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pallav
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08/03/06 - 03:12 AM

hi doston, FRENS, BUDDS

i dont know what to say

i have these precious little 28 days left on my disposal

what should i do i ahve read kaplan twice and i need this final revision so badly....

but some people say that i shd do only first aid and questions

i have no more money to take the nbme?????

please if any people who are about to take their examz or more

preferrably people who have taken it

i need all ur advice

i think everything i read in the past few days is evaporating

life is all messed up

never felt so bad before an exam

hope god helps me and

i need the support of all you guys

shaken

pallav

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DrPak
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08/03/06 - 07:26 AM

Hey pallav, my exam is in 27 days (30th of August). I'm only doing questions now and trying to find time to go through Goljan's HY 100 page notes. I think questions are the way to go, specially if you've already read Kaplan twice. You could go for Kaplan's Qbank or/and USMLERX. I'm doing both these days, just coming to the computer, solving questions and going through the answers, actively memorizing concepts that I'm rusty in and moving past hurriedly in things I got right and am sure about. You won't believe how this exercise will boost ur confidence. If you can't affort to get the online Qbank version, you can download the thing from various places, the links to them were recently put up on the site. There are also lots of pretest books with 300-400 questions each.

So there are lots of questions for you to do if you decide to just start going through questions from here on out. Aim to do some 4000-6000 questions till ur exam. It's a very labour intensive process, but it's worthwhile.

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08/03/06 - 07:57 AM

hi my exam is on 26 aug & i already give almost three reads to subjects but still feel i don't know anything even somtimes very easy things are hard to remind b/c read it few days ago but i think dr pak is right doing lots of qs revise everything repeatedly itself iam doing 100 qs everyday + fa & listening goljan lec b/c it revise all concepts again so you don't need to go through all books as i am a very slow reader it will take two months for me again which i don't have any more . hope this effort will work b/c i can't do it again my kids are already suffered alot.gl to e verybody on the forum.

pallav
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08/04/06 - 03:25 AM

hey thanx budds

all the doctor prescribed was some boosting

thanx alot . i cant go with two readings

so of course i'll go for my revision reading and side by side im doing as many questions as possible

but life is really getting troublesome

today for the first time i thought i'll waste my time and hear to this goljan stuff

and i realised its a value for money

i cant believe how easily a person can make things go inside .......

i tell you guys if u have not done it plz do it

and thanx a lot again guys

ilove u all

luv

pallav

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aisha2
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08/04/06 - 07:01 AM

pallav i think ur doin just the right thing , im goin over the things i didnt do so good on my last NBME and the things i know im not so good at or confident about, listenin to goljan helps alot ...... im takin my exam on the 1st or 2nd sept , im so scared that i havnt taken an appointment yet, i know i should .

im doin FA , goljan lectures , and my weak areas. i thinki should start doin the Qs as well like Drpak just said.

zzzz ur so right , i think our children r gettin neglected alot through all this and i have to do this now , dont want the whole family goin through all this again

ITS NOW OR NEVER

GOOD LUCK EVERY ONE

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izn
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08/04/06 - 12:19 PM

hi Drpak,
thank you for all the material you provided....
but about your addons....i saw them in the book ...i just looked at CVS yet thou...i mean i did find in the book " PDA cause differential cyanosis at a stage"...i also found "polycythemia in right to left shunt, by erythropoietin response due to decreased oxygen to kidneys"...
the book i have is rapid review series pathology by ELSEVIER MOSBY

mitty
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08/04/06 - 01:25 PM

pallav
Mine is also at the end of this month.what I am doing is revising in the day time and qs in the night or vice versa.Doing qs alone will not make much a difference with out revison.Do qs as much as you can and revise too.
Put a time table for every subject and try not to worry about the subject you didn't do while you are reading another one.You can make a big difference on your performance in 28 days.
BTW where are the good people of the forum who took the exam recently.We need your guidance.p.s drop one or two lines of advise.

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DrPak
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08/04/06 - 10:52 PM

hey,

I'm not sure what your question is. Could u be more clear please?

izn wrote:
hi Drpak,
thank you for all the material you provided....
but about your addons....i saw them in the book ...i just looked at CVS yet thou...i mean i did find in the book " PDA cause differential cyanosis at a stage"...i also found "polycythemia in right to left shunt, by erythropoietin response due to decreased oxygen to kidneys"...
the book i have is rapid review series pathology by ELSEVIER MOSBY

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