baby face
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Hi everyone ,I have been a silent user of this forum for almost an year now ,i gave my exams on 25th april and my oasis got updated on 16th may and guess what RESCREEN FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.First of all i want to thank ALLAH for helping me acheive this and then all the prayers which helped me alot.Without these i would have not been near any passing scores.
My experiance after coming out of the prometric was like that i have failed it coz i didnt knew what had hit me ,there were a lot of pictures including ct scans wierd spinal cord sections and many histo slides,what i personally think is that the exam pattern has changed and now they ask questions in a totally different way ,my personnal experiance is that the exam is bit harder then uw or maybe the time constraint makes me feel like this,pathophysio is the bread and butter of this exam and u should know this really well pharma FA is more then enough micro FA Immuno ur concept +FA physio only concepts kaplan is enough and about anatomy in my exams they asked different things not the usual nerve injuries i got a question on fracture of foot ,there was no embryo for me may be 1 or 2 questions ,behaviour science was all about ethics and one or 2 typical biostats question like npv cohort etc ,There were a few pharma calculations which were time consuming so i just ticked and went ahead,Guys its all about the 3 ps but know the small subjects well they can make or break u.
My study experiance is as follows
kaplan 4 times all except patho
patho :BRS 4 TIMES .
Anatomy high yield series for all .
uw 64% overall camultative 69 in the last 7 to 8 blocks i was getting around 80.
kaplan q bank 79%
Didnt do q book
last 15 days only FA which i did almost3 times in last 15 days.
Fa is enough for everything if u know ur stuff but what i personally thought that neuro section should be studied separately coz they are hitting neuro hard nowadays .I didnt do Goljan but i will definately recommend u guys to do UW it will really open up ur brain ,Last but not the least this exam is all about ur hard work and luck and ur determination dont get bogged down by the big occasion.plus plz look into ct scans a lot coz there were straight forward questions only if u knew the cts so kindly get hold of some cts which will help u alot.I hope i have kept it simple and straight .
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| shalini.ravi
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baby face i too gave the exm on apr 26 and passed as per OASIS.congrats to u too...now g/l with score !
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| baby face
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Thnx shalini I hope we all get good grades in step1 and now get our act 2gather for step2 ck so how was ur feelings after u saw the red screen ,where r u from here is my email add so that we can share step2 ck knowlegde and views 2gather.
sheharyar_khan@msn.com
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| new_n_lost
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Hey Baby Face Congrats Man
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| Feyza
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thanx for sharing and good luck 
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| unique1
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Congratulations baby face. I can see from UW and Kaplan qbank scores that you will InshaAllah get a good score.
Did you do these q banks after revising your material 4 times ? or you were reading along with the questions ?
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| Luckyall
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Your experience sounds soooo realistic... GL , you should hit in 90s according to your prep scores ! 
CONGRATSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
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| doc.jay
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Congrats to all those who passed!
I gave my step 2 in that same week on april 23rd, yet my oasis account wasnt updated.. neither was it updated for two others on this forum who had both taken their s2 that same week .....strange .. maybe OASIS takes longer for Step 2 ....
didnt mean to hijack this thread.. just a few thoughts though ..
congrats again!
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| dncosta
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Congratulations and thanks for sharing your experience !!! GL on upcoming exams.
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| zolpidem
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congrats... wish u will get good score...
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| mytimenow
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congarts
My exam date is April 28 and my oasis is not updated. I am praying and waiting for next week.
Thanks and take care
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| baby face
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Thank all of u guys for appreciating me especially unique1 new n lost feyza lucky all.I have kept my fingers crossed and now waiting for the score .Lucky all about ur questions i started doing uw with my 3rd read and subscribed for full 3 months ,i did it subject wise first then mixed but what i think is that u should all use UW as a learnig tool it really fills ur knowledge gap dont use it as ur score estimator ,it makes u think in different ways.Read all the explanations thorouly it is very useful ,i think UW is more then enough for step1 no need to do any other q bank but i did kaplan q bank with my 2nd read but it seems a bit outdated typical questions only checks ur retaining power.FA is a must its like ur life saver in the last few weeks,i didnt do questions in the last 2 weeks just FA again and again,Once again thnx to all of u pray for me.
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| vwilldoit
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congrats baby face.. gl for net step!!
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| P4a99
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congratulations ...... good luck on step2
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| ShweHope99.9998
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Thanks, congratulation.
Thank you for your sincere post of exm prep without bias by post b4 the score up. You will hit 90 & all way up according to your prep.
So no kap Q book , kap Physio Q bank,
No golj audio, HY, live LN, RR latest or old ,No kap Med Essential at all .
How many read of UW Q , kap Q bank ?
I also plan to do 3 mo , just not know when.
Any advice re ; neuro & all the CT, MRI , immuno, molecular, genetics where to look at them.
Any NBME , which one & score ?
How many hr per day for how long for each read, each subj, each Q banks & each FA & commitment ?
4 read kapLN with or without dvd ?
Thank you, GL in next one .
 
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| inkspot
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congratulation sheryar i hope you pass with a 99 and please do share ur result with us ! we will be waiting
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| baby face
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Well regarding ur question shwe99.9 i did not do any qbook or physio qbank i only did kaplan q bank during my 2nd read and then UW all the way until the last 2 weeks b4 my exams in which i only did FA .Regarding cts and mri u should look it up in web path which i regret that i didnt do,i did form 1 and 2 of nbme score were nbme1 :572 and nbme2:592.What i will prefer u to do is that u hit kaplan hard and give it solid reads coz i have seen that kaplan have everything except patho which u can select from either Brs or Goljan but i studied from brs coz i found it more user friendly and compact ,i added a few important things from robbins review but i think it is more then enough,Did UW almost twice hitting 80% during my 2nd revision plz do read the explanations well they r the most important thing.High Yield series is best for anatomy and neuro it covers almost everything embryo is the best of hy series i found it extremely good histo kaplan is enough,I did not do any goljan stuff not at all ,i did kaplan dvd's for physio immuno and genetics + mol bio ,didnt do any other dvd coz i think i was strong in the other subjects now it depends on u which u wanna do ,In the last one month try to do Fa as much as u can maybe even 4 times along with questions but i think in the last 2 weeks just do fa it will help u remember a lot of things,i think 8 hours is enough i dont beleive in burning urself out just study till the time u can retain that is what i beleive in,regarding commitment it needs a lot i can assure u that,there comes a time when u wanna tear ur books apart but keep ur spirits high coz hard work always pays off.Inkspot i will definately share my score and hope that i get the max INSHALLAH.
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| Feyza
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were all lookin fwd to hearing and praying for the best score for you dear
take care
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| baby face
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Thnx Feyza i really appreciate ur remarks ,i am also keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best.
Thank you all for showing such love and gratitude.
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| Feyza
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by the way baby face...I need an answer to a Q..
my Kaplan Q bank expires in 8 days and I could do only % 25 of it...I have 32 days to my exam and Im planning to cram UW + FA in this last month.... since now I read Kaplan books from cover to cover twice...when I see kaplan Qbank Qs I feel like Im missing a lot by not finishing them all...
so do you suggest I extend my exam day one month and buy Q bank again and do it too or do you say : No ,go on, learn UW by heart and that will be enough ...
your advise is really important to me baby face ...actually Im so worn out and first thing in the morning Ill be checking your answer and deciding what to do according to what you say 
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| Feyza
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oops seems weve been writing to each other in the same minute... I really hate to bombard you with Qs and I really feel shy but no way out for me
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| unique1
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Dear baby face,
I appreciate the way you are helping every one here. Thanks for every thing.
Please answer one more q . Do you think pharma ONLY from FA is enough ? if I cram it all ?
Wish you all the best with your score and the next steps.
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| baby face
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Well regarding ur question feyza just leave qbank now and learn FA and UW by heart,give it ur best shot ,beleive me FA has a lot of knowledge and if u know it by heart along with UW no one can stop u from getting 99.My advice is to to use UW as a learning tool and catch the concepts from it ,once u have done UW u will feel more comfortable and trust me u will learn additional things which r not even in kaplan,just give it ur best shot ,and as i have said it b4 last 15 days only FA so u can wrap it up.Take one nbme maybe 2 or 3 whichever u feel like ,be confident coz it matters a lot and u are right even i felt tearing the books so its natural just go with the flow.BL 2 u.I will suggest u not to extend once u do all this u will be f9.
Unique1 regarding ur questin FA is enough for pharma just cram it like hell, it will be more then enough just memorise it fully ok.No need to waste ur time on small details in pharma,they ask u main things like anticancer,antibiotics moa ,ans is very imporatant ok,learn moa's by heart its heavily tested ,in pharma questions are straight forward mainly so FA will be more then enough.
If u guys have any problems feel free to contact me on my msn messenger which is :sheharyar_khan@msn.com
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| Feyza
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thany you very much baby face I was starting to shake and this reply of yours will have me make a last bounce honey ! you helped me and all I can do in return is to pray very very sincerely that Allah reward you with the score ur dreaming of
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| unique1
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Thank you very much baby face for your reply and tips. God bless you. Wish you very best of luck on your next steps.
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