dechu
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hi people.
i gave my step 1 in mid september and got my score yesterday. and i failed. i am still too shocked. i thought i had done ok def didnt expect to flunk. i read for more than a year on and off but thought i somehow did justice. now i feel miserable.. i postponed my exam twice thinking i can do better and ultimately thought i was ready.. apparently i was not. i read kaplan notes, did UW too. was getting between 50 and 60 %.. really dont know where i went wrong, maybe its lack of concentration.. all my friends r already in the US doing observerships and i am not even done with one step.. my friend in the US told me that its very difficult to get into residency programme with failing in the first attempt.. now i have my doubts of taking it again.. should i really give it another try.. has anyone who failed in the first attempt and got thru the next time ever get into a residency.. please help... any advice will be greatly appreciated..thank u..
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| medocuk
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I am going to try for residency this year. I failed step one and I am awaiting my second attempt's result.
I think I was luckier to find people who didn't take away my dream. All I can say to you is. this is your life. Your failure and no one has the right to take away your hope. Don't let them.
Yes you have a set back. Yes it is harder to get residency. But has anyone told you it isn't impossible. you will have to work harder. You will have to pray to who ever you believe in. You have to do what it takes.
So you decide what you want out of life and you go for it. Don't let anyone tell you that you cannot.
This must be a hard time. I know. I've been in your shoes. But you know what, take this as a second chance to improve your score.
Now for one thing, you were not prepared at 50-60 % You need to be at 75% plus. You should take the NBME's next time. You must do the USMLE CD.
Good luck. Make better choices next time. Study smart not hard.
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| dechu
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thanks medocuk.. really nice of u to stop by and put in a word of encouragement.. yours is the only positive reply i have heard... i know i really have to bounce back harder this time.. i know its gonna be really tough, but i still have not given it my best.. i forgot to mention i took the NBME 3 four months before exam and got a horrible score of 310 and didnt wanna really do it again as the day got closer.. its all a matter of patience and endurance and persistance of your will and determination to do it well.. thanks once again..
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| confe
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Motivation, Hard work and persistance! I have also failed step 1 and will be presenting it soon. You are not the first to fail, many on this forum have also failed.
With a good attitude you will be able to acomplish your goals, take care
Edited by confe on 10/05/07 - 06:11 PM
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| Stepin2007
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Dechu..first off i am very sorry to hear BAD news. My well-wishing is with you for next time. DOn't give up bro... I know many people with first failed attempt and obtain residency. You may not get in very highly respectable hospital, but there are numerous community hospital in underserviced area willing to offer you visa and residency (no probs). Now just a suggest and a quick question....Suggestion is that don't worry about getting low score in NBME's...those are your PREDICTOR/EVALUATION. Thats not a real score. It doesn't go in your record and it tells you where you are. It's much better to fail NBME than STEP 1. I am sure you know that, but lemme reiterate because everyone is scared to take NBME close to the exam time. Think about it, if you fail NBME, then it's much easier to reschedule and NOT fail the real thing. I hope you understand what i am trying to say. During you next time, DOOOOOOOO ALLLL your NBMEs (ie. all 4). Don't hesistate. I suggest you to leave NBME 2 for the last week. And if you don't get above 450...DON"T EVEN THINK ABOUT WRITING THE USMLE STEP 1. When i wrote my step, people suggested me not to write step 1 until i get 400. The only reason why i am suggesting 450 for you is because you certainly have to try to get above 200 this time to be comfortable in ur interview residencies. (you know what i mean).
Now my question please....When did you write your exam? I wrote mine on sept 13th and i am still waiting for my results. When did you receive your score?
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| medocuk
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Hey i wrote mine of 17th. I think we shud all get it by this coming wednesday. Now I am totally freaking out.
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| Stepin2007
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medocuk...i know how you're feeling. I was like you a week before. I waited whole night. Didn't sleep and every 15 minutes on tuesdnay night/ wednesday morning....i was checking my e-mail, but NOPE it didn't come. Don't be too sure that you will get it this week...Not trying to discourage you or disappoint you, but it worns you out...waiting for this thing. Don't worry too much. Just be calm. I am sooo worn out at this time that i don't even care any more. It' will be great if it comes...if not, COOL.
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| gingko
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hey really sorry about that....but come on, get up and get going....u've got to get a good score this time, to prove to urself and not anyone else..will u let one failure chase u the rest of ur life...and by the grace of god u will get into a residency..get a good CK score on the first attempt and pass CS...and ur failure will become history...
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| at peace
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hey i'm really sorry that u have to go thru this ...but just to put things in perspective for u ... i know ppl with a dbl 99 not landing a residency and ppl with modest scores getting thru...so the score and number of attempts play a role but are not the be all and end all..i really reccomend u analyze what went wrong ie. were u unable to understand the questions..were u mislead by buzzwords or was it that u could not recall the details that were asked..if any of the above were the problem u will have to re-read the notes very carefully all over again...stick to one book per subject and to it over and over practising questions side by side....i'm sure u'll do well also in order to ensure u get a good residency put extra effort in your profile ie. try geting some research published/observership and adding community service which carries a lot of weightage...so don't lose heart coz if u were smart enough to get a medical degree in your country u're smart enough to get thru step 1 well..all the very best to u .
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| dechu
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hey guys....
THANK U SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH ... u have no idea how this has boosted my morale... thanks medocuk, confe, stepin2007, gingko, at peace...
u would not believe it but i didnt get this kind of encouragement from my own friends... they told me if i am not sure maybe i should quit and start studying for the pg entrance in my home country...but this was my dream and i dont wanna give up soo easily... afer i spoke to them i was actually in two minds, but now i am def gonna study harder and smarter ... thanks to u guys ...
STEPIN2007- thanks buddy... ya will def follow your advice and give all the NBME'S this time... and ya i did understand what u were trying to say... and i know its gonna be tough and all and cant expect to get a residency in a really god hospital, but finally its the degree which matters and if u wanna learn u can do that anywhere right..hey i wrote my exam on 13th too.. got results on the 3rd of october...
MEDOCUK- hey thank for the encouragement.. will make sure i read harder and smarter and get a good score on UW before i take the exam again... i didnt have time to revise the wrong ones last time , will make sure ill do that this time.. do u think i should do UW again since i have done it and made notes or do something new like KAPTEST or USMLEASY..
GINGKO- thanks to u.... me all up and charged now and u know what will start studying right away too..
AT PEACE - trying to figure that out man.. maybe my concepts were all wrong.. but how could i be sooo wrong.. no idea.. well will def work really hard this time.. read read and re read and re re read till i get the concepts right and will do more q's and most importantly revise which i didnt do much of last time.. do u think webpath helps..
well i am done with moping and cribbing and all charged... god bless all of u and good luck...
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| at peace
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hey u shud read askdoc's thread on the support forum its very insightful...i'm glad that u feel ready to take on this challenge ..for path what worked best for me was brs and robbins review ..brs was easy to read covered core concepts well and i had set a target of 90% for the questions behind each chapter if i did not make the cut off i'd re read the topic i got wrong...i can't comment much on web path did'nt use it at all. hope that helps.
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| Mydream
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all the replies in this post are so supportive..thank u friends..and good luck to u dechu..u will surely do ur best this time 
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| starbrite520
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hi, how are you?
i am very sorry to hear you are so depressed, and sorry to hear you failed the first attempt.
i do not know you, nor are we best friends, so you have to realize, my advice won't be sugar coated-since i do not know you well enough to make such an attempt to make you feel better-make sense?
i think you should definitley not lose heart. i know some people who failed in the first attempt, and did very well their second time around. you are lucky, becuase you have done the test once, knnow what its all about, a very big advantage-wouldn't you say?
medicine is not easy, nor is becoming a doctor. we hear about those who slave in undergrad, and wait years to get into medical school, beacuse their score is a mere 94 *sarcasm by the way-its not fair how hard medschool is!*
you have the drive to become a doctor, to help patients, if you didn't you would have given up studying for this goddamn test-the first time you ralized what a tremendous task it would be. but you stayed strong.
everything in life happens for a reason. perhaps you were too relaxed, perhaps you werent taking this profession seriously enough. maybe , the supreme being,, put you into a reality check to either take this future seriously and work harder, make you consider alternate routes-which will lead to your true potential, or perhaps, you are meant to have a very high mark, that isnt going to arrive the first time around!
as you can see there are millions of reasons. the only reason you should think twice about considering to bail-is if you dont want tobe a doctor. if you think you are better meant somewhere else.
there are so many doctors i see, that have no passion, don't care for their patients, make so many blunders.
you know what you want to do-so do t. by gods grace, you have the health, the money, and the backround knowledge to sit for this test. you are well at an advantage over many other poor souls, who either can't afford writing the test, or have not completed their education after so long.
do not, consider dropping out, for fear of not getting into residency. i know so many people, like isaid, who did well the second time around, did very well, a high mark. step 2 is important.
learning is a smooth curve. you should increase along the way, sure with a few squiggles out of control. perhaps this is gods way of poking u in the arm , and saying "study harder", and you will more than excel at step 1, and step 2, because you are so scared.
please just take it as something that was meant to be, and learn positive from it. we can sit here and make fun of ourselves and cry til our eyes are sore. that wont do any good.
"everything happens for a reason-its our job to see reason in it"
i hope i helped. best of luck. please do not give up hope. the step 1 is no easy thing, it is very very hard. it was not made to determine "doctor/ not doctor" , merely "ready/ not ready enough"
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| dechu
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hi starbrite520...
THANKS A TON... i think u know exactly what is going on in my life... i had everything too easy in my life, didnt really work hard for anything, so when i got the score i was in some shock.. well i did feel bad for a week and i know there is no point of cribbing and crying, so me up and about and studying now. right now going a little slow , but i know i will pick up and surely do better soon.. i know i have to work hard, REAL HARD, to get to where i want to go.. wont and dont wanna give up my dreams soo easily... like u said i guess its a wake up call and god wants me to study harder and do well, and i truly believe in whatever happens it has a reason for being so..
well thanks so much for the encouragement.. u dont have to be someones best friend to help them when they need u.. r u taking step one sometime sooon... well good luck on that and god bless u..
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