new_n_lost
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GL buddy hope to see u regularly here
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| nochoice
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i need to finish HY Anat by the 31st with a day off for a family commitment. so that leaves me with 7 days not including today. spent most of the day sleeping because i was sooo stressed out!! not good!! so need to relax!!!
keep going suggests doing both books together with the dvds.. wonder if that's a good idea! any opinions/suggestions?
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| nochoice
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well, yesterday was a bit of a waste. woke up early today and hope to at least do a chapter or two today. know its slow but i guess its a start. i am quite stressed as i have only 5 months to take the exam!!
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| GOGETA
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the most important thing to do, is to continue
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| ShweHope99.9998
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It's good to get all book with dvd same time. That get save time , big picture and will read both books for sure.
Still if can not , can also get to 2nd book after dvd with kap book after each topics, or chapter .
GL happy success study to us  
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| nochoice
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Thanks ShewHope99.9998.. but i'm demoralised. i study best in the morning and 6-9 is taken up by dependents and i get depressed by then. know i shouldn't. family commitment was meant to be one day but was extended to three days. well, good luck to me really.. thanks for the advice.. i've been skimming stuff and not retaining anything.. which is not good.. need to start learning. haven't done gross anat. started it and thought embryo would help first so doing HY embryo coz kaplan goes into the embryologic origin of everything and i find it annoying to split subjects up.
guess i'll try to hit the books today. i don't know how to get rid of my external distractions and when i'm rid of them, the internal ones!!!
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| nochoice
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thanks Gogeta..
after reading people's posts.. i'm beginning to think i don't have enough time..!
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| medocuk
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Hey there, don't worry about other people.You set your own goals and target as only take the exam for you..
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| nochoice
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thanks for the works of encouragement. am still on embryo!! should complete it by today or tomorrow max!
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| nochoice
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to be honest, i haven't been studying much! but i will sit today because i wasn't studying yesterday but spent the whole day thinking about it.. so my nerves are wracked to the point that i have to do it!
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| smarty
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thanx alot for your input in my journal NOCHOICE ...indeed id be glad to share my part of studying tooo...infact that would help me to remember my target for today!! thanx. take care !! we will discuss the subject tom insha allah. by the way wht books are using for embryo , anatomy and micro?
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| medocuk
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Hmm no updates? How is the reading coming along? Buck up mate.Time once gone will never come back.
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| nochoice
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thanks medocuk. you're right! time wasted doesn't come back! i'm studying now
(yesterday) but i'm so slow.. done 2 chapters of HY embryo - thought i'd go much faster - everyone said embryo is a breeze and not important. onto ch 3 now.
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| GOGETA
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Forget HY embrio, just read FA for that.
TAke another subject
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| smarty
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well well so u are back.good to see ur post here. good to see that ur prep is going at full swing. keep it up!! ALL the best for prep!
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| nochoice
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did ch 3. i've had tremendous distractions but its all good now. i can finally study in peace. i wish it was going in full swing!! but hopefully soon - i get soooo tired after doing so little. anyway, so i'm on ch 4 right now.
i know i should leave it since its low-yield but i have this bad habit that i can't move onto something else until i've completed what i've started. hopefully, i'll pick up pace now that i have more time (not that i'm not superslow!!!)
thatks everyone for your input!
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| edie
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Hi nochoice, Gogeta gives good advice. Some frequently tested concepts I have read from others' experiences:
1. know the pouches, arches
2. know the defects, eg heart, craniofacial, neurological, genitourinary
3. know heart, brain, limb development/defects
4. know the markers for fetal anomalies, eg AFP, hCG, etc.
5. know what happens during sexual differentiation
I am like you when it comes to moving on before getting the big picture. It's hard but keep trying to see the bigger picture. Hope this helps
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| nochoice
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thanks edie - yeah it does. its hard to get into the study mode as well. i'm managing around 2-3 hours a day when i'm actually sitting down for around 6-8 hours. thanks for the pointers - i'll keep them in mind. i think gogeta is right too but i just can't leave the subject which leaves me with no other choice but to move faster. i'm done with ch 4. its so short but it takes sooo long to memorise.
anyway, good luck edie. thanks - i appreciate the advice.
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| acintya
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Hi nochoice... I am also like you.. I sit with the books for more hours than those that are productive reading...BUT... it will ALL BE WORTH IT,.. I promise!!!
You are doing GREAT!!! I have half the distractions, but still I don't study.... so you are doing very well my friend! I used to be a perfectionist thinking I need to know a lot before I leave the subject but from what I have read on this forum... more number of repeated readings is better than one detailed reading....
so good luck!!!
KEEP STRIVING!!! It doesn't matter whether it is 2-3 QUALITY hrs rather than 10 hrs of BAD QUALITY!!!!
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| nochoice
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thanks acintya!! i really do appreciate your words! i am hoping i pick up some speed because i'll never get done otherwise. and lots of people i know have taken the exam ages ago. which is demoralising but on the upside, i have all this time and i'm so fortunate. i saw so many poor people on the street today - it made me realise what we are going through all this for - not just for ourselves adn getting a high score but to help people too. it ws a humbling feeling. and i felt so fortunate to just be sitting for an exam and not having to worry about where my next meal is going to come from. anyway, that's just a sidetrack. took two days off... even tho i had done very little - was really tired and couldn't learn any more (yeah! i'm slow! ) but i'm hoping i'll be steady and the studying will pick up pace.
good luck to us all!!
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| nochoice
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i'll try to go faster.. more readings definitely will help so i'm going to try to balance both things because i know being a perfectionist is a major weakness in me.
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| smarty
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thanks for ur post. i have been busy lately with ,my relatives so havent done any reading. all the best for ur prep.!
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| nochoice
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OKAY so i'm back!
after leaving the prep for quite a while. haha.. i was supposed to get done this october.
anyway, so I am on Behavioural Sciences. I left embryo since I heard Anatomy is not as important. Have to get done with the exams so I can match by 2009. Even BS is taking me forever. What am I doing wrong? I can't stop myself from trying to memorise and I slow down and don't study.
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| nochoice
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With my history, I don't know what kind of schedule I should keep!!
I need advice!! I can't waste my whole life just preparing for one exam. I need to match by next year or everyone in my family will kill me. They think I am wasting my life by waiting to take one exam!! And honestly, I got so scared, I stopped studying. I expect to do too much just on the first reading. So I go too slowly and STOP studying. Basically, the problem is I don't focus and STOP studying coz I'm too scared to face the exam. There - I've said it - admitted it! Now, does that set me free to study??
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