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Kalyann
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I am afraid i cant comment on Molecular biology and Genetics as i am yet to conquer them.
I feeel rather than reading them again and again , one read and then solving questions will orient us IMGs more to wards understanding the subject and getting the high yield out of it.
Regarding FA, For suppose i read Biochem metabolisms , I start off having a glance at FA at what is important in each metabolism chapter... So in CArbohydrate Metabolims......The firs thigh yield point in FA is Hexokinase vs Glucokinase.. which i mark it in my kaplan book, and pay extra attention and get it into my brain in the first and final attempt.... They have to be learnt come what may.... Similarli with other topics tooo.... And u get cute and weird pnemonics for different metabolism cycles to grasp them very effectively,....
I mean how can one forget ' Can I Keep Selling Sex For Money, Officer ' , which is a unfrgettable pnemonic for Krebs Cycle. There are many such helpful information in FA.. Its the same information and concept in Kaplan Notes but presented in a more ' Answering Questions Made Easy ' Format..... u can recollect them easili.... Thats what FA aims at...
Hope i answered all your queries...
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| Kalyann
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This is my First Reading , which is to be done by Feb 20 th.... Come what may....
And then i start my 2nd read for the next 18 days ( Feb 21 - Mar 9 ), doing 100-150 q's daily from UW , subject wise timed mode ( not in random , mixed , timed mode ) to consolidate my 2nd kaplan reading....
I need all your prayers to achieve this difficult task...
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| tiasharma
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hi kalyann well buddy thanks alot nd yup even i felt d same dat solving quetions will help both molecular nd genetics nd yup buddy ull du well keep in touch m trying 2 improve day by day i got a long break after ma first reading whc brot back things 4 me 2 square 1 so tuf strugle 2 get back 
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| tiasharma
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kalyann hw u duin uw wid 1st reading dat 2 timed mode ??? is dis jus 2 orient urself 2 d thinkin kinda stuff nd get used 2 time management cos i m very very slow at solving questions hw du i improve it??
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| doc499
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Kalyan i get charged up reading ur jounal,,keep it up n keep spreading the enery arnd...u'll definitely ace this exam...
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| Kalyann
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@ tia I will be doing UW along with my SECOND READ.
I am not at all using UW as a testing toool... but a Learning Tool.... So even if i score less.. i wont be bothering much abt it... and instead work on those areas more....
I will assess myself after 2nd read with NBME forms...
@ doc499 I am lagging behind in the latest schedule... My granny slipped in the bathroom and hur ther rt back. Was in hospital for that for around 4 hrs.. and then didnt have mood to study at all...... So today the 11th Feb wasnt so productive at all.. Studied only 4 hrs in total...
And i am glad my prep journal inspires you.... Actually Its meant to ...
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| genbot
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You know i've seen people doin uworld subject wise and i feel thats not the best way to do it. Gettin tested daily on all the subjects i think is more beneficial than goin throug each subject sequentially especially if you're finished with the first read. Tomorrow i'll give you more reasons why. This time i'm kinda sleepy...
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| tiasharma
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hi kalyann hope ur grany gets well soon hmm dis genetics is testings ma maths knwledg ....... whc m quite bad at!!!!ok so r u duin uw in tutor mode r du u have a cd of it......nd hw much time r u spending in duin quetions???i guess i have 2 increase ma readin hurs a lot.....keep inspiring....
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| tiasharma
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hi genbot so plz du tell wen 2 du uw nd wats d most effective way??
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| cutekity
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thnx kalyann for dropping few lines in my journal !! howz ur week 2 going ?? keep doing the hard work !!
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| milee99
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hey wish ur granny a speedy recovery
keep studying
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| tiasharma
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hi milee hw u duin? wen is ur xam?
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| Kalyann
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Hey genbot... thanks for ur concern.... will think abt it for sure when i start UW on 21st.May be i will do it system wise .. That wud make it a super duper preparation method , isnt it...
Hey cutekity...... ur msg was a super detailed description of the quote i left....
Hey Tia.... You posted the msg at the wrong place i guess.. There is very little chance u get a prompt reply if u ask a question to milee in my journal... It will get lost.. either pm or im her or post ur q's in her journal...Seriousli.....no offence meant....
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| doc499
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Hows it goin..I'm sure u cud reach ur target today.I hope ur grandma gets well soon..
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| tiasharma
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hey hmm up dat was by mistake i did post in hers 2....well hwz ur grany nd hwz d prep goin?
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| Kalyann
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Guys....... After lots of trying , i cud study for 3 hrs only today....
Granny is fine... But had to take care of her in my moms absence...
I am expecting my Aunt to arrive here to look after my granny.. So i will become free...
will accelerate then... for now..... busy with house chores.....
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| janaki
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hi kalyann it is nice to see someone so motivated and charged up to achieve in this exam .actually one of my friends from this group referred me to your posts .i first thank her .
this is my plan please give advice or make any suggestions or any changes coz i am tired of making mistakes alone and trying alone .although i like the way thomas edison said i didnt fail 10000 times i just figured 10000ways it doesnt work .i dont think its practical in usmle world .
i am a mom of a two and a half year old who i love dearly and dont want to put him under any kind of pressure .so what i want is not a marathon but a balanced study plan .i want to take 1 year for usmle step 1 and 1 year for step2 and cs .i graduated from a european country called hungary in 2006june and since then i tried studying ,but gave it up coz of my son getting affected to my study pressure .now he goes to school {preschool and i have the whole day to myself }
these are my timings
i go to bed at 12am wake up at 6am
6-630 basic freshup
6-30-7 walking or gym
7-8:30 cooking ,lunchboxes for my kid and husband,cleaning the kitch
8:30-9 freshup shower,breakfast
now i am tired coz its already been 3hours of physical work since i woke up
9-10am i totally take rest no tv no music just lay on the sofa exhausted
10-12 study
12-1lunch break and i noticed if i eat a hot lunch i feel very sleepy so i eat not tooo hot not too cold lunch and not too heavy
1-3 for some reason i get very tired and very very sleepy if i am sleepy i take a nap for 2 hours or 1 hour
so see so far i have accomplished only 2 hours of studying
3-5 i prepare some menu plans for next day ,throw trash ,basic cleaning of the house {oh my god i just realised this time i can study again}
5-6{i prepare some snacks to take for my son who i should pick at 6pm so i take a shower again and do puja read some religious books ,arrange his toys]
6-8/9 my son totally. His pick up ,dinner putting him to sleep clean up after dinner etc etc phone calls to india
9-10 again due to physical work i am tired
10-12 i just stare at prep4usmle forums and make myself scared
IS THERE HOPE IN THIS PLAN .I DONT THINK SO .LOOK AT MY TIMINGS THEY ARE HORRIBLE ARENT THEY ????????
I SEE only 10-12 pm in the morning which is the most productive for me and 3-5 in the afternoon coz i get some nap {1-3}so thats 4 hours and 10 -12 in the night i am not at all productive
if i go this way i think i can just study 1 subject for 5 years and no one will be surprised .
i know i am being extremely crtical of myself but this is true i have tried to study in 2007 i studied for 5 months with a study group and gave up i just dont want to give up anymore .i think and i believe that people who gave up were just one step away from success and i dont like to give up .i studied in a very different country very different from india in many many aspects ,cultural ,language ,and i graduated from there i did it although it took a little longer than its supposed to and think that was also coz of this kind of planning .
i believe and i read that motivation is what gives you a kick start and habit is the one that keeps u going i have a lot of motivation and i have started to adapt some good habits .what is missing is help help help from god and help from my peers so please help me .help to organise and schedule my day .i think with proper planning and organising my day well i can do this exam .
thankyou so much for reading this .
kalyann please help me ,if u are a guy u must be laughing at this mail and also saying to yourself thankgod i was not born as an indian female .and if any females of indian origin or other origins if you are balancing the work and family please please post .
thanks once again guys whoever invented computer so we can communicate like this and whoever invented this website thankyou .
janaki.
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| Kalyann
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..
No worries Janaki.............
First pls gimme a huge smile........................................................
Pls..................
Yeah thats more like it..........................
First let me tell you , You are seriously over-criticising urself....
Once u start thinking negatively,,, it goes on and on into a vicious whirlpool which will get imbibed into even our simple thought process abt daily routine too...
And probably are not giving your body / life a breather....................
Just take it easy Janaki.
You came till this point in your life, not just by fluke..... but only with help of your abilities to tackle tough and rough situations.... The roads might have been bumpy but you made it in the end to become an International Medical Graduate , just like any of us.
You are taking a huge step by writing USMLE and yo uhave to be as positive as u can to achieve your goal. Agreed that u may not study 12--14 hrs a day like many of IMGs do... but u can make the most of what u have................ Just believe in yourself that u can do it.
You have a wonderful child whose future you have to take care of..... and there is also your husband who will be the main pivot of our USMLE Prep..... He shud and will understand how many hours one needs to study to ace this exam and how selfish one needs to be sometimes.... But now enough of bhaaashan( Lecture )... I shall tell u my 2 cents on how to maximise your time to study and how to feel good abt urself.
First ... Dont prepare for USMLE Step 1 for 1 year...... Its impossible u will retain any information at the end to ace this exam... Make it short... Ideal prep time is anywhere between 3-6 months..
Lets say u opt for the 6 month plan....considering you rdaily routine and the time u can spare to study....
Daily u need to study for 6 hours on weekdays and may be 8 hrs on weekends . Lets see how....
U also need to take 7 hrs of quality sleep and it should be continuous....and later in the day i can take a 45 min nap to refresh ur brain after study and before pickiing up your child.
I suggest u make menu plans and all other plans in the night from 10-11 and sleep by 11 and get up at 7.... so u have 8 hrs of nice sleeep. which will help your brain restore its chemicals and also the last 2-3 hrs have more effect on your long term memory....
Make sure u sleep well for 7 - 8 hrs.
And regardign physical activity i think u can skip it on weekdays cos u already will be doing your own house chores which will get u enough exercise.... and may be in the weekends u can go for a walk in the night after dinner with your hubby....
I think setting up your study time when ur son is not home is the best way to do it.So u have no distraction watsoever. and when he comes back u can devote all ur time to his... so by sleeping well in night for 8 hrs , u wil be very much active in morning from 10am-5pm... Maximise on this time.... Sit down .. Set an aim.. .I will study carbohydrate metabolism tody fully and so goood and so actively that i wont forget the important points come what may in my whole life.... Boost urself up... Study for the sake of your wonderful future.... and the prospects of education for your son in US by the time u join residency...
Motivate urself as much as u can... cos it lies within you..... Chak de Step 1.......Ok ?
Study as much as u can from 10 am to 5 pm ..... Shut the book at 5 pm . Go do ur routine...Sleep at 11 pm. Get up at 7 am... Do ur routine work.... etc etc... Eatign hot food doesnt make u drowsy.... Or does it ? Its ur susth mind that needs rest... cos its not been challenged til now effectiveli... try keeping a journal so that frends can keep track of your steady progress and advise accordingli....
Look at your journal only at P4U forums.. Ask watever q's u want to in ur journl itself...Many wud be happy to help u. Dont peep into others forums... and get depressed or watever....
Hey Janaki................If u realli wanna do it........ u will do it no matter how...............
But if u r just thinking of doing it.............. then u wil be stranded there thinking forever.
Forget abt the past.... Yesterday was the last day for all complaints....
Dont look back--for you are not going that way,...
"Never look at the doors closing behind you or you'll miss the ones opening ahead."
If you have the courage to begin, then you have the courage to succeed. Never give up, Keep positive
Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal...
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another..
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Magic is believing in yourself.
If you can do that, you can make anything happen.
"At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the worlds greatest lie"
So..keep working to build ur own future!
and lastly watch thissssssssssssssssss ( only for those who knew Hindi )
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SCBx5JmiJYA
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| janaki
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just when i loose hope in myself and everyone and everything around me something like kalyann happens ,comes ,and raises my hopes.its just the way god works i guess .this is not the first time it happened in my life .your message just brought tears in my eyes.
i didnt know there were people who are this helpful .i am still in shock {good shock }
thanks kalyann.
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| kamyabi
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Kalyaan, this is a wonderful plan you chalked out for janaki. God bless you.
Actually I am trying to study for step1 . Its been a long time since I graduated and I have three kids. With a few amendments, the plan you gave, will work well for me too. Thanks dear.
p.s : I know Hindi ( aren't Hindi and Urdu the same language , just written differently :cool and watched the song you recommended. I am from Pakistan and my brother serves in Pakistan Army. All the people in this video look to me like my brother. I love Pakistan but I DO NOT hate India. I hope we will learn to live in peace one day. Both nations need it.
Pakistan Zindabad and Jai Hind
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| tiasharma
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hi kalyann hw is ur prep goin??? mine wasnt a productve day way behind wat i had pland 2 finsh keep motivating me buddy may b daily cos m totaly off track i got a long break after 1st reading nd m finding it very diff 2 cope up all over again
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| tiasharma
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hi kalyann hw much time du u take 2 solve 100q?? i take hell lot of time 2 solve q infact m duin kaplan q bank read d q ans it nd imm check d ans.....hw du u du it??? is ur uw subscribed 1 or a cd??
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| Kalyann
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Hey Tia............Didnt start doing q's . Will be able to tell u after 20th.
Hey Janaki...... I am very very happy if u cud get ur act straight with that msg of mine... Start preparing a journal ... Plan somethign for a week and post it there.. and then we can work out how u gonna achieve that target ... So take it one step at a time.... But seriousli Tell urself... u r not gonna study for 1 year for this stupid step 1... 6 months is more than enough.. Watever u hav to study u will do it in 6 months.
Hey Kamyabi......Thanks for ur honest replies.. Hope our nations get together welll cos the people of both countries never have probs with each other... all the best to u .
And Tia......... Do qs in timed mode only... May be subject wise or may be system wise or may be random... But do 50 Qs in 1 hour... Train urself ...
Guys...........Today i will be offline for most of the time.. .Going to drop my Granny at my aunts place.......... Hoping from tomorro onwards i can be on track...
All the best to u guys.... Study Well...
Most importantly............... Dont be too tensed during your prep...........
Its just an exam albeit a very important one... But still its just an exam....
Tension nai leney kaaa Maamooo
Remember : Courage is grace under pressure.
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| tiasharma
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hi kalyann ......hwz grany tc study hard
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| tiasharma
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me duin genectics frm kaplan notes nd den d q frm q bank dey r damn good i have a cd of it so timed isnt possible as of nw will subcribe uw next month
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