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Good luck to you too robin, wish you nothing less than the best of lucks...
Thanks for stopping by...
Edited by mazinger on 08/05/06 - 09:52 AM
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Yesterday no kidding, IHAD THE WORST HEADACHE OF MY LIFE...
I think I was very sleep deprived, eventhough I wake up very early in the morning I fall asleep at dawn (3 AM).
Well today I managed to sleep 8 hours so Im ready to conquer the world again.
I already started with peds and I am planning on finishing up to chapter seven by the end of tomorrow.. and thats basically it..
I dont know you guys, but I really like the peds book, well at least for now.
Isther told me its a little messed up, and that I havent noticed since I am just begining with it  ..
Dear test gurus, is this book enough?
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Dear friends I am having a real hard time learning the developemental charts of peds!!!
It so annoying!!!!! more annoying than a fella in the IM forum... hahahaha
Just hate those cold hearted charts!
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perhaps watcing the bs videos for step 1 might be a change...
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Good tip study! Thanks I never thought of that!
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I told you about the peds book!!! 
Hang in there man!!! Once you finish it, you will be in good shape to practice peds questions.
SI SE PUEDEEEEEE!!!!!
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Just like our beloved soccer team that made a worldwide uproar!!!
Si se puede!!!
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I am back on my feet after a week of feeling blue... Now its over and I am here to keep up to my goals again... After finding out Isther got a high score, I have found new strength and inspiration to keep going (hard work really pays off buddy), also I cannot forget about lisaM thanks for your PM it helped me bring the tension down..
Now I am through with half of the peds book. AND I AM WILLING TO FINISH IT BY THE END OF THE WEEK! 
Lets see if I can reach as high as I roar! 
Wish me luck...
PS SI SE PUEDE!!!!!!!
Edited by mazinger on 08/16/06 - 11:26 AM
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Today my performance was below my expectations, but I was able to read 30 pages (I usually read 15 to 20 on a dailly basis) so for me this is a success...
Anyways this brand new day is full of hope and joy and I will think usmle, eat usmle, kiss usmle, nap usmle, ALL usmle! 
Yesterday I felt tired thats what kept me from doing more pages  and hopefully today I wont feel the same way...
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good luck for the new day..u,ll do it
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Thanks sheezo... The day is not over yet and I think that today Ill keep closer to my goals than yesterday..
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hi mazinger, dont stress out. i was really inspired by you in my early days of prep for step 1. you can do it. you have done it before so you will do it once more.
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thanks tolito for the confidence...
buddy good luck with your step 1 score!
I am getting the hang of this, you know going to steps forward then taking a step back, then forth and then back and so on...
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good luck mazinger..i bet 99% of 99ers dont accomplish their daily goals...
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Yup you are right is the same story as step 1 I could never keep up to my plans, but I guess thats the way it works..
Thanks for tthe support
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Today I restarted my step 2 ck prep.. I am more relaxed and willing to give my best shot again, from my former prep I got quite a few positive things specially from uw 68% 1000 mcqs done all IM, and took invaluable "state of the art" notes from it...
Now I am ready to finish peds of course I want to integrate it with IM..
BTW I am going to take things calmly and take my step 2 ck in jan and CS in march..
I am so relieved after I took this time off..
Bye
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I started the day with a few stressors on my mind, but I have to keep focused... I CAN DO IT!
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Dale pana... keep up the reading... You had a good rest, now its time to get tough!!!
All the best dude!!!
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Hey Isther pana thanks for the good wishes, you are right about its time to get tough...
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Its been a while since I last wrote an entry in my journal.. I would like to write a brief draft about what's been my prep all this time... I started my prep in the latter part of may reading the IM book using the same strategy I used at step 1.. Watching videos and taking notes from them. It worked pretty well in step 1, but now that I look into my past with a better perspective thx to all the experience I have gathered in this journey think this approach was a total waste of time for step 2.. Most things said in the videos are already in the books so there is no need for writing the same thing that is already there... Most of the videos are a bunch of crap specially Asher's and the only videos worth watching are Conrad Fischer's and Alina's, PERIOD! everything is already in the books and no need to waste precious time and stamina on that..
I also think that there is no need to take notes from UW, as a ol' friend once said 90% of UW info are already in kap books, and if its not in kap then it means is low yield.. Well, my experience was very traumatizing, hardcore mcqs a little above the basic standards, but I still think that kap was enough, well at least is enough to do well on nbme forms.. Eventhough I still havent received my score yet I still have faith in kaplan system.. Many thoughts and feelings of despair come to my mind I still have faith in the system..
I made many mistakes, lost too much time doing things that are not worth doing.. I didnt read surgery notes besides the qbooks section ---> BTW VERY HIGH YIELD... I wasnt able to read ob gyn throroughly since I was totally burnt out by the time I had to read the notes. Why was I already burned out? Because I spent too much time reading other subjects such as IM, read it almost 8 times, 5 times pedia, 4 times psych.. I think I should have distributed my time more wisely you know..
F***ed up big time!
Anyways my scores have always been encouraging, UW was having 50s on my first read, but after I got the hang of it they were getting higher and higher (and I never repeated questions).. In my worst blocks I was at least 10% above the mean, which is a good thing, brings a lot of confidence.. I did UW on java for Mac os X and they give your percentile, I ended up at the 88th percentile so it means only 12% of suscribers were getting higher socres than I was.. Nbmes form 1 700 one month away from the test without having read obgyn yet. Form 3 which was harder than form 1 I got 640 a week away from step 2..
At this moment I try to remain as confident as I can be hoping nbme predictions come really true.. I was aiming for a 270, but as closer as I got to the test my strength was fading and the 270 score was slipping away from my hands.. I know I may sound like a snob and perhaps I am, but that was my wish and I always focused my prep towards that goal, but what was left out of it?? nothing I just ended up so burned down that now that I am a month away of my step 2 cs I have no strength left to take care of it..
Gosh! guess 270s are only for super dudes, and not for dudes like me who wish to have japanse hero powers.. Therefore my conclusion is that "We all end up being the same thing, just human.. just human you know?"
Still havent received my scores and I can say only one thing. I am definetly not getting 270s and perhaps I am not getting even close to 260s, I made too much mistakes to get near that range, I wish I can get as near as posible to my dream score..
So that was a brief and that's as far as I am willing to share my prep experience..
Just be aware that many outrageous things happen in the forum and many things said here (and I am not saying in my journal thread) are not true at all... Ive seen people lie about their scores all around, I am not saying that every single 99r is a lyer, I got 99 in step 1 and I havent lied about my score either.. Other tihng I want you to know is that I hate when newbies appear all of the sudden and the only thing they say in the forum is that they have a high score. My impression is that these people only think about themselves.. They want to be praised by everyone, but they are too good to share their experiences through all the preparation process, but dont feel that whatever reason they have that made them remain silent at the moment they receive their high score... THAT'S WHY I NEVER CONGRATULATE NEWBIES WITH HIGH SCORES..
I think of many people in this forum as close friends, people who have shared with me good times and bad times, who are not here for selfish reasons, who think no matter what are our scores WE ALL ARE THE SAME, and NOT DIFFERENT.. I hate it when strangers try to make fun of us people who really make this forum alive, who make this forum a part of our lives...
Scores mean nothing, just mean a higher probability of getting more interviews and that's it.. Whoever 99er thinks on the contrary well it means this 99er doesnt deserve to have a high score nor admiration of the people in this forum.. Why do all high scorers need to be admired??? and none of the low scorers never are?? there are people who don't have scores in high 90s which I really admire.. There are lots of full time moms around who just fight and struggle hard enough to get their way around this usmle, there are also some dads around who work everyday busting their asses to support their family and not only that, they also have to deal with usmle.. These are the real heroes in this forum, I admire these people a lot, I could give U not only one name but dozens of them.. Perhaps you all know who they are so its not really necesary to name them..
Geez.. I think I let lose many thoughts I had inside..
ONE LAST THOUGHT I LOVE THIS FORUM AND LOVE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN IT, I MADE VERY GOOD FRIENDS IN THIS QUEST...
Remember to never loose faith nor hope, because eventhough I am not a very religious man I trully beleive God has plans for all of us, and God is always there for people who work hard towards a goal...
Have fun
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Dear Dharnia your oasis is going to be updated tomorrow night, GL, and dont be discouraged by other people's posts...
GL
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my oasis was not updated!!! F**K!!!!!!!!
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Sorry for the cursing.. But I feel so relieved afterwards  ....
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