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Hi friends..thought of starting my diary today.
done 3 reviews of kaplan and once did UW. now I am doing the 4th review. done IM almost.
Neuro, dermat, opthal and radio remain. then the rest of the subjects too. after which will take NBME2 and begin UW second time  If God wills
Those in boat plz join me and we can be very enthusiastic in these 6weeks
I will get my review book FA next week..will start that by then.
So wish me luck dear friends and lets do it!! best of luck to everyone!
Edited by docnikki on 04/01/07 - 04:04 PM
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Todays plan is to finish dermat and opthal---> kaplan notes and UW notes.
Will try to do more than I wrote so that atleast I be able to do what I just wrote 
Plz God help me stay fiocussed and give lots of wisdom.
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hi docnikki...i'm also doing my 4th review of kaplan. almost done with IM. left with preventive med and toxicology. i'll do it along with UW q's which i'll start tomorrow. i've done UW once before but it has been a long time. i hope i remember the explanations. my exam is in 5 weeks. hope to achieve a lot in these 5 weeks. may GOD help us.
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thanks sera from dropping by. We both are in the same boat.
So my plan for april is doing kaplan review and Q bank blocks and then online kaplan Q bank..will have to go realllly fast as this is something I cant complete without risking my lfe lol...but will make it !!! yes yes yes!!!!
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE IF YOU DARE TO BELIEVE AND THEN ACT DAILY TO ACTUALIZE THAT BELIEF!!!!
so I will make it. yes yes I will make it.
today's target dermat I already did from kaplan..now the UW notes and crush..then opthla remain..and later at night I will do 4th block of IM from Q bank. few days back did 3 blocks of IM--->
block 1-->74%
block 2--->90%
block 3--->80%
GOODLUCK!
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my plan for today was to do atleast 150 q's from UW. today is a transition day from kaplan books to UW. i always waste time jumping from one thing to another..thats what happened today. did only one block of cardio. scored 92% MASHALLAH. but this score is totally biased. did wrong q's of UW after my 3rd review...so i've seen these q's many times. the d/d and explanaions matter. and i have to read that. going too slow. lets see how much i can do tonight. from now onwards..no lazyness
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oops sorry no laziness.
did only cardio q's today. another block 77%
will do a lot more tomorrow INSHALLAH.
i just quickly want to go through UW q's and then do q bank in week. i've already done some IM and peds q's from q bank.
but these UW explanations take a lot time. and i am running out of time!!!!!!!!!!!
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i too wana join in,to keep going,i guess will add an element of enthu in my prep,i got on weeks girls.....
did kaplan notes and UW(once but never made notes) untill now,but every thing is like castle in air,if i don't revise it was never there
well.
did UW cardio,CNS,ID,Pulmo,Peds,50% obg & hem onc,.just started doing Kaplan text again.
have to do every thing rest ,in 10 days,the take NBME.
Happy studying nikki and sera,keep going.today just did a block in hapat,and few q's in rheumat,chaging subj is working out for me,creates interest and moving on.now go to do another hepat block.
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welcome shaina
dont worry ...i didnt make any UW notes. i have it in book form so my UW books are my notes.
we just have to study hard.
another new day....i have to do UW explantions of the q's which i did yesterday.
GL
P.S nikki...waiting to hear from u
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Tips and Trends:
Hope Is Not a Strategy!
Steven R. Daugherty, Ph.D.
Director, Education and Testing
Kaplan Medical
Believing that you will succeed is the first step in making it so. You need to believe that you can do something if you are ever going to give it your best effort. The power of positive thinking gives you the momentum to deal with the most difficult challenges in life. Hope keeps us going, and gives us the confidence to see a task through.
But a positive attitude, by itself, is not enough. Simply wanting something does not make it happen. Success comes from using that confidence in the plans we make and the actions we take. Success does not come to those who wish for it, but to those who work for it.
The power of positive thinking is the power to succeed. By making a clear study plan and sticking to it, you can harness that power to propel you to your goal. Believe that you will succeed, but also believe that your own efforts are a key part of that eventual success. Confidence, by itself does not win, but does help those who help themselves.
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TUESDAY.
wlcome shaina..and wow sera that was very encouraging.Thank you.
I complete dermat and opthal yesterday. but couldnt do any questions  ..on every new day I have more confidence though. the slope goes up and up... So I will be better today.
So Im ready to start my day now. Fresh and excited. Today Will finish Neuro ( my weak area), radiology( small chap but I dont like to leave any thing ) and around 66 pages of UW notes. Hope to do some online kaplan Q bank questions too.
Goodluck Syra and Shaina and everyone else. WE CAN DO IT IF WE THINK WE CAN )
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oooyaaa ooooyaaa today was a bad day for me ( some negative emotions came around. I always fall into these traps. If I ever learn to be able to save myself from these and stay focussed I can get 99!! I think anyone. We become weka and then our brain gets the chance to dump the usmle at the recycle bin and the bad emotions take over.
I promise to myself today there will be no other day when I will feel so bad that my usmle will have to go into the recycle bin!
Going to sleep now and will complete my tuesday's target on wednesday! such a pity that I lost tuesday but what a relief in getting things all straight again and feelling the enthu for making a great day tomorrow.
how was your day shiana and sera. Keep going. Its so much fun achieving targets....we just have to reach for them every day!!
GOODLUCK!!
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Good luck to all of you guys , don ' t loose hope
Keep up with the good job , y ' all gonna make it
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hey...i didnt complete my target either. i got slow by the end of the day. but then did some work at home which i had to do in this week. i have to go to the passport office tomorrow. i should have completed thee things before. anyways i will study hard INSHALLAH and complete my targets on time.
GL to all
did only renal and electrolyte q's from UW. didnt finish endo.
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Wednesday.
Another new day. Im excited to day to complete yesterday's target though I would have been happier if I had done it yesterday. But doesn't matter in the long run...will adjust with psychiatry I guess..poor psychiatry!
Thanks doc_ clotaire for your encouraging words. Sera you did great,Renal and electrolye quest are alot ...but you will do better today.wish you lots of luck for a better day today.
Oh yes we will make it!
"When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve"---so all we gotta do is desire strongly and do our best EVERY DAY!
We will have a great day.
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today doing few left over q's,its abt 7.30pm will update,happy studying girls
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sorry guys for not updating. well after rescheduling ck and cs....i'm back. now i can concentrate on ck. did endo q's yesterday. today INSHALLAH respiratory and rheumatology q's.
take care
and GL
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after i got 50% i felt really bad,so went out had ice creme, came back,started doing explns' wht i did wrong most of things i know but i din't realise while reading q. so made notes,so i gues that's knowledge,learning,so untill my date i am going to do this,hopefully i make it happen, but will take NBME,to decide.still left with 4 explns,will do it tomrorw,
my plan for April 6 Fri: finish hepatology,do electrolytes.9am-5 FA
revise quickly Rheumat(edu obj)7-9pm
Genitourinary 1 bl(solve only)
i will remain forcused,not panic,not relax,just focus,learn from UW expln's read kaplan /FA
this shud be my mantra for a month.say everyone with me.repeat untill it gets true.
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FRIDAY.
Hi shiana and sera..
keep going shina..your manta is good. remain focused.
I too did some rescheduling and now Im back with my new plans.
Im starting peds today.plan is 50/60 pages a day plus online Q bank (which I will buy tonight) maybe 2 blocks.
I have some left overs from IM ..tit bits here and there which I will manage to do too.
'the most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done"
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SUTURDAY.
I did 20 pages of pedia yesterday and 50 quest of online Q bank from cardio section ( scoring 66%). had a big time prob..rushed in the last 10 questions.
this is far below my target for every day! though Im happy I did till I was tired like hell. Q bank explainations took most of my time and energy. how do people do 100-150 a day Im wondering.
today is a fresh day. I love saturdays! will try to do more.
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guys just came back from a party...so didnt study anything the whole evening. i wouldnt have gone if i had not postponed my exam. its 7 weeks from now. and u'll see me studying from tomorrow.
nikki u r doing fine. once u get used to q bank q's u'll be ok with the score as well as time management.
good luck to shaina ,nikki and everyone
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just done with 50% of wht planed ,but will finisn ,so that monday am up to date,
Plan for april 8:
solve 2 blocks(GU+electr)
revise edu obj of rheum.
hapy studying sera,docnikki gilrs i have 2 weeks to take NBME.i got revise whole stuff....
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SUNDAY 8th April.
Hi , yesterday ..I did 137 quests....on one set got just 50% ..was short of time and marked 15 quest randomly in the end, then the other two tests I did better scoring 60%and with 2-3 min remaining. Im improving my time management as you said Sera,..did few explainations..will do rest today.
Read a bit of pedia...though my target is 50 pages a day...lagging behind in that.
Shiana my NBME day is 20th...have to finish off every thing till then along with 60% of the q bank.Sera good that you attended the wedding, its always good to take a break and get back witrh full energy. so get started now best of luck!!
Today is a fresh day, I overslept a bit but thats ok..God give me strenth to read lots of pedia today and finish off all the explainations of yesterday's questions.
"Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today" GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!
Edited by docnikki on 04/08/07 - 06:09 AM
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LETS DO IT GUYS AND THEN LIVE HAPPILY...INSTEAD OF DYING
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i'll take nbme around 25th april. have to finish IM UW Q'S[peds, ob, surgery kaplan along with UW] and some q's from qbank.
yes nikki u r right about that. i was feeling bad before going to the party....but i still wanted to go. but now i am fresh and eneretic ALHUMDULILLAH. doing UW . did rheumato which i didnt do that day. and git q's till now.
GL
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energetic
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