motorola
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| | 08/14/07 - 02:42 PM
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first of all may be u should read how bad i felt after the exam !
http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/thread/56852
thanks to tanny (torque, where are u hiding ?), doc_clotaire, young_doc, munnabhai MRCS, arlete, cocacola, alexa, sahota, yolanda, hotobhaga, dncosta, doc 08 and medicus 81, neuroblastoma and thank you (yes im bad at names u c  )
graduated in 2004
then did pediatric residency in my home country
studied exactly (and only) 4 weeks for step 2.
did uworld full = 73% average score
kaplan notes full set except little bit of psych+epid and surgery
first aid read full once
a little bit of cmdt
made extensive notes while doing uworld
and studied them on the last two days before exam
no nbme, kaplan qbank or any other resource
studied abt 10 hrs a day
exam: i drank a lot of black coffee before and during the exam
did first two blocks at one go and then took a break after each one (i highly recommend this strategy)
then in last 6 weeks i read for step 1
gave the exam today. same coffee and chocolates. and yes a break after each block...
read kaplan notes for everything except
neuroanat, embryo - high yield
almost skipped gross anat
read the whole of big robbins except the last 2 chapters (the points i had marked during my graduation)
read my ck notes again (helped)
did 70% of uworld (76% avg score)
heard first 3 goljan audios
read some 150 pages of first aid
what didnt help much
goljan audio, kaplan path
too much of path studying
high yield neuro and embryo (thought kaplan was better)
what i think should be done
first aid , kaplan notes and uworld..pathology i am not sure as to which book because kaplan is terrible and because i read robbins (not recommended too much time needed) i didnt see goljan book but i guess it must be good
if u got more time...do these again and again dont run around looking into many books
dont run away from pharma graphs got a lot of them in the exam
dont run away form population genetics got problems to solve from there
got a lot of pediatrics questions
if u have less time dont hear goljan because it is difficult to revise and i found the first 3 audiolow yield so i dint go ahead...
biochem must know which enzyme resides where...lysosome, mito, cyto, nucleus etc...many questions.
most importantly dont follow my advice for step 1 until my score is out !!
good luck
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| cirus
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Congratulations motorola , GL for step 1 score...
Joining u soon, exam next week
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| motorola
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sorry for the poor readability of my post. will edit it tomorrow. am post-step1-exam-caffeine-withdrawal state
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| njcjzy
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That's amazing! 4 weeks and a 258/99. How I wish I could do the same. I guess as a fresh graduate(2004) also helped you.
Best of luck with your step 1 score!
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| bhanusupriya
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that's really amazing score motorola.grat score within shortest time.congrats and hope the same with your step 1 score too
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| Justice
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Congrats!!!
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| doc-o8
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congratulations motolrolla on doing everything in such a short time. n congrats on awesome score.
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| neuroblastoma
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congrattts!!!motorola....greatt score!
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| veroni14
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Congratulations!! You did it fast!!! Good 4 you...Best of luck in step1 score
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| medicus_81
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motorola, that's amazing! congratulations on your step 2 score! Good luck with step 1! I am waiting for my score in step 1 too, kills me!
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| drplacebo
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What a stellar score in such short time....
Too good performance ..
GoodLuck
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| Ujk
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Congratulations!!
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| yoga
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4 wks only?? r u superman?!
congrat
6 wks 4 step1 GL
u have super powers
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| motorola
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received my score. 255/99 in step 1. may b u can try the advice i have posted above. but the most important thing is to remember that there are many many routes to a 99. no study plan is perfect. u have to decide whats best for YOU.
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| bhanusupriya
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that's really great motorola.DOUBLE 99.stellar scores
good luck for your match
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| paheli
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well done, moto!!!
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| hanwin
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Well done.
Very happy to hear good score.
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