vradojc1
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256/99
I'm so happy. I expected it to arrive last week, but this is fine for me too.
Step 2CS coming on June 8th in LA.
P.S. Girls/guys - you were the first ones with whom I shared my score. Well, after telling my GF.
Thank you for support and all that I learned here. I'll be back after CS, studying for Step 3.
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| doc_clotaire
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Congradulation for such a great score vradojc1 . Can you please give us your full exam experience . My exam is in 2 weeks . Any advice or tips please !
Good Luck with CS , we will be waiting for you in IM forum for discussion buddy 
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| vradojc1
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doc_clotaire, I posted it right after the exam, I'll just copy it here:
I took it in Prometric Test Center in Bethesda, MD.
Started at 7:17, finished @ 13:45 (1:45 PM). Exam was "reasonable". Vignettes were pretty short. There were a few long ones, but majority were of reasonable length. Quite a few cases were described vaguely so I presume knowledge of "epidemiology" was important. Mostly IM as expected, majority GI/pulmonology/rheumatology-autoimmune. Very few epidemiology questions. Quite a bit of trauma - repetitive urethral injuries (3 q all asking for retrograde urethrogram).
I do not know what else to say. The presented vignettes (diagnostic/therapeutic algorithms) in some cases did not match ones we discuss here at the forum (and that we are being taught by Kaplan...) making "the next best step" hard to pick.
Otherwise, I'm fine with the test - it was more pleasant experience than the Step I.
Still, I don't want to say a thing, I'll just brace for the result.
And my prep:
So, for preparation I primarily used:
Kaplan Lectures; Blueprints Med/Ob&Gyn/Peds; Blueprints Clinical Cases in Medicine/Surgery;
NMS Psychiatry/First Aid for 2CK
Kaplan qBook/Appleton&Lange Review for Step 2/NMS Reviews for Step 2 and 3
As auxiliary literature I used: Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics, OHCM, OHCS, NMS Pediatrics/Ob&Gyn/Medicine/Lange Pocket Guide to Diagnostic tests/Brochert Mock Exam/Appleton&Lange Review in Surgery
So, no vids/qBanks.
Question didn't match neither Kaplan, nor UW (as far as I can say after I saw the ones posted here), they were resembling Mock Exam the most. And I would say that the q in Kaplan and UW are more elaborate and can steer your thought process better since they offer more information.
Regarding "epidemiology" - as I said, vague description of quite a lot of vignettes with results of diagnostic tests that do not point to anything specific, will result in picking the MCC of the patients complaints (for the age/sex group) and subsequent treatment plan will follow.
I don't know whether I made it a bit more clear. What I actually want to say is that compared to Kaplan/NMS/UW q (that I saw here), vignettes on the test offered less information to select the MCC.
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| doc.jay
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awesome job!! congratulations! gl for the cs,
jay
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| ing
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Congratulations! Good luck for the nect step!
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| coolmavs
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Hey vradojc1, CONGRATULATIONS! You rock!!!! Absolutely fantastic score!
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| dr.shailu
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congratulations
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| muzammil
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congrats on such a great score
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| USMLEGladiator
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congrats
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| vanshita
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Congratulation GOOD LUCK for step 2 cs
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| MRMAVERICK
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congrats and best of luck for your scores
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| rody
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congratulation..........i need your advise i did uw once and read kaplan notes i want to raise my score what q books else should i do ????.......responcewill be appreciated
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| sridevibandaru24
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Congratulations
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| HILFIGER
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congratulations vradojc1! Do you think kaplan IM is enough for the exam? I thought about CMDT or cecil, but it seems to be too detailed and time-consuming. Did you look through step up to medicine?
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| vradojc1
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Kaplan IM is fine, but I'd used some auxiliary literature (see above). CMDT and Cecil are too much and not exam oriented!
As for posters that ask me about UW, I do not know, didn't do it (check my prep above)
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| HILFIGER
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Thanks vradojc1
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