docnikki
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Goodmorning frenz
thanks doc C and hawaii  . yup should have told earlier  ..but did not want to feel very excited about it and focus on studies ...hehe.
hmm Im on ID..reviwed my CK UW notes yesterday and today reviewing managements from washinton manual..I also had to read Ethics book this week but couldnt manage...so it will be on next week's schedule.
did not do any questions yesterday..maybe will do some today..I should do every day 
Have a great day study mates !
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| docnikki
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Revising my study strategy-
I just joined kaplaan q bank..so have the responsibility to do questions along with theory before it expires. I plan to finish the q bank in 13-15 days..so that I cana revise my wrong ones.
Will read theory and practice questions every day.
Theory- Kaplan Ck notes, UW ck notes, Washingtona manual( selective), FA ( not sure!)
Questions- Just Kaplan Q bank.
After finishing the kaplan q bank when I will start revising my wrong questions I will start doing CCS every day along with that.
Will take NBME once am done with the bank.
and will take exam date only if NBME is satisfactory...no hurry this time  .
So study mates wish me GL. Happy studying!! Im a bit excited as I have a fixed schedule now.
Edited by docnikki on 02/22/08 - 08:37 PM
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| docnikki
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23rd Feb Saturday.
- CVS questions ( 100)
-Read Hemoncology ( CK kaplan + Ck UW notes)
WOW huge! Lets see how my day goes. Bye!
Edited by docnikki on 02/25/08 - 07:30 AM
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| hawaiii
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still doing uw qs ,did not do a lot of qs today.have to read first aid as well.God, I am so tired of these qs,I do not know when this test bank will finish
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| yuna
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Hi docnikki, you are doing quite an impressive prep. I also will join Kap Qbank next week.and will postpone my date. Wish you all the best!
Hawaii, I have the same slow pace, don't worry!
Doc_clotaire, I read your prep in 2CK before and now I am happy to see your inspiring prep again. I have to run after you...
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| farnsworth
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I am really impressed by your preparation and your enthusiasm. For me, I can't stand seeing any more UW questions... :-(
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| doc_clotaire
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Thank you and Welcome yuna and farnworth !
Let s keep that journal as motivated as posible .
Today is my rest day , just went to church and pray the LORD .
Will start nephrology tonight .
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| docnikki
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thanks Yuna and Farnsworth! I understand..UW gets se boring towards the end...but hang on and keep doing it cosistently, soon it will be over.
Ok I finished my yesterday's target  . Scored 62% in CVS timed mode. ...did many silly mistakes...have to improve on that...have to be faster anad more alert!
24th Feb, Sunday.
-CVS questions ( 25)
-Read GI from kaplan CK and my UW CK notes( many many pages!)
Have a satisfying day!
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| farnsworth
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Just applied for Step 3 today. So 3 more weeks to go...
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| docnikki
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Good luck Farnsworth...3weeks to go and then you are done wow!
Done yesterday's target. GI and hepatology notes are never ending! glad thaat they are over. finished all CVS quest too..aggregate 65%.
25th February
- CNS questions ( 85)
- Read Rheumatology Kaplan CK and UW notes.
Today i have BIG distraction..I hope I overcome it and continue with my target. Please God give me strength. Have a nice day everyone
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| docnikki
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half day gone...as I said I had something up..still have to get over with it . Cant concentrate.
Starting now...trying not to think about anything else....have a big target to complete....85 questions to go...God give me strength and remove my distraction plz plz.
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| doc_clotaire
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Congradulation Nikki !
your speed is pretty impressive .I wish I could have that speed too but it s not easy to keep my motivation up since I don t even know if I clear CS or not . I guess when I got my score , I will probably be more serious ( I know it should not be like that but that s how we are ) At least , I am still trying to do my best .
I finished nephro today ( read CK , FA and WM )and did some Kaplan questions .
I am going so start with Neuro now ..
Good luck to y all !
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hey Doc clotiare what are u saying man! u did such alot today..nephro from everywhere and now neuro!..man you have an impressive speed and after u get ur csa result for sure thaat will double up..wooooow.
I did 50 CNS quest...now 35 to go and Rheumato still left...todays target is at risk ...I had only half day.
But I will try hard hard hard..!!!!
Keep going friends...see you.
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| docnikki
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did not finish yesterday's target...lot of distractions. Today will have to double up.
Yesterday's work-
CNS questions ( 35 remain)
Rheumatology ( did not even start)
Tuesday 26th Feb,
-Respi questions ( 102  )
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| mytime
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Thank God I'm not the only one, i read one day then have the rest of the week to worry abt. scramble, observership, job etc. Arrgh! At least I have u guys to learn from. Tnx.
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Yes..its so hard to keep focusing on studies...life has alot more...we all are missing such alot of fun....but I guess the best for us is that its the last exam and then we will be the happiest!...
Man these Q bank questions are crazily long!!!...If I read fast im unable to process the information..if I read slow I get nervous coz I know I will be short of time...these are so long..I am trying to process information faster...but if I go fasat I pick wrong choice!....I will try harder to scan faster. Just got 61% aggregate so far...low scores in CNS with those crazily long long questions with right left motor sensory symptoms
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| dn25
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Hello Docnikki, You are doing great, Impresive! I postponed my exam and didnt study for a week and its so hard to get back.. But will take an example from you!
One Q, How do you like kaplan Q bank? Im doing it right now, and have same problem with speed, but do you like the q itself?they are diff from real exam Q ,right?Im doing them but honestly dont like the structure of the Q, maybe its only me..what do you think?
Happy studying!
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| docnikki
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dn me too!! I dont like the questions because-
1)They are way too easy than real exam quest coz the right choice is very obvious most of the times. real exaam quest will really test ur concepts and may confuse you among similar concepts
2) They are way too long than real ones...unnecessary details...thats why you tend to score less if u do in timed mode..if you do untimed u may not even get a single quest wrong believe me.
3) standard of question is way too lower than real exam. ( real exam quest standard is closest to UW.)
good things about Q bank is that it will teach you to be faster..( hope so . ) as in exam though the quest are not that long but they do requre more time to think..so if u can read and process faster u can save some more seconds to ponder on the choices. so thats the only reason I am using Q bank for. When i get quest wrong because of time constraints, on reviewing them later i find them really easy but just could not read it during the test because it was sooo long.
Keep going dn. When is ur exam? Have you tried usmlesteps123? How is that? If anyone reading my post can u give some input on usmlesteps123 mcqs?
GL!!
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| aiming_high
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Hello to all in this journal...u guys are doing a great job!!
Pl. help me decide on study materials for step3...there are so many
ck notes,uw...what else?
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Thanks docnikki! I agree 100%.I make so stupid mistakes ,bcs its too long and too much details .But i will do it, just for speed.I didnt choose a date yet, when i will feel more confident i will go, but thinking about first week of april, bcs i have things to do besides my exam and i think its will be enough time. But will see..I will try to do my best starting tomorrow, but then Thurs i will be away...as always something..Anyway will give by April 15 bcs we are going for vacations I decided to use Wash Man, i like it so far, bcs step 2 ck dont really help me to prepare for Mx Q.Ok
Good Luck!
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| docnikki
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You're welcome dn25.
havent been writing in here ...ok now am back.
28th Feb,
Resp 50 quest
GI 50 quest
read Renal from UW ck notes.
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| doc_clotaire
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I am back too Nikki !
Yesterday I did the whole respiratory section in WM and CK notes
Today I will do questions on respiratory .
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Good to see u doc clotaire, I'm getting so low scores in resp..48-58%..I read it from WM too..but that did not help....I dont seem to get those quest right that have vent settings and all...those numbers confuse me alot. anyways..I will just move on and do more quest later on resp from other sources.
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29th Feb.
Goodmorning !
Today have to finish 100 Quest from q bank with explainations and reference etc.
and Continue with Reading Renal system.
till Lunch time I plan to finish 50 quest. GL to me .
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| syra
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hi, everyone. i visited this journal couple of times and wanted to join all you guys but couldn't because of my lack of motivation to sit and study for step 3. i would love to be a part of this journal and hope to keep myself and others motivated.
my friend docnikki has invited me few times to join everyone in this journal. i remember the good times we shared while studying for step2. doc_clotaire was always there to motivtate us. well you guys are way ahead of me right now. i'll still keep posting what i'm doing.
my plan:
to do UW q's, kaplan ck notes, UW ck notes
for CCS: UW
after doing all this once plus one revision , i might do kaplan q bank.
thats the plan so far. cant tell how much time it will take as i'm going very slow. but definitely i need to speed up.
what i've done so far:
i started with UW q's. did psychiatry, git, hepatology, rheumatologyand cardio q's only.
i wanted to read ck notes along with doing q's but it always slowed me down and i lost my tempo. so although i want to because i've forgotten so many things from step 2 but still i'm not going to stress on it anymore and waste anytime. i'll read the text once i get bored with the q's.
plan for today:
respiratory UW q's
i'll try to read few things from cardio ck notes as i did the q's few days back.
good luck to everyone
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