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GOGETA wrote:
Am I at least helping a little or at least giving a little light?
YEAHH!! I see light at the end of the tunnel 
No but seriously, a BIIG Thank You for spending time with us Step 1 "sufferers" despite being so busy! God bless
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acintya wrote: YEAHH!! I see light at the end of the tunnel No but seriously, a BIIG Thank You for spending time with us Step 1 "sufferers" despite being so busy! God bless
at least I might help a couple of people.
Now let me go back to the step2ck
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I will truly 100% advise you guys to at least read a little step2ck, some basic stuff will help you in step1.
Just pick the internal medicine book from kaplan and read a couple of things from there, only if you have time. I REPEAT only if you have extra time.
I have found so many questions that now are easy for me, but when I took the test I was   , they are easy and step1 oriented.
Besides the USMLE site that all of the USMLE exams are a corelation of each one, only that one will emphasize in the basic science knowledege applied for step2ck or clinical meaning step1.
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Gogeta, thanks for this thread,
did u do downloaded nbme, i did nbme from2 from there, i am crushed, got 50% right, thats failing score, ok let me tell u in detail, o got 105 in 200, if you convert by multiplying its 157. and 190 is the passing score i guess.
i finished uw a month ago, and finished with 40%, i am done reading with kaplan books 3 times, only i had a break of 2 months, after 3rd time. now i read first aid, since my main problem is memorization.
with all that, i am very frustrated with my score, can you give me a since advice or study plan, how to get 35 out of 50 questions in a block right? how much should i study, i was studying 4/5 hours. i am not working right now, i have 2 and half months.i think i am overall weak in all area, immuno, pharma, histo, patho, i am not great in physio either. i am afraid i cant do it. Help me.......
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I truly do not know about thw download version of NBME, 50% is kind of low for a NBME but what is the real NBME score I truly do not know. I do not know how to supposly converted.
keep going over First Aid. FA is a tool you can use to have in your mind the information in a fresh way. At least some of it you will be able to remember.
So you have 40% in UW, as you may know that is a little low.
Now this is the good thing if you are not working and you are only dedicating time for the exam, i think you can improve alot
I was in the 40 and was able to pass the test.
Are you using Goljan? is 36 hours more r less, so if you dedicate less say 2-3 hours everyday in one month you woul have cover it at least 3 times.
Goljan will help you integrate the concepts.
Go over the UW, but go over the ones you got worng first.
UW will help you understand and think the way you need for the test.
if memorization is the problem, when you do a question ask yourself is because I made a silly mistake or is because I have no idea what s the answer.
If you just made a silly mistake or was between the correct one and the ncorrect one you need to do more questions.
try to participate in the forums because the forums will help you with memorization, the things you practice here you will get it right on the test.
good luck.
I think I answer your questions
if not please tell what I miss or if you have more questions
Like fisher says the goodness of the world enlight you to prepare more for the test and help the patients survive
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thanks a lot gogeta, i use to participate in another forum, i got tired of it, i wasted too much time there. less i talk was better for me.
i tried listening Goljan, i did some, but i couldnt hang on to it, i cant retain listening,i forget what i hear,about questions, i use to do silly mistakes, now i pick a good one, but still thats wrong,sometime. like i can tell which organism is it, then i forget what is the culture media or what is the antibiotic, and physiology, i make mistakes most. well i talk too much, thanks for answering all my questions. God bless you.
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hi gogeta
how can you correlate qbook with usmle?is it harder or the same or easier?
i am doing kaplan q book and i score 50%-70% and my uw score is 49%
and my examis at the end of this week ...what do you think ?can i just pass or not?whit these percents what would i have to expect?
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I was in the same situation and I PASS
Now Qbook for step1 was MUCH MUCH more simple than the real exam.The concepts are good actually and you can have a couple of questions like that on the real exam.
What made me PASS was UW and no I do not work for them as you know.
If you want to be more safe take a NBME test 3 to see were you are. try to get more than 400 if not try to get an extension.
If you are not able to get an extension and you are taking the test just go in confidence and know that everything will be ok.
Good luck
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thanks a lot gogeta
i realy appreciate that
you give me hope and i am going to face the exam this friday and i hope that i pass it like you
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I have also been using the Qbook and I'm scoring around 45-50% right now. I have not done Qbank or UW yet and I am just answering questions from my Qbook during my 2nd read. I have been wondering how the Qbook compares to the Qbank in difficulty level.
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GOGETA, which topics would you advise to read from Step2 internal medicine ?
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| Scareless Johan
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I am an IMG. I don't work at all and dedicate all of my time for study.
I start study in March until now.
I take Kaplan prep course and complete 1 reading.
I do UW 3months and my score is only 50%.
I score 50% from the beginning until now.
I try to improve my score but it doesn't work
I am so upset and depressed.(I am typing with tear!!)
How can you give me any suggestion?
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unique1 wrote:
GOGETA, which topics would you advise to read from Step2 internal medicine ?
Try to go over the geneal idea of internal medicine the common pathology that you will find.
You could just read 3-4 of the most common diesease for each system from the kaplan book for internal medicine.
Is not to memorize it, just red it so you have an idea of the protocol of things. In the exam they will present the case in a step2ck way and then ask you something from there if you are not able to make the DX, then the rest is going downhill, also I have seen so many BASIC stuff for step2ck and for practice that they ask in my exam and I just say to myself If I knew that then.
Remember they say the exams ALL of them are integrated with each other.
So I think that for example for step1 you will have 10% step2ck,5% step2cs and 5% step3 YES step3.
They will ask you something from those other exams in a step1 format. Right there you have 20% of the exam integrated.
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Scareless Johan wrote:I am an IMG. I don't work at all and dedicate all of my time for study. I start study in March until now. I take Kaplan prep course and complete 1 reading. I do UW 3months and my score is only 50%. I score 50% from the beginning until now. I try to improve my score but it doesn't work I am so upset and depressed.(I am typing with tear!!) How can you give me any suggestion? Thanks
At the top of this forum there is a tread call ask Doc.I personally think that going over that tread will help you tremendously on your preparation.
If you are scoring 50% on UW mean you have a very good general idea of the material.
You need to understand why the ones you got wrong are wrong and the ones you got correct was correct because of what you were thinking or not.
We all are in this together.
try to be +
Take NBME1 to see where you are.
improving your score have many factors like
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also remember uw test many concepts
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Thanks Gogeta.
I will check out NBME soon.
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hey gogeta.. this is goku. am too a huge fan..  its good to know that youre helping alot.
Im getting somewhere in 60-70 in uw but am very panicky and feel like i dont know anything. If i think about immuno.. then i feel i dont know anything about it and when i think about personality disorders, same thing. however, when things are put together and given enough clues.. i manage to do lil ok. I guess my question ultimately is how would you suggest that i study in these last 3 weeks. i went through each subject but its as if i forgot em as days pass by. what would be a good consistent review. Im telling myself to do one subject/day and lets say im GI today.. i would start the day w/ 100-150 q from the subject i studied day before.. then GI kap. anatomy/histo/embryo, then brs phys, then goljan path, then FA, then FA pharm. It seems overwhelming everyday and im burning out(7am-9pm) and gerd is making me miserable. any input? and im weak on pharm too.. 
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Fyred-up wrote:hey gogeta.. this is goku. am too a huge fan.. its good to know that youre helping alot. Im getting somewhere in 60-70 in uw but am very panicky and feel like i dont know anything. If i think about immuno.. then i feel i dont know anything about it and when i think about personality disorders, same thing. however, when things are put together and given enough clues.. i manage to do lil ok. I guess my question ultimately is how would you suggest that i study in these last 3 weeks. i went through each subject but its as if i forgot em as days pass by. what would be a good consistent review. Im telling myself to do one subject/day and lets say im GI today.. i would start the day w/ 100-150 q from the subject i studied day before.. then GI kap. anatomy/histo/embryo, then brs phys, then goljan path, then FA, then FA pharm. It seems overwhelming everyday and im burning out(7am-9pm) and gerd is making me miserable. any input? and im weak on pharm too..
60-70 in UW is VERY VERY good
That you feel you dont know nothing is actually normal the more you know the less you think you know.
Going over FA is great because it keeps your short term memory with information about other things.
Take a NBME exam to see where you really are. And look at the report and work hard on your weak areas.
About pharma FA will be more than enough just go over FA pharma and you should be ok.
FA has a 3 pages with all of the personlity disorders just try to go over them several times. And try to do some personlity disorders questions.
I personally Use some ranitidine for the gerd in the mean time to help me study and not have disconfort. But that was me I do not know why you relly have that GERD.
Your plan sounds good and is draining, but I think that with so short time you need to focus more on questions and try to simulate the exam so you know how much stamina you have.
Remember 3 days before the test you will need to start relaxing and the day before the test no NO STUDY just relax ok.
Again your plann sounds good but remember you need to do more questions ans remember that you must take NBME3 or 4 to see where you relly are.
If those score in UW are unused you are goign to get more than 220 for sure.
Hope to hear from you soon.
and what ever happens be confident and with inner peace
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thnx alot gogeta.. i dont know whats happening to me but i think im in denial that the test is coming up too soon and feeling more and more nervous about it. I think this would be the stage where i wish someone could give me some advice and reassurance. If you could give me some general idea as to what most great scorers like urself did 2.5wks before.. maybe i could follow in those footsteps. thnx for all the help and may God bless u for all ur help.
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Feeling nervous is totally normal try to use it for ggod.
Just ask around how I behave before and waiting for my grades? well I had to wait they send it by mail and I waited 8 weeks or more.
From there GLOS syndrome, I went to 1,000 + posts in that short time noew I only have 1,800 LOL
Most important do not go ove rnew stuff
remember that are thngs you will not know
Go over your FA and try to have 2 nights of good sleep
do questions at least 200 everyday or 150 everyday
You will PASS
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hi gogeta !! im a big fan of urs as well !! have seen that u really give good advice n suggestions to ppl !! so here im seeking advice formyself as well !! im new to this forum and have just strted usmle prep and doing my 1st read right now !! i am taking my test in last week of may or 1st week of june !! im doing kaplan right now and planning to do UW for 3 months before the exam and till then im planning to do downloaded kaplan q bank !!
firstly i wanted to know tht im taking my test in june so is this bad cuz most of the AMG's take their exam then and can it affect the score ?(i know score is what u do on the test rather wt other do but i hv seen some ppl with 99 -238 and 96-240 ) so how is tht possible ??
secondly is my study plan good if i do 3 readings of all subjects inclusing goljan !!
thnx for the help in advance! GL with step 2 ck ...may god bless you and give you the residency you want in coming yrs !!
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Hello Gogeta,
I want to know where do I stand if I'm scoring 65% in UW, 60-70% in Kaplan Qbank, NBME 1 & 2 one month ago 500. My exam is scheduled in March. I mean, do you think by the time that I will take the test I would score 90+? (actually I'm aiming for 99)
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Hi
I will be starting prep soon, i have a few ?s
1. How to study using kaplan notes, i mean read one subject at a time or read multiples, any timeline tht works the best?
2.When to use first aid during prep, and do UW
3. when to take NBME's during prep
i ll be using kap notes 2008 and videos 2007 any info on those are they good as previous ones
Thanks For the HELP in Advance.....
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sunny123
1- it depends from person to person. But try to go subject by subject or system by system first. At the end of the system or subject then try to do questions related to that system or subject and try to go over the subject or system you are reading.
2-FA use it since day 1, that is actually your short term memory for the exam. Use UW as a learning tool.
3- Depends when you are taking the real exam. You need to take them in a way that goes with your preparation and prepare yourself like that NBME is the actuall exam. It will be nice to know when are you planning to take the exam to give an idea when to take the NBME.
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