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Dear all,i have been meaning to start a journal since a very long time.Iam planning to take the test by oct end or begining of nov.I have this compulsive habit of checking usmleforum and prep4usmle back and forth.so i decided i need a check on myself if i really have to pass this test.I will try to read each day certain topic and write about it at the end of the day or maybe alternate days,lets see.I have finished reading gastro,endo from IM and paeds.I have started with rheumat in IM,done in paeds.did nephrology IM,1 page remaining.tomorrow will finish remaining rheumat and also nephro in the morning.will do a block of UW Q's in the afternoon and set something to read in the evening.Thats my plan for tomorrow.
guys i need push in between to move forward.feel free to correct me if iam doing anything wrong.
Iam hoping to finish one reading of kaplan by the end of this month and then start with kaplan online bank for one mnth.I have finished reading surgery ans some parts of psy.so obgyn is untouched so far.
I have to do it .yes and i will.
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| bhanusupriya
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hello 2 match,welcome to diary land. journals will definitely help us keep in track.friends here will encourage and push u too .don't worry.good luck
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| 2match
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Thanks supriya!
Well i couldn't do much today.its 7:25pm here.so far finished dermat from IM,started with rheumat,could do only few initial pages.doing now endo u world Q's.might have done about 10 so far.
God please help me to do it Lord.I know this much reading is not enough.help me to keep up the motivation every day and finish my target.
go go go go,u have to do it.
for tomorrow,finish rheumat,finish endo Q's and do initial chapters in paeds.
will comeback and be truthful to myself .
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| 2match
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here iam as promised diary.i finished reading rheumat,nephro remaining pages,preventive medicine,started with immunizations in paeds.iam extremely lagging in Q's.still couldn't finish the endo uw Qs.ok so for tomorrow,finish immunizations and do few initial chapters of paeds and also do neurology IM and also from step1.will try to do some Q's in between.
lord help me to focus.help me to get certified before this year end.this has been going on for so long.help me to keep my sanity and not loose it .
bye and will hit the target.
see u .
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| Doc750
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good luck, just relax and take it one day at a time .. and at the end of every week build a little time into your schedule in case you fall behind.
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| 2match
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hello doc750,thanks for stopping by.how r u doing?hope we reach our goal finally.well my problem is with doing qs.iam not keeping upto it.lets see.it should get better as the days come.
bye.
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| 2match
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ok diary!
iam back .let me come clean now.i didn't do much on sat and sun and again mon,tues, same story.actually i was frantically looking for a study partner who can motivate me.so finally ended up checking my mail as ocd(obsessive compulsive) and didn't find anyone.just kept on surfing the net back and forth.did some random Q's hardly few. But now i have decided to go alone by myself.
O my Lord help me please to pass this exam.put in me that drive to succeed and dedication.I have scored in the late 70's in step1,i have to cross 80 or 85(my dream).somehow i have to achieve that.
i have to keep a strict schedule. i will finish the few initial chapters of gynaec and also do a block of Q's on gynaec.small target for today.if i can do them before evening i will love to read a chapter in IM.
i will back with my progress tomorrow .
bye.
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| Ivonne
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Hi 2macth, keep going I will keep an eye on you. Best of luck in your prep. See you around.
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| anuba
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We'll push each other 2match! Good luck! Today is another day of hitting the books. Enjoy reading Gyn.
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| 2match
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hello dear diary iam back as i promised.
Thanks ivonne for ur watchful eye on me ........and also anuba welcome to step2ck.
iam happy today cos i could finish my small target.i finished doing 1 and a 1/2 blocks of gynaec Q's (to be specific 75)and also read initial pages of obs.well iam hoping to finish the rest of obgyn q's and also kaplan notes in two days lets see.after doing Q's i think i won't need much detailed reading only paying more attention on things we have to remember like when to do what studies.......
ok so for tomorrow hit the books and do as many Q's and finish obgyn by sat.
one more thing,guys im hoping to take the test by nov. so when should i register?if iam not wrong i still have till the 2nd wk of oct right.but yes i will try to do as soon as i can.
so c u tomorrow."Lord help ur children to reach the target."
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| 2match
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hello my diary,
ok i finished the UW obgyn Q's and iam still to finish the kaplan notes.I am so slow gosh.definitely reading notes go faster after doing Q.well i will need tomorrow too to finish with gynae. so then i will be done with surg and gynaec.from mondayi will be strict with doing Q's from 9 to 2:30 pm.thats when my daughter goes to school.so when she is back i can focus more on reading notes..beginning monday i will finish the topics remaining in paeds notes and then do UW so i should finish paeds in 2 days.iam hoping to take the exam by the first wk of nov.
"Lord help me to focus and do it with YOUR grace ,amen"
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| 2match
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hello iam back,
yes it took me some time to overcome my ocd for checking various sites multiple times so finally i reached a point that i hardly come to write well,now i can do as much i plan each day. so finally iam done with IM: gastro,endo rheumat,preventive medicine,cardio,hemat,dermat and did concerned Q's.i have not finished all the Q's of the system i finished.
From tonight i will read psychiatry for couple of hrs at night.i want to finish it by saturday.
Lord, my God,help me and strengthen my heart.I need Almighty to achieve my dreams.
i will be back soon.
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| njcjzy
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Hi 2match, it is so funny that we all have similar problems, willing to spend a whole lot of time in checking different forums than sitting still to study! I guess because study is brain-consuming, while surfing the internet is so relaxing but time-consuming.  We all know if we keep doing relaxing thing with tons of our time, we could hardly achieve the goal we set our heart to.
Better to be self-controlled, right, friend? Happy studying!
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| 2match
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hello my diary,
hey njcjzy,thanks for stopping by.well yes i have that severe problem of surfing, even if i find 2 mins while studying.how is ur studies going? hope we all reach our deserved goal as we have planned and dreamt,by God's grace.
now coming to my schedule.i wanted to finish psych by saturday but could finish only today by afternoon.iam slow on sat. and sun.iam doing infectious disease in IM now.i want to finish by tomorrow.iam still not able to do the initial chapters of peds .
so for tomorrow will finish infectious disease and concerned 1 block of Q's.
thats all from me.Help us all Lord with YOUR strenghth.
time for me to hit the Q's now.bye all.
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| 2match
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hello my diary,
ok so finished infectious disease in IM.then did pulmonology,neurology,and nephro from Im last week.could do about 2 block of Q's in pulmonogy and some random mixed here and there.Want to do more Q's now.
for this week.mon to wed ,do peds and try to finish them.then thurs to sun,obgyn.so i will be left with biostats which i think will go thru the step1 few days before the exam.Iam very bad in calculations so won't benefit much even if i spend time to figure it out .
i want to be very truthful to myself.I know my weakness very well and that is do more Q's and analyse the concept behind it.I have learnt one thing in this journey.that miracles don't happen.there is nothing called luck .(atleast i don't believe in it).But yes my belief is if we put in ur 100% efforts and then ask Almighty, for help,He will grant us.and that is 200% guarantee.
Lord my God ,so much to do before we reach our goal.Help all of us to come out successful in usmle and also our lifes.
bye for now.
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| 2match
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hello diary iam back!
well at my last visit my target was to finish peds and gynec by sunday.now its 10 pm on sunday already but i could not finish obgyn but could do peds initial chapters.I have subscribed for online u world for a mnth.each day i try to do 2 blocks.but yesterday and today totally i did only 1 block .so will try to keep up with my each day u world.
Lord help us to reach our goals.Everyone is trying hard Lord ,help us all.
bye for now.i will be back soon.
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| 2match
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hello iam back,
well i could finish psy u world Q's and also obgyn.In IM i did respi,hemat (1 block).Its going on but had slowed down for 4 days becos my daughter was not keeping well.I had planned to take nbme on tuesday ie 23nd but couldn't.Now i have scheduled it for 29th,thats a monday.depending on the nbme score i will pick an exam date. I don't want to rush for it but also don't want to postpone at the same time. I have planned to take form 1 and then finally form 2 just before the exam.
Lord i feel so lonely in this journey.Help me to keep the motivation and strength to finish this step and move forward.Don't know why iam feeling so sad.Maybe becos i didn't score well in the Q block,that is showing its effect.But God dear Lord help us all to finish what we have started.
see u soon.
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| Ivonne
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Hi, Yes I think is a good decision to take NBME to see where we stand. All the best. Keep going!!!!!
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| 2match
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ok iam back my diary!
thanks ivonne to stop by.well i took my nbme form 2 yesterday and got a 360 .so was felling hopeless for couple of hrs after that.I was surprisingly having thoughts to leave medicine.i have been working ,but its not seen in the score.though i felt i was doing good but the end result was dissapointing.i have got an asterisk in lower performance in many divisions..but then later i tighten my girdle to meet the beast with full speed.
now my plan is to read the kaplan notes a-z in 10 days,thats my final review and then take another nbme and only then decide on a exam date.
anyways guys wish me best of luck.i really need it.
i won't be writing in this forum but will let u know my progress on a weekly basis.
'Help us all Lord'
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| 2match
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hello my diary,
my studies have been going on slow.Especially after the nbme ,iam feeling worthless.I had thought of scoring in the high 400 and then decide on a exam date shortly.But now i am in dilemma how to proceed.I wanted to finish reading all the kaplan notes in 10 -12 days and then take another nbme .now iam so slow don't know when i will finish this step  .The biggest irony is last yr this time i didn't apply becos i had step ck to go but this yr again iam standing at the same spot. It breaks my heart .Iam lacking motivation for sure.i really wanted to be done soon.
but i will try more now.
God help me Father.
i will be back.Feel free to write to me and push me forward.
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| 2match
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hello my diary,
Today i didn't touch the books.exam is nearing!don't know what got into me today.
sat in front of the tv and did little bit of cooking.why have i become like this lord.when every second matters i have become so laid back.God give me the motivation to study and learn every day. today was a disaster.
lord help me to speed up things.Help me and motivate me to give my best shot.
i will do it ,i will do it, i will do it...........
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| bhanusupriya
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hi 2 match,thank you very much for your encouraging words in my journal.i really need them.
well,it seems that u r also in the same boat....get up my friend,miles to go before we sleep...we need to rush towards it or atleast make a step towards it.
whenever u r down or don't feel like studying go through the journals or exam experiences or any other motivational stories.
we can definitely do it provided we maintain the fire with in....
good luck buddy..
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| 2match
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hello my diary,
hi supriya,thanks for ur motivation!well i need a lot of it these days.well i have taken dec 5th as the exam date.so want to try my best and take another nbme about a week before that.depending on the score will decide whether to go ahead.i really really don't want to delay any further but will totally depend on my nbme.Its amazing that even i started to do the u world on tutor mode.And i feel it is working for me becos i know the answer then and there and makes me think .This is unlike when i was doing it timed or untimed when i will loose the urge and the determination to check after the end of the block.so i guess we are in the same page.
anyway iam doing a final,fast reading of kaplan.highlighting the imp.stuff.
This exam in really an exam of endurance.being bombarded with Qs for 8 grilling hrs.well we will do it .yes i will do it.
God help me so!
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| njcjzy
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hi 2match, not a lot of time left for you, drop all other thoughts behind, concentrate on the study. Wish you good luck.
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| 2match
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Thanks njcjzy for the advise.only if i could follow that everyday. well my final countdown has started and iam planning to take another nbme after couple of days and then decide whether to stick to my exam date of 12th.But anyway iam trying my best to keep away from all the distractions in my life.Yesterday i had a small funder bunder with my car.so got it repaired with an unplanned money drain..so all the more motivated to start work soon and for that have to pass this step.
My Almighty, i dedicate everything to you.Help me father.Help me dear Lord.
I will come back again if i decide to postpone but if i take it as planned will see after the exam.
bye and good luck.
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