nithu
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Hi kris,
Thank u so much for ur advice, you are o organised and hardworking.How do manage ur time ? Do u do q in the morning or after reviewing kap notes?
Have u finished NBME ?
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| kris1234
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Hi Nithu,
Thanks for having such nice opinion on what I am doing. Hope it gets reflected in the real exam. As I see from ur diary, you are doing a great job.Keep up the momentum.
I'm doing q's in the morning and reviewing notes, the remaining time.I have taken NBME 1 & 2 , my scores are 530 &520 respectively.This was around 1 month and 10 days back. I want to keep it that way and appear for the exam on 19.07.06.
Any input greatly appreciated.
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| kris1234
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8.07.06:Target achieved,70 pages of Kaplan notes left with.Keep doing what u are doing.Nothing to worry of.Conditions are excellent for a fascinating day of studies.Make every hr count.
9.07.06:Plan of action:
OBG
1.Kaplan -Last 70 pages
2.UW -q's.
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| kris1234
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9/7/06,Target Achieved: Completed OBG.I can recollect imp df. essentials of diagnosis,principles of management, first step Ix, Best next steps...... & have a listing of wrong q's.That should be enough for now.I can see the same happening with peds.
10/7/06 lan of action
Peds
1.UW q's.To identify topics still not getting right
2.review of these topics mainly from Kaplan notes
3. My notes.
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| kris1234
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10/7/06,Target achieved, Yes.... could mange to put in the hrs I intended to. 8 days remaining for intense study.Start reading the first 50 pages of Kap Q-book to start getting oriented towards the Big day.
11/07/06 Plan of action. Ur only job on earth is to Recall!
1.Recall peds, chapterwise from Kap notes.
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| anne06
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hi kris,
gr8 u r finisd with ur step 1..and a nice score 2..i have a long way 2 go
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| kris1234
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Thanks Anne.All the best
11/07/06.Target achieved,Yes.Now feeling confident abt peds.Left with, only medicine. To take it easy today.Need a break from sudies before starting with medicine.To relax and enjoy the break
12/07/06:Rest day
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| kris1234
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Review of Kaplan Q-book (first 50 pages) is putting me on track for the exam day.
1.start with the first question and work ur way forward.2.Donot use marking feature, for at the most more than 2/3question.Read the question and as u keeep reading the question Paraphrase.
---Kaplan Q-book
13/7/06:Plan of action, Cover the following from Kap notes +UW
1.infectious diseses 2.Nephrology 3.Pulmonology 4.Dermatology 5.Neurology(last 100 odd pages)
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| kris1234
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13/07/06 ,Target achieved.Around 70%.To complete the Wrong q's (UW) of th following:Electrolytes, Genitourinary.ID.Last 4+1 days to go!
Exam day prep:Read- Think-Answer.Take the crucial moment to think before Locking an ans choice-Kaplan Q-Book.
14/07/06,Plan of action:
To cover the following from Kap + UW
1 Cardiology 2.Hematology
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| kris1234
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14.07.07,Target achieved,Yes...completed hemat+cardiology.First 115 pages left with.I love to study these first few pages.
Exam Day prep:
1.Segment your time so that u know how much you have left with.Check ur watch 3 times
question -Time remaining
10........... 50 min
25.............30 min
40 ............10 min
2. Do not spend a lot of time on individual q.U tend to spend more time on q's u get wrong
----Kaplan q-book.
15/06/07 Plan of action,
Cover the following from Kap +UW
1.GIT 2.Endo 3.Rheumat 4.Preventive medicine 5.emergency medicine
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| kris1234
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15/07/06 Target achieved: First 80 pages of medicine.Deficit 0f 30 pages.3 hrs went by doing usmle CD orientation tests.Scored 45,44 &40. A Good omen!Last 2+1 days to go .feeling so happy ......... it is almost coming to an end.
Exam day prep:
1.Donot change answers. Again I repeat donot change ans.Donot think too much.One of the easiest way to fall into a state of flow is not to change answers.
2.Fun part of the exam is to have doubts while answering.Enjoy the thought processes that allow u to move from a state of doubt to determinig a choice and moving forwards.Donot expect all the 370 odd questions to be straightforward.
3.relax b/n breaks .Questions u have answered will not be repeated anyway. so just forget abt them.
All throught the day think of all the reasons why u can do well in the exam.
16/07/06 :Plan of action,
1.30 pages of left overs from yesterday
2.UW qs leftovers of day 1.
3.Recap BS ... for 3/4 hrs.
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| kris1234
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16/07/06:Target achieved, yes completed with medicine/BS. Unofficially last day of prep.Glad things are coming to an end.Just do the good work for 1 last day.1 +1 day to go.
Exam day prep:
1.Read sharvill's +Wamaba's posts.Reflect on whatever is essential.
2 Emergency measures
a)Time out b) Triage questions c) Indiana Jones steps ....a.k.a.Guess.guess !
3.EMOTIONAL CONTROL+STRATERGIC ACTION(till the end of last Block) is the key .
Plan of action:
4hrs--------- Pediatrics
4hrs...........OBG
2hrs..........Surgery
18/07/06: To take it easy.
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| som
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All the Best kris...go bang the exam
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| sima
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good luck,may ur hardwork is frutfull
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| kris1234
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19/07/06 one with Step 2 ck! Som, Sima, Nithu,Isther,Plastic_girl,Anne and all others.Thank you very much.
Thanks Sharvill, wamba,3535.........Many of what u all posted helped me a lot.
I enjoyed myself during the exam.It has been an experience worth remembering for a while.For the time being I want to be positive and hope for the best.
Thanks USMLE Prep forum for providing this incredible service.
Wishing all of you all the best !
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| plastic_girl
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Good Luck with youre result kris, Im sure it will be what you want, youve worked for it!!  
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