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granuloma
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many many congrat s
i am a big fan of your posts....you have exceeded the maximum score here and it would be very helpful if u could post your score report here..iu can hide yr name ....plz dont take this as an offence but a request from a person who has failed this exam and have been trapped by many here in the forum so if u could post the report i know to follow you and to not fail it again
may Allah Always Bless you with good luck\
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| AnneGermany
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Congrats on an amazing score!
I´m currently waiting for mine. I hope and pray for the best!
For everybody!
Best of luck!
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| sergey1987apr
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You are awesome, parkistani are awesome!
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| vandanareddy
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 hi waqas....gr8 job n gr8score......
hard work always pays...and u've prooved dat
i've almost finished my 1st reading except for anatomy...
which book do u suggest for anat stuff, histo,embyo... kaplan's r HY...
and 1 more question kaplan physiology does not have neurophysiology...from whre did u read that topic....
and do u suggest robbins review for path..along with goljan
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| WaqasQureshi
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@vandanareddy
which book do u suggest for anat stuff, histo,embyo... kaplan's r HY...
I suggest kaplan along with high yield of histo and embryo. antomy is enough in kaplan and so is the neuroanatomy in the new version 2008
and 1 more question kaplan physiology does not have neurophysiology...from whre did u read that topic....
kaplan neurophys is present in kaplan anatomy. You can supplement it with the BRS physiology neurophys. I did read from there as well
and do u suggest robbins review for path..along with goljan
I dont suggest robbin's review for path because it takes time. In case you have already read it before, then do it otherwise if you want anythin to supplement with goljan, I wud suggest it to be kaplan pathology notes.
BRS is also old and not very high yield if you ask me
Edited by WaqasQureshi on 03/16/08 - 08:12 AM
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| WaqasQureshi
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@granuloma
where are you located? I can send a copy of that report as its in PDF and I have the pirated copy. I cant hide the name on it. If you know of anythin through which I can do it. Please do let me know. I am not trapping or doin anything like that.
You can ask anybody who graduated in my years about my name. My name is Waqas Tariq Qureshi and I am from Rawalpindi Medical College.
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| WaqasQureshi
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@ saadia
I would suggest to read following stuff
I took up the following books [n stuff] for my prep:
Kaplan Qbank, First Aid 2007
Gross Anatomy – High yield + Netter's Atlas (but I would suggest using kaplan notes)
NeuroAnatomy – High yield + Netter's Atlas(but I would suggest using kaplan notes)
Embryo – High yield + kaplan notes
Histo – High yield + Wheaters's Atlas + kaplan notes
Physiology - Kaplan
Pathophysiology and Pathology – Goljan Rapid Review 2nd edition + Goljan slides + Goljan Audio Lectures (if possible BRS or kaplan would be a perfect adjunct)
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – Kaplan and High Yield molecular biology
Genetics - Kaplan + DVD [Reichenbacher]
Biostats and Behavioral Science – High yield Biostat + BRS Behav.Sc. + Appelton and Lange + Kaplan + DVD [Daugherty]
Pharmacology – Kaplan is ENOUGH
Microbiology/Immunology - Kaplan
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| genbot
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Just a lil curious here...
Are you the same guy who had been posting as tariqwaqas, smokywaters?
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| WaqasQureshi
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yes genbot. I am the same as smokywaters. 
you must have had a lot of follow up . and am curious how is it possible? 
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| genbot
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Just random wanderings of the mind!
But on a more serious note, been lookin around since i joined. Felt these guys had a common theme. I'm good at makin connections you see.
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| SeYYeDo
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i just wanted to ask..
shall i use kaplan home study or kaplan lecture notes?
i cant get kaplan lecture notes so im heading for home study... is that ok?
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| SeYYeDo
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Dear Waqas,
can u plz tell me where can i get Dougherty and Reichenbacher DVD's from?
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| granuloma
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i have been bluffed by girl interrupted here in this forum and i dont wanna want this to happen again....hope u d understand...
one qs waqas ..pirated copy of your score report??i didnt get it..
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| genbot
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granuloma,
I think all of us try to help each other out here.
U can get advice from a lot of quarters but the final deciding lies with the individual himself/herself.
What ur final plan of action is should be totally ur own decision.
What may work for one may not work for another.
I dont agree with u that anyone would be trying to bluff members of the forum. There's no point to it...
Blaming people on the forum is certainly unfair business and expecting them to produce proof of their performance is certainly stretchin it a lil too much.
U either believe them or u dont.
I wish u luck for the prep and the exam.
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| WaqasQureshi
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i just wanted to ask..
shall i use kaplan home study or kaplan lecture notes?
i cant get kaplan lecture notes so im heading for home study... is that ok?
I am not sure about the kaplan home study and kaplan lecture notes difference. I dont live in US and the home study is not available in pakistan. I am really sorry for that
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| WaqasQureshi
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@ granuloma, genbot
dear granuloma,
I dont know if that makes a difference or not. I am mailing you my score sheet
thanks a lot genbot. You are a real nice person and definitely a genious
the associations you made were cooler
Edited by WaqasQureshi on 03/17/08 - 09:07 AM
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| granuloma
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thankyou soooo much waqas tariq.....i got your report...u truly are a genius,100% truth in whatever u have said....thankyou soo much waqas....remember its not bcoz u need to prove anything but to help a failure regain studying again
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| Idlehands
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granuloma wrote:
i have been bluffed by girl interrupted here in this forum and i dont wanna want this to happen again....hope u d understand...
one qs waqas ..pirated copy of your score report??i didnt get it..
Same here had been bluffed by that insane person and thank god the mods had the enuf sense to boot her. ( i do hope they have )
the thought of her makes me cringe and vomit.
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| sarah99
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thanks alot waqas you are a genius..thanks for all your help
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| WaqasQureshi
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@Idlehands
I was talkin about the pirated version of PDF
not the score report hehe
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| WaqasQureshi
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@sarah99
thanks a lot
@others: anybody need any advice. I am back witha big bang
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| WaqasQureshi
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I am writing down a recommended step 1 prep, which is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for a score above 250/99:
Before starting with my experience about step 1, I should be courteous enough to mention that I owe all this to my God (Allah) and my very dear friends like digitaldoc and few others who have been always there to help me. USMLEs are something you should say that make you KNOW YOURSELF. You should undergo an honest scrutiny before opening up the books and standing up to the hike of never ending struggle and hardships. Confidence and hardwork is the key to this exam. It is as much a test of your fortitude, perseverance and manegement skills, as much as it is of your medical knowledge and intelligence. I am writing my experience down to work in lieu of the cooperative liaison that digitaldoc has set up. Here is it:
MY STUDY MATERIAL
I took up the following books [n stuff] for my prep:
Kaplan Qbank, First Aid 2007
Gross Anatomy – High yield + Netter's Atlas + kaplan lecture notes
NeuroAnatomy – High yield + Netter's Atlas
Embryo – High yield + kaplan lecture notes
Histo – High yield + Wheaters's Atlas + kaplan lecture notes
Physiology - Kaplan + neurophys from BRS
Pathophysiology and Pathology – Goljan Rapid Review 3rd edition + Goljan slides + Goljan Audio Lectures + kaplan lecture notes
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – Kaplan and High Yield molecular biology
Genetics - Kaplan + DVD
Biostats and Behavioral Science – High yield Biostat + BRS Behav.Sc. + Appelton and Lange + Kaplan + DVD [Daugherty]
Pharmacology – Kaplan is ENOUGH
Microbiology/Immunology - Kaplan
With all the other stuff that I had to take care of, including the research stuff, here is how I managed the aforementioned load:
Read 1 - all subjects [all books]
Read 2 - all subjects [the main book + multimedia] + kaplan Q bank
Read 3 - all subjects [the main book] + First Aid + USMLEWORLD
Read 4 – just an overview of all the subjects in last 10 days
MY EXAM EXPERIENCE
The most extensively tested subjects [in descending order]
Behavioral Sciences > Pharmacology > Anatomy > Microbiology > Pathology > Biochemistry
MY PREP
TIME DURATION: 6 months of study 6-8 hours a day
STUDY SUGGESTIONS:
Before getting started with the mammoth task of preparing for this exam, we need to be honest with ourselves. We need to assess where we stand and how we have to move on. How good or bad we are at medicine is pretty irrelevant as far as the outline of this prep goes, though you will need to make necessary adjustments with respect to your academic standings but the basic course remains the same. And as long as you have the mettle to strike hard at it, you can ace this exam with God's gracious help.
Anatomy: Kaplan will suffice. Hiyield is better but its too lengthy. For some who likes tailor-work, do kaplanz bulk and just the clinical correlates from hiyield. Netterz images will be helpful but time consuming.... if you choose to do it, make sure it doesnt spill out of first 2 reads. Embryo can b taken care of from kaplan or medesentials or First Aid. It is the only subject that you can shorten the prep of so as to be able to give other major subjects their due share.
For MRI, CT scan, X-rays and Electron micrographs, I used following websites:
http://ect.downstate.edu/courseware/rad-atlas/ind...
http://medinfo.ufl.edu/~mribrain/mriatlas.html
http://www.bu.edu/histology/m/i_main00.htm (histology pictures)
http://www.bu.edu/histology/m/t_electr.htm (electron micrographs)
Physiology: Kaplan is the only book that you really need to do in this subject. Don't bother about BRS. It's just a waste of time. Do Medessentials or First Aid for graphs and reviewing.
Getting the concept is very important in physiology. If there's something that you dont comprehend well, check Ganong. But again, even Physio should not take too much of your time. Endocrinology is particularly high yield and should be read in detail
Biochemistry/Genetics/Molecular biology: Kaplan is enough for metabolism only if you had done your biochem really well in med school. How to assess that? Well what kaplan does is that it outlines the course of a subject for you, when the circle is formed, see how well your knowledge fills within the circumference. If there are bald spots, refer Lippincott. But as far as you know your stuff well within the parameters set by kaplan, you don't need to look out for anything else as far as this subject goes. Genetics is a major thorn in most peoples' side. IMGs usually abhor this subject an tend to do one of the two things: get anxious about it and overdo it [which is usually not a prob until it starts getting on your nerves n you begin to lose it], they fear it too much to go thru the real jist of the subject and end up doing it superficially [taking the coward's way out]. The best deal for Genetics, in my opinion, is to do Kaplan with DVD [Reichenbacher] and then do Medessentials well. There is some good stuff out there in the internet related to this subject, you know like summary charts n stuff. That will help but Medessentials will be the key.
Molecuar Biology is also much loathed in the IMG community. Do it well. I got loads of questions on it and they weren't easy. Kaplan will do the trick for you if u listen to the DVD alongwith it. Overall, a very important subject that IMGs usually dont feel confident about and are often actually weak at. Molecular Biology is good in High Yield as well but Kaplan Q bank supplements a lot.
Microbiology / Immunology: This is also a very important and an extensively tested subject of the step 1 course. Doing bacteriology well is simply imperative for this exam. The clinical aspect of Microbiology overrides the basic science aspect of it and that's a relief, aint it? Toxins, Pathogenicity and pathogenesis, virulence and resistance, and microbial genetics must be mastered for this exam. Parasitology and Mycology didnt turn out to be that important in my exam, but I will stick with the rhetoric....Do these well, they are important! Virology, now that is one tough subject, aint it? IMGs suck out loud at it! So there's all the more need to target it. I found all aspects of virology thoroughly tested in the exam. Not to mention, you have to REALLY good at EVERYTHING regarding AIDS/HIV and Hepatitis. No question about it.
Where to do all that from? Kaplan's gonna take care of you. Micro/Immuno Kaplan is the best book in the series, although Jawetz is very good too but one only needs to do it if stuck. Mind you, Virus classification in Kaplan is terrible and you will need to get it from some place like www.medicalstudents.com
I should take this opportunity here to tell you that you will find a lot of relevent material online, and most of it will appeal to you. Do not exhaust your energy and time on those. Some of them are good, but the habit of collecting and reading such stuff can be a brain-drain. I personally found these to be very helpful: Medical Students Amnesia (www. brain101.info), Big Book of Virology (medicalstudents.com), Genetics charts that my senior gave to me (thanks to him).
Pharmacology: This subject remains the most difficult subject out there for me. Even if you think you are good at it, it will outdo you. No doubt! Take it as your big challenge. You should know all the charts inside out. The drug agonist antagonist actions etc should be conceptualized in details.
Each and every drug, each and every side effect, each and every drug-drug interaction, each and every bit of info is absolutely essential in Pharmacology for this exam. Do not let First Aid fool you that it is going to be easy. Antimicrobials, Cancer Chemotherapy and Immunopharmacology, as hard as they are, happen to be the most indispensible of all the things that you will ever come across in the course. Do not cave in to the pressure. Pharmacology is the cornerstone to the success of this exam, cos lets face it, we all are pretty good at pathology and bacteriology, and decent at physio and embryo/histo , so that takes care of half of the questions. Its the Pharm and Biochem/Genetics that make the real difference in an IMGz scores. Use Kaplan but keep Lippincott/Katzung Review by your side and do refer it whenever you have to. Its a lot of hard work but it will not go in vain.
Pathophysiology/Pathology: The major bulk of the exam. These two will or atleast should comprise 40-50% of your prep time and you should well-versed on how to use it. I suggest Goljan Rapid Review who can handle it well. It helped me a lot especially the boxes and tables were marvelous. You remember them and they help you. It is stupendously long to the point of being incommodious, but its great! During my step 1 prep, I took an NBME step 2 CK trial as well. I did not read a single thing but I have done Goljan Rapid review by then. You cannot believe it that I got an 86 on CK without prep just because of Goljan. This book not only helps you for step1 it's a great book for step 2 CK as well.
Its absolutely the best compilation of facts I have ever come across. It is esoteric but it also covers the basic concept like no other. The grasp on basic pathophysiology is supreme and the way it bridges pathology with microbiology, immunology, physiology, biochemistry and genetics is la extra ordinaire! It will have a strainous effort but it will pay off, provided that you do it wisely. There will be times when one would tend to feel lost in its abyss of information, you will need to use BRS as a buoy to pull you out and to keep you abreast of the actual course of things. Some will argue that Kaplan can do the same as BRS. They're probably right, but as long as you're doing Goljan Rapid review 3rd Edition, you don't really have to worry about either one of those. IMGs usually get high scores in Pathology so don't worry much about it although it does contain the major chunk of your exam as I have heard from many of my seniors and colleagues. Upto 80% of the exam is from Pathology.
You will find it a delightfully invigorating experience to listen Goljan's lectures. That is the highlight of the whole prep! It will spellbind you and that is an understatement! You will remember Dr. Edward Goljan words and wont forget them even during the exam.
Garnish your prep with goljan's slides that you will need make sense of what Goljan is saying in his lecture. Although I must say that they did not help me but they do orient you to the matter. Some people also do Robbins slides but if you ask me, they don't help much. The slides in the exam are very easy and many of them dont even need to take a peek on because the question is so well written that you can know what is the problem in the patient.
Webpath is simply too much! It is very extensive. Only thing that you can do from there is MRI, CT scans, X rays and Neuroanatomy Gross specimen. Doing all of those slides will be a colossus but nevertheless helpful. I'd suggest you guys to make better use of time and do Kaplan Pathology Library instead as well as do the first aid slides.
Biostats/Behavioral Science/ Ethics: Behavioral Sc. is no longer an alienated subject for IMGz. It has been constantly assessed on the exam and its questions are often hard.
Kaplan is an excellent book for the subject but it must be done with Daugherty's DVD. For ppl who may find it hard, should refer Hiyield Biostats for the troubling topics only. Biostats' formulas are a haunt and one should have fluency with them, but your knowledge of Ethics will be stringently tested. Their scenarios are oft confusing in UW and Qbook and same goes for the exam. Daugherty will help you there. For the milestones, memorize them as you like or simply take your chances and leave it.
Many other books like Conrad Fischer's 100 cases of ethics is also useful. I did that although it did not help me much but many people say that it does help you out.
USMLEWORLD vs KAPLAN QBANK
Choosing an online assessmet simulation can be a dilemma too. You will find mixed opinions and altering trends of popularity of either and you may end up choosing UW just cos its cheaper, well thats wise! But here's a comparison:
UW, the best thing about it is that the questions are a lot harder than the real exam, so it prepares you to face real tough ones that will appear in the actual exam. Overestimation of the difficulty of this exam will help you pay more attention to minute details which one tends to overlook or forget along the way. UW questions tend to be shorter than Kaplan Qbank [ and Qbook for sure] and you are often able to finish blocks early, that's where u are misguided by thinking your time management is fine. The real exam has a lot of graphs and the questions are very long and you will find youself hustling in the last 5 questoins of each block if you are used to UW answering pattern. The program used on USMLE NBME is the same as that of UWORLD.
Plus I want to make a comment over here that many of the questions resemble the actual test questions on USMLEWORLD.
Kaplan Qbank is as close as you are ever gonna get to the real exam without actually taking it. Its an excellent simulation and it costs more too. The questions are smarter and the explanations are better. But it doesnt give you the kick in the butt that some may need to instigate their anxiety-induced motivation.
I would suggest you to do both the Q banks because they help a lot.
FIRST AID vs KAPLAN MEDESSENTIALS
In the end, I will address the most important component of the USMLE step 1 PREP. The Pilot of the Prep!
This is where you have to ask yourself what do u wanna do with your prep. Take it to a higher level or notch it down after going through the seemingly unsurmountable drudgery of the 6-month prep.
First Aid is the kind of book that notches it down for when you have gone thru lecture notes n other reviews 3 times in the course of ur prep. It gives us an overview of the "most important" stuff from the course ,,, which actually means....it's an overview of the easiest stuff , stuff that you must be knowling well after 3 cumbersome reads of Kaplan Lecture Notes anyway. Who needs to revise stuff that he already remembers? Well, some do but what you really need is a revision that focuses on the stuff that you have the tendency of forgetting. All the esoteric stuff and marginal details that FA opts to shed off is what your exam questions thrive on! What's further devastating is that FA tends to give this notion that USMLE Step 1 is an easy exam. Well, it is not! And it's better to find that out during your prep than in your test. FA is a poor contender for the pilot spot for all these reasons and one more, simply that it is in text format, making it even more of a drag than it actually is. FA was designed and will remain so for the AMGs who just take a month's time to prepare for step 1, using kaplan qbank and first aid to pass! They dont have to score 90 plus. But we have to! That's where Kaplan Medessentials kicks in! It is an excellent book that takes care of all the real aspects of the final review of the prep. It has the best funnel effect a book can ever have on all the subjects and here's why i think so. ME has a lot of information packed into many charts which are very time-efficient and high-yield for final reviewing and DO NOT miss out on the important details that FA very convenienty does. ME has a lot of graphs making it an excellent tool for physiology and pharma prep, the figures are also very good. The best thing about ME is that after reading Kaplan lecture notes, you are delighted to find that all that you found important is already there in ME, something that you will otherwise have to jot down on FA if you choose to do it, whose arrangement of topics is very haphazard. That feature of ME keeps you from revising Kaplan Lecture Notes the 4th time during the UW/Qbank days. The last important thing about ME is that it DOES NOT give you this sham idea that USMLE Step 1 is an easy deal as FA's inane terseness would have you believe. It gives an honest drift of how rough the exam might get and at the same time gives an artful representation of all the stuff you need to score great. Yes it is lengthier and apparently acrimonious but its about one of those times when you've got to ask yourself....How hard can I hit it?
MY MISTAKES
1. I started First Aid very late, it should be ideally done by the end of second read so that you can revise it later during the last week before the exam. It helps a lot as it increases the consolidation of the content that you have studied
2. Not keeping a study partner was my another mistake. Because of that I was not able to calibrate my speed
3. Taking too much gaps. The gaps act as a RUBBER J just as you have read and consolidated everything, a simple 4 day break might wipe out everything from your mind
4. I personally think that I should have revised the questions from UWORLD and KAPLAN Q BANK that I did wrong in the end because a few questions on the exam were there on the Q banks and I attempted them wrong once again.
MY POINTERS
The last 6 weeks prep matters a lot. I would suggest the reader to go according to the following:
Do Kaplan Simulated Exam 6 weeks earlier to the exam date
After you get the scores and graphs, find where you are deficient. The last month should be for the the third revision. Give more time to the areas that you are deficient in. Usually the IMGs are deficient in behavioral sciences and ethics
Do NBME form 1, 5 weeks before the exam date.
Do NBME form 2, 4 weeks before the exam date.
Do NBME form 3, 3 weeks before the exam date.
Do NBME form 4, 2 weeks before the exam date.
DECISION POINT FOR DELAYING EXAMS My experience is that you get your three digit scores between the scores of NBME form 3 and 4 scores. NBME form 3 should be the guiding principal over here and if you feel like you have scored low on it, you should better delay the exam according to your convenience. What should be in your mind before delaying dates should be that there should be enough time for you to go through the Kaplan lectures once at least. This means delay by at least 1 month. Don't delay by 2 weeks or a single week because that wont make improvement in your scores rather it will create anxiety and anxiety ruins the scores. You can count me on that!! Usually as step1 is the first step most of the students are taking, they get tensed by the scores and they often feel inadequately prepared for the exams. This leads to often useless delaying of their exams due the anxiety which only generates more anxiety and nothing else. I should take the plunge and should weigh his/her time vs. the benefits of delaying the exams. If one can afford delaying, he/she can delay but I am always against the delay. Muster up your courage and take the plunge
During the last week (8 days).
Give 4 days for first aid by Vikas Bushnan (I always remember his name because my name is the same with the difference of spellings) its Waqas I am sorry for the main guy who started First Aid .
Give 1 day for slides/ CT scan/ MRI/ X-rays
Give 1 day for revising NBME questions and USMLE CD
Give 1 day for revising the notes that you have made all along that contain the important points that you made mistakes in the UWORLD, Kaplan Q bank and Kaplan lectures
The last day, Don't sleep all day. Sleep at night preferably, 10 o clock to 11 o clock. Do not take a sleep medicine because it will make you feel boggy the next day. Also make exercise a part of your lives, it helps in relieving the tensions you have
Also keep a health routine all along. I would suggest to take a lot of glucose and sugars in the last week because it helps the mind to stay fresh during the exam.
Also during the last month, do at least 50-70 questions on the computer every day because that will make a routine. Most of us use book forms of the Q banks but registering at the websites for the UWORLD and KAPLAN KAPTEST would be recommended. The actual exam is on computer and it is different from looking at the books. Many of us don't have the habit of doing that and they get fatigued very easily.
I think that is it. Best of luck to everyone.
I would like to mention my scores too with all this prep over here:
USMLWORLD: 88%
First Aid Rx: 90%
Kaplan Kaptest: 86%
USMLE CD:
Test 1: 47/50
Test 2: 49/50
Test 3: 48/50
NBME
Form 1: 800/800
Form 2: 800/800
Form 3: 750/800
Form 4: 720/800
Kaplan Simulated Step 1: 94%
In the end I would say it was all because of Almighty God that He helped me through this
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| doctor123
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Excellent man
Score with flair
Outclass man outclass man 5/5
Congrats
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| sandeep366
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wow waqas bhai,,, this is one of the best guide i have ever read for step 1........ thanks a lot.. u keep rocking.. my exam date is july 10 th in banglore... i am having very less time... i am just done with 2 reads of kaplan books and goljan RR-2007 edition...i ll start USMLE WORLD by june 1st......... will the time be sufficient to revise everything in just 15 days after finishing USMLE WORLD?i have not yet read First aid- hope fully i ll complete it in this month... do u suggest first aid 2008 edition or kaplan med essentials.? the problem is i have both( i have a bad habit of collecting all the books and finally reading nothing :-) and one more thing is- PHARMA... i neglected kaplan pharma(thinking that its not sufficient) tried lippincotts- found it hard to revise.then tried lange flash cards...landed up nowhere ..what shud i do with this pharma..i am losing a lot of bits in this pharmacology area. can i pick up with in this short span of time?....... anyways, which one do u suggest now for me- exam is on july 10 th........pls kindly reply me..
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| WaqasQureshi
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wow waqas bhai,,, this is one of the best guide i have ever read for step 1........ thanks a lot.. u keep rocking.. my exam date is july 10 th in banglore... i am having very less time... i am just done with 2 reads of kaplan books and goljan RR-2007 edition...i ll start USMLE WORLD by june 1st......... will the time be sufficient to revise everything in just 15 days after finishing USMLE WORLD?i have not yet read First aid- hope fully i ll complete it in this month... do u suggest first aid 2008 edition or kaplan med essentials.? the problem is i have both( i have a bad habit of collecting all the books and finally reading nothing :-) and one more thing is- PHARMA... i neglected kaplan pharma(thinking that its not sufficient) tried lippincotts- found it hard to revise.then tried lange flash cards...landed up nowhere ..what shud i do with this pharma..i am losing a lot of bits in this pharmacology area. can i pick up with in this short span of time?....... anyways, which one do u suggest now for me- exam is on july 10 th........pls kindly reply me..
For pharma, do go through kaplan. There is enough time for you to go through it.
do first aid .. kaplan med essentials is just the summary of kaplan notes.
15 days are enough for the last 4th read. You are alerady very familiar with the pages and you go through like a smooth wind. All the best
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