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Hey, Gogeta. Still waiting for your friend's reply? Ok, I'm waiting for your next post too.
[Just wanted to ensure you hadn't forgotten my query.]
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This is from my journal in step2ck, just to sahre it with you guys/girls
Today I have seen the light.I have understand why I have live the live I have live so far.
I can say that there are several people that make a big part of who I'm today, some in a good way and others in a bad way. At the end of the day people nature is to keep going forward with you or without you.
Pointing fingers will not help, it may be a little palliative because they have some fault and because it gives you a little denial and rationalization. At the end of the day the only one to blame is yourself.
This process of the exams makes come to the surface many things that we have, some good other bad. The thing is to master them to be a better person and have happines.
People go to religion for happiness and actually is the best rationalization there is.
We as humans try to avoid pain, beacuse is not plesent(unless you are a masoquist)
But the only way to succed is to blame yourself at the end of the day.
Sometimes is hard to let go, and more when you have several lifelong issues.You just want to hold it with everything and at the end the more time you have it the more damage you do to yourself.
We all have a potential, some have biger ones than others but because of excuses do not live their potential. People see and recognise this people potential and some of them do not realise they have the potential because of ll of the garbage they are going trhrue.
I for example was suppose to have taken the exam in December, many people have help me and has been there for me unconditionaly, and yet we are in January and I have not taken the test nor Im ready(people might argue this last part). In new year I decided not to think about the time I have lost and just try my best,problem is I still havent try my best.
When you realise that people that you were their teacher when they started their medical school are now practicing medicine in the states, it makes you wonder and think what have I done this time? Where the time go?
A friend have talk to me about religion, me been a person that was rased with reliious values always welcome his religious aproach.(There is a book called the alquimist very good book)
I remember one time my car broke and I had to push it in a 03 degree cold night at 1 am in chicago with snow, this friend told me you have to be thankfull for having the strenght o be able to push the car.Today I realise he was right.
Everything is how we see the world, what is in our reach that we can do something about it to change, and what is out of our reach.
God has always been there for me helping me in one way or another, no matter how bad or shitty thing I have been going thrue. I have not been alone.
People have help me and continuing helping me, because they have seen my potential.
I think is time for me to live up to my potential and stop whinig
Edited by GOGETA on 02/02/08 - 01:25 PM
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Try to read only one book for one subject
Many time we just read to many book for one subject and then we just complaint of the vast book we have.
Just learn and stick one book learn it very very well. Then when you see questions about it you can say o that is not in my book, or this is explain better.
Also if you have another book, because you KNOW very well YOUR ONLY 1 book about that then you can see what is missing in your book.
Chossing a good book is crucil but if you donot understand it, WHY waste time on it.
You can use the book you like MASTER IT then you can read the other book really really fast and just see what you missed.
MASTER ONE BOOK
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This is from valuemd and the author is called tommy k
To my beloved Family of future doctors,
In response to readers, I write to please tailor your study habits to your personal strengths. Mainly, everyone should get the main popular books like First Aid and Kaplan Notes. As long as you do not have a dementia-type illness or another brain lesion, you should be able to "recall". The principle is similar to knowing the names of your uncles, aunts, cousins, sisters, brothers, etc. The difference is that some people do indeed memorize faster than others. The difference is barely noticeable in everyday life because you have only small things to commit to memory like a phone number, street address, etc. But on the Step 1, there are SOOOOOO many things to memorize. Therefore, any "slight" differences in memory will be VERY MARKED and MEASURED.
After I took the Step 1, I pulled out the main resource books like Kaplan, First Aid, BRS, BSS, etc. when I got home. I remembered then a number of questions from the real exam. I could not believe all the small points that I forgot and thus answered incorrectly!
Therefore, you should be able to (rather you MUST) basically MEMORIZE a book like First Aid or Crush the Boards entirely. When I ask, "What is the mech. of action of Drug A?", you should be able to tell me in one second. You can do it. If I ask your birthday, couldn't you tell me in a flash??? Do so likewise with the drugs, bugs, etc.
Think about it. If you had to memorize the 50 state capitals of the United States, the test would be relatively easy. If I ask, "Capital of Alaska?", you should jump and say "Juneau" right away. If I ask for New Jersey, you should yell "Trenton" in an eye blink! Virginia=Richmond! etc.
If you are not retaining, do not just tell yourself you need many more months to study! While that may be part of the problem, you must examine why you are not retaining. Tape or staple a chart and graph the number/percent of answers you got correct from NOTECARDS you are making or from any number of Q-Banks available. Do so in individual sessions weekly or more often.
Chart how you are progressing! Of the information, are you getting 35% correct the first week, then 37% the second, then 42% the third, then 48% the fourth, and then 55% the fifth, etc.??
If so, you ARE improving, and it is just a matter of time before you get that magical "pass" on your score report!
But if the Chart is flatlining or even worse, creeping down, then there is a problem. Doing this exercise will help diagnose the problem. Imagine YOU ARE THE PATIENT, and the "% Correct on the line graph" is the continuing line that shows your progression to HEALTH (passing grade).
It is like if you are hypokalemic. OK, so your potassium is at 2.9. Then you start the drip, and then you are charting the level on a piece of graph paper and the reading is 3.2 after a while. Good... Then later it is 3.5. Great... And so forth. You will then KNOW you are going to get there.
You MUST FIND OUT HOW YOUR BRAIN REMEMBERS and INTEGRATES information!
You need a system of rewards also to buttress your progress. For example, if you recall all the Glycogen Storage Diseases and Immunological Diseases (both VERY VERY HIGH YIELD), then you could reward yourself once you met those objectives. Or you could punish yourself if you miss key questions (However, I like the positive reinforcement method better. BUT, if someone did something extreme like slap you in the face after a wrong answer, you will remember better).
Again, accept that there IS a difference between the speed that people memorize. Just accept that fact of life. It is like height or strength. But know that you can overcome it. You CAN do something about it.
This Step 1 is very much like a 26.4 mile marathon run vs. a short 100-200 meter sprint. The short sprint is like everyday life. Even if you are running against an Olympic champion, you will be some meters behind at the finish line. The difference is just a couple of seconds.
BUT, in a marathon run (which the Step 1 is), the differences between an Olympic champion runner and yourself will show MUCH MORE OBVIOUS differences. The seasoned Olympian will cross the finish line maybe HOURS before you do. If you are not lucky, you may collapse well before the finish line on mile 7 or so from exhaustion.
Ultimately, the point I want to emphasize is that I think a determined medical student can eventually pass the Step 1. Don't make the mistake of comparing yourself to the top USMLE scorer in the class! SERIOUSLY, honestly, I tell you that my own mentor, who was in the top THREE of my entire medical school class failed in his intern year and has to repeat it this year!!! (It had to do with his skill at quickly formulating a differential. He knows way too much and kept on stating TOO MANY "zebras", and not "getting to the point". This angered the senior residents.) Different people have different strengths.
Know which books work best for you (but stick to the highest rated books). Know how long you personally need to study overall and how many hours per day. Know if you have a handicap. Know (most important) which study method works best for you.
For example, I myself study much better in groups. I studied with a group of people and asked questions to others in the group. I was a VERY "ORAL" learner. I would even read aloud when alone. Just reading the chapters over and over alone in silence did NOT help me much.
It was the same with ME PERSONALLY with the MCAT. When I took my first diagnostic test, I really really did horrible. Then I found a method that worked for me. I formed the study group I spoke of, then we all took turns explaining things to each other. It really helped me personally. Subjects/concepts that I "thought" I knew... I found that I really did NOT know them cold because I had trouble explaining it to others. Once I learned it enough to explain to others, not only did I understand the concept better, the concepts STUCK LIKE SUPER GLUE in my brain. In the final MCAT diagnostics, I found I was missing only a few questions out of 77. I confess in the first diagnostic I missed almost HALF OF ALL THE QUESTIONS!!! The experience with the USMLE Step 1 was VERY similar. I went on to score over 95% percentile on the MCAT. I found the method that worked for me, and I ran with it. (However, you may be better studying alone. Or maybe you study well in a coffee shop. Only YOU can find this out). Keep POSITIVE.
Please please follow your dreams, as this life is a JOURNEY, not a DESTINATION. We are all climbing Mt. Everest together. Once you all personally reach the summit, please appreciate it, love mankind, and lend a rope down to others trying to get there.
All the best in this New Year 2007,
And Merry Christmas,
Love,
Tommyk
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| GOGETA
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Hello
How are you guys doing with your step1 preparation?
Any good news lately?
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hi Gogeta and seniors....
im new here....just used to watch...my exam is in 15 days...and im not feeling stressed as im sopposed to be...still watch TV....
i did NBME 4..got 480...im aiming 99,,,
can 15 days raise my score to 99???? any advice appretiated,,,yhx,,,God bless u
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yarab99 wrote:hi Gogeta and seniors.... im new here....just used to watch...my exam is in 15 days...and im not feeling stressed as im sopposed to be...still watch TV.... i did NBME 4..got 480...im aiming 99,,, can 15 days raise my score to 99???? any advice appretiated,,,yhx,,,God bless u
Congrats that is a very Impressive score in NBME 4.
Go over FA several times
Go over your weak areas first,
DO NOT I repeat DO NOT read any new material.
If you can go over your notes.
Depending inn your exam and how you do on it, but the good news is that for sure you will not Fail unless something out of the exatraordiry happends.
You might be in blocking
But in general you have a sense of selfconfidence, and that is very important for the exam.
in 14 days because you need two days of good sleep and the day before you donot read anything you could improve 10-20 NBME points meaning you would be in the 500 NBME wise and most os the people that score at least 500 in NBME score in the 90's. Not all of them but most of them
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thx alot Gogeta...ill try my best and maybe do another NBME from the new ones,,5 or 6....i will update u soon....i need alot of prayers,,,THX again
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Hi Gogeta and other seniors:
My Question is regarding Kaplan Notes for step 1. Is enough to study
Kaplan Notes without the audios? cause a friend of my told me
that the audios are a kind of complement, but Can I go without
the audios?
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| huasccar
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Hi again,
is there so much difference btw Kaplan LN and Kaplan
Home study program? which is better? -for step 1 of course-
Thanks a lot in advance
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I will be brave and try to help some of you guys with what I know.
Have in mind that I do not know all the answers and other emmbers will also will try to come here and answer, meaning anyother member or senior can help answer your question.
husccar
I think Im late for you because I saw you in step2ck sorry for that and good to see you in the step 2 ck forums
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| trishamckane
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hi!
How true is the rumor that after May 15, 2008, the Step 1 will have 48 questions only and will contain videos and sound questions?????!!!
Anyone who took Step 1 after MAY 15?????
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| GOGETA
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actually is 36 questions
http://usmle.org/General_Information/announcement...
Added May 9, 2008: Currently Step 1 examinations contain 350 items, divided into seven 60-minute blocks with 50 items in each block. New Step 1 examinations will contain 336 items, divided into seven 60-minute blocks, with 48 items in each block.
[Posted April 22, 2008]
Starting on or around May 15, 2008, a transition period will begin in which the number of items in current forms of the Step 1 examination will change from 350 items to 336 items. Although the transition will occur quickly at many test centers, there may also be some locations where the changes take slightly longer to complete. The overall transition period will likely last approximately 6 weeks. The length of the examination day will remain unchanged.
The decrease in the number of items per form will be accounted for in scoring the examination results, so that scores on new and old forms will be comparable. Because of these changes in timing, as well as modifications to the test item pool and the processing load caused by a heavy volume of test takers, there will be a delay in score reporting for most Step 1 examinations administered in the second half of May and June.
The target date for reporting Step 1 scores for most examinees testing from May 15 through late June will be Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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hello
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paheli wrote:
Hey, Gogeta. Still waiting for your friend's reply? Ok, I'm waiting for your next post too.
[Just wanted to ensure you hadn't forgotten my query.]
Thanks.
Are you still waiting?!
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thanks gogeta
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