Jinx
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Hi everyone,
ive been off this forum for a while tho was very active on it about 2 months ago--anyway-gave my CK on Aug 7th--and well not quite sure what to make of it....
I had expected the exam to be difficult--so it wasnt really a surprise--however my hopes that it might be easy were definitely dashed.
I felt that the exam was VERY comprehensive and everything of any importance was tested--in fact i would say that just Kaplan/other notes isnt the best prep--if possible a brief review of some important topics like CHF,Nephro,Ventilation,transplants etc from a good text would be quite helpful--u need to have all your concepts absolutely clear coz they twist questions in an exceptional way!!!
i prepared for 4 mths total & i used UW in the last month and got 70% on the 1st timed attempt--didnt do the NBMEs coz i ran outta time--i think UW is an excellent resource with many questions quite similar to actual ones on the test.
subject wise--everything was covered comprehensively--IM of course was the most--but they had asked enuf of all other subjects to cover everything.
I for my part was shocked by the psychiatry--i thot i was ok with it but the questions were very confusing---i probably got a large %age of those wrong....
biostats there were only abt 1 q per block--some easy--some confusing.
time is enough--but not with much time left over to review marked questions---u end up using the entire 1 hr of the block--and ur not completely satisfied--and by the 7th block or so ur mind is well and truly fried--its just mental fatigue after that and how well u cope with it!!!!
neway--im just glad another step is over--im not expecting a great score esp after reading about Rasul--my heart goes out to you!
Alina----amazing score---guess u took the dancing pill  Congrats!!!!!
Cyra--best of luck with ur result--and of course how can i forget achilles---what happened man--how was it????
so waiting for the result tho its delayed
now will prepare for the CS......
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| study_ing
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thanx for sharing ur experience...good luck with ur score..u have a great usmleworlds score..dont worry and hope for the best
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thanx study_ing--its just hope now!!!
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| cyra
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Good to have you back Jinx!I actually thought we'd lost you!
Good luck for a great score.
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all the best jinx. i remember you at step 1 forum. cannot miss that name.
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hee hee good to see u here tolito 
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Hey Jinx... your score will come pretty soon... you WILL get a 99... take care and wish you the very best.
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| Jinx
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thanx isther!!!
that would be a dream come true---but ill take whatever i get!
anyway--thanxfor the good wishes--im sure theyll raise my score jus that xtra bit!
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Please let me know regarding the time, how you do compare it with step 1? I mean you also just finished each block on time or you had more time in step 1?
It's very important to me cause I was just able to finish each block on time in step 1 except for 5 questions that I missed. Do you think I wi'' have more problem with step 2 regarding time management? How do you compare the needed time in each step?
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| Jinx
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i did have more time in step 1 than in step 2
i still think u will find that the time is enough--just
questions on step 2 are much longer than step 1--however, i found the exam longer more due to the fact that most questions are very confusing--the best next step etc etc......make u have to read every detail in the question and really think hard so u don't get conned.
that said, i did finish each block about 5-10 minutes before time was up---however--thats often not really enough to make the most of the marked questions----so I would suggest u try to get as many questions as possible on the 1st read itself...so less review required.
i suggest u dont worry so much abt this aspect--put in the study and solve enuf questions--and the time shd work out!!!
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| Dragonfly
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Congratualtions on your great score Jinx,
you mentioned it i better to check certain topics from other sources. do you mind if i ask what was your source for those topics?
thanks alot 
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| Jinx
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dragonfly, i put in a quick read(scan) u cud say of my old texts--mainly davidson(med)
also looked up obgy(dutta) and ghai(paeds) where i had any doubts
davidson helped a lot--i just went thru the boxes/tables etc rapidly the last 2 days--quite high yield!!!
i think cmdt/washington manual may be even better!!
some questions abt ventilator settings, endocrine, some electrolytes/geriatrics etc---topics i found i got wrong in UW--and are not too well given in kaplan---i was able to clear all my basics abt these topics b4 the exam thru use of the proper text!!!
hope this helps!!
best of luck!!
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Thanks a million Jinx. it was a great help
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