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Hi all !!
where is everyone.....Guess working really hard ??!!! It is so beautiful outside...............but i guess i have to be here (library) till 5pm. Take a break, will spend some time with family & then back to books, have to do atleast 2 chapters from pediatrics tonight .
best of luck !!
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went to library, but guess i cant be away from my family on a saturday.so back at home but am writing down surg uW explns. i dont need to talk to anybody,but have to be at home on sat. crazy me. my husband got a box of cashews for me (for my exam hyperphagia syn). my UW is not finishing off in april & cant extend date bec have cs after that.I'll pray to God today to increase my speed and decrease my sleep,only then things'll be ok.Its all is in HIS hands now.
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| Alina T
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beautiful day indeed.....my husband left to the country side for a nice family reunion....I had to skip that, stay home and read.... Last saturday, on another superb spring day, he invited me to the botanical gardens....i had to pass on that too... I just hope all the sacrifice will lead to something good!
I finished ID with a frustrating score of 67%, the lowest so far... How many more traps and little details can they put in those questions????
I'm going to read respiratory now....don't really feel like it, but at least it helps knowing that I'm not the only one struggling here. well, sweets make up a little for my pain too...
Let's keep munching and reading! have a good day my friends!
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Hi.Can you pl tell me if you read a topic other than from kaplan before doing UW,your scores are great. You have great scores in step1 i am sure u find it helpful in present prep. Can you advise me on this basis what extra efforts i should put before/after UW considering i gave step 1 long time back.I plan to revise FA-1 quickly after my UW.
Thanx
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hi 3535, I read blueprints ( IM, peds, obgyn) with my first reading; i loved the books, but I decided to stick with kaplan in my following readings because they are more concised and USMLE oriented. so i guess the answer would be no, i don't rely on anything other than kaplan. UW is such a nice complementary source to kaplan, they seem to cover everything...and then some. my notes are getting pretty big.
As far as step 1 goes, i know what u mean when u say it's a disadvantage taking it long time ago. I also get the feeling while doing qs from UW that i should read again my step 1 notes, there's stuff i know I used to know but i forgot or i don't have a strong grip on, and they DO ask stuff based on step1 knowledge, that's for sure. i took step 1 one year ago, i remember most of it but i'm definitely planning to go through the notes I made, especially those taken from goljan audio lecture, and maybe FA also, I'll see. it shouldn't be a very big stress about that, just a quick reading, as you said, step 2 notes are big time consumers anyway.
maybe we should make a deal with ourselves and read a few pages of step 1 every night before going to bed or whenever we're done with step 2 prep for that day, so that it'll help our UW scores a little also. I've been trying to push myself to do that, so that it'll run smoothly and that step 1 won't take a big chunk of my time, but i ended up by procrastinating.... What do you think...?
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hi. during my grad,there were so many things i wanted to read "every night" that i gave upon the " every night concept".  But u are right. I will do it in next revision, after my UW.
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I had been asking God to decrease my sleep. I think my prayers have worked,esp since i am lagging in my UWschedule.
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 I have to do paeds and cardio(IM) till next sunday / april 30th.
Then rest of remaining IM topics in first week of next month.
goodluck and prayers!!
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Hi
i had lots of guest in this wknd--cldn't study a word. on monday came to the library with a very depressed mood & did preventive med Q from UW--got only 56%--that score really pushed me--after finishing those exp did 'poisoning' -score90%. today i am planning to do nephro. Thankgod atlast i found a library where i can use my laptop- with free internet connection.so i am physically & mentally away from my adorable daughter &my inlaws---and all the household works.i,ll try to stay here from 10am-6:30pm. Let's see how much i can do. Alina T & 3535 i am very happy that u guys are studying so nicely.GL to everyone.
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Hi chickimi
Can u please tell me if i can read poisoning from anywhere else(i'll do kap, ofcourse). I really dread that topic somehow. so want to do well in UW. You r the best person to guide me w/ your 90 .
I have come to library after a long time.In the eve' i must record how much paeds  i read today!!
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Hi 3535,
poisoning q were really easy- i studied it from Kp only---but i think my step-1 knowledge(CNS-pharma) helped me alot. BTW it's been a yr i took step-1. I think we shldn't be worried about our our UW score as long as it's in 60,s---Anyway we'll learn from it----that,s why i didn't do prev med from any other source other than KP & i learnt from my mistakes. I hope i am doing the rt thing. If u want u can review Cns pharma grossly.GL
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that was helpful.Thanx a lot.
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Hi, how is everybody doing? 3535, chikimi, agn....hanging in there? trying to keep full speed on this race?
I'm ok, I had some bad days lately, I'm having sinusitis for the first time in my life....it gives me headaches and sleepiness....I'm trying to stay up and going, not at my best but still going at least. I'm almost done with UW IM, have to finish neuro today, then derma and ophtalmo. so this weekend i should move on the peds. so far my lowest areas are preventive, ID and GU. I know i will have to work more on those, but I feel like i'm already doing everything I can...I don't know what else to read now other than kaplan plus the explanations I wrote down from UW.
I can't wait to be done with this....5 more weeks...and so much more to work on
Have a good day guys, and drop a word here from time to time, to keep each other motivated.
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3535,AlinaT,agn how r u doing? I am not done with my UW GU yet. today want to do rest of the q and start reading CVS. AlinaT, hope u'll get better pretty soon. if u don't mind can u share ur UW score with us-- the reason i want to know this --i think each of us we r good in diff topics & so that we can help each other by telling wht extra mat we can read to improve that particular topic. i'll inform u guys after i am done with my GU.
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Hi,everyone.Its nice to know everyone is benefiting from each other's company on this post. Get well soon AlinaT. You people get great scores, keep going. I am stuck w/ my 60-64 in IM, but dont know what to do besides making best use of UWnotes revisions.
I was busy since 2 days for a little interview for a little job which i may do after my exams. It went well,and i am back to studies w/ a good mood.
I would esp like to share cvs UW exp. & prep. I have not done it till now.
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hi guys....nice to hear you're making good plans for after the exam 3535! when will you be done with CK and CS? I did CVS, actually I think I started with that, i got 75% with only kaplan notes read. so you should be fine, i didn't find it very frustrating as other topics (you know my lows already)
chickimi, you always had good scores....I'm sure you'll do better than me on GU, I finished it with only 63%!! well, I just hope the notes from UW are enough extra points....
ok...finally done with neurology....final score 78%. took longer than planned because I had to read some step 1 neuroanatomy stuff. yesterday i finished electrolites with 75%. So far my cumulative score is 73%...
i'm feeling a little better with my sinuses, but I think I got conjunctivitis now... . it's either a virus or too much computer..?...
i'm gonna start derma now...I know this one will take long also, I need to look for some images on the internet. can you recommend any good sites?
good luck and let's keep going!!
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one stupid q:
pl tell me if these topics are included in 'genitourinary tract' OR 'electrolytes' in UW.
renal tubular acidosis / acid-base d / Na & K disturbances(in kaplan- included in nephro chapter)
Waiting for an ULTRAquick answer.Thanx. You guys have great scores,head on for 260s.
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electrolytes. hope it's quick enough!
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great. thanx!
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hi
3535 -i got 3-4 k q in nephro--- i am not done with electrolyte so can't comment on that. i am so shocked that i scored only 57% in GU. Pls guys tell me if u read any extra material other than kaplan for that. I am so disturbed rt now-- iwas feeling sleepy so took the last test for GU--now i think i will take a nap to cool my brain. so far my lowest are preventive & GU. i can't write anymore---i am so depressed.Bye.
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hi chickimi, it got shocked too when i was doing GU test....and ya, i didn't feel like anything that day....was broke. i had to pick myself up the next day after a good cry and keep going.... one foot in front of the other...move steadily forward. I found the nephro section of kaplan weak, compared to what those UW qs asked...so much on prostate, infections, that kaplan skipped quickly through. But now we're one step forward than before UW, right? and that's what those qs are meant for....to LEARN, and we DID!!
Good luck!
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Thanks a lot.
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hi everyone, iwill be finishing my first read by 3rd week of may ,at present doing med,
i plan to take ck early august so what do u all recommend.
1 do usmleworld with second read taking 2mth subscription.
if so how much time shld i take to do usmleworld with second read.
2.do a second revision and then start usmleworld for 1 month
u all are doing a great job here motivating each other and sharing input so what do u think will be the best plan for me after i finsh my 1st read upto my exam in early aug.thank u
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Hi gv5
to be honest with u i think for UW u shld keep 2 months---because there are lots of material that we've to learn from UW. But everyone is diff --may be u can do it faster.but to me 2 month is reqd to do it nicely.GL
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thank u for the advise.i would also like the others in this prep journal to tell me what they think would be best given that i plan to take ck in early august.thank u
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