step12006
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Hi everyone,
My exam is in september . I haven't decided the date yet but i need all the encouragement & help i can recieve .So i am here hoping you all and resp. seniors will guide through this ordeal and help me focus ..
I started preparation in feb .I am in my second reading organwise . i study approx 7 hrs.
My speed is slow which is the main cause of frustration plus i tend to forget . i am 2001 grad.
Today planning to finish hematology .
I haven't started questions yet .Should i supplement questions at this moment ?Which source would be the best?
During my prep ,please don't hesitate to point out what i am doing wrong and how i need to improve .
I really have to give this exam as my life has been on hold for many years and every morning i wake up ,i really feel like a failure .
All my friends who graduated with me are already working or atleast in residencies .Just that lately ,it's been hard to feel even worthy .
I used be one of the good students in school ,got married ,came to US and was lost for 5 years.I had no motivation.Then i found this forum one day and felt really inspired .And i promised myself that i am going to give exams and be a good doctor and help people.
So Hematology it is ...
Thanks for listening !
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| ing
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Welcome and goodluck.
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| Ivil
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hi step12006, im just like u. 2001 grad. no clinical experience after that. was a good student during my college days. i dont know wht hap the past 5 yrs. it just flew by.
started my prep in feb. doing neuro and pharm now. shud complete by this week. after tht will start my second revision.
so r u doing path from goljan? hows it going...
good luck
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| step12006
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Thanks ing and ivil !
Ivil, It's good to meet someone with same experience in life .Yeah, i'm doing patho from Rapid review series .Just starting coagulation disorders .I haven't listened to lectures though .When are u planning for exam ?
Happy reading !
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| vallia
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hi, step12006, welcome here. i am also 2001 graduate, plannig to sit for exam in sept. I do second reading at this moment and also started Fa. I think you should start doing questions. We have 2 months left only.good luck
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| drbin
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well here is one more person just like u, only a small difference is i was lost for past 3 yrs after my grad and that i aim for oct. havent started my second read yet. about to finish first reading in probably fw more wks. hope we can all do it
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| step12006
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Thanks drbin and vallia .
I will start questions soon Vallia .Is kaplan q bank a good source ?
I scheduled my exam today.It's on sept 27.
I just left my 3 yr old at daycare and now the race begins .Today i shall complete blood pharma ,dermatology and read FA for hematology and dermatology .
Hope i can complete this all today .
I too hope that we all can ace this exam ,drbin.
Thought of the day:
Obstacles are frightful things we see when we take our eyes off our goals -Henry ford
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| yolanda
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Hi step12006, your post caught my eye, I am also a 2001 graduate, my step 1 was scheduled for sep, but I haven't started to study that well, so I am changing it.
Everyone has adviced me to get kaplan q bank for the last 3 months of prep, it seems it is a good source.
Are you planning for 2008 or 2007 match?, where are you from?
Good luck!
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| step12006
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Hi Yolanda,Thanks for your suggestion .I will get kaplan q bank and get started with it asap.
I think i might be already late for 2007 .I still have 3 steps to go .
Well ,what a day! .My car broke down so my daughter is home today .So i shall just have to study with her running around .
Just trying to be optimistic for now .
I spent like 7.30- 10.30 just calling all the customer service numbers to get the car towed .
So today i will start genetics .Before that ,i plan to complete the pharma chapter of inflammatory realted disorders .
I think i will need to add few hours at night today for all the backlog of morning studies .
Happy studying everyone !
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| step12006
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Ok so still in genetics .I'll finish it by tomorrow hopefully .Almost close to completion of molecular biology .I did qbank for same and read through FA .Days seem shorter and shorter .I am running out of time ,really .
Back to work..
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| step12006
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I just did questions on molecular biology .Can't believe how many i got wrong .Silly mistakes .
I Need to focus although i have been trying hard lately ever since i fixed exam date .I am really scared at this moment .
Surprisingly ,some topics as i read them feel new to me even though it is second read .God help me get through this day .Thanks everyone for suggesting doing questions or i wouldn't have known where i stand .
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| step12006
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Goal for tomorrow is neoplasia ,musculoskeletal system .
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| step12006
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Some musculoskeletal system is left .I must complete it first thing in morning.Tomorrow i shall start immunology
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| step12006
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Ok .So last three days were a total waste .My cousin came with his fiancee .I just don't know how to say NO to relatives .He brought her around to introduce to family but i lost precious days .I'm feeling a bit down and the whole schedule i made acc. to dates needs to be readjusted .Seems like you have run away somewhere for few months to finish this exam .
Back to immunology .
God help me do better today.
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| jaide
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hey....dont fret about the lost time... try to make up for it...gl..
happy studying...
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| step12006
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Thanks Jaide .I appreciate your advice .Sometimes i feel without the support from this forum ,i'd be so pulled down by my own pessimism.
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| step12006
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Ok so 50 pages yet to go before immunology finishes .Tomorrow i have to start micro .My exam looks so near from where i stand and i would rather not change the date but change my habits and be a better student than i am .
My husband says what your daughter sees you as today is what she will become tomorrow and i truly want her to be strong willed person .Which i myself am yet to be .So i hope i shall work towards being a better person .
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| tolito
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what a great responsibility it is to be a mother. is there a better motivation than that? you will surely succeed given your reasons. just keep on with teh studies and you will be rewarded.
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| smarty
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hi step12006...
its good to read about someone trying so hard .i am sure YOU will succeed...have no doubt about it whatsoever....and have faith in GOD....HE makes everything run soo smoothly...sometimes when U feel u are lost........insha allah...HE will do the same for u.......have a good time studying and remember:
Life is a competition not with others, but with ourselves. We should seek each day to live stronger, better, truer lives;
Each day to master some weakness of yesterday; each day to repair a mistake; each day to surpass ourselves.
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i salute the courage of ALL momstrying their best..........!!!! TC!
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| step12006
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Thanks Tolito and smarty .People like you are so encouraging and motivating .God bless you both with 99 and more !
You both made my day .
So still doing microbiology .I plan to finish it tomorrow hopefully.Still lots and lots to go before i sleep .
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| step12006
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Still trying to finish micro.I underestimated the volume .I think i will need one more day .Ihope i can finish it by tomorrow.
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| smarty
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thanks for ur blessing step1 2006..hope u get a 99 tooinsha allah.....blesss YOU!!!!! KEEP TRYING.........its better to try and to take a step...than sitting still and waiting for a miracle........blesss YOU....hope i can follow suit of all these diligent moms and not BE AS LAZY AS I AM........!!! best of luck with awesome micro......i lovee this subject: !!!!
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| step12006
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Thanks smarty .You always have such nice things to say .Still in viruses .Seems like brain is overloaded with information at this point.Hope i retain some. .Anyways i am going to start acid base and biochem tomorrow .Whatever will be left from micro will be done in portions in evenings .I think i'm bit slow .Trying hard to improve .
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| step12006
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Started Biochem at a slow note .Just completed one chapter .8 to go .
Just feel a bit drained and anxious .I am in second read and still some info seems as if it just settled in .
Hmmm exam on 27 sept is pretty close considering amt of work that needs to be done .On 30 sept ,my eligibility period expires so have to work .Sometimes mind just feels like taking a break but then guilt overcomes everything .It's even beome hard to truely enjoy free time ,cause you feel guilty about not studying .
I wake my daughter up every morning , send her to child care .She keeps saying 'Mommy i don't want to go,i want to stay home " makes everything even harder .Cause i love her so much and it hurts when she is not happy.But then i realise that i have to be somewhere for her better future .
My dreams had taken a back seat for long time .I had almost stopped dreaming .But everything changed when i started persuing usmle.No matter how hard it is,it gives a purpose in life .
God give me serenity to change the things i can,
To accept the things i cannot change
and the wisdom to know the difference.
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| step12006
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So i'm doing biochem 4 chapters to go.today is a slow day as it is saturday and my daughter wanted me to spend some time with her .I had to finish doing laundry,make breakfast and now here i sit with books at 11.30 even though i can't say for how long .I didn't actually spend much time with her .But most of time working  .
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