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for anyone who wants advice in getting a 75 im the man! im a lousy medical student and i never received any medals or certificates in my life! i drink 3x a week and in fact, there were only two of us in my batch who wasnt able to march because i had repeat rotations in family med and ENT! beat that!
i took the exam today and hope for at least a 75! im too shy to say it but i will... i want a 75.
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| Luckyall
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Good for you, Verapamil !
Atleast you are honest... regarless how many gold medals you shoot during your MedSchool, im sure you'll make a great MD  know what ? is it about knowlegde but is often about attitude and you got my respect for that !
Now i desperatelly need an advise from your pretious exam exper.... what can i do to avoid the 75 range ??? plz, guide me !
What do you think you'd do more if you were to " aim high " 
Best of luck with your score and im sure it will be more then 75 !
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U ROCK!
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thanks for the vote of confidence!
kaplan is the man! if they say its high yield; then study it so good that you get nightmares about them even after getting drunk! in my experience from the exam earlier, they pretty much touched on everything and a bag of chips. 75 is doable but im sure you can do much better!
ill keep you guys posted 3 weeks from now. im gna try the oasis trick by then!
my mom promised me a medal if i get a 75 so pls pray for me!
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| verapamil
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im in need of a drinking buddy here in middletown, ny area! i just moved here and ive been getting drunk bymyself for the past month! i can help you study as well! im not as bad as you think i am!
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| doc179
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GL with the score, sure you will get more than that
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thanks 
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| Luckyall
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you rock man ! Im sure you are not bad at all... keep posting, you bring lots of good attitude and fun !
Best of luck with your result !!! and keep your drinking urge for when you get the result...it'll be more fun afterwords
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All the best.Am sure you'll have a great score.I admire your honesty.
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verapamil wrote:for anyone who wants advice in getting a 75 im the man! im a lousy medical student and i never received any medals or certificates in my life! i drink 3x a week and in fact, there were only two of us in my batch who wasnt able to march because i had repeat rotations in family med and ENT! beat that! i took the exam today and hope for at least a 75! im too shy to say it but i will... i want a 75.
Like Ur Attitude Buddy GL on ur score
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| mytime
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So like a medstudent, u reminded me of the way I saw life a while back......... ..loved it! Seriously hope u get better scores! I totally agree with what LUCKY said above. Loads of luck for all the Steps and ur Medschool . Don't drink so much........ think of ur poor liver!  Stay high on life, I sure u know how to. 
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How drunk willyou get if score in the 80's.Oklet e guess
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| vwilldoit
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all the best for your score.
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| lam79m
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Your post really cracked me up! It´s great that there are people with good humor . I hope you get more, so that an average joe like myself with no medal of honor can pass as confidently as you can. Just don´t drink the night before the exam Save it for after to celebrate regardless of results.
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| keepgoing
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congrats on finishing...hope u get more than 75 ...are u trying to say juz drink 3x a week to get decent 75 score u really rock man besides ur sincerity u sound funny too
all the best..!
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KG HEHEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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| treblechar
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i raise a recently emptied shot glass to you!!! you just gave me a morale boost there and at the same time made me remember that this process and the whole medicine thing is more than just passing the exams
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| verapamil
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it's really good to see smiles on your faces..
usmle really takes the life out of medical studets. im just glad to get step 1 out of the way.. (for now)
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I wish you gud luck
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| mytimenow
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GOOD LUCK
I AM SURE U TAKE ENOUGH THIAMINE DAILY????? JOKING MAN. GOOD LUCK FOR YOUR SCORE
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| unique1
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I like your humility , honesty and positive attitude !!!!!!
I am sure you are aware of all the health problems drinking can lead to. 
We want you to take good care of your health because we need a nice collegue like you and your patients need you too. Wish you a bright future .
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| ShweHope99.9998
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Yha, right on . So in med school day , field trips over month, house/ intern life.Thanks, make all of us back to 16-18 y.o, just out of high school , in the proudly to be best one so in med school we're dream for.
Always active in drinking[ not always actually ], playing game/card together and last min nonsleep overnight study after have fun in class or canteen or movie or mall or shopping or restaurant, or just simply sleep in due to late night game/card with good drink
It is true b4 we're born, baby, in med school , am sure will still do like that, our innocent, care free , give it , take it all , have fun, then study hard when it should, exm time. Though not all med mate are like that but only difference will be XX & XY have different in terms of drinks, game/cards .
I am waiting for & too shy to ask, is there any one know, will post ... how to get pass mark, 75. Just the basics a must to pass for sure , then , will not miss pass mark , then will add , more from others to get more marks.
Not that I or we do not like to , love to have more than 75, 99 or higher . But look at here, every 360degree, 99 , 90 above , say how to study , worse more & more books, thicker & thicker text are used [ no offence mate, 99er, admire that you can do all resources that all on earth], that make me so frozen, down, scare to even open all books .
So after all 99 read post, I collect alot & also alot of list , is keep growing. So keep reading, keep postponding . So not so long ago, I woke up from dream, to go back to basic , a must study. I kind of lost, confuse , which one, which one to do a must , 1st.
Then think, with the long lists to study from the best of the all , we , me , might cut some , so in that case , we could cut off wrong one, books etc that is essential for your live line to surely pass the exam.
So thanks V , your posts of how to get 75 is the essential of info for me, may be others to make sure we will pass , then color flying or not is your basic, past experinces plus, now add on right one, for that need another braver, 99er , to say, guide us like 75er for sure & more by Mr V .
So with Dr. V guide of for sure 75 & from 99er for sure add this on , then , we can choose our pick 75 or 99 or in between. But for that we'llall get pass with our target range marks.
Dr. verapamil, is that wrong med you've got, cause you emphasize the drink , so any for that .eg voka, Johhny Walker etc. or po of real med for the drink , Kidding .
Like your post, it bring us back to our good, young , wild time.
Be moderate like your marks, in your drink.
Do please post your study in detail resources books, Q , web, slides , Cd . Time, hr use for each, Q, Page per day . Please post now, instead of waite for score. That will be bias , people will have.... recall bias, the biggest one, score bias etc.
Thank you V , for being brave, sincere, post this that will tell us "how to pass, get 75 , at least".
All the best for your score. Am sure with kap alone, reading well they said 90 to 92 is not unusal.Not sure add Golj audio, HY, live, his rapid review or not .Still no answer & like to know
Edited by ShweHope99.9998 on 05/02/07 - 12:23 PM
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| verapamil
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thanks for the post SW99.
im posting this so you'll know not what to do. if you want unbiased then here it is! are you ready for the truth SW99?
it took me about 1 year to get ready mainly because my application got messed up (my school registrar's fault). anyway the whole year i was just readng about 3-4 hours a day (maybe less) until the last month. in the last month i hit overdrive reading 4-5 hours a day! i raised the notch up a bit in my last week before the exam spending 10 hours a day (im sure you can do way better than these numbers SW99!).
i used kaplan materials but i made sure i had extra materials for biochem (lippincotts) since i told you i wasnt so great in medschool.
personally, my tip for those who are just about to begin.. don't get too overwhelmed by the amount of material you're gonna have to study! for me the topics get shorter and shorter each time i read through them becuase of familiarity. im sure you know the feeling! i read high yield tpoics over and over (and hope it was enough!) and felt i learned something new each time i read through it. this forum also helped me a great deal especially in my last critical week. just going through the posts gave me an idea of what topics i needed to polish up.
this is my way way though and im not advocating my methods.
my study habits are pretty much nil and i think you should be able to gauge yourself on how much time you should give yourself before you take the examination. most can do it in 3 months with good time management.
okay here is my experience in the exam..
i really don't wanna say this in public but just so i can look back to this post when i get my score and possibly humiliating myself.. i thought the exam was much easier than i thought *biting lip*
why you say SW99? i am hoping to God's Providence and mercy that i didn't fail for rushing through the exam. i felt like there were a lot of buzz words and hope i didn't fall victim to misunderstanding the questions *genuflecting and kissing my rosary*
i marked about an average of 12 q's per block. i marked those that made me stop and really sing "innie minnie miney moe." i even thought that the genetics q's were manageable *biting lip gain* ( now i really think im going to humiliate myself once i get my scores!). i just hope that the q's in the qbook, were designed to motivate us to study more (meaning it's tougher than the actual test!) because i scored an about 60% on a avg and even scored 40% in physio.
i know, i know alot of you guys are are shaking your heads with a tsk. shame on me. anyway im holding on to your prayers and hopes!
andto those who are still waiting for your scores, i raise a toast for all of us and my prayers will be with you!
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You studied much more than I can study . Does it mean I cannot hope for even 75 ????????
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unique1 dont worry! my 3-4 hours is like reading-a-newspaper kind of read!
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