grkchicmd2b
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hey everyone,
I have been a silent observer for a while and just thought I would finally post my experience. I took the exam on June 8th. I would say my exam was harder than usmleworld, even though I felt that was a good prep. My first two blocks were really difficult with tons of neuro..pathways, mri, strokes, etc. I would say high yield neuroanatomy is sufficient for all of that. Kaplan wasn't as detailed as they wanted. The behavioral science was tricky but doable, the biostats sucked. Genetics and biochem were staight forward, as was micro and immuno. Physio and pharm were mostly in graph form. Only had a couple embryo and histo questions. Path-all I can say is thank you Goljan..very crucial. My Qbank was a 68%, UW was between 58-62%, and nbme 2 was a 460. Hope this helps guys and I wish you all the best. 
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| jole
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Good luck in your scores
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| peraspera
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congratulations
The most important is you DID IT!
I wish you to have a Good score.
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| dncosta
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Congrats for giving the exam, an accomplishment per se... And good luck!
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| zolpidem
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congrats....whats your opinion regarding first aid? how many times did u read fa?
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| whournameiz
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when u say harder than UW, do u mean the pathology or all subjects? also, did u have any molecular bio questions?
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| whournameiz
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also, was it anything like the nbme's?
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| grkchicmd2b
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hey thanks for all the kind words. i think overall it was harder than usmleworld in path, physio, and neuro. the other subjects were pretty comparable to uw. i was a neuro major in school, i scored really high in neuro on the nbme, uw, etc and didn't feel confident about it on the real exam.
molecular bio...yes, there were the usual jak/stat signalling pathways, but i only had about 5 questions on that. mostly exons and splicing, some pharm mixed in with rat experiments.
i read first aid probably about 3x before i took the exam. i thought it was great for the pharm and micro parts. i felt confident in those. i also used goljan's notes, audio, slides which were very helpful and that is why i believe my path was my strength. anatomy was also straight forward from kaplan. hopefully i passed, my nbme says enough i guess? idk, i guess it's just "post-exam blues."
the nbme 2 i feel was really easy and short in comparison to my test. i had long text and only a few one-liners. first aid helps for those k, good luck guys!
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| epica
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Thank u for your honest feedback.
Your score will be great
Good luck to you
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| Pulvinar
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GL
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| multifactorial
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all the best.
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Gogeta will predict your score mmmmmmmmmm 200+
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all the best!
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| docja30
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i'm sure u did well, was there alot of general pathology questions?
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| Feyza
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best luck
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| hedieh
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Thanks for sharing your experience.
Wish u the best.
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| andre_madias
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good luck , i hope you can get a good score!
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| Ujk
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Best of Luck!
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| grkchicmd2b
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thanks again guys, i appreciate all the support. docja30, yes there were a ton of general path...can't stress goljan enough esp with the slides!!!! wish you all the best
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