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Edited by new_n_lost on 01/14/08 - 11:37 PM. Reason: Edit the format of the post
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Enjoy ....... I HOPE NO ONE IS ON A DIET ! 
Note: Please excuse the terrible phone camera 
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so, which one's mine, which is yours and which should we let the others share??!!
so, this is what you're brought to the party?? i like!!! now, let's see the others out-doing you!
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we can have a BBQ.
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I already ate mine ... it was a chocolate crep with bananas and ice cream ( there was not enough time to take a picture of it )
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Can I make fireworks ? Crazy ones, like we use to have in Prague, over the river.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR RONNNNNNNNNNN 
Remember I am still teeny , got shopping with my other half , while the youngerster is out with frds , it's 1st time in my life in X'mas , I got freedom, shop by ourself
Have a Great Year Ahead PHL & all frds , fm
GL GL GL happy success study to us 
ps poor us have to study in this holidays time , we should get the big party after wards new yr or not
GG ............. thanx, have a great time with family
AC, KG .......... starngers , long time no see
Rest of everyone ... hellow & see u all in next yr soon
HAPPY NEW YR & HAVE A GREAT YR AHEAD EVERYONE
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it's beautiful!
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I will live by this this new year. I have much to learn.
HAPPY AND MAGICAL 2008 TO EVERYONE!!!
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Happy New Year dear
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Edited by Ujk on 01/01/08 - 03:09 PM
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| Mydream
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Hey .. a very very Happy New Year !! may all ur dreams come true !!
how r u ? hows everything going ? as for me..am still waitin....results were supposed to be out on 26th....bt nt even this week !! so 5 wks of waiting !!
did not study for one whole month ..now i have to start. i saw ur post reg kaplan vdos....do u have them ??
anyway study hard....all the best !!
keep in touch.take care.
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Hmmmmmmmmmmm can see how much everyone is studying! Happy 2008 kids!
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Hello,
Just got back from vacation..... So see ya around!
TC
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Hey, guys! It's only been 2 weeks since I posted here last, yet it seems forever! Howz the new year shaping up so far? Still sticking to them resolutions??
Seems like most are back from their break, to face the wrath of books that were abandoned over the holidays! Yep, that's consequences for ya!
Well, I'm just swimming along, toward my shore. But feels like each stroke I take forward, the waves push me back again. Esp of late my UW scores have been dipping, and the worst is it's very very avoidable, which I get to realize when reading answers. I fail to read graphs right, I end up clicking on the wrong answer when I know the right one........UNFORGIVABLE.
Ok, let me head back to my KLN virology. Adios!
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paheli wrote:Hey, guys! It's only been 2 weeks since I posted here last, yet it seems forever! Howz the new year shaping up so far? Still sticking to them resolutions?? Seems like most are back from their break, to face the wrath of books that were abandoned over the holidays! Yep, that's consequences for ya! Well, I'm just swimming along, toward my shore. But feels like each stroke I take forward, the waves push me back again. Esp of late my UW scores have been dipping, and the worst is it's very very avoidable, which I get to realize when reading answers. I fail to read graphs right, I end up clicking on the wrong answer when I know the right one........ UNFORGIVABLE. Ok, let me head back to my KLN virology. Adios!
Welcome back long time no see. Good luck i thought u must have given the exam by now or nearing the Big day.
Goodluck !!
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Welcome back long time no see.
Goodluck !!
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The source of the Q you asked about ( HPV slide ) is from Kaplan Q bank.
Let's stay strong and swim harder, there is the bright future rising for us on the end ! Don't give up. We definitely can do it.
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wow! you are back. i thought you already gave the exam.... or are nearing the date! so the silence!
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Hey, folks! Thanks nnl and p4a99 for remembering me! I am in a state of semi-reality now. My exam is sorta near, will be taking it in weeks [not months anymore] AAaaaaaaaaaaa-rgggggggggghhh! There's so damn much to do, I'm perenially confused on what to tackle first. I have to finish RR by Goljan, finish UW, go through Neuroanat...........I could really go on.....
Bioguy, what's new with you, buddy? I think you mentioned your exam to me earlier, it should not be too far as per what you told me. What's the update?
GG, thanks for the qn source. I'm supposed to have done Kaplan Qbank...........does that tell you something about where I stand?
I really have something to get off my mind right now. How do people get UW scores in the 80s? Admittedly they are the ones who get 99s. And, I am not doubting the authenticity of what someone says, [I don't even register the scores of people that I don't trust] but I'm struggling to hold on to a score that's much MUCH lower. So, how do these guys do it? Am I not as bright as I thought I was? UW still hits me with a score in the 40[%] range sometimes. And, even one score like that I can guarantee will ruin your overall %. I pick myself up, learn what I did not know before, but if these guys get 70-80 in UW, that must mean that they did not have much to learn from UW to start with [hence less wrongs], so they achieve 99s. That means for someone who starts lower, there's really not much hope for such a score? Is that what it means? I'd hate it if I were right. Guys, share your thoughts. What do you feel? I'd really like to know how others feel.
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Hi paheli....saw u aftr quite some time !! so u r studying in full swing ..good..
as for me....i spent one mnth without studies..and indecisions....life really gets tough sometimes....wen its difficult to decide what to do !!
anway..as of now....i started studying for CK..not sure wen i will take it.
u keep up the hard work and it will definitely pay off !! i still feel bad sometimes reg the lack of confidence i suffered from. which affected my exam.
just keep on doing UW and learn ur mistakes ....just the way u helped me out while i ws doing that..
u will do grt !!
take care.
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mine, March last week, definitely. No other choice. Struggling to read now.
Good luck with your prep.
Don't compare yourself with others. That will distract you from assessing yourself without prejudice. Everyone has their own unique capabilities. You will have to go deeper in analysing how you make the mistakes. You will have to give it time and think, how your thought process has resulted in choosing the wrong answers. Is it memory failure or is it failure of thought process, or is it wrong concepts ingrained in your knowledge bank. Just like Askdoc's analysis!!!! I know I am vague  , as always!
Some great philospher said - there is no state of being virtuous, eliminate the state of being non-virtuous, thats all. applying that here - eliminate the process of making mistakes - everything will fall in its place.
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hi paheli,my dear friend,i can co-relate with what u feeling about uw scores,u know what,i asked such one gentleman(99er) who adviced me to see mean score of last 8-10 blocks timed unused,that wud be ur real prediction as all who did say 80s they got on average might have gone thru their low 30s 40s in begining but if not than,dont worry about ruining avg score as,it shud not matter,but see how u advancing/progressing taking mean of last few tests.i dont know how it is reliable but it sounds more practical and realistic..so just keep going on..
happy studying!
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hi paheli
i started doing kaplan qbank
and did some 500 q's
scored 61% overall..sometimes 66 and sometimes 50 % in various blocks
and got depressed , did not study anything for some 10 days , then decided to take nbme
scored 560/232 on nbme -1
so even i don't know what to make of the scores on qbank
also , i remember my colleague who got 99 doing the qbank while studying for step 1
and she was saying that one has to struggle to get above 30/50 in a kaplan qbank block
so again , maybe if she did it , we can do it too
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Well look at it this way Most of the ppl whose post you have read and have saying that they got 80+ in UW look into their background. who are they and when they have given the test. If they are fresh students undoubtedly they will score good on UW but if a bit older ones they mioght not score good on UW or Kqbank but get a 99 on the real exam. When i started doing UW i scored like 44-45 in the first test after a couple of test when i got used to the pattern of their asking questions i started scoring higher but still my highest went to 75% and that also was only in Endo, Respi and Renal. Because i had spent so much time on these topics any question in relation to these was a piece of cake and the same thing got translated on to my real score report. Mind you i have never done rote learning and only used my concepts. Then i asked around and found out that its relative to when you are doing your Qbank. Like most seniors here they did Kqbank in their 2nd read and UW on their third. So while they got 75+ on UW they got 55=65 on KQbank which is fairly understandable cos in your 2nd read you are still corelating most of the concepts together.
So in my view dont get worried about your UW scores. Just do questions in Timed and Unused mode cos you need to be prepared for the real day and then compare your level of improvement find out your weak areas and then hone in on them. And most of all try to mix up the subjects so that you are able to jump from one subject to another like the real exam.
Use UW as a prep tool and NBME as the predictor.
Goodluck and keep us informed and if you need to discuss anything just ask.
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