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GREAT JOB!!!! Congrats!! 
Good luck for the score!
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| keepgoing
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congratulationsss!!!!!
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| kykie
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Congrats Dncosta,after our long wait.I pray we have great scores tomoro! I envy u so much,being certified.Right now or should i say ever since i have done my step2cs, i have been anxious about it.Well, i have less than a month to find out.I pray the result is fine as well.
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| vwilldoit
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congratulations!! all the best
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| dncosta
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Just got my results, very happy about an unexpected 99/237. Also got the "temporary certificate".
Five-week study plan, "old" (6 years) IMG, used only FA, UW and Goljan (audio primarily). Bottom line: quality is as important as amount of time; work hard, concentrate and focus on your objectives.
Following suggestion of some leaders/moderators, I'll scan my report when I get home.
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| unique1
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Congrats man !!!!!
Please shed some more light on your prep. It sounds very tempting to do just FA, UW and Glojan and get a 99   . Everyone uses these but everyone does not get 99. There must be some secret behind this. Please disclose that secret  . Were you a top student in your class ? Did you study 24/7 these 5 weeks ? How many times did you read your material ? Any other tips ?
Wish you best of luck with your next steps .
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| dncosta
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Thanks unique.
I'll try to list some relevant and honest points as requested:
- I went to a very good university in Brazil, with solid basic education; graduated in 2001.
- I was above the average, but not that much.
- I studied hard during these 5 weeks, averaging 10 hours/day; this should be tailored to each one's preference, even if I had studied more hours/day, I'd not have learnt anything else
- I read FA 2 times; used 70% of UW, averaged 75% in tutor mode (as I cheated sometimes in the tutor mode, I guess it would be wiser to say my average was around 70%)
- I don't think a lot of books/sources is a good idea; makes hard to maintain the focus to the extremely high-yield facts. I know it sound impossible, but most questions are covered in FA. I've read a lot of people recently complaining in their post following the exam: "I wish I had read FA more times, or more seriously".
- I used the same approach for 2CK, with similar results (241/97)
- Giving Step 2 first had 2 sides: 1 bad was that I missed some questions covered in Step 1; 1 good was that I got more experience for Step 1 (which for old graduates is more scaring)
- And, of course, this forum helped me a lot; especially reading other people's experience during the exam
And that's pretty much of it, no tricks, as you can see.
Just focus and hard work.
Thanks again for all your support.
See you later with my score sheet.
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| dncosta
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There it is...
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| unique1
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Thank you very much dncosta for your prompt reply. Yes I remember many people stressing the importance of studying high yield material very well.
Your UW score was very impressive. It reflects your strong grasp on the hard core concepts. With these great scores on both your steps , you will get the residency of your dreams  . Wish you all the best with everything in life.
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| medicus_81
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congratulations!!!what a great score!
I had a similar approach- did CK first (in April) and I am taking step 1 very soon ....I agree with you- it has a positive and a negative side!
I am also sticking to FA,UW and Kaplan Qbank, not ime and money for more...Worked great for me with CK, let's see step 1
good luck with residency and once again congratulations!!!
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| Ujk
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Congratulations
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| mytime
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AWWWWWWWW Dcosta That was wonderful!!!!!!!!!! Good luck with matching. Thanks for the tips I'm sure u had ur concepts down to a tich rt. from the start. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! U did all that in just 5 weeks....I mean UW, FA and Kaplan? What abt NBMEs?
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| kochs
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Dncosta, Firstly congrats on great scores .I have been following ur posts for quite a long time and have been motivated to find a great winner and a humble guy.I'm in a similar way in terms of IMG status and having completed radiology from home country, have plans to do a research radiology fellowship during my ongoing MLE prep. If u could help with with my queries ( would be grateful )are --were u able to manage studying for MLE beside working as a research scholar,how tough is the work in general ?.How many years course is it ?And how did u go about applying, is it personal appt with the program director/HOD or email request or which means. Are you placed in Massgen ? plz help out this guy. I would be grateful becoz I feel its a waste of knowledge and being not in touch with my field during MLE prep.
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| kykie
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Congratulations!Funny i thot i was the only one who used to cheat in tutor modenice to know i had some company.Congrats on finishing it all
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| dncosta
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Thanks a lot for all your kind words and best wishes sent back to all of you.
mytime: I didn't use Kaplan, and only did 70% of UW
kochs: check your instant messages
I forgot to mention: I didn't to any nbme because I could not postpone my exams, theoretically I had to have all my results by June 30 (that's why I gave all 3 exams in 5 months)
Edited by dncosta on 07/20/07 - 02:09 PM. Reason: Missing info
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| Feyza
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dncosta...I know this is a boring Q but shall we stick to KAPLAN FA and UW for step 2 too
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| Feyza
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AW AW SILLY ME ...SORRY ...CONGRATS FIRST
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| dncosta
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Yes, Feyza, I think these are the major sources... IF you have time, read them again. IF you have more time, then you can go for other materials
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| P4a99
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duuuuuuuuuuude congratulations
then what was all the drama about !!!! 
at last you got the 99 you deserved in step2
Edited by praying4a99 on 07/20/07 - 05:22 PM
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| new_n_lost
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I m really happy for u. And i wud say u r probably the 2nd person who is courteous enuf to post their score report. We have been trying to get ppl with high scores to post their score reports so we can all focus on the reall good scorers.
Best Of Luck Mate in future Steps.
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| P4a99
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thanks for posting your report card
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| kingusmle
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mny many congrats dncosta....u deserved it
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| faraym
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Hey dncosta you are one smart boy , 5 weeks wow!!
Congratulations ..... The wait was worth it !! You made a "sheesh kabab" of the roadrunner
Iam listening to Goljan again thanks for the tips ..
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| dncosta
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Thanks a lot everyone, I'm happy my experience can help some of you go through this hard time.
Every word I've typed in this forum always was/is/will be trying to help everyone as much as this forum helped me.
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| hedieh
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Congrtulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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