simultaneiously without breaks.
after two blocks take a break, wash your face and eyes to prevent eye strain
and fatigue, drink some tang. and start the third block.....
after your 4th or 5th block take a meal.................dont eat too
heavy,................
and you are like 70% done.
just give the blocks and after each block write something good about
yourself...........
i used the marker pad just for that..............
This willl be the best exam that you have ever given in your
life................
Enjoy your life,,,,,,,,,,,,,, if you need any help, i m here to help.
best of luck and you will do great
sharvil it has worked for me, my score is 99/268........and anyone and everyone can get a 99..because we are doctors..........





  #84

hI,

let me knwo if the Nms USMLE STEP-2CK review 3rd edition is a good book for the usmle exam review.



  #85

hI,

let me know if the Nms USMLE STEP-2CK review 3rd edition is a good book for the usmle exam review.



  #86

can any body help me with usmle / kaplan q books zip iles to my mail raoketana@bigpond.com

  #87

hello guys
i am a 4th year student. i am planning to take my step2ck
after 2years from now .so i will read usmle stuff
along with my currculium (which isnot in english)
what do u recommend me to study (big text books or mid ones
or just notes like in kaplan )
do u recommend to take step1 or step2ck first(since iam now in
my clinical years)(please tell me specific books to read not just
.i am so confused)
please help >thanks in advanceconfusedconfusedconfusedsmiling facesmiling facesmiling face

  #88

Kaplan medical Simulated USMLE STEP 2 CD, where you can get it?

  #89

hi , sharvil i m new on this forum first thing i read is ur post ......thanx fr writing such inspiring words GOD BLESS U .............fr giving everybody this courage that they can do this .
thanx again fr inspiring us

  #90

sharvil thanks for encouraging mailnod

  #91

HI.SHARViL CONGRATULATIONS for your high spirit & score .I hope do like u but i will choose medical genetics.I THINK TO KNOW THE LIMITS OF POSSIPLE YOU SHOULD DO THE IMPOSSIPLE.......... DR.HATEM

  #92

doc sharvil,
i like your motto!! is that original? hehe.

CONGRATULATIONS! (even if you were already greeted by a gazillion docs, family, friends)

thank you for sharing your experiences with us.

aspiring to have your grade too,
jamilla



it's not just yourself who made the 99% possible, but also GOD! (whether Allah/Jesus/Buddha, etc etc) =)

  #93

sharvil wrote:
hi, first of all,congratulations for your grea success...and thank you so much for your nice encouraging words,ally it gave me a lot of self sonfidient...i'm new in studyingstep 2 and i need to get i good score ,just we have to know that nothing is immpossible in this life if you really want it...thank you again for your advices and good luck.
you know what if you want a 99 it is possible, just follow these simple intructions, first of all decide that you want a 99, i mean if you decide that you want a 95 you will get a 90 so aim for 99 and nothing less. You are only limited by what you think. If i told you that you could never fail what would you do? Do not get frustrated easily, life has just started for you, take one step at a time and enjoy it. You have great intelligence and education and a great life in US, how many of your countrymen can get such an opportunity. here is what i would do......... i would sit down first for 2 hours shut down my cell phone and take a notepad and a pen and start answering the following questions with full honesty and sincerity.......... what do i want (if you are honest here you would say i want a 99 because anything less than that would be a lie), how would i feel when i have achieved my target? (think of you holding you usmle step 2 score sheet with a 99 and you giving your friends a great party and celebrating) what is preventing you from getting to your goal? how long would it take for you to reach your target? What are the resourses that you have that will help you reach your target? Do you have any role models who have got similar results? Describe your ideal day What is your timetable and plan for achieving your target? answer these questions, not orally, but write them down on paper. You can do this even in chinese, but your pen should not stop for half and hour, just keep on writing. then read it loud. go to the beach and stand in front of the sea and say it out loud. read it everyday after you wake up and before you go to bed. you need to be obsessed with the idea to get results. now you will start feeling more confident you should now start studying hard. first start by reading the first 50 pages of kaplan q book where they have shown you how to prepare for the test and how to answer the questions.................. there is a key to studying in medicine..before opening any book answer this question....Why am i reading this stuff? For whom am I reading this text book? What is your answer? It is for my patients? Any single line of the book can save the patients life. So then you will get highly motivated to learn each and every line of kalpan text book. So in your revision you have to do medicine + pediatrics 12 days ( e.g. read CVS from medicine and then CVS from pedia) it saves a lot of time and energy Ob-gyn 5 days surgery 3 days psychiatry/behavioral sciences 4 days so one revision in 24 days then do all the questions like usmleworld.com ( dont miss a single question), kaplan q book 10-12 blocks, q bank 10-12 blocks, usmle sample cd ( the one you get from ecfmg....dont miss a single question)
what has to be done
kaplan q book and bank usmleworld.com
usmle sample cd
harrsison text book of internal medicine......hematology slides, dermat slides and stuff..
photos from first aid last 10-12 days just dont solve questions but read all the material again.
Take vitamin B complex pills everyday......or else you will get wernickes enceph 10-12 days before exam solve the kaplan simulated and the usmle sample cd
then 2-3 days for each subject
just read kaplan and nothing else, be confident, if you have read it before
you are going to know the answer. take notes of all those things of kaplan that you think that you cannot
remember e.g. leukemias, or pedia guidelines for head injury or infectious ds. at what cd4 count you get what infection in AIDS..............................
and write them in the diary...........................
last 3 days, read no new material, just read those notes that you took and
diary,...........also you might read certain topics that have to be
memorized e.g. hemat, cns, kidney
do a rapid revision of those things
2 day before exam do usmle sample cd again, see photos of harrison and first
aid, read diary.
day before exam just have fun,..........
go for a haircut, go for a massage on the head,..........its so relaxing,
dont sleep in the afternoon or else you will not be able to sleep at
night,...........
do some physical activity like going for a walk,............
and relax with freinds,.........watch a
movie................
and in the morning of the day before the exam read kaplan q book 1st 50
pages where they have described the ways to answer question in the
usmle.....................dont read anything on last day before exam. just
check your orange card and i.d.
Night before the exam, when you go to bed, visualise yourself at prometric
and giving the exam, you are doing so great and fantastic and you know all
the answers all the time...............wow that is the greatest exam of my
life.....................
read something that inspires you before you go to bed, so that you go to
sleep with positive thoughts in your mind.............
the next morning awake refreshed and happy and ready to give the
exam...........
take 3-4 bottles of tang or vital z with you for energy. take some jam
sandwich or something sweet so that you get lot of sugars, remember your brain needs
glucose as sole source of energy.
have a breakfast and take 2 tablets of vitamin B complex because you need
them more today and take apples in breakfast.................one apple can
stimulate you more that one cup of tea or coffee can. those of you who have
a habit of drinking tea or coffee can take them to prometric as
well...............
again check the orange card and i.d...................................
now take the blessings of your elders/god and conquer the exam
in the center just take deep breaths
go to toilet before the test begins............
wash your face with water and wash your eyes and feel fresh
once you go inside the test terminal dont immediately start.............
take some deep breathes.
take the earplug and put them in your ear.
take the marker pad and then write on the pad............I am going to do
the very best. Come on You can and You will do it
surely................Nothing in this whole world can now stop
me..........Unleash my powers and awaken the giant within
...........................
now you are confident........................
then start the tutorial....................
you cant skip it but just keep on pressing the next button until it gets
over and then you will be asked your CIN no. Just type it and the exam
starts.
Read carefully and start exam. Dont worry..............
Just take the exam like you are playing a video game or computer
game,..........no big deal just routine game.......................
most important ENJOY the exam,
after the block gets over just write on the pad. Great Job Doctor, keep up
the tempo, keep up the good work , 1 block over successfully..........
DO the 1st two blocks simultaneiously without breaks.
after two blocks take a break, wash your face and eyes to prevent eye strain
and fatigue, drink some tang. and start the third block.....
after your 4th or 5th block take a meal.................dont eat too
heavy,................
and you are like 70% done.
just give the blocks and after each block write something good about
yourself...........
i used the marker pad just for that..............
This willl be the best exam that you have ever given in your
life................
Enjoy your life,,,,,,,,,,,,,, if you need any help, i m here to help.
best of luck and you will do great
sharvil it has worked for me, my score is 99/268........and anyone and everyone can get a 99..because we are doctors..........





  #94

hi sharvil
congrats on ur gr8 score
can u tell me how u reviewed peds.
the videos give a lot of extra info....i don't have too much time.....do u think just going through the book is good enough for scoring very well...i am referring to the 2006 videos by Dr. Cvetnic.
and is there smthing which is good and needs to be done from the extra stuff he has discussed in the videos....
thankz for ur help in advance


  #95

Hey Dude,i think that you told enough
I strongly recommend you to take your Littium pills regularly with proper care in order to prevent all this profound and obvious maniac future spells.You need a good psychiatry help,you are out of your mind.Why dont you understand that we cannot treat patients with a knowledge from all that exams,theese exams are only selections
But you are so blind by your intrusive thoughts about self-entitlement and excesive need of admiration.....you know very weel what does it mean?- Narcistic personality disorder! I dont want to treated by this kind of physician
Take care
If you need any help i'm also here to help you
sencerely

  #96

Thankyou so much Sharvil; your post is very motivating and encouraging!

I am planning to write USMLE, starting with part CK 2. Can you or any member here advise me how much time I need to prepare with a full-time job?

and whats the deadline to finish the parts and which parts should be completed before the match and do I have enough time to appear for the 2008 match?

Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  #97

To all of you out there fighting hard the "epic battle" of the usmle's... I want to say that everything is possible!! never loose faith!!! I did my step 2 ck past March and got a 99, I literally cried!!! I thought those scores where impossible but they are not!!! My advice: kaplan books and first aid they are not as good as the ones for step 1 but they are a good start up point. DO!!! your own notes. USMLE WORLD is a must!!! it's so great the real exam turns out to be much easier! Watch kaplan lectures especially internal medicine and obgyn (did not watch pediatrics, surgery and psychiatry, they turned out to be really boaring and not helpful). Do the NBME exam 3 weeks prior. Start with step 1 first if you can because it helps a lot and don't wait for long so that you have the info fresh in your mind. That's all I did plus a great deal of help from God. Good luck to all of you and be confident in your capabilities!! Never retreat, never surrender!!!


Edited by GLO MD on 12/23/07 - 09:54 PM

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  #98

congratulation shervil u deserve it


  #99

Congrats Sharvil...U r the man!

  #100

Hi guys
I am currently preparing for 2CK.
I get days when I am doing fine, others when I hardly study. I don't know what to do to feel motivated for all the time (or most of it).
I have to admit this site helps alot, but there are times when I feel like not doing anything at all.
Please help







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