AllahuAkbar
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Hello guys,
I want to write my step 1 exam in Aug 15th and I was told that this exam period is hard and that I should take exam sometime in the fall. Their reason is that All U.S. and Candian students take the exam Jun-July-Aug and that since the exam is "percentile", I'll be makred against the rest of the student pool thus may end up getting lower grade than I can obtain if I had to take the exam with international graduates. In short: I'm FM student from the Caribbean and I want to know whether I should take the exam in Aug or Oct 2007.
Thanks.
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| FLK11
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That's a bunch of bullocks! There is absolutely no better or worse time to take the Step1, no matter what anyone says.
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| klimt
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The percentile scores are calculates based on the results during the last 10 years, not the last 2 months! So ignore all the gossip and take the test when you are ready!!!
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| AllahuAkbar
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Thanks guys. this is what I thought. Those students who don't believe their abilities are the ones who often use this kind of approach to scare those who believe their abilities. I noticed that some FMG students think that since they are not American/Canadian graduates that they are less prepared thus they think that they can't score as good as local graduates. I totally disagree with this group b/c at the end of the day it comes down to: 1. how well you studied during your basics 2. How much you are willing to read during your prep period. In short: Hard workd, hard work, and hard work pays off not your place of education. You can be from Harvard and fail if you don't study hard.
Take care and thanks.
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| klimt
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good point
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