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Hi fizzychi, Congrats for a great score and for sharing your experience. I had a similar mark in step 1 but aiming higher this time. So far I am almost done with the first reading of Kaplan notes except pediatrics and some IM chapters(second reading) and UW(Used it as a learning tool after each subject, scoring 60 to 70%) but I don't have the kaplan videos so here is my first question: Do you think that I am missing vital info because of lack of the videos?. I am studying FA 2007 along with the Kaplan notes instead. The second question is regarding the labs: which one did you learn it by heart? UW or kaplan ones.
Finally I am planning to do Kaplan Qbank in my last two months and NBMEs, of course...going slow because full time job...but not an excuse to aim high. Thanks for your time and Have a great time in my beloved Southamerica.
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| Rx
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Thnx for answering fizzychi! Wish you the best for your electives, vacation and your med school exam. May God Bless you!
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| fizzychi
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| | 11/29/07 - 10:48 AM
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Hi Ivonne
How did you feel about your step 1 score?? If you know you can do better, than congrats for aiming higher! If you aim for 99, then at the very least you will get 95, I was aiming for 95 in step 1, and I ended up with 92 
anyway, I think the lectures are important because it actually did provide me with about 10% extra information. Some info were more scattered than others, and eventually everything was there....but sometimes lecturers gave good tips on how to answer questions that were not on the notes.
In regards to the labs, I don;t quite remember, but im prety sure I had the Kaplan Qbook labs posted on my wall. There weren't too much difference anyway, the only I rememebered was some discrepancy with APTT time. Qbank in the last two month is fine I think, I did Qbank in the last 4 weeks! I felt it was easy, but still learnt some good management in Qbank, you should definately do NBME in the last months of your exams, theres no predictive value if you did it too early anyway!
Sounds like you are well planned  good luck!!! Try to get the videos, but don't worry if you can't. I didn't read FA, but I thought it was quite alot of information so I'm sure anything you're missing from the videos will be filled in by FA and also doing UW.
cheeers!
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| Ivonne
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Hi, thanks a a lot. Very interesting tips...all the best in your future endeavors. God bless...
Cheers!
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| Vietnamese
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Hi fizzychi
Congratulation on your wonderful great.
I am reading the Washington Manual, if this book is the same High-Yield to Crush
Thanks for your experience.
Have a very nice Party on your homecountry.
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| dr ruman
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hye congrats FIZZYCHI,yeah marvellous work and score
and thz really inspiring and good plan layout for us beginners,i have question plz,i just did step1 and didnt get score yet,i am planng to start by dec 1st  ,for step 2 and taking exam in marck1st week,do u feel its enough time to prepare for step 2,secondly i have same resources kaplan videos plus notes plus crush,but question should i start doing uw right with first read or after 1st reading of notes,for step 1 i did after 1st reading,so wat u did ,with 1st read or after 1st read
i will appreciate ur reply thx
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| dr ruman
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1 more question,em confused ,wat that mean that u have to memorize labs,usmle dont provide labs in exam as they did in 1st step?
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| fizzychi
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Dr Ruman, yes they do provide labs for 1st and 2nd step. MEmorising it did help SOOOO much because I was able to scan the question alot faster. It is purely if you wish to do your questions faster, I had around 12 min left for each block of 46 questions (allowed time was 60 mins). During the last 12 mins, I managed to do all the ticked questions and browse through all my answers (i always found 1 or 2 mistakes, so this was invaluable).
In terms of study time frame, I started studying for Step 2 around May-June, only like 1 or 2 lectures per day, then from July to Beginning October, I really went hard and studied like 10 hours a day, I feel you probably need at least 1 months of getting into the groove of step 2, listen to the lectures slowely because its SO much information. I would recommend doing UWORLD after your first read/video, but infact i also knew people who said Uworld was good for starters as well. It's up to you, if you are a doctor already then maybe Uworld is easier for u than it was for me
Good luck with your step 1 score!!!
Vietnamese, I'm not really sure what the Washington manual is because we don't tend to use that text in Aus...but good luck anyway for your step 2
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| falcon
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GREAT guidance
GL for ur residency
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| shigeyasu
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I encouraged by your post.
Thank you very much, and congrats fizzychi!!
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| falcon
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Hi, fizzychi
Congratulation. Could u guide me how did u listen DVDs. Did u listen while reading book or first reading a topic from book and then listen that topic from DVD, OR any other way.
GL FOR UR RESIDENCY
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| fizzychi
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| | 12/29/07 - 08:28 PM
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Hey Guys!!
The DVDs were sooo hard not to fall asleep!!! So I listened and "tried" to follow the book, but that failed miserably because seriously you can only do one thing at a time!!
Anyway, i ended up listening first, then reading straight after (so I could tell what was new and what was already in the book)....then I listened again, and typed as I listened (stuff that were not in the book). It was awsome that way....you sholud really try to do that!
GL you'all!
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| falcon
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Hi, fizzychi
Thanks for guidance. Could u tell me how much time ( in weeks) did u take in this way of listening DVDs and reading kaplan books? I actually want to plan my study time table. Ur information regarding this will be really helpful.
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| fizzychi
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hmn..I think I must have done about 2 months of listening DVD and reading the books....then I stopped listening to the DVDs and just concentrated on my books and UWORLD for the last 4 weeks....ofcourse I would go back to the DVD if I come across concepts I wasn't sure about, especially internal cardiology...which I thought was very hard.
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| fizzychi
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However, you definitely need to start UWORLD at LEAST 8 weeks before your exam, preferably 10-12 weeks before hand to really get the best use! So do it whilst you are doing the videos
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| falcon
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Dear fizzychi
I really really grateful to you for this valuable guidance.
BEST OF LUCK FOR UR RESIDENCY OF UR DREAMS
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| ShweHope99.9998
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Thanks for great info & remind me the way work for me too b4, listen then read then listen & wite extra , is best way , but I just keep forgetting how I did in early yr of study .
So only kap LN , video , UW , Crush nothing else more needed can leads to 99er , any thing else more , thanks .
Great score, Congratulation 
My dream land when here is winter , Australia so will b always summer in my life 
Good choice of elective at sinai , wheremedicine start as NYer said.
Did NYC sinai , give IMG for observership too ?? Thanks .
GL
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| fizzychi
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Hey, I'm definite that they give IMG for observership, whilst I'm here I have met some really nice doctors from south america doing OBGYN for observership, they do very littel and don't get treated too great, its really just a resume thing I think.
I only used Kaplan videos and notes, Crush, Qbank and UWORLD to get 99....Uworld is the one and only MUST resource, Kaplan Videos and notes are also essential!
THX Falcon, GL with your steps...!!!! its NOT TOO BAD!
I miss Australian weather...but I love the NYC energy!
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| ShweHope99.9998
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Thnx, HAppy NewYear
Same here , love NYC vibe & Ozzi weather & birds singing
GL
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| falcon
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Hi, fizzychi
HAPPY NEW YEAR
GL
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| falcon
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GREAT EXPERIENCE
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