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  #1

Will be giving CK my best shot on the 16th this month.

Prep:
Started unoffcially Sept with Kaplan Cardio, Hema, Endo GI.
Shifted to FA and UW Mid-October to finish most subjects.
UW cumm score is 68% but only halfway (shocked!) through and mostly on tutor mode. Tomorrow will be doing all timed blocks. Will try to resimulate the exam (the whole 8 hours) tomorrow if my duties and responsibilities would permit. My FA is full of notes and plan to read it in the last 5 days. Didn't touch Goljan audio.

Wish me luck guys and please inlcude me in your daily prayers. I really need it.grin





  #2

good luck siglennsmiling face
reach your goal of completeing your FA.stay focused,take exam with a cool mind...
come back and tell us how u did itgrin


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  #3

good luck siglenn!
I'd suggest u do an NBME form a week or so before the exam. Will serve two purposes for u. One it'll give u a good idea of where u stand, and two it can also give u a good idea of ur strengths and weaknesses, so that u can work on them accordingly during the last week of prep.


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  #4

Good luck, I am sure you'll do great! (Good score at uw).nod

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  #5

Thanks. I'll be trying the timed blocks today. Should have been doing it since last week but I felt I really had to get the benefits from tutor mode before switching to timed. I just hope I don't freak out.

  #6

ok guys wish me luck. My exam is on Friday. Been munching my notes, FA and some of my UW notes. Personally my brain feels like jello from answering q's all day, but I sure hope it would improve on the test day.




  #7

I don't know if you have this option available to you. But I strongly suggest you pay the $99 and postpone your exam till you've finished all of UW .. at least twice. I'm sure you know what is best for you, but it's just a helpful suggestion based off of what I've seen fellow students do/score.

In either case, I wish you good luck!


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  #8

Goodluck !!!! So practically you are writing exam with the help of FA and UW only? You didn't do Kaplan notes?




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  #9

Goodluck !!!! So practically you are writing exam with the help of FA and UW only? You didn't do Kaplan notes?


I did Kaplan notes as well and placed all of my notes on FA so I don't have to go back and reading the books again.

I don't know if you have this option available to you. But I strongly suggest you pay the $99 and postpone your exam till you've finished all of UW .. at least twice. I'm sure you know what is best for you, but it's just a helpful suggestion based off of what I've seen fellow students do/score.

In either case, I wish you good luck!


My eligibility ends November 30. Cant extend it anymore. If I postpone it to a later date I don't think I can study with Thanksgiving coming.

Like I said, wish me luck.


  #10

Good luck!smiling face

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  #11

All the best for your exam Siglenn!!!!!!!

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  #12

Sorry guys, been out of the loop lately. The exam was really exhausting. Most of the time I finished my blocks with the 2-minute reminder haunting me. Im already freaking out from waiting for my test scores this coming week.

The Pedia and OB questions were very straight-forward. A lot of psych, and all of the other stuff that were so mixed up my brain cells are still having trouble remembering them. During the exam I felt like a robot sitting there in front of the computer screen. Read, think, answer, next question.

Though my prep was I think okay I could only guess what my score could be. I did UW mostly in tutor mode at 67%. This is coz I wanted to find out if my correct/incorrect answers were due to plain luck, good deductive reasoning or because I clicked the wrong choice by mistake due to fatigue.

Step 2 is all about how you think under stress. You may know all of the facts but if you dissected or misunderstood the question wrong then you're in trouble. Doing it in timed mode greatly helps.

Prometric test sites should have a massage chair for the exam so your back won't get numb. Man, that would be great!

Praying for a good score.


Edited by siglenn on 12/01/07 - 07:27 AM

  #13

gl man
smiling face

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  #14

are the results for CK usually out after 21 days? My 21 days are up and still my score hasn't been reported. When do they usually update it?


  #15

Wait for the next wednesday....GL


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