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yup, good to see you posting again.
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time:22 april.2006.one week before exam.
am I ready for it?
www.medfriends.com predict my score as follow
UW 63% = 222 one & half month before
kaplan 78% =243 three week before
NBME 550 = 228 at that time
little short of target but not bad.
total reading kaplan notes two times
total q done=7800
2000 UW
1600 kaplan q bank online
850 kaplan q book
850 kaplan step 3 q book.
2000 www.familypractice.com
500 pretest q
time for NBME 3 in tutor mode got 630.
what a happy moments.
right time to take exam.
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Hi Srf
your post is really motivating.Pls post regularly. I need some adv from you. I've my test on Aug-1st wk.So far I've done following:
KP-1st reading w KP q bank----timed mode Got 71%
KP-2nd reading +UW-1600 q done till now- did subj wise-timed mode-68%
will be done w UW by the end of june--since I've started doing 3rd reading simultaneously.
now how shld i study the lst month--left w Q book also.Pls give me some adv. THX in adv & best of luck.
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Hi,
Chickimi,
I think you are on right track. last month is very important. it is like running last rounds of marathon. It makes all the difference.most important thing which one can & should do is to strengthen weak areas. Do all incorrect question again. know it well .why you got them wrong? you should aslo finish kaplan q book.
what else can tell you about your weakness than NBME TESTS?
do some new questions everyday,so that during exam when you see unfamiliar q you will not be much worried.
now my last week before exam.
I read my notes during last week.I think this is not a time to read new topics .I read charts ,bold line notes from books.[kaplan notes]
did pre test q , they are easy but good.
I did 150 q given in usmle cd,got 88% correct. usmle cd q is good for maintaining our confidence.
I looked at pictures & photos from Harisson.they are nicely given in Harrison. it takes less than hour.but rewarding.
Last day before exam is day for relaxation.
To remain calm & relax during exam is a big task. we have to work for it also. now study is over but maintaining calmness & confidence is the only task left for me.
Edited by srf on 06/26/06 - 08:11 AM
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exam day 29 april,
first block,
no matter how well you think yourself prepared for step 2 ,step 2 will not fail to test you severely.
alas ,I realized this in my very first block.
I could answer 50% to 60% correct with confidence, 20 % to 30% close to correct but difficult to select between close two ,10 % no clue to questions or options.
there & then I knew this is not a perfomance of 99 er. I marked 7 question, but because of tension of time limit I could not think differently.
what about next block. would it be more difficult or less difficult?
block 2.
easy one.
70 to 80 correct, 10 to 20 % close to correct,less than 10% pure guess.
this could be that of 99 er.
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block 3,4,6,7,8
nearly similar,
60 % correct ,30% narrowed choices to two or three, 10 % pure guess.
I consider them as o.k. blocks.
block 5.
80 % correct, easiest one I got, in remaining 20% I could narrow choices.finished this block 10 minutes earlier [and also block 2]
correct or incorrect I never verified even a single q.what is the use of all those exercise?
Had I tried to recollect, total number of q recollected would have been less than 10%.
I remembered a nice quote by paramhansa yogananda.
"past is gone for ever,future is beyond your reach, so live present moments supremely well. that will white wash your dark past & compel the future to be bright."
I am trying to follow this advise.
Edited by srf on 07/13/06 - 04:57 PM
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| anne06
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hi srf,
great to read ur post..can u pls give me some advise..
did u do d pretests of al d subjects?can u pls tell me how 2 go abt stdn biostats,epidemio..i chekd d family med site u recommended..shud i chek that out or nms review book wth 5 tests?also i havn't given step one..what are d absolutely must revise topics from there?
these are 2 many questions,i know..will really appreciate ur help..
gud luck with ur residency..
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Hi anne06,
I did pretest of all subject .the pretest q are easy but informative. I did them in a week before exam to keep my morale high during that crucial time.
I got many q from familypractice.com site,i think it is helpful in step 3 also.
I did nms five tests in step 1 but not in step2 because of lack of time.if you have time do them.the more q you do the better it is.but if q is about priority , than my priority is kaplan,uw,familyphysician site q &NBME test in must do category,pretest,kaplan step 3,first aid 2 & others are optional depending on availability of time.
immunology,pathology,biostats,epidemio,psychiatry are must to do step1 topics but I am afraid to say to you that the list of topic may not be complete.
thanks for your good wishes, good luck to you for ck.
Edited by srf on 07/05/06 - 07:02 AM
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| anne06
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hey srf,
u are really helpful..thank u so much..
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| srf
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post exam feeling,
I thought that was not my best perfomance.I could have done better.but I was lucky to have two easy blocks. Damage done in very first block was compensated by those two blocks.
overall not bad. I can expect my score around 90. would be very happy if I get above 90.that all will depends on the fact that what I consider right answer are really right?
result came on 27 may 97/241,
I got much more than expected,
that is all that I wanted to say. I thought it may help someone .I am happy to learn that it has served the purpose.now I am waitng for my cs result. my cs perfomance was not so good. that is why I have not said any thing about it. .perhaps I might need some guidance for that exam.
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| anne06
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hi srf,
cud u pls tell me what % of qts have 2 be answered rite 4 scoring above 90th percentile..
best of luc 4 ur c.s results..
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| srf
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Hi anne06,
if one gets 60 % correct, 30 % may or may not be correct,not more 10 % incorrect than probably one can get around 75 % correct over all.that is well above 90th percentile.
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| anne06
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thanx srf..i think 4 now i should focus on getn those 60%qts absolutely rite..
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