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Thanks Klimt for your encouragement! Last week I really put myself to the limit. Now I need to slow down just a little bit. Today's goal is to finish 180Qs.
Robin, you will be a good doctor who also enjoys life!
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| ALS
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Sorry Robin, you are a doctor who enjoys life. We ARE doctors!
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today did 135Qs, leaving 135Qs for tomorrow the last day UW review.
I plan to spend 2 days go over FA and then do NBME 1.
Need to start the "regular" 8am-6pm schedule because I have trouble to concentrate in the morning maybe because I go to bed too late..
11 days to go, still have a LOT need to review 
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| robin082006
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mitty wrote:
Robin, have you read the new book First Aid cases for the USMLE step2ck.If you did, what do you think about it ?Is it helpful?
No idea, this book is too new, first time I hear aBOUT IT.
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| robin082006
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ALS wrote:today did 135Qs, leaving 135Qs for tomorrow the last day UW review. I plan to spend 2 days go over FA and then do NBME 1. Need to start the "regular" 8am-6pm schedule because I have trouble to concentrate in the morning maybe because I go to bed too late.. 11 days to go, still have a LOT need to review
let us know your score ALS, good lcuk.
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| robin082006
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6 days to go
200 qs left will be finished today.
then spend 5 days to revise my own notes and FA.
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| khorshid
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Best of Luck Robin. You'll do great.
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today I finished all UW Qs, finally.. Tomorrow I will start to read FA..
Robin, hope you are doing well with your UW..
Even though sometime I wish I had more time to study, I am kind of happy that I only have 9 days to go...
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Good Luck robin ALS,u both have been great inspiration,u will transform in a week,this exam will take u to next level of knowledge & power..GL
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| robin082006
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Thank you Khorsid, ALS, Shaina.
Shaina, You studied step 2 for a long time, right?
I spent too much time, nearly 3 months for CS so that I have only 4 months for CK.
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Just spent more than 1 hour trying to reserve a spot on Kaplan CS 5 or 6 days course. I regreted that I didn't make the phone call earlier. All the spots in NJ(best time frame for me) have been filled up and I had to choose an unfavorable schedule in Chicago.
Well, guess i should not complain, the staff promised that they would contact once there is slot open in NJ.
OK, now start my FA review.
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Robin,
4 months hard work is good enough! Short and Sweat, remember tolito and study-ing?
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today I just couldn't read the FA, a little bit restless this morning. I went to food shopping instead of studying. Spending money always calms me down(just kidding
So I changed my plan. I did 150 kaplan Qs. It expires in a few days and I only finished 1/3. Tomorrow I will try to have a 7-8 blocks in a row and see how my endurance is.
NBME1 still needs to be taken this week.
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| robin082006
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ALS take NBME now to see where you stand, then you have time to correct yourself.
Today I lose my concentration so I made lots of mistakes when solving qs.
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thanks Robin, I know I should take it. I will do it tomorrow. I kind of know where my weak points are, I just don't have enough time to cover them all because there are too many!
Today I tried the 6x50qs marathon, i had some trouble to start, the first block was horrible (only 50%) because I couldn't concentrate. Then the following 5 blocks were much better(ranging from 68%-82%). It was very tiring.
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Done with GI chapter in FA
Did lots of NBME qs posted by Dr. Jo, realized that questions are very straightforward,
I have to remind myself that do not overthink a question and always read all options before select the final answer.
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| ALS
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me too have th same problem.
Robin, is NBME form 1 is harder than 2?
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| ALS
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me too have th same problem.
Robin, is NBME form 1 harder than form 2?
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| robin082006
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Both have the same degree of difficulty, NBME 3 is hardest (I heard that)
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| ALS
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Thanks Robin, I will NEVER try form 3 I promise
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robin082006 wrote:
Done with GI chapter in FA
Did lots of NBME qs posted by Dr. Jo, realized that questions are very straightforward,
I have to remind myself that do not overthink a question and always read all options before select the final answer.
Even i felt the qs where pretty straight forward..and i personally feel that UW qs are tougher and more twisted and lengthier than NBME qs..its better we make up ur mind what the probable answer can be and then search for it inthe options..mark em and then read all other options(and yes 'reading all other option is very important'..i guess, not reading all the options will increase ,towards the end of the day,when we get tired and starts to have the feeling of finishing the exam quickly...doing a practice test of 9 hrs from home for 2-3 days just before the exam, wont be bad idea,we will be fresh,we will feel like we r doing UW qs and will be able to handle the stress a whole lot easier...i have planned on doing this and my friends have done this,and they all had the same opinion that they ver fresh and awake till the very end of the exam,and never felt tired at all..
GL to both of ALS and Robin..U guys will do gr8!
Edited by Aashi on 03/22/07 - 04:29 PM
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thansk Aashi. Some people say that the diffculty of the real test is somewhere between UW and Qbank. I hope mine is like this.
I think i need some practice on the 9hr. Today I only did 6 blocks and felt tired. My Kaplan Qbank expires next Monday and hopefully i can do another marathon test before then.
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I think what Aashi said are right. Sometimes after I chose the Ans, I have to read the other Ans again, and check the Qs stem to compare. It helped
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| dr2002
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hi robin good going ,keep the good work.Can i know what books are you using for ck prep.can u give me a study plan ,i a planning to tak e exam on april 20,My uw score is 55 -60 .
thanks
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| dr2002
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HI ROBIN
HOW GOOD IS KAPLAN QBANK,I M DOING UW.
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