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hi all
i tuk my exam on 20th june
i had to tak my exam in another place so i left for that place 5 days before to adjust to the new bed and environment
i changed my sleep routine.. slept at 10 and woke up at 6:30.. as my exam was at 9 am.. n it tuk around 30 min to reach the centre
though i felt drowsy n wanted so badly to sleep in btw in these last 5 days but i stayed awake bcz i felt it was realy imp
to change the cycle according to the exam.. one day before my exam i went to a hill station which was realy great.. but ofcourse my heart n my mind were still thinking wats gona happen tomorow.. but i knew i have to tak it anyway so i must be calm now
i had left qbook and nbme to the end.. but it was a big mistake.. bcz i was exhausted i didnt want to do Qs anymore.. bcz i felt i shd revise the course.. as i had forgoten most of the stuff.. so i left qbook.. n took my FA in the last 7 days... n started reading it
i gave a quick read to biochem from kaplan not from FA bcz i had memorized the cycles and genetics so it was easier for me to
just skim thru those pages.. i gave a quick read to biochem in one day.. and to genetics another day and revised other stuff from FA randomly..
did qbank twice.. n made notes but didnt hav time to revise the notes.. i did half of UW but it was taking so long and i had this feeling all the time that i just need to revise the course.. so i left all the Qs and started revising the course
i did kaplan simulated exam 8 days before exam.. not to assess myself but just to see my stamina of going through all 7 blocks
i tuk it in my worse condition.. when i was having headache so i thoguht thats the best time to do kaplan simualted bcz u never know wats gona happen on that day.. so i was just preparing myself for the worst
i wasnt even expecting 2% while i was doing kaplan simulated , but i was surprised to see 68% .. somoen who got a 99 had writen somwhere in the forum that he got 71% so i had this figure in my mind
i did downloaded nbme 1 and 2 and scored btw 36 to 41 out of 50.. not knowing if answers were corect or not. but just had som idea that its not going that bad
did usmle cd.. one month before just did 2 blocks.. n got 62% n 1st block n 70% in another block .. was v depressed.. left the last block for 10 days before exam.. n got 80% on that one. so i was a bit relieved that although its not wat ppl say who get 99.. that they scored 45 /50 47/50 but still i touchd the 40
now the real story begins
1 day before exam... enjoyed the whole day .. though iwas still left with pharma to revise.. but i went with my parents to that hill station n enjoyed a lot.. on my way i read half of UW notes by gebbils... for the first time..
then cam back hom n turned pages of pharma.. said my prayer.. took bath.. went to bed at 10.. fell asleep at 10:30 finaly
when sudenly my cell rang at 1 am.. goshhhhhhhhhhhh after that i didnt sleep.. so my whole plan went flat.. a friend wanted to call me to wish me at 1 am.. then i woke up n tried to sleep but i cudnt.. then out of frustration i called a close friend n alsmost wanted to cry.. but thanks to that freind he calmed me n said its the best thing that has happened i said watt.. how is best thing..
he said u dnt know abt meditation but i know its the best thing that happened.. i didnt know wat he meant.. but my mind also started accepting it and saying its best thing that happend.. somhow i had a superficial disturbed sleep . waking up multiple times
but i was fresh in the morning.. idont know y... had my breakfast . took energizing drinks.. burger.. chocolates.. tea n water with me to the centre
reached there at 8:00 am.. before they caled my name i wanted to drink a sip of water.. so i went to the cooler.,. accidently turned the red tap and put boiling water in my mouth.. burnt my tongue n lips.. but anyway i still kept calm.. wat else cud i do
after they called my name.. i started my tutorial .. the screen was flickering.. thought its the comp.. but it was my eyes.. my mind.. anyway i got used to that after 2 min.. n it wasnt flickering then.. started my first block
the first Q .. ihad so much anxiety.. i tuk a while to read it.. i didnt gain my speed of reading till i reached half of it.. after 1st block which i found to be doable.. marked abt 10 or 12 qs but didnt hv time to go back to them..
i tuk break after every block.. it was jsut 45 min break time in total
my first 2 blocks were comparatively easy... i was so happy i thoguht wow this exam is realy easy
but when i started 3rd block.. it was sudenly v tough.. lots of patho slides.. graphs.. CTs... n not straight fwd Qs like my first 2 blocks.. just sank in my chair
wasnt v happy.. started 4th block after a break.. that too wasnt like the first 2..
i must tell u that they realy tested the concept.. had a mixture of Qs from all subjects.. with v easy to v tough
Qbank helped a lot i think
i was still fresh by the end of the 7th block.. n cud do 5 more blocks..
but from 3rd to 7th i didnt see any block as easy as the first 2.. first 2 blcoks were real straight fwd Qs..in the rest i had to think on every Q
now im realy afraid of the score.. as i did so many stupid mistakes.. forgot such simple points.. in many Qs.. but i guess that was my best shot
plz pray for my result.. ill post my score anyway.. watever it is.. a fail or a pass
best of luck to all
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| kity
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good luck for your score.. did you do kalan Q bank??
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| what_to_write
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yes i did qbank.. finished it twice.. made notes but didnt hav time to revise the notes:/ but it was v helpful
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| 99pliz
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wish u gr8 score.
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| zolpidem
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goodluck for your score
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| jaZjaM
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Best of luck fr a great score..
and thanx fr a nice experience..
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| hedieh
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Goodluck for score!!! Wish you the best!
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| P4a99
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Good luck on your score ... plz share it with us ...
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| what_to_write
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Thank you alll.... thanks a lot i would share my score as soon as i get it.. pla pray for me... n gud luck to u all too
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| victor4
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good luck!
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| kochs
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What to write, If u do not mind, can you tell us your UW score ?:D:D:D
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| what_to_write
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hehe.. kochs! no i do not mind
i didnt do all UW.. just half of it.. n assessed myself initialy.. later i just read the Q n explanation...as my exam was nearing.. my score varied,from subjct to subct . on som it was 55% on others it was in 60% range.. n in physio it was 70%
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| kity
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i have the Question which I have been asking all ohers.. do you think we could skip Kaplan Qbank if we do UW... thoroughly... waiting for your opinion... good luck
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| what_to_write
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ummm well i did qbank in the v beginning.. n it did help.. but in the end i felt that whether its UW or Qbank its all in the kaplan books.. but u ofcourse u do need to practise Qs..its just a reinforcement of wat u hav read in the kaplan books..
the best advise that i can give is that.. assess urself with nbme and usmle cd... n UW score.. if u r doing fine.. that shd be fine.. bcz it depends on ur knowledge.. how much u hav retained from kaplan books..
so do UW thoroughly n go thru ur course too ,, and then just assess urself.. just work on ur weak areas.. u will just be finee
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| Feyza
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hi buddy best luck in your score and next step...mine was in 21 so seems were gonna be updated soon uh ?
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| what_to_write
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hi feyza... best of luck to u too... im soo depressed these days.. im just sleeping all the time... dont know wat to do lets hope we get a gud score...
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| what_to_write
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but oasis is down for so many days now
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| Feyza
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Im keeping myself so busy that I cant even find time to sleep so I hardly ever stress out...still...I understand thats its constantly in the back of my brain cuz I dream every night
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| what_to_write
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i want to start studying for ck... but im lacking the motivation..
in the morning i had a dream abt one more q that i marked it wrong.. its just that my ck studies r being affected which is wat i hate
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| Feyza
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so lets study something that will work for both steps
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| what_to_write
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got my score.. it was my dream to put a 99 there,.., but thats wat i got..
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| P4a99
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congratulations ... great score ... GL on whats coming up next ...
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| what_to_write
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sorry i messed up the post... i thought i wrote a separate post of 217/90 but i wrote it here by mistake,, any way thats my score ...
thanks praying499...next is to jst to study for ck..
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| what_to_write
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ohhh from the post it seems i got 99... no actualy the title was 217/90 and then i said 99 was my dream...jst got it messed up..
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buddy if you want to edit a post just click on the yellow pencil on the top of the post. and yes you did actually make a new thread telling us in it about the score but it looks like a moderator merged the both threads into each other. (its more convenient like this now) ...
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