kumar81
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Hi everybody
I was a silent reader of this forum esp. exam experience & would like to thank all of u, I learnt a lot from ur posts 
About my preparation I studied for around 5-6 months but my case was different I studied hard in start n in last month i.e. April I was very calm coz I already studied a lot for my exam. I used to go to library for my study coz I was unable to study at home…
Books I used:
Patho: Kaplan, BRS, Goljan
Physio: Kaplan, BRS (endo & cardio)
Pharma: Kaplan
Biochem: Kaplan
Micro: Kaplan
Anatomy: Kaplan, HY for Neuro, gross, embryo, histo
BS: Kaplan, HY Biostatics & BS
Mol Biology: HY & Kaplan
For questions I used Kaplan Q-book & Q-bank apart from it I also did goljan mcqs NMS & forum qs too.
I reread all my books esp. Kaplan for 4-5 times that helped me a lot. And all of u, who find cramming a difficult task then go for rereading ur Kaplan u will automatically learn it.
Now something abt exam I wrote my exam day before yesterday, yeah I agree with all of u who say that they mostly ask for concepts & for that reason I think Kaplan is the Best bcoz In Kaplan everything is given in a way that will build up ur concept.
In my exam there were lots of picx & graphs…patho was heavily tested then physio. endo was tested but was very easy hormones MOA, DP relationship was always a problem for me then on exam I think few will b right rest I am unsure….i got 3-4 questions of biostatics which were simple, gross anatomy was least tested, same for neuro, histo, embryo….abt mol biology it was ok, fortunately I didn’t get much of calculation questions coz that was always a problem for me (not even a single one from pharma) n yeah there were things which I have never heard before so I just made a guess….pharma simple questions of MOA of drugs yeah they do ask for some weird drugs but if u r doing Kaplan then u can do it.
All in all I am finished with my exam but I would surely say that this exam is for concepts they usually ask questions in the form of graphs or research oriented which can b answered only if u have good concept, yeah for patho u have to identify disease for which u need cramming same for pharma.
One more thing I also gave NBME abt 3-4 weeks before my exam to see where I am. To my surprise I got one question from that!!!!
Best of luck all of u & take care
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| robin082006
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Congratulations and thanks for sharing your experience.
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| goodgod
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Thanx for ur experience, Good luck for ur scores
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| brain!
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hello..kumar.,
hope u get a good score...!
i have a question, did you use first aid? if yes ,then please tell me how much it helped you in a real exam..?
thanks.
Edited by brain! on 05/13/06 - 03:43 AM
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| kumar81
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hi brain..
i just look at FA during my studies it was not my sole platform i just used mnemonics they r very useful in recalling during exam. FA is definately very good but it depends on person to person for me kaplan was always a first choice..
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| img05
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how did you plan out ur schedule?does the prep time vary person to person?i too plan for 6 months of prep.can you pls tell how many hrs a day u used to study?how many times you revised?
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| kumar81
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hi img05..
i used to study for around 6-7hrs/day but it depends sometimes i didnt feel like studying n took day off say every 10-15 days...n yeah prep depends on how fast u study i.e how many pages/day
revision is VERY IMPORTANT coz it helps in consolidation i revised 4-5 times (apart from 10 days before my exam in which i just skimmed over the subjects)
hope it helps
Good luck
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| img05
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can you pls detail me ur prepartion,like 1st reading in how many months then subsequent revisions,each subject 1st time reading how many days to be alloted on an average.iplan to take in it in nov 1st week is it enough time?
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| tolito
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wish you good scores and thanks for sharing your experience. it is comforting to know that the questions were doable and also that one may not get more than a few neuro questions!!!
GL at step 2.
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| kumar81
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hi img05
i started studeid from nov 05 studied for 5-6 months my first read was finished in around 2 months...then gave 2 more reading n then did Qbank where i was scoring 70-80%
u want to give in nov which means around 6 months time period & i think is a very decent time period. just make a plan say u started with physio on 15th n make a plan that u will finish on 25th n try to finish by that time...just trust on urself, if u r satisfied with ur studies that means u r going on a right track...
so best of luck for ur prep
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| kumar81
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thanks robin, googgod, brain & tolito for ur wishes..
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| surgeon99
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Good luck for your score.
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| kumar81
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thanks a lot surgeon99
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| crew
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congrats on ur brilliant result.i graduated few yrs ago n i've bn out of touch from basic medical sciences.what do u suggesst..... should i just study from the books that u mentioned in ur post or should i give text books a reading in addition to these review books
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| kumar81
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hi crew thanks
no i wont advice for this coz if u will go thru text books then u will b lost...these reviews books r very helpful esp kaplan...yeah u can c text book for ur queires
i used to open lipincott for pharma, biochem and robbins for patho whenever i got some confusion, so i would say just stick to kaplan and where u feel that u want more to get a clear concept then open text book..
GL
Edited by kumar81 on 06/10/06 - 09:01 AM
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| shyama
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congrates for the score. did u use the lastest kaplan books. i am really from 2001/2002 notes.pl let me know if that is fine.
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| crew
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thanks kumar,so nice of u.i was really scared and lost.
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| kumar81
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thanks shyama
i haven't seen 2001 edition so cant comment on that, i have 2005 notes in which from physio after the chapter they had added some complimentary topics like excercise physiology see if u have them..if ur firendz have latest editions just have a look on it. if anybody else know abt it then plz comment on it that will b greatly appreciated..thanks
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