Nick_O_TeeN
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Hey all, i'm finally ready to give back to the forum that helped me so much. I am different from most ppl who contribute to this forum in to ways; 1) i took step 2ck before step1 2) i am not indian! 
I am more than willing to help anyone who's planning to go down the same road that i did
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| sarika
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nickoteen...Congratulations that you are done with teh exam. Plz post your experience and preparation. Thankyou and goodluck for a great score
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| robin082006
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Congratulations for great score.
Please post your detailed experience.
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| xwxf
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Robin,
will you post NBME 2 for CK anytime soon? All of us are waiting for your post.
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| alpha12
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you're right, Nick_O_Teen, you're different. If you weren't you would have posted your exam experience without waiting to be begged for.
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| Nick_O_TeeN
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Sorry everyone i've been real busy.. i was on duty the last few days and didnt have time to check the posts.. so here goes:
i started studying for step 2 a few weeks before i graduated from med school in hopes of pursuing my dream of being the best doctor ever  and help ppl everywhere i had such hi ambitions.. heck the sky was the limit!! i studied from kaplan notes and added on to them all the things i found relevant from large heavy reference books as Cecil, Nelson peds, etc.. i chose step 2 first because it was more fun to study (more clinically based).. everyone told me that this was a mistake cause all the stats said that IMGs do better by taking step 1 first.. it took me 8 months to finish my first read which is WAY too much. but that was only because i was doing my internship then, and i took a lot of breaks inbetween. From my point of view it should take a sensible doc only 5 months max to finish a good first read. I strongly recommend the kaplan notes as the basic source for ur studies.. At the end, i realised that although it may seem as a small reference, EVERYWORD in those damn notes count!! ANYWORD can be the buzzword for solving a vignette! and that was also what doing UW qs confirmed! I also studied immunology (goljan rocks!) and microbiology (my own lecture notes) to cover most of the step 1 material that my come up on the CK. I also suggest a quick skim-thru FA Step One (micro and path mneumonix) to consolidate ur basic sciences base.I was very happy to find out that i was right! All the questions that i didnt answer on the actual test was due to lack of time, or being just too darn difficult case studies  i didnt feel that i had any lack of knowledge in the basic sciences. thats all i have for today folks! waiting for ur replies before i continue my last few months preps and the actual exam experience! hasta luego!
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| dado84
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the only difference between you and me that I didnt take step 2 yet.
Iam a student and Ive just started preparing for S2(didnt take S1) and not an Indian
did you receive your score?
what did you use for neurology? I feel kaplan is not enough!
awaiting to hear the rest of your expereince.
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| merris134
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I am an Indian and took step 3 first then step 2 CS then step 2 CK then step 1!!!!!
Only indians can do it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
   
i.....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.kiddin
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