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thanx for the prompt reply shrunt..
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jaide: as important as it is to keep deadlines as shrunt mentioned, i also feel its more important to know your concepts cold. and if u can achieve it without listening to the lectures (which take up a whole lot of time) - then i guess u're all set, but if u think there are gaps in your learning, then listening to the audios (as time consuming as it might be) would really be worth it. in my case, i never liked biochem and listening to the lectures really clears my concepts plus keeps me motivated. plus i've heard raving reviews about Dr. Lionel Raymon (the lecturer) from a person on this forum who got a 99 (i think that person was mazinger - not sure though!)
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hi all
it is 15th morning here...am still left with half of chap 3 ..sorry for not having been able to cover the allotted syllabus.
pl someone post next target ..maybe tension will help me perform better.
jaide: i feel that u must atleast go thru the lectures once...maybe if u glance thru the chapter once yourself and then listen to the lecturer it all of a sudden starts to make more sense.....worked for me, you can also try this strategy once.
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| shrunt
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hi everyone,
am trying my best to stick to schedule for today. just completed chapter 3. hope to do chapter 4 today. how is everyone else doing?
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hey zenith...thanx for the advice...
i guess its the lectures then...
oh wel...i do need them for biochem...
its so yucky!!!
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hii guys wawoo,
it seems that when i sleep everyone else is awake hehehe 
hmm so every one is doing great i hope .
i m gonna start chpter 4 today ,i m at work ,but after that i ll try.
jaide ,the lectures ,actually i like them ,cz wzout them ,the books seems to be in chinese ,may b cz i week in biochem.
anyways,its good ,guys keep going .
jaide said a beautiful thing, we shd shd motivate each other everyday.
target where u ?
ok here goe sthe next 48 hrs target,we will pickup ,soon ,its just the begining.
we will speedup.oce we becum familiar wz biochem, ,it seems as if if we r doing it for the 1st time.but its not our fault ,its biochem's fault :nodhehehe realluy,why is it soo volatile.
so here it comes ,guys fasten ur seat belts and get ready
chp 4: The Genetic code, Mutations and Translation
chp 5: Genetic Regulation
chp 6: Recombination DNA
ok this time only 3 chpters so the whole group can catchup. and also bcz 4th chapter is a long one ,it has many stuff in it .
in case someone id done ,they can always go ahead and do the other chapters ,but as for now this is the next target.
ok
i hope its fine wz everyone.
so guys lets start it, and just get over this dum step 1 for ever .once we r done wz it then no more stpe1 INSHA ALLAH.but if none wants to see step1 again ,all we have to do is to study these subjects in and out.
this is the 1st step and 1st step is always hard in everything.
once we r done wz it i m sure step2 will be easy ,atleast easier than this.
so visualize ur selves ,the day when we r done wz this step1 and we all have our mark sheet and it says 99 %. But to get there,to feel on the top of this world we have to go thru this hell.
ok gys so best of luck ,and plzz keep on praying for everyone ,going thru this exam.
we all need those prayers along wz our hard work.
goodluck
see ya
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| target
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Hi guys,
I am back. Sorry I have been lagging behind hence thought I will not post. But today I was determined to finish the target before I post and I did! I finished chapter 3 and it is perfect that seems has set our next target.
How are you guys doing on grasping the concepts - or are you guys just reading ?
Like someone mentioned in the forum it is important to get the concepts in this first read -otherwise it does not make sense the next read even if it is fast ( which hopefully it should be fast if we really understand it this time).
I havent been motivated like this in years now and I so happy to be treading along with such a motivated growing team. Yes we should all aim for 99. Yes ........we can do it !
I was starting chapter 2 this morning and on my way to work by bus I read the first part and whenever I had spare time at work read a paragraph and finished chapter 2. When I got back home after settling down I grabbed my book and smashed through chapter 3. Since I am not doing the video's I am a bit scared. But I think I am getting the concept.
Please me on the lookout for Kaplan notes and videos for me guys - if any body you know or meet. Hey I was also wondering why dont we all give a little intro about each one of us - year graduated , what you are currently working or at home, when do you plan to take step1, which match you are aiming for,how many hours you can study per day, just anything you want to share etc etc.
Good luck guys and I am sure a couple more of these small targets we have will get us through biochem the driest subject of all - the rest should be better? Any biochem lovers dont be offended!
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| aarya
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hey target
did u have a look at the thread SOMETHING TO SHARE on pg. 1 of support forum.......i am super clumsy with computers so am not able to post the link. but u browse thru pg1 and open this thred....i think someone has uploaded 2004 step1 kaplan notes.......see if u woould like to download from there
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| target
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Thanks aarya
I appreciate your readiness to help. I was able to get it!
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Hi everybody!
May I also join the group ? I am a silent visiter of this forum for about 2 months . I got a lot of valuable information and motivation from this forum . I am already doing Biochem. and have done six chapters.
First of all I would like to introduce myself. I am an IMG . Year of graduation..........I am scared to tell.........1990. Most probably I would be the oldest in the group and so would be slow in moving with you guys.
I am a stay at home mom (obssessed about my kids studies ,activities etc).I have three kids. I can study 3-4 hours per day , five days a week , when my kids would be at school. Once they come back home I have to be with them for their home work,activities,projects etc. My youngest one has not started school yet so I cannot put the whole 6-7 hours ,when my elder ones are at school,into studies.
I have been away from books all these years and so have forgotten every thing. I was so much engaged with my kids and home that I never thought about my career.There is a long list other reasons why didn't I study all those years but no more complaining and from now on I will concenterate on doing as much as I can.Now when I have started studies I am finding it very hard to concenterate on books and it takes me long time to go thru even one page as my mind starts wandering.I started one month ago and have only done six chapters. I was extremely happy to see this thread. It seems Allah has made special arrangement for me. I should not miss this opportunity of joining this group of highly motivated and helpful people.
I am using Kaplan notes and videos. As I had not studied Mol.bio.in my med. school course ,it gave me a very tough time. My husband gave me a book which has a chimpanzee reading DNA structure on its title page. That book really helped me to grasp the basic concepts and after that I was able to understand Kaplan.(I had to start from a chimpanzee's level. HeHeHe). I am also using Lippincot.
One more thing.On this weekend my inlaws are coming for the vacations and they will stay until August. I don't know how will I find time to study but I will try. That's all I can do "try".I ask my beloved Allah to help me and give me strength to fulfil my responsibilites towards my children and family and study at the same time. I know every one of us has their own set of problems but we will make it to a great success InshaAllah. GL every one.
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hi unique,
its nice to have you in the group. it's people like you, target and dark gable who motivate lots of people like me. i guess when we study on our own its easy for us to forget that lots of other people find it equally hard to take time out for study or to concentrate for whatever reasons. so when one becomes a part of a group it's a great morale booster to realize that you are not alone and that almost everyone who is studying finds it just as hard as you do and yet they are continuiong their struggle everyday... so if they can do it, why can't you do it? this is the the question one asks oneself and this question alone has the power to make us study enough to get a good score which we all want so badly for our step 1 coz good scores for majority of people in our group would eventually make our step 1 struggle worthwhile for all of us. So we are all in this together. Let's give it our best.
i am about to finish chapter 4. hope i can finish chapter 5 today itself. that will just leave chapter 6 for tomorrow which is good since i dont want to end up studying all day on a saturday.
hows it going with all you guys?
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| target
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Welcome Unique!
I plan to start chapter 4 today. Glad there is someone in a similar boat.
You can do it unique. Every thing has a purpose in life - so all those years it was a good investment for your kids and family. Now it is time to focus on what you want to be. Take care.
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welcome aboard unique!
its so wonderful to see our group growing by leaps and bounds! honestly, i've never been this motivated before. i started studying a couple of months ago and was only able to read physio till now - lack of motivation, full-time job, old IMG and a ton of other factors were responsible for my slow reading. but i feel very confident about physio now - even though its just one subject i've covered so far, i can say that i know it well!
i was initially thinking of starting anatomy after physio, but just around that time, i found this thread with a highly motivated grp of people and chose to do biochem with u guys and i'm glad i made that decision.
unique, don't worry that u can't put in more than 3-4 hours per day - well, i can't either because of my job - but trust me, 3-4 hours are good enough if u really use that time wisely. about having guests over, thats all part and parcel of life and we can't do a thing to avert it - my mom-in-law also came in last week and will be here till August end. before she came, i thought to myself - "forget about studying till Aug!" but fortunately, she's very helpful around the house and very supportive of my exam and future plans. so i can actually study!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yippeeee!!!!!!!!!!!! thank God!
okay guys, now some serious business: i finished chapter 2 yesterday - i'm probably lagging behind everyone else, but its okay - at least i'm doing something - i'll try to catch up this weekend. as seems suggested, lets try to finish till chapter 6 until Sunday night - i hope that is fine with everyone! but if u r not a slow coach like me and have a lot of time to study, then please feel free to study more.
just to test myself and everyone else, some very easy review Qs from the 1st 2 chapters:
1. Methylation of uracil will give ________. What does Methotrexate do to this reaction?
2. Deamination of Cytosine gives________.
3. which base is found exclusively in RNA and which is found only in DNA?
4. What is the difference b/n Nucleoside and Nucleotide?
5. What is the direction of the base sequence of a nucleic acid strand?
6. What is Tm?
7. Difference b/n Euchromatin and Heterochromatin.
8.What is Proof reading? Is it present or absent in RNA synthesis?
9. What is the other name for Lagging Strand?
10. What do Quinolones do to DNA gyrase?
11. Telomerase activity is incresed or decreased in cancer?
12. Thymine dimers; Cytosine deaminase; AP; Mismatched base - what is phase of cell cycle in which each of these damages occurs?
13. What are the repair enzymes for each of the above damages?
14. Which phase of cell cycle does repair of mismatched base occur in?
15. Which enzyme is deficient in XP?
These might seem like a lot of Qs, but they all have one word/one line answers - if u don't have the time, u can skip them altogether, but i thought it might help consolidate the facts we have studied in the last couple of days.
okay guys, let me get back to my work. sorry for such a long post.
stay focused and motivated...........
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Shrunt
Thank you for your encouraging words. You are right ,each one of us is a source of inspiration for others. I am glad to be the part of this family.
Target
Thanx for welcoming me. Yes you are right , the time I spent raising my kids was a wonderful time of my life and I enjoyed every moment of it. Now I hope I can put some energy in my studies too. please remember me in your prayers.
Zenith
Thank you for taking time to welcome and encourage me. You are a great inspiration for me. I have been reading your posts for some time and you are among the ones who inspired me to resume my career. Thanks a lot. I like your idea of posting questions for us. It is great. If you can spare some time please keep doing it whenever you can.( If it is not too much for you)
Let me try to answer them
1 Thymine. What does methotrexate do,I don't know. I know folates are responsible for methylation of uracil.
2 Uracil
3 Thymine in DNA and Uracil in RNA
4 Neucleoside = Sugar + Base
Neucleotide = Sugar + Base + Phosphate
5 5' to 3'
6 The temperature where 50% of DNA is denatured
7 Euchromatin = Transcriptionally active, Loosely packed , in electron micrograph appers
light
Heterochromatin = Ttanscriptionally inactive, tightly packed, in electron micrograph
appers dark
8 Checking of the newly synthesized strand of DNA by dna polymerase for any
mistakes and mismatched base is removed. Absent in RNA synthesis.
9 Discontinuous strand
10 Inhibit dna gyrase
11 Increases
12 S phase
13 Exinuclease for removal of thymine dimers and DNA polymerase for base pair replacement . Others????
14 G2
15 Excision endonuclease (exinuclease)
I will appreciate if you or some one else corrects me where I am wrong and tells the answers which I don't know.
Happy studying. Byeeee
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unique: thank you for your kind words - i'm very humbled to know that i've been an inspiration to u. and glad to know that u've finally decided to resume your career - once a physician, always a physician! keep it up girl - the path is tough but rewarding!
well seems like you've been studying well since u've answered most of the Qs correctly. good job!
1. methotrexate interferes with methylation of uracil to thymine.
12. its the G0-G1 phase of the cell cycle for the 1st 3 and S phase for mismatched base.
13. DNA polymerase and DNA ligase.
happy studying guys!
i'll not be able to study anything today as a friend is having a get-together - hopefully i'll use the weekend constructively.
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Hi Zenith,
Good job on the questions ! I start to write the answers at work and then got distracted.
Anyway I got most of it right except the first question but it was a good exercise.
Keep up the good work.
Yeah I didnt get much done today-very tired after work - relaxed and enjoyed a movie and hope to make it up this weekend. Hi Unique , from your answer no one can tell you didnt have mol bio in your days. THank your hubby for the book!
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| target
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Hi guys,
Is it true that 2006 Kaplan notes is only for 4 subjects . One seller just told me that.
ALso, the KAPLAN DVD is not updated and it is 2004 -5 edition.
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hey guys ,
welcome ,unque.
its great to have u .fo rsure u can do it . its never too late for anything,so better be late than never right?
ok guy si cudnt study a word today, the day was crazy busy, but ISHA ALLAH i ll catchup tomorrow.
thanku soo much zenih 4 th equstions, they r really nice ,its verynice ofu to come up wz qs ,i cant do that so it ll be a great practice.
plzzz continue this good work....... and dunt worry ull catchup soon wz th egroup.
actually we all er laaging behind.
ok then hope everyone else is doing well.
target didu find ur books and dvds?
goodluck guys
c ya soon
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| jaide
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hey all..
just chaecked in to c how everyone was doin... im post call today..so will prob sleep for few hrs...after that i'll staRT on the last three ch...
good ques zenith..
good luk all..will sign in after some progress..
wisdom of the day,,,
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”
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Hi seems,
I did get the Kaplan lecture notes as a soft copy and printed out the section we are currently doing. I think it is 2004 (there is no edition on the book itself just what the seller said).
I am still looking for the dvd's
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hey guys
its great target that u got the notes, 2004 notes r similar to th eones in 2005 .
now ant me amy progress, mann its seems that i have just stopeed ,i cudnt do even a single chepter , i ll lost my focus ,i just cant finish it .
i have been trying wz the 4th chapter ,and since its been very very busy, i jsut am able to give it ,very little time.
i hope i ll finish it .
if u guys want i cant put up the next target ,but its soo funny , im not even done wz one chapter frm the 2nd target,shame on me.
but i cant even say that i wasted time ,or i went out or sumthing.
anywasy i feel soo depress, GOD knows if ever ill be over wz this eam or not.
lemme guys know abt ur progress. i can understand taht its a sunday and everyone must be busy.
take car u guys
seeya soon
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hi guys,
how is evryone doing? whtas the next target? i took sunday off from studies. had managed to complete the target on saturday. now am waiting for the next one.. hope all u guys had a super sunday!
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hey shrunt,
it nice to hear that someone completed the target.
im gonna post the next target ,very soon
u guys take care
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hi guys: i feel so stupid and guilty and ashamed in admitting that i didn't do anything over the weekend. i hate myself - at this rate, i wonder how i'll ever take this exam? i wasted the whole weekend - took my mother-in-law out on Sat and Sunday and by the time we got back, i was too tired to do anything. as much as i love my husband, for once i'm missing my single status, which was devoid of any such responsibilities. well, i don't want to bore you guys with all the details. the bottom line is that i've set a new target for myself - before the end of thursday (6/22) i HAVE TO FINISH chapters 3-6 and i intend to stick to this goal by all means. meanwhile, you guys: feel free to jump ahead.
target: nice to hear that u finally got all the notes. in fact, i chanced upon that thread after u mentioned it and figured that one can download all the kaplan 2004 notes from that website - i mean, that's amazing. i have the 2004 kaplan notes as well and i paid $300 for the notes. you just saved yourself $300 - go to a spa and pamper yourself girl.........
seems: don't be so discouraged - don't let this guilt feeling get the better of you. don't worry - i guess we're all in the same boat (at least i am). this is all very normal in the initial phase of our preparation - we have to buckle up now - stop repenting about the time lost and lets focus on the days to come and let us set realistic and achievable goals for ourselves. i don't know about the rest of the gang (i.e., how much time each person can devote to reading), but as for me, i think i cannot do more than 1 chapter a day (thanks to my full-time job) - i have thought a zillion times about quitting this job and studying full-time, but right now, that is just not an option for me, so i have no choice but to study and stop cribbing about this job. i have read about a lot of people on this forum who studied for this exam while working full-time and got phenomenal scores. so if they can do it, i'm sure i can do it to. Oh Lord, grant me the courage and strength to face new challenges each day as I trust in YOU with all my heart and soul!
so cheer up seems. you'll do good.
shrunt, u're amazing - how do u manage to read so quickly? is this your first reading? r u studying full-time? and r u listening to the lectures? coz that is something that takes me forever, but that is also something that's helping me the most. well, keep up the good work and please do pass on an iota of your motivation to lesser mortals like myself.
okay guys: i'm bracing myself for the next couple of days:
6/19 : chapter 3
6/20 : chapter 4
6/21 : chapter 5
6/22 : chapter 6.
come hail or storm, i'm going to complete my target by 6/22
good luck to the rest of you in your endeavors and struggles.
lets do this together...........you are ALL in my prayers.....................
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i posted the previous thread on 6/19 at 8:30 am - I don't know why its showing Jun 18? anyway, not a big deal!
by the way, thank you guys for appreciating my idea of posting Qs - I'm glad u liked it. Cannot promise, but as per the availability of time, will try to continue this trend.
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