match08
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Hi everyone,
Starting my journey towards step 2 CK again after a big 5 months break. Aiming to take it in December and get that ECFMG certificate. Done with step 1 and CS.
Others taking in December, please keep in touch and motivate me and drop me a line. Hope to pick up my books and start with something today. Need all the motivation i can get. I am also working part time which is something that keeps me going and is like a motivation for me to finish my exam. For the girls and moms preparing, yes i am a mom to 2 kids and struggling and balancing life with USMLE, household work, job. So feel free to drop me a line or two, so we can keep ourselves motivated and cross this hurdle. Good luck to everyone.
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| nany
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Best of luck Match08 
I'm going for exam in December too,
so God be with us
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| titly
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hi im plannin november. all d best to u!!
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| neuroblastoma
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welcome match08 to journals.
keep the good work up!!
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| njcjzy
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Me too, in December. Today is my official day to take off too, even though I had worked on it very loosely for almost three weeks.
I need motivation, just as you do. So let's inspire and encourage each other as often as we can and ace it together!
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| drbin
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Me too for December, which subject is at hand everybody? anybody doing Kaplan obst?
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| match08
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Thanks for stopping by everyone. I will start with full momentum from september. Right now organizing my stuff and review material. Plan to stick to Kaplan notes, Q book, kaplan Q bank and UW and NBME. Hope t starat kaplan Q bank next week along with first reading this time around.
Doing lot of questions works for me and so thats what i a plan to do. Want to start with Psych, since i think i can finish it fast. Study hard and well guys and hope we are done with step 2CK by this december. I might be posting here a little on and off until i start full force in september as i'm trying to sort things out at home (Kids school and stuff, etc).
My Plan is to finish quick first reading of Psych, ObsGyn,Surg and then plan to do paeds and medcine together like GI from IM and then peds.
bye for now.
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| njcjzy
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That is a good plan. GL.
Are you planning on 2008 match?
Edited by njcjzy on 08/25/07 - 10:46 PM
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| drbin
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thumbs up to the plan..... good luck
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| match08
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3 days of not writing in my diary...hmm that means i didn't do much. Trying to get things set before i really hit my books.
Good news is i finished reviewing Psych from Crush and FA. Did few blocks of questions from MOCK exam. Yesterday i bought FA cases for step 2 CK. Will go through Psych part today. Have to remember to buy Kaplan q bank membership by the end of this month before the 50$ off promotion is over. I hope you all know that they are giving 50$ off summer promotional offer.
Yes trying to see if i can make it for the match, that means i am applying. Kind of busy with that paperwork and stuff too, so you can understand why i am not able to start seriously, hopefully everything will be sorted out by the 5th.
Study well guys and enjoy your long weekend also, so that you can hit your books again hard.
Cheers.
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| match08
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I finished doing Psych cases from FA cases for step 2 Ck book. It had 17 cases under psych and basically its cases on HY topics and the format is good. I guess that will be it for today, i am ging to try and do more kaplan reading for the rest of the day.
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| Ivonne
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Hey match08, thanks for dropping by in my journal and share the hint about Kaplan. I am done with step 1 and CS. Not sure about the last one, while waiting the result i am having adjustment disorder (stressor: CS exam and within 3 months). Anyway, just wanted to say best of luck.
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| njcjzy
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Match08, good luck with your match in 2008. May your CK go well and add something to your application.
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| match08
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Finally back from getting other things done, hopefully will be able to spend more time with prep now. Also new things to learn on the job front so kind of caught up doing things.
Atlast i started Kaplan Q bank. Doing Psych first, timed. Also doing first reading of kaplan notes. I like to say first reading because this is serious first reading for exam in December. I scored 62% in the first block of psych yesterday, hope to finish by tomorrow and lets see the end result. So guys, i am doing Psych for now.
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| njcjzy
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GL with your study. Your score was not that bad, higher than mine. Yes, it is good that we score low now cause we still have time to review.
I am in psych and tomorrow will be endo. Have one more cardio to do either today or tomorrow.
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| match08
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Finally managed to do 2 blocks of psych questions today. Averaged 65%, still have one more block to go, will try to complete it tomorrow along with superfast kaplan notes review. Got to go to bed, catch you guys tomorrow afternoon.
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| bhanusupriya
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hello match 08,good job,continue the spirit.
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| match08
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Completed psych kaplan QB with score of 67%, i need to work on treatments and drugs part. I have so much info to learn from antipsychotic meds chapter, i will try and post some imp points later.
Plan for tomorrow is to start either OB or GYN and finish doing the questions from them. Howz it goin guys? I am not able to get enough sleep because have to wake up early in the morning because of kids school and stuff and then go to work, come back and take care of kids until hubby gets home so i am not able to get more than 4-5hrs in the evening/night. Need to do something about this. Well its hard to study with kids and family but i will try my best.
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| njcjzy
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match08, you are making great progress. You should be proud of yourself that you can juggle so many things very well at the same time. Life is not easy for everyone. While I am not working at this moment, but I wasted a lot of time daydreaming and feeling depressed that I can not bring anything to my family.
Perserverence, persistence and patience matters a lot to this marathon. We all will get there with determination and hard work!
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| Ivonne
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Perserverence, persistence and patience matters a lot to this marathon. We all will get there with determination and hard work.
Love this phrase
Good luck guys
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| match08
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Hi guys, whats everyone upto? Weekends are so busy and bad, i don't like them. With great difficulty i managed to complete kap QB ob/gyn and averaged 64%, made lot of silly mistakes because of not reading the questions properly, so i need to watch out on that front. Yesterday was cooking and cleaning day, still have laundry left to do for today.
Will try and go through explanations for today and i think i will start with IM and Peds fro tomorrow, I will start with infectious diseases or rheumatolog, haven't decided yet.
Will report progress again tomorrow night. study well guys and girls.
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| neuroblastoma
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hey kaplan qbank is okayyy!!! UW is very hard.. donttt worry u will be doing fine..
keep focus
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| njcjzy
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match08, you are doing great! I understand with kids, it would be very frustrating during weekend. Ask your hubby for more help since this period of time, you can not ask yourself too much to be a perfect mom and wife.
Your scores are good. Pay less attention to the score now, but more to learn all the explanations.
Edited by njcjzy on 09/11/07 - 06:12 PM
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| bhanusupriya
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hi match08,u r doing a great job even with family and kids.good luck buddy.
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| match08
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Hi everyone, i decided to do hematology for today from ped and im, not many question in QB but i still have 50more questions to go and already tired and not able to concentrate so i willcall it a day for today and hope to complete them tomorrow. Have to go to work also tomorrow so lets see what i can finish.
take care
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