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I was adamant of starting a journal. Quite afraid to see my own progress if there's any evey day of my prep. i have read some of the exam exp. & it's amazing how others motivate me by their hard works. I hope & I will someday be " there" too. I will work hard & let this be a good year for me.
I have read Kaplan lecture notes & videos once but when I started to answer q's it feels like I have not retained anything at all.
And so I finished 1st - 2nd reading of FA, Secrets, Step up & it's amazing how these 3 books are. I feel like I'm retaining something.
Tomorrow, will be the start of q's then FA at night.
My weekly schedule.....
8/15- 8/16- Pre test- pathophysio
8/17- am- pretest-pathophysio
pm- pretest Biochem & Genetics
until 8/19
8/20-8/22 2nd reading of MLE Secrets
pm- listen to Goljan audio
Read... Read... Study.. study...
HMGod...
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| goodyear
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a good start today. Finished 4 chapters of pretest pathophysio. I hope to be up late tonight too.
well quite motivated to study.. I don't want to do this test again. quite an ultimate ultimatum for me.
will read FA too.. w/ weak areas.
HMGod...
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| goodyear
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It's hard for me to stay up late so I woke up at 4;30 am to catch up w/ my schedule.
I will go to Barnes & Nobles cafe today to study. For some reason I tend to accomplish a lot if I'm out ... so will do that today.
Scary stuff for me.. Respiratory & Nephro.. slows me down.....
Study... Study... Study...
HMGod..
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| goodyear
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Barnes & Nobles didn't work for me yest. I was seated w/ 4 loud ladies whose conversation can be heard all thruout the store. Got a terrible headache after so I did not finish my sked. I'm still trying to finish Pretest pathophysio...
Good luck to me & evryone..
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| goodyear
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Done.. finally w/ pretest pathophysio. Will start Biochem/ Genetics today.. I should be fast to catch up w/ my schedule.
I am planning to do Qbank soon. Anyone pls. respond on how many q's are there? 7 what's the best way to study it..subjectwise , organ based... Pls. advise.. Appreciate it.
Thanks...
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| goodyear
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well... biochem pretest is giving me headache but I should finish this... i can do it....
work hard.. work hard... work hard....
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| goodyear
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Failure is impossible!!!!
That motivated me late tonight. Keep reading .. work hard...
I'm getting more familiar w/ dreaded subjects like Biochem...Anyone doing biochem?
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| goodyear
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Hi keepgoing..
Thanks. Good luck to you too.
What are you studying in Biochem? I am just reviewing FA & Pretest for it. I listened to Kaplan lecture only once. Someone I know told me that it should be enough.. just know the FA very well. What do you think?
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| goodyear
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Restarted usmle secrets again.. went over hematology & renal, nervous syst.
Finishing up w/ Biochem...
Goodness, it's hard to study & am feeling the pressure. Hoping to read harder & do more q's as my day comes.. I have been studying on & off for 6 mos. now & just decided I have to do it in 2 mos... gosh already in less than 2 mos.
Oh well got to do it... read read read.. study harder..
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| Musuq
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Goodyear, i think Biochem needs more than FA, unless you have a great background from you med school, I had to learn Biochem from scratch and heck, kaplan has helped me so much to grasp these concepts, before recombination, vectors, the whole molecular biology; it was just new to me but this morning I took nbme form3, it wasn't 'the great score' but my biochem and immuno were my best so, since I have been working on those monsters recently with kaplan, I think I got it under control, of course still need to work more but I think for these rough subjects is advisable to have solid concepts.
Good luck on your studies.
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| goodyear
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hey Thanks MUSUQ,
I watched Kaplan Biochem, read some part of Lippincott now I am still stucked w/ the pretest , unfortunately Biochem is my weakest subject so im also trying to grasp whatever I can with these books. Can you tell me some of your techniques in studying this subject? Again thanks for your input...
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| goodyear
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Reread USMLE Secrets... things are getting so familiar w/c is good for me... Hopefully w/ 3rd read I can memorize something til my final revision...
Stusy hard.. Read... be patient.. things will be alright... success.. be positive...
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| goodyear
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Thanks keepgoing.. sorry for the late reply there.
USMLE SECRETS is great for me. I can easily digest it. A close friemd of mine said that read or study the book that you're comfortable w/. I don't expect 100% understanding from my first reading but I think rereading is very impt. Hopefully I can memorize things easily on my final revision...
Today I will start a month of Kaplan Q BAnk. I will use it as a learning tool. By saying that, knowing myself, I am sure I'll panic if I get a low result but hey I still have 6 solid weeks to go on & burn candles at night. I will not do nbme until I feel I am ready. Got to save money for it...
Good luck everyone!!!
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| Musuq
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Can anybody give me a link of that USMLE SECRETS? please 
Goodyear, nice to hear that you are enjoying your reading, which is really hard to say, well done on keeping the energy up. Congratulations on finishing your 1st biochem reading, that is a tough one, keep it up! 
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| goodyear
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hey keepgoing & Musuq,
I'm happy everytime someone says hi in my journal. It keeps me going too.
Yeah got to have the energy going musuq.. A friend sid to me yesterday that it's good All I am doing is just to study... but it's not true.. I have my own family to take good care also. It feels like he's saying there's no reason for me not to pass... well that's why Im also pressuring myself to finish this step 1. It's scary but I'll do my best.
Anyway I ordered USMLE Step 1 Secrets by Thomas & David Brown thru Barnes & Nobles. it took a week before you'll get it. Maybe it is faster if you buy thru internet..
I also asked if that book had a difference w/ step up by Mehta.. then I ended up buying both books & I like it.. Fortunately I finished 1 reading w/ step up & 2 readings of secrets already. It makes you familiar w/ same topics over & over... i think my problem lies w/ memorization. I have to make my own mnemonics so I can remember stuff better... Any suggestions????
Good luck to us, to the both of you & everyone...
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| goodyear
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I started my Kaplan qbank yesterday.. I finished 100Q's plus the explanations . I think that's a good start for me. I HOPE I can be motivated like this all thru my preparation. There are nights that I feel blaaaahhh & just want to sleep but I pray that there will be no more days & nights like that... Coffeee.. tea...I even bought Red Bull already but I don't want to get immune to it til my exam. so save that for the exam day..
Okay got to study now...
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I can't believe I did not do any qbank yest. See things like this happens & I hope it won't happen again. Due to other activities I can't stay home to be at my computer. I blame myself for it. It sucks.... This wkend busy again.. hope to gear up Sunday night.
Good luck yo all..
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| goodyear
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Early am today.. did 46 q's of qbank. results not promising .. I need to study more...
I hope I will succeed.. too. HM Lord..
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| vallia
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hey goodyear, thanks for stopping by to my journal. about my scores, well i'm doing my best but finally only the real exam counts so don't worry about Qbank scores at the moment. I read aprox 6-8 hours everyday, only kaplan and Brs, now finishing the second reading and also added everything that seemed important to me in Fa. Also used Tommy Hy topics and made short notes in my notesbook. My advice (although I'm in no position to give advices...) is to really concentrate when you read, cause I have made that mistake not to concentrate and not to understand..and at the end of the day I wasn't able to remember anything from what I just read. So concentrate, take small breaks after every chapter, or 10-15 pages.make notes and keep on going (that is the most important). You'll do good buddy, have confidence in yourself, you have everything in your brain , just need to put everything together and Qbank and reviewing will do that. GL
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Goodyear, don't feel discourage, let's push each other ok, take Vallia's advice, I may also follow her tips. Goodyear you are doing great, send you positive energies on your way, we can do this buddy, just hang in there, some days are better than others but together may add up and help us reaching the goal, so keep fighting 
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