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Hi flowmeter,
Thanks for reminding me of my deadline and I appreciate you ideas and concern. I really love this group!
Yes I think 30 pages target per day with videos should be a task to acheive in the 3 hours I have in the evening after work! Today I came back tired after my work and then went to look for apartment and started around 8 p.m to listen to the tapes. It is 10 now - I finished listening to chapter 8 AA, proteins and enzymes. Hope to get up early and brush through the notes at home or in the bus. Please keep me motivated guys -I need reminders like what flowmeter did! Shrunt good luck with the studies and I look forward to your diary. Jaide keep up the good work- you are probably the youngest fresh from college and should pep up this old IMG's .
Seems how are you doing? Where are you in biochem. I guess I am going to revert back to just biochem only (I listened to Micro chap 1 lecture) - I started on June 11th and it is going to be a month since we started.............cant believe it I am so slow! We sure "should move it, baby whether we like or not" . Unique, Zenith, coolsuch, darkgable oldkidontheblock where are you guys currently chapter wise. Common guys please report back (I know what you are thinking - Look who's talking  !!) But I am going to report everyday sincerely from now on and plan to catch up in Micro.
Shrunt what is your game plan- how many revision are you planning before the exam?
Does anybody else have an overall game plan. It might give us a big picture and deadlines, so we dont get hooked up in our petit world of just biochem alone.
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hey guys.....hows everyone doin.....
@target...hope u find that apartment real soon....about the game plan....the other study group has a few members who r gonna sit for the exam in jan...so acc to them
1 read...4 months...30 pgs/day
so keeping that in mind...
2 read..45 days..
3 read 30 days...
according to thier plans that would put them in mid jan...
now about the overall game plan...some of us(ok...so just me) need to re-read (a lot)...the rest of us who r really giving a whole lot more to thier 1 reads can plan accordingly...and who knows...mayb some of us will b ready by jan 15....
@seems......ok...im gonna take out some tim and formulate a cheer/blare horn for u....as soon as i find the time...for now......OH MY GOD!!!!! WAT R U THINKING..?????!!!!!!!!
U R SO NOT GOIN HOME.....U HAD BETTER PULL IT TOGETHER!!!!!!
phew......hope that helped a bit...(wink,hug)
gl...happy studying....all....
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hey guys
hi shrunt
goodluck with ur studies , and im sure u can make alot out of thses 2 months. good luck with ur nmbe, i m sure ull do good ,we all will pray 4 u .
thanx for ur suggestion i guess u all r right i shdnt go home now . thanx and good luck.
hi target , hope u get ur apartment soon and u settle dowm as soon as possible . mannn i read this plan of some ppl ,30 pages a dy is not 4 us . we have to catch up mannn. MAY ALLLAH BE WITH ALL OF US .
hey jadi 
man u r soooooo sweet , i lov ethe way u convince m e, trust i was dead tired and was planning to sleep and here whn i read this i m lik eok ,i m not sleeping .
seriously i shdnt ,go
ccome on man i miss them ,but just 4 u sweety ,really ,somehow when u say sumhing i fel lik ebelieving it eheheheh. but ok i ll try and concentrate, cz i thought if i miss themi cant concetrate then whats the use.
but now i think u guys r right i shd just finish this , but how can i finsh it u think so. look already its july and if i m planning even december ,can i do it?????? ALLAH KNOWS ,but i m sure if i have ALLAH and ppl like u guys by my side then i guess nothing is impossible .
ok so ill tell my husband that ppl in my group really dunt want me to go so i m postponing it , but i hope i do it ,if i postpone my trip 4 nothing then ill be soo sad at the end , hope not. thanx a million again ,fo rall these sweet and supportive words ,MAY ALLAH BLESS U , ill definetly pray 4 ur success ,and all the other memebrs of the group too .
so guys i did 3 chpters frm medical genetics still on that stupid thing ,actually after chp 7 i m doing medical genetics ,and INSHA ALLAH ,i ll do chpe 8onwards .
so plzz pray 4 me and the est of the group too ,we all need the prayers .
zenith , dark gable an dall the rest ,keep on posting we need each other.
u guys take care and GL with ur studies.
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hey sems...i was just kidding....go..if u really want to...
just decide if u'll study better there...or not...coz im thinking....seems-meeting-parents-after-long-time-seems-getting-lost-in-all -the-fun-of-bieng-home-seems-notstudying-seemshubby_tearing-his-hair-out-wi th-exasperation......not to mention seems-not-being-ready-for-match-2008.....
bad scenario.......
but if u think u can pull it of(i prob would...since the best place i study is where i can pester my mom).....by all means...book the earliest flight.....
ps...where exactly r u planning on goin?? if u dont mind my asking.....coz if its pakistan or india..lets get in touch....
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hi guys,
target reporting back. I went for the apartment hunt and came back at 8 p.m .
Then started watching the videos till about 12 and hit the bed. I started with the hormone chapter lets see.......hmm at this pace ...........where am I heading?
Jaide it looks like you would be a good hyponotizer - poor seems. Personally seems I think you should finish this thing and have a blast when you get home. Because it is going to be at the back of your head especially since you have started. The fire is just catching on.......dont let is go out........you know us .....how long we have put this exam off..........we are not going to do it this time. At last again as jaide and others said it is up to you. Whatever you decide if you set your mind to it.......you can do it no matter what! ( Look who is talking........
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Hi everyone,
This group is so supportive and very motivating ,I must say.
Hi seems,I think you should read here becoz once you go home you would to spend time with family and other relatives and other things,unless you are very motivated you cannot stay away from it.I have my parents over and I just want to around them all the time which means away from books but that will be over soon.So,my advice is stay back,study hard,harder coz you stayed back and when you pass with a 99,go HOME and party.
Target,its nice to see you posting again.Keep doing it.(look who is talking??????I am so way beihnd in my group.
Hi Jaide,you are right about the number of pages but how to do it if i have to read amd re-read. Can you suggest me sometihng.Top of it I am slow reader.
Good luck everone.Keep posting everyone ,you dont know how much you motivating others like me.
Thank you and I am always praying for all of you in the group.
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hey guys
going to start studying now ,but thought ill se what everyone else isdoing .
hmmm so majority says i shdnt go han ?/ actually yesterday even i made my mind, that after soo long i made my mind to study and now again i wana take a break. naaa doesnt seem right.
hii jaide the scenario u described seems very very right ,cz i nw ill loose everything there, i know i will study near my mom ,but thne allll my cousins will be over my head then i wont be able to touch the books. i will be going to visit my parents in dubai, and my inlaws in pakistan. so i think itll be purly a fun trip heheeh,so i dunt think i cant put in studies there. sure we can get in touch , i would love too.r u in india, i guess so ? hey jaide can u calculate somthing , i mean some timetable ,if u get sme time i know u r too busy ,but if possible, a timetable, which i can follow and get over this this exam till november or december.
hi target
good to see u . u r right even if i go i ll have this stupid exam on the back of my mind, and then neither wud i enjoy nor will i study ,so i guesshave to pospone it na djust study like crazies. man even e wana shift our house cz my husband has to drive 4 alomost 2 hours cz of hisnew job ,so once we r done then i guess i can study real hard, but i will try now also .
hiii coolsuch
thanku soo much 4 ur suggestion. u r right i shd finsh it an dthen go and enjoy. i know hen u r wz parents u just wanna 4get everything. thanx 4 ur prayers we all need it bigtime.
thanks everyyy one, where r the other guys ??????
GOOD LUCK to everyyyy one nad happy studying
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| usmle4me
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Hi guys,
I am very impressed by your supportive study group!I have a target to take my exam in Jan 07 and have started with physio.I am very much interested in joining a study group of yours.If "YES",I shall be happy to change the topics as per your schedules.
GL
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| seems
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hii usmle4me
welcome, u can join anytime, we will be happy to have u as a prt of our group . th emore ppl the more support we have . so go ahead andn start wz micro or biochem , cz as u know sum of us r still stuck with biochem and some have moved to do micro. but as a suggestion ,i think u shd do physio 1st ,every one says that ,even i have done physio 1st and then biochem.
so welcome once again an GL
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@target....yeah....now we know ..if the doctor thing dont work out...im gonna join a tv show as a hypnotist.....lolzz..
@coolsuch.....hey.....sorry my friend...i personaly dont know wat to suggest...u would have to pull of the traget of 30 pgs /day ..no matter wat....and make sure that ur doin them really really...carefully and with full concentration....make ur first read"the bomb"....in that way u'l have better second and 3 reads...
or u could try increasing ur speed...and cutting the 4 month first read down to 2 months(hard...but doable)...in the end...we all follow diff pipers...so u have to decide wat works best for u....gl...
@seems....i have a friend who's gonna sit in dec..thats the last month of her triad..her schedule is something like this...1 read..july/august...2 read upto20 oct....(50 days)..3 read 20 oct/20 nov.... 4 read till 15 dec....then just fa and high yield....her exam date is prob gonna b 23 dec...nnehows.... i dont think i could pull it of.... but if u try and really get to it...mayb u could...all u have to do...is decide how bad u want it..... gl...
gl everyone...happy studying....
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hey guys...just wanted to know.....now that shrunt has gone over to a sep thread...just how many r doin micro appart from me???
plz do tell...
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hey guys
i did medical genetics yesterday .
now i started chpter 8 amino acid , did that but when it came to th elast 2 pages andthe rest of th electures till chpter 12 my stupid cd ,is not working i think it got scratched real bad. dunt know what to do . bu i m not gonna stop ,ill go on wz chapter 12 untill i figure out what to do wz those other chapters . any syggestionss plzzz???
eww chpter 12 seemed too boring may b cz i was feeling sleepy. anyways ill try again now .
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hey guys
i did medical genetics yesterday .
now i started chpter 8 amino acid , did that but when it came to th elast 2 pages andthe rest of th electures till chpter 12 my stupid cd ,is not working i think it got scratched real bad. dunt know what to do . bu i m not gonna stop ,ill go on wz chapter 12 untill i figure out what to do wz those other chapters . any syggestionss plzzz???
eww chpter 12 seemed too boring may b cz i was feeling sleepy. anyways ill try again now .
thanx and happy studying
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hi dear friends,
, i just finished reading microbial genetics.
bacterial chromosome
plasmids
transposons
homologous recombination
site spesific recombination
conjugation
transformation
transduction bacteriophages
drug resistance
my next target is to finish topics on virus and comparative microbiology .
Hope you are doing great
GL and happy studying.
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Thanks I was really looking forward joining ur group.
Now how does this Group work? Do u guys discuss topics/subject? If yes,how often and what is the current subject and topic?
Seems, as per ur suggestion I shall finish physio but shall atlest read the topics u guys discuss in other subject.
GL
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hey guys
wasssuppp, where r u guys .
none is reporting . remebr ,if u dunt report that means u r doing bad and u dunt wana face it , realy it helps when u post ,cz then u know wher u stand and then u know what u r suppose to do . every one shd go and see shrunts thread its cool ,that girl is working ,so even we shd ,she is one of us ,and we shd finish together.
so guys if not 3 chapters ,atleast one chapter a day ,as unique says .
by the way ,unique ,zenith target ,jaidi dark gamble ,where r u guyssssssssssssss????? comeoneeee wake up .
hmm i did chpter 12 ,i m doing one chapter a day ,but on working days. on off days frm work i m sure i ll do more chpters . i will INSHA ALLAH .
hey jaide where r u man? i wana start micro too. i m left wz 6 more biochem chapters , i wish i have a day off an di do it soon . ill be ther wz u soon dunt worry , INSHA ALLAH .
SO GUYS HAPPY STUDYING AND PLZZZZZZZZZ KEEP GOING ,THATS TH EONLY WAY WE CAN WIN THIS .
TAKE CARE
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hi friends,
hope you are doing well, eventhough some are not appearing very often.
Today my progres was slower tahn expected.
Still, I managed to read about half the chapter 5. in micro.
There are a lot of long new things that are hard to understand in the first round.
viral structure
viral replication -ssRNA,+ ssRNA. ssDNA. dsDNA, dsRNA and replicative intermediate.
host resistance and interferon production INF alpha and beta
active / pasive immunization, vaccines,
viral hepatitis
Will finish all medically important viruses , hopefully within next couple of days.
Please keep up your good work. Stay in touch whenever time permits.
May God bless you all in the forum.
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hey..all...hope evryone is doin full speed ahead.....
just a quickie today...
gonna start immuno from today...have given myself the target of finishing in 3 days...hopefully....insha allah.....will b done wit it...
proctalgia.......yu go dude/dudette!!!!!!!
seems...hurry up already!!!!!!plz b done with biochem....soon...coz if ur done soon,...then we can pik up something else together(u can try for micro later)...
the rest of u......hello?????? this century ppl...this century......do report in...
We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
Sir Winston Churchill,
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Hi Guys,
Please excuse me for peeking in, couldnt control myself after reading seems mail.
First of all guys,i just wanted to say that you all are a great group!!
Seems,actually i am in the same boat as you are. I have been brought up by my mom who has struggled hard for me & my bro throughout & i am here in Canada ......worlds apart from where she lives. I have not seen her since 3 years now & its killing me. But i have decided that i will see her with some achievements in my hand INSHALLAH and so i have scheduled my exam for the 1 of december. This is the max of my tensile limit .2nd of december i will be leaving for back home.
I cant wait to see her too & there is no single day when i dont call her. This is basically what keeps me going.I want her to be proud of me always!
Buddy.......just wanted to say.........if i can do it, you can definetely do it too!!
TC & GL everyone........Jaide i think you are AMAZING & all your support definetely means a whole lot to everyone!
God Bless u all !! & GL guys!!
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| target
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Hi all,
Hope you are all doing fine. My apartment hunt has not been going real good and I am feeling pressurized to achieve well at work since it is a new place and I have to prove myself. I am starting with chapter 10 vitamins now and see where I get by the end of the day. It is 6.30 p.m. now .
It amazes me to see shrunt who was/is part of our group get the strength and motivation to do it and I was real impressed by her thread. People like her and jaide keep us motivating. focusmle I feel you and seems and I wish I can go home to see my dad too who is all by himself but I have been talking of taking of this USMLE as an excuse for years now. I am ashamed. I have seen buddies and colleagues start and finsih this exam and I dont know Something keeps putting me off from this.
Jaide I hope you will stick with this slow group. I will try to catch up with you with the next subject so we can do it together. Seems lets us do it! Dark Gable how is going - would love to hear from you and cool such, oldkidonthe block, zenith, unique where are all of you ..........I would hate for this group to fall apart........please report back. Thanks.
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Hey guys,
Thankx seems and target for remembering me.
I had actually promised to myself that I will only report when I am done with biochem. I was stuck on chapter 17 and could not move on for many days. Finally I decided to move over to genetics and Alhamdulillah am done with it today but still have chapters 17 and 18 to go. 
focusmle , your post touched my heart . My mom also raised me and my brother almost like a single mom as my dad had to be away for his job. My parents were/are proud of me and my bro for being bright in studies and achieving good careers. Alhamdulillah my bro is still as bright as he used to be but I was lost for many years which made my parents a bit disappointed . I am ashamed of myself and want them to be proud of me once again. As my mom has developed multiple health problems , it makes me feel guilty that I cannot do anything for her. How worthless a daughter I am
Seems , target , focusmle I wish all of us see our parents with something in our hands which makes our parents proud of us. For that we need to pull up our socks and get working. Lets speed up . WE CAN DO IT , I am sure.
Welcome to the club usmlefactor and usmle4me.
Proctagia and jaide you are doing a great job.Keep it up.
Have you seen shrunt !!!!!!???? That gal is amazing !!!!! I wish her a brilliant success.
Oldkidontheblock,zenith,flowmeter, dark gable and anyone that I may have missed ( dut to my senile demantia ) Please report back.
GL to each one in the group
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Hi Unique, Good job -nice to have you back. Yes we have to see our folks with something in hand. We can do it - we sure have to get up on speed! Let us motivate each other - Yeah I need lots of it. I have become addicted to this group since we have all become so close knit in such a short while. But we will be proud of us only when we conquer step 1.
As for me I got back to biochem after a long time and thoughts of appointments for seeing apts. tomorrow, expts to do at work all kept popping in but I was determined to get something done and report back. Well, I did Vitamins and also did aminoacids proteins and enzymes (since I had just listened to the video) from the notes. It is not a lot but it feels good. Hope I dont fall back again - I realize all these changes in life are going to be there all the time but we should not let our focus off USMLE. Good night guys - it is about 11 p.m now . Rest of the missing procrastinators please report back whatever it is .
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Dear collegues,
Going through your writtings, it looks like that some of you guys are going through very hard times. But one thing as Target said donot let your focus off the USMLE.It is a rough ride but, pays rich dividends at the end.I too feel like quitting all the time when i touch a book.The future of my family is at stake if succumb to such feelings.
GOOD LUCK and Happy studying.
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and miles to go before i rest,
and miles and miles to go before i sleep.
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Hi unique
Thanks for remembering me. There has been a slight change of plan. I am studying for MCCEE these days as I plan to write it in May next year. Then hopefully few more months of study and Step 2. Finally I'll go for Step 1. It sounds kind of silly but things look better this way from my point of view coz I have two and a half year before I settle there so I want to finish at least EE. I do keep visiting this site as its very encouraging. I wish if there was a site like this for MCCEE too. Pray for me and remember me in your duaas.
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thank u seems, unique and target for remembering me. i feel so ashamed as i write this - i haven't touched my books in such a long time - but now, all the distrations are over - my mother-in-law has left - she's gone to Virginia to be with my husband's brother and will stay with his family till she returns back. i mean, she's really sweet, but having her with us was kind of a distration, coz i would feel obliged to spend time with her.
I came back this morning from Las Vegas - had a lot of fun, gambled a little, spent quality time with hubby - just him and me - it was an awesome vacation. that was my last share of fun b4 i take this exam. and now, i'm all set to pick up Biochem once again, without slackening - this is my promise to myself and to all of you guys. all of u are doing really well - keep up the good work........
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