smal
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guys am happy one ERA is over.
although there is uncertaintity in future,but what will life be if we knew the future.
OPINION ABOUT THE EXAM:
i am an average student,although i've done well throughout my life(as almost all of the other docs.)i've always been of a crammer.and that i realized when i was studying for USMLE coz it really deals with the basics,although there r things which r to be crammed.why i said this is coz i know most of the IMGs 've this type of study in their country.
EXAM EXPERIENCE:
guys i was lucky to 've a good sleep the ast night,slept at 10.0pm and woke up at 4.30 and laid i bed till 6.00am(coz i promised my self a good sleep)
u dont beleive things unless it happens to u:the center is just 20 mts ride from my home.we took a shortcut.the same my hubby was taking EACH DAY FOR THE LAST 1 MONTH AND IT WAS THE SAME TIME HE DROVE FOR OFFICE.there was some thing that held the traffic so bad that the distance which was to be covered in less than 20mts was covered in 1.5 hrs!my luck-i thought nature is doing everything possible to hold me from what i want.
so i reached there at 8.45am,started my exam at 9.30 am.
1,2,3block-ok
4,5,7-difficult
6th easiest.
break was adequate,had 20 mts left,alas extra exam time gets added in break but not vice versa,coz i was short of time in the 7th block
i had taken tonnes of medicines,things to eat,my hubby was bringing me hot tea and coffee,coz my place didnt have a caffeteria or a microvave.
THE REAL THING:
guys u wont beleive when i say more than 50% were alcohol related,or had the word 'occassional alcohol' in their stem.
2-3 qts were repeated.same-ditto!
1 was NBME qt only that the OPTIONS were not the same!
1 was UW qt,i was shocked!
as for experimental qts,i wish all RFLP qts were.couldnt get a clue about them.
overall60% pathophysio
10% BH
30% mizture of rest.
i got just 2 qts on calculations.
A great advantage was UW which i did after doing NBME.it was a saviour.previously NBME were a foregin language for me.UW made it so much easier.Q-bank is equally imp.coz it builds the base for UW.exam was easier than UW i admit.
am praying for everyone to be happy with their result.
as for me ,i want to pass.
the thing is although some qts were extremely easy and some on the other side of pole.weitage for all r diff.so even if i do 10 easy qts rt and one high weitage qt wrong am at zero(or so i think)-i might be wrong.
i havent received my result.and i've always been a passimist so dont know what to expect from my result.
all the best to all the aspirants out there,
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| logitech
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all the best......keep posted
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| keepgoing
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Thanks for sharing dear now relax...good luck for scores!u will do good dont worry !
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| ManuNastai
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very nice.... relax now! it's gonna be some long 4-5 weeks
Congratulations!
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| vanshita
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GOOD LUCK
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| abdo
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hey i wanna ask somehting related to pics of patho , ppl say u should study from web path but they say that there is not many pics in the test ! so the efort u do in this field wouldnt get this marks ! i m really confused and need an advice in this field
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| goodyear
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Finally done smal!! Good luck with the result! God Bless!
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| jole
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congratulations smal am sure you do well.how long did it take you to study for this exam?
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| smal
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thanks 
ABDO,VANSHITA,JOLE,GOODYEAR,MANU NASTRI,KEEPGOING & LOGITECH
YA another 3 weeks of anxitey.
jole-i took 6 months of serious study
abdo-i didnt do anything other than webpath and the UW qts.but i admit theey expected to know the diagnosis in 3-4 qts from the HP itself.sorry i dont remember them well.but its a balanced exam so dont worry.one cannot master HP unless u r really into it since med school( i wasnt)
will keep posted
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| jamdoc
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good luck.im sure u wud get good score
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| klimt
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good luck, may God bless you with the score you want!
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| smal
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thanks Klimt & jamdoc
wish the same for u too
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| Seltzer
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thanx for sharig and wish you best luck!
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| step12006
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Wishing you 99 !!
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| smal
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now that i discussed the qts wt a frnd of mine,
i am scared. i i always used to boil down to 2 ans,and i dont rem which of the two i marked.
thanks seltzer and step12006 for the wishes though.
hope i dont get grand mal epilepsy waiting for the results
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| sachagro
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nm
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| sachagro
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what is HP?
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| sachagro
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and BH?
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| mytime
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U know something SMAL u better stop discussing the test or u'll freak out. U probably remember the tough ones anyway. I'm sure u did great. just take a deep breath and take a brak for u'll soon be back with whatever'snext. Good luck.
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| smal
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BH- behavioral sc.
HP- histopatho!
ya maybe mytime.
ya whats done cant be undone.thanks for the advice though.
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| abdo
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congratulations i want to know the system of the nbme , how many questons are there , ppl say that there are 4 forms and every one costs a 50 $ i want to get accurate info from u adn did u do them all ?
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| smal
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i did do all of them,
2 i got online and 2 downloaded from somewhere.
NBME has 200 qs -4 blocks,each block with 50 qts.and whicle buying u need to specify if u want time mode or self paced.u can then view ur result which tells ur performance in individula sub& systems. for a certain amount of period,generally 1 month.
hope i answered ur query
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| abdo
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what site did u download them from and there are any links for usmle world
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| drbcshah
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please post your important topics depending on your exam.
I mean high yield topics as per you.
thanks
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| smal
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abdo- they r here in this site as well.
the whole form 4 wit answers
and form 3. wih ans.
drbcshah-
most imp was alcoholism,as i said bfr almost every qt. had it .i even had the usual lack of NAD in one qts.
rest which i can rem r as follows
-diabetes
-sarcoidosis
-doc-pt relation
-G6PD
-HGPRT
-other metabolic disorders-Fraby,PKU
-sickle cell disease
-collagen diseases-deficiency & EDS
-marfan's.i think all genetic diseases r high rated.
there is one thread in www.usmleforum.com
i've been trying to get that post but couldnt.try it many ppl 've posted their topics.
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