gmc
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I received my STEP 1 score today: 213 / 88
I took 59% on Qbank (and by all means I was doomed to a less than 80 score based on all predictions that I have seen); as you can imagine I was really disappointed and expecting the worst. I spent almost all of the time before the exam re-reading the explanations and simultaneously looking into FA and MedEssentials (and reading information that was on the entire page where I would look just for a fact). I did that for almost all of the questions, including ones that I got right. (I would look and read about the other answers that were planted in the question). I basically owe my score to those 2000+ Qs from Qbank + explanations. Oh, I need to mention that I took the Qbank for 1 month, and after that I had another 3 weeks until the exam.
Studying for me was a little harsh since I have a full time job and an infant daughter. So I would basically wake up at 4-5 am, study about 3 hours, then get the babysitter and then go to work. In the evening I would study for another 1-2 hours. I had, however, thanks to my lovely wife, at least one or even two full days in weekends. I had this schedule for about 7-8 months, from Oct 2006 till the exam date Jun 06, 2007 and I gained 25 lb.
One thing I need to mention, my full-time “job”: I am a graduate student doing my PhD in biological chemistry, so I did pretty well on questions on tRNA, Western blots, DNA transformation, plasmids, etc. They probably helped my score a lot;
To summarize: Qbank 59%...DESPERATION…exam score prediction (forums): 79-80…worked really hard 3 weeks before the exam, reading only the Qbank answers and FA and MedEssentials (directly related to answers)…EXAM score 88
I am a happy guy looking now towards step 2.
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| P4a99
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Congratulations ..... GL on step2 
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| Feyza
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bravo BL in step 2
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| GoodGirl
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Very well done, congratulations !
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| mytime
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Hey Tnx for the eXP. U actually did pretty good. cONGRATULATIONS!!!
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| v2k
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Very very well done..excellent...congrats
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| prayintopass
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congrats
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| kity
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congratulations
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| bioguy
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Hey gmc, I am in a similar situation - job wise, am doing PhD in Biochemistry.
I feel good about your experience man. That was encouraging!!!!!!!!
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| paheli
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each person's journey is so different, but all with same aim. it's great to see how differently each handles it and earns a well-deserved score at the end.
good job!
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