TALAL188
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ALLHAMDULILLAH WERE THE WORDS WHN I WALKED OUT OF MY TEST CENTRE ON 10/11
N YES 11/15 WAS NO WAY DIFFERENT
ALLHAMDULILLAH ECHOED AROUND MY EARS WHN I GT MY SCORE REPORT AFTER 15 DAYS
OF
CONSTANT TENSION
I WASNT ABLE TO SLEEP THE NGHT BEFRE N GT UP EARLY THE NEXT MORNING ,THE
CLOCK CLIKED 1 PM N I SAID TO MYSELF THATI WONT BE ABLE
TO GET MY RESULT EVEN TODAY
WENT TO MY ROON N THOUGHT SHULD SLEEP FR A WHILE,AFTER 15 -20 MINUTES MY
FATHER CAME N TOLD ME IT HAS ARRIVED N THEN HIS
NEXT WRDS WERE 99- I WAS LIKE SHOCKED N PIKED UP THE SCORE REPORT N
WATCHED IT FR FEW MINUTES,N THEN MY MOM CAME N YES I GT 99/246
ALL COZ OF THE PRAYERS N WISHES OF MY PARENTS N ALL MY FRIENDS WHETHER MY
COLLEGE FRIENDS OR PPL I KNOW THRU ORKUT
THANK U GUYS I WONT BE ABLE TO DO THAT WTHUT UR PRAYERS AND YES ALLAH WAS
VERY VERY KIND TO ME
ALLAH HAS REALLY BLESSED ME WTH SUCH PPL WHO REALLY SUPPORTED ME IN TIMES OF
NEEED
THANK U GUYS THANKS A TON
LAST FEW DAYS WERE REALLY TOUGH FR ME
THE CONSTANT WAIT FR THE SCORE SHEET WAS DIFFICULT BUT IN A WAY IT
ALLOWED ME THE FAMOUS"'EXTRA TIME'' FOR PRAYERS N DUAS
N ALLHAMDULILLAH ,THANKS A LOT ALLAH ,ITS ALL COZ OF UR KINDNESS
WELL I POSTED MY EXPERIENCE BEFRE SO WILL JUST STIK TO SOME IMP AREAS
MY SCORE CORRELATIONS FRST
KAPLAN Q BANK (FRST TIME,DID WTH MY SECOND READ,UNTIMED)=73-78PERCENT
KAPLAN Q BANK(SECOND TIME,DID WTH MY 4TH READ)=88-91 PERCENT
KAPLAN Q BOOK(FRST TIME)=82 PERCENT (DID WTH MY 3RD READ)(BEHAV WAS AROUND
64 PERCENT)
KAPLAN Q BOOK(REVISION)=MOSTLY HOVERING AROUND 90 PERCENT BUT REALLY DID IT
FAST,QUIKLY WENT THRU
USMLE WORLD(DID WTH MY 4TH READ,A SINGLE BLOK DAILY,TIMED)=71PERCENT///79TH
PERCENTILE ACCORDINGTO THEIR STATS
KAPLAN SIMULATED (AFTER 3RD READING)=73 PERCENT
NBME FORM 3 (DID ON 28TH SEPT=15DAYZ BEFRE MY EXAM)=660/250
NBME FORM 4(DID 2 DAYS BEFRE MY EXAM=9TH OCT)=620/244
USED
PRETEST PHYSIO
PRETEST BIOCHEM N GENETICS
PRETEST PHARMA
A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME ACCORDING TO MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE,IF HAD USMLE WORLD
RELEASED EARLEIR SHULD HAVE DONE UWRLD
EARLIER)
DID ABT 75 PERCENT OF ROBBINS REVIEW QS,WASNT ABLE TO COMPLETE AS WAS SHORT
OF TIME ,STILL THEY WERE GOOOOD
NOW MY RESOURCES
MOST IMP=PRAYERS OF SO MANY PPL,EVEN OF THOSE WHOM I NEVER MET,THANKS FR THAT
PHYSIO=KAPLAN PLUS BRS(INITIALLY WENT THRU ALL BRS BUT LATER ON JUST USED TO
REVISE ITS NEUROPHYSIO CHAPTER)
ANATOMY=HIGH YIELD GROSS ANATOMY
HIGH YIELD NEURO
HIGH YIELD EMBRYO
HIGH YIELD HISTO
JUST USED KAPLAN IN MY SECOND READ N THEN NEVER REVISED IT AGAIN,I
CONSIDER HY MCH MUCH SUPERIOR FR ANATOMY THAN KAPLAN
BIOCHEMISTRY=FRST 3 READS REVISED LIPPINCOTS BIOCHEM WTH KAPLAN BIOCHEM
LAST READ DIDNT USE LIPPINCOT N JUST REVISED KAPLAN
PHrma=kaplan plus lange flash cards
used a bit of katzung revieW
PATHOLOGY=A VERY STRANGE PREP WAY ACTUALLY
USD BRS IN MY FRST READ
THEN NEVER USED IT
THEN I MY SECOND READ USED GOLJAN RAPID REVIEW
IN MY 3RD N 4TH READ USED GOLJAN HY NOTES
MICRO=FRST READ MMRS N THEN STUCK TO KAPLAN,ITS NOTES ARE THE BEST
IMMUNO=KAPLAN AMAZING
BEAVIOUR=FRSTREAD BRS,2ND READ BRS N KAPLAN ,N THEN ONLY KAPLAN
BRS WAS SOME HOW NOT SUITABLE FR ME,FOUND IT VERY
SCATTERING
BIOSTATS=APPLETON N LANGE
REVIEW BOOKS
FRST AID 2004 EDITION
KAPLAN MEDESSENTIALS(USED IT IN MY LAST READ)
FOR DVDS=I USED OONLY BEHAVIOUR DVDS FULLY
WATCHEDA BIT OF GENETICS DVDS
WATCHED THE LAST 2 LECTURES(SLIDE REVIEW) FROM PATHO DVDS
REST STUCK TO KAPLAN AUDIOS FOR
BIOCHEMISTRY
GENETICS
PHARMACOLOGY
MICRO(WASTE OF TIME)
IMMUNO
AUDIOS ARE SAME AS DVDS,THEY HAVE FEW CHAPTERS MISSING,AUDIOS DONT FOLLOW THE PAGE TO PAGE LECTURE FORMAT THAT DVDS DO
GOLJAN AUDIOS
LISTENED TO THOSE TWICE
ONCE IN MY LATE 2ND N 3RD READ
N ONCE IN LAST 10 DAYZ BEFRE MY EXAM
WAT WULD BE MY CHOICE FR STEP1 RESOURCES NOW
PHYSIO=KAPLAN (WTH DVDS)PLUS DO NEUROPHYSIO FROM BRS
ANATOMY=ONLY HIGH YIELD SERIES WTH CTS N MRIS FROM WEB PATH(NO NEED TO GO FOR DVDS)
BIOCHEM=ONLY KAPLAN WTH ITS DVDS
GENETICS=KAPLAN WTH DVDS
PHARMA=KAPLAN WTH LANGE FLASH CARDS N IF STILL U HAVE SOME EXTRA TIME GO FOR KATZUNG REVIEW(ESP ITS ANS)(WONT RECCOMEND USING DVDS)(STILL CONSIDER PHARMA IS 80 PERCENT CRAMING,SO Y TO WASTE UR TIME ON WATCHNG THAT DVD,INSTEAD USE THAT TIME TO CRAM PHARMA)
PATHOLOGY=ITS WAT SUITS U,LOTS OF VARIATIONS AMONGST VARIOUS PPL ,MY PERSONAL OPINION IS DONT GO BY THE LABEL,CHOOSE WAT SUITS U, AS PATHO IS V IMP IN THIS EXAM,SO CHOOSE THE MATERIAL WCH SUITS U N SERVES U WELL
ONLY GOLJAN AUDIOS IS A MUST
WTH SLIDE REVIEW LECTURES FROM KAP DVD
U CAN PIK ANY OF THE BOOKS,PPL PREFER BRS,I HATED THAT BOOK,SOMEHOW NEVER COMMUNICATED WELL WTH THAT BOOK
GOLJAN NOTES/BRS/KAPLAN =ANY OF THEM WTH GOLJAN AUDIOS N HIS SLIDES=SERVES U WELL
MICRO=KAPLAN AMAZING BOOK-COPY OF JAVETZ IN A WAY(DONT HVE TO USE THE DVDS)
IMMUNO=KAPLAN PLUS USE DVD LECTURES
BEHAVIOUR=KAPLAN PLUS ITS DVDS(ITS THE BEST COMBO)
MOST IMP RESOURCE=WISHES N PRAYERS OF UR PARENTS N PPL AROUND U,DONT THINK THAT U LL SUCCEED WTHUT THEIR PRAYERS,
PLUS DONT FRGET UR DUTIES TO ALMIGHTY ALLAH
FOR QS
KAPLAN Q BANK
KAP Q BOOK
USMLE WORLD Q BANK
NBME EXAM(ATLEST ONE FORM,EITHER FORM3 OR 4)
THATS ABUT IT
SOME THING THAT I WULD HAVE DONE
1.USED SOME PRETEST BOOKS LIKE PHYSIO,PHARMA,BIOCHEM N IT WAS JUST A WASTE OF TIME
2.WASTED TOO MUCH OF MY TIME ON GENETICS
3.BEEN TOO TENSE THRU OUT MY PREP,
4.USED BEHAVIOUR SCIENCES DVDS AT THE END,SHULD HAVE STUCK TO IT RGHT FROM THE STRT
5.KAPLAN MICRO AUDIOS---->JUST A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME
I CONSIDER KAPLAN MICRO NOTES,THE BEST WRITTEN AMONGST ALL,THEY HAVE EVRYTHNG
THINGS TO REMEBER
LOTS OF THNGS THAT U SHULD REMEBER THE DAY OF UR EXAM
MAKE A LIST OF ALL THNGS U THNK U GONA FRGET OR U THINK SHULD BE REVISING ON THE LAST DAY
I THOUGHT THESE THNGS WERE IMP
WILL POST THOSE SUBJECT WISE
A.ANATOMY
1.BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURIES
2.FRACTURES N THEIR RELATED NERVE INJURIES
3.GET GOOD IDEA WHERE IMP VESSELS ARE IN CTS/MRIS
4.ALL BRAIN STEM LESIONS(KNOW THEM V WELL)
PATHOLOGY N PHYSIOLOGY
1.DERMA
2.CNS TUMORS
3.KNOW THE EFFECT OF VARIOUS RESPO DISEASES ON FEV1,FVC,TLC,INSIDE OUT
4.KNOW THE CONCEPTS OF GFR,FF N RPF,ALDOSTERONE N RENIN IN VARIOUS DISEASES N STATES
5.DO LOOK ALL GRAPHS REALLY WELL(IN EXAM U DO GET GRAPHS,MAKE SURE U KNOW THE CONCEPTS)
6.COAGULATIVE DISORDERS,U SHULD KNOW HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE BW EACH OF THOSE
7.VALVULAR HEART DISEASES KNOW THEM WELL(2-3 QS ARE ALWAYS THERE)
8.VITAMINS YES THEY R V IMP
9.SOME IMP TUMORS FROM WCH U WILL DEF GET THE QS
*VON-RECKHLING HAUSENS DISEASE
*TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS
*OSLER-WEBER RENDU DISEASE
*NF-2
*STURGE WEBER SYNDROME
*VHL
10.KNOW GENERAL NEOPLASIA CHAPTER REALLY WELL,THEY ASK THNGS RELATING TO A PARTICULAR CANCER CAUSES N PREVENTION
BEHAVIOUR
1.CHILD DEVELOPMENT
2.PERSONALITY DISORDERS
3.DEFENSE MECHANISMS
4.BEHAVIOUR PHARMA---V IMP
5.ETHICS RULES---
PHARMA
1.GENERAL CONCEPTS ,ALL FORMULAS--THEY R ALWAYS ASKED 2-3 QS
2.ANTI ARRYTHMICS
3.ANTICANCER DRUGS
4.ANTI VIRAL
5.DO LOO THOSELAST FEW PAGE SOF KAPLAN RELATING TO HERBAL MEDICINES N STUFF ,ITS BEING ASKED
MICRO N IMMUNO
1.VIROLOGY CLASSIFICATION
2.MYCOLOGY MORPHOLOGY
3.LAST TWO CHAP OF KAPLAN MICRO(AMAZING )
4.CLUSTER DESIGNATION
BIOCHEM N GENETICS
1.AS GOLJAN UNCLE SAYS ALL PATHWAY REGULATING ENZYMES WTH THEIR RESPECTIVE DEF DISEASES--V IMP
2.GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASES
3.AMINO ACIDS N FATS RELATED TO VARIOUS DISEASES
4.JUST TRY TO TAKE "THE BIG PICTURE"FRST N THEN U WILL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE
5.GENETICS BE SURE ABT THE GENETIC DIAGNOSIS
METHODS N THEIR PARTICULAR DIFFERENCES
BIOSTATS
ITS THE SUBJECT I HATED MOST
BE SURE ABT SENS.SPEC,+VE AND -VE PREDICT VALUE
MEAN MEDIAN MODE
LASTLY STRT QS AS SOON A SPOSSIBLE
AS THE EARLIER U STRT WTH QS ,THE MORE U WILL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE ALL U HAVE GAINED THRU KAPLAN OR SOME OTHER TEXTS U R USING
IF U R OPTINGG FOR 2 DIFFERENT Q BANKS USE1 AS A LEARNING TOOL N DONT TIME URSELF IN TAHT(MY PIK FR TAHT IS KAP Q BANK)
N THE OTHER ONE USE IN TIMED MODE N CALCULATE UR SCORES(KAPQ BOOK N USMLE WORLD Q BANK)FOR PROPER FINISHING OF UR PREP
MAKE UR NOTES FROM Q BANK FOR QUIK REVIEW,OTHERWISE U LL STRT HAVING THAT WEIRD FEELING IN THE END THAT U DONT REMEBER ANYTHNG,JUST REVIEW THOSE IN 2-3 HRS N ALL UR Q BANK IS BACK IN UR PRESENT MEMMORY
N YES DONT DONT N PLZ DONT MISS DR.STEVE DAUGHTERY'S DVDS
THEY R AWESME
N LASTLY BE CONFIDENT,BELIEVE IN URSELF N ALSO IN THE ALMIGHTY ALLAH
KEEP UR SELF MOTIVATED,
U CAN DO ONLY2 THNGS
1.WORK HARD
2.N PRAY FOR THE BEST
INSHALLAH UR HARD WORK WILL PAY OFF
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD LUCK ALLLL
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| jaidev111
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congratulations!!!!!!!!!!
had been waiting for your scores to come up....
thanks for all the great advice
one question - how confident have u been with theory, i dont feel all that confident. have not done a lot of theory at all too. however finished kaplan q bank with 75% and averaing 68 in usmleworld. any advice
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| paganini
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Congratulations! and thanks for your help.
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| TALAL188
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thank u guys
all the very best
plz read
this "SOME THING THAT I WULD HAVE DONE "
as
"some things that i wuldnt hve done"
thanks
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| TALAL188
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@jaidev111
dear i had the same feeling
u do get this weird feeling in the last mnth of ur prep
but dont wrry
wat read u r going thru of kap books?
its always like this
but as u have done qs,n got good scores in bth kap n uwrld u dont hve to worry
ifu have time,just gve a quik revvsion of all subjects wth
areas u feel u lack,the particular attention n rushing thru the areas where u r pretty good
just gve a quik review
n do frst aid at the ned fr 2-3 dayz
have u done nbme form
do take either form3 or 4 15 dayz befre ur exam
it will be very help ful
tc n best of luck
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| mytimenow
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ITS SIMPLY GREAT. GOOD LUCK FOR STEP II. 
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| klimt
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awesome, congratulations!!!
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| Malithahe
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CONGRATULATIONS TALAL,
I knew that you will get 99, according to your prep and Q bank scores.
You gave me a great psychological support during the last couple of days of my prep. Thank you very much. But I feel I screwed up the exam and now don't even think about it until I get my scores.
Good luck for your step 2. You will always get blessings of Allah and you will do great.
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| focusmle
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CONGRATULATIONS Talal!!.........i am so happy for you ......you DEFINETELY DEFINETELY deserved it!!
ALL THE BEST FOR STEP 2!!
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| unique1
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Congratulations Talal !!!!!!
You seem to be a very nice person. I am sure your parents would be proud of you.
Wish you all the best with every thing in life  
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| tessa g
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Congratulations Talal
Thank you for writting your experience so detailed
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| Luckyall
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Talal, such a great advises , i coudnt have asked for more ... buddy, i'd recognise you are one of the 99'ers from distaaaaaaaaaaaaaaance, cuz of the way you are able to " see the whole aspect "
Best of the best of luck for your carier !
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| oldkidontheblock
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Congratulations Talal....!!!
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| muzammil
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congrats talal great score
best of luck for step 2
yaar i am very near my exam but things r not goign gud for me.
lets see what happens
anyway many many congrats on ur marvelous score
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| star1
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congratulation of ur success
GL
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| TALAL188
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THANKS ALOT ALL U GUYS
ALL I CAN SAY ,IT WAS ALL PRAYERS
WHN I STRTED MY PREP MY BRAIN ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT I DONT HVE A CHANCE OF SCORING 99
BUT OBVIOUSLY LIKE EVRY STEP1 TAKER,THE WISH WAS SOMEWHERE DEEP DOWN IN MY HEART
N BY THE GRACE OF ALLAH I GT MY WISHES FULFILLED
N ALL COZ OF PPL PRAYERS N WISHES
PPL AROUND U MATTER A LOT
N I WAS LUCKYTO FIND THOSE
@MUZZAMIL
DEAR U HAVETO RELAX URSELF
I GT THE SAME FEELINGS IN MY LAST FEW WEEKS
THING IS, U KNOW ,U HAVE STUDIED WELL,U HAVE WRKED HARD
N INSHALLAH U WILL DO SUPERB
HAVE FAITH IN ALLAH
FOR ALLAH CAN DO ANYTHNG
U HAVE WRKED HARD N DONE UR PART
INSHALALH U WILL ACE IT
I M SURE
KEEP PRAYING
N RELAX URSELF,BE CONFIDENT
BEST OF LUCK DEAR
N BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF U
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| vallia
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congratulations Talal, and thanks a lot for the list to review in the last days, it's exactly what i needed. i wish you all the best
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| Allymd
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Wow... congratulations!! And specially thank you for your advises... I already took my exam, but I agree with you with most of what you said (some other things I dont know cause I never had those sources) and I think is a great help for those who are still in the preparation and dont have much time... again, congratulations and see you in step 2 forums!
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| MRMAVERICK
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congrats man
atlast the suspense is over and most awaited usmle result is here
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| inkspot
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hey talal mashaAllah you have aced step1
i wish you all the best for usmle step 2
what is " N YES DONT DONT N PLZ DONT MISS DR.STEVE DAUGHTERY'S DVDS
THEY R AWESME "
never heard of them, are they available easily in pk?
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| TALAL188
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thanks alot all u guys
n allymd thanks,yes will soon join u ppl in step2 ck forum
mr maverikbest of luck fr ur exam u ll def ace it
inshallah
thanks inkspot
yes dear these are same kaplan behaviour dvds ,v easily availble
dr steve daughtery teaches beahviour in kaplan dvds
goooooooood luck all tc
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| HILFIGER
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Congratulations!
What do you think is kaplan neuroanatomy enough for the exam?
Thanks
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| TALAL188
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bro i personally think hy neuroanatomy 3rd edition is really good
has illustrations,wth good material
kaplan i just reviwed once
n i was not able to get along wth that well
but some friends of mine told me that kaplan neuroanatomy dvd is really good
I DIDNT USE IT
THNG IS WATEVER SUTITS U pik that
plus fr neuro illustrations are v imp,n hy has good illustrations wth web path
gooooooood luck
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| TALAL188
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so even if u do kaplan n wth that do illustrations ,n it suits u ,it will def be goooood
tc
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