milee99
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hi guys
i have nbme 3 and 2 left
i have time for only one
which one should i take ??
is usmle cd a must?
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| genbot
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Form 3 i feel is a closer predictor than 2.
But for some 2 turns out closer.
Generally the predictive value depends on how close u do it to the exam...
I'd do form 3 though, its a newer form and probably the difficulty level is closer to the actual exam.
When's the exam though? 10 days?
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| genbot
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dont think cd is a must but its good practice.
should do it
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| SOS
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most say form 2 is the closest predictor of exam... from my own experience i think form 3 is closer... that's how i felt my exam was...... i agree with genbot.
so is it ten more days.
good luck.
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| milee99
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thanks
yes it is 10 more days
actually for exam it is 13 days .. but some inevitable attendings make my study time 10 days 
i am done with revising behavioral
and biochem book .. done immuno , anat and goljan recently .. so would be revising that toward the end ..
i have bookmarked some 50 pages for biochem , and 50 together for micro-immuno-behavioral-biostat high yield stuff .. will be doing that for pharma too i think mostly tables and summaries from pharma .. and whole of toxicology , chemo , antiarrythmics
made a few pages for formulas .. taking down all formulas from pharma/physio/biostats etc in it as i read
i am not getting time for first aid ..
will have to do that atleast 2 hrs from tomorrow everyday
the plan is to finish remaining uworld q's and all subjects except goljan and by 18th
nbme-3 on 18th
that leaves me with 5 days
will be doing goljan and first aid at that time .. the highest yield nearer the exam
but i have time to revise only the wrong uworld q's in the last four days .. not counting the day just before .. don't wanna stress myself out
can't do marked q's
that itself will i think come to 600-650 q's .. the wrong q's
scoring around 70-80% now cumulative is 70 %
and probably no time for usmle cd
anyways i will have to trust my memory for the marked q's i guess since i would have covered all uworld q's within one month.. i mean just before exam
i am reserving the last day for bookmarked pages .. will go to libraryand stop reading at 6/7 in the evening
my exam is 12 noon the next day
will have lunch and go
guys i am not supposed to delay this exam anymore .. it seems like ages i have been studying for it .. just wanna take it now ...
please wish me luck .. and pray for me
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| angel23
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good luck milee i know u wud do it
u are a determined girl
good luck.....
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| genbot
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Hey good luck!
I'm sure u'r goin to do great.
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| ShweHope99.9998
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GL milee , in case am sooooo busy & cannot come bac to wish near the D day .
Did I miss any ?? Was busy & will still next wk , so on , so not been here , online for a while .
By the way exm start at 12 noon , how nice , how to request since I am not early bird so no need to adjust the sleep near exm then 
GL to all
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| milee99
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thanks shwe , angel and genbot ..
hey shwe .. when you choose a date online , if an afternoon date is available it will usually show 8:00 am and 12:00 pm .. some even 1:30 pm on the right side of the dates calender
then you can choose it
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| ShweHope99.9998
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Thnx milee
GL
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| milee99
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hi
please tell me do we have to know the lab values??
and do we have to caryy pen/pencils for exam ??
what all do we need to carry??
i heard no watches are allowed .. i have the one with an hrs and seconds hand ( i mean not digital ) isn't that allowed too??
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| ShweHope99.9998
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Hi milee , lab value , u can check, but better save time if u know common one, I do not kn wh exact one a must to kn, any one done test will kn better , like genbot , pm him.
I heard there is time on screen tell u time left per block & total, guess it is in kap or uw q banks too .
So u can see that time on screen , as min left , but clock as time wise , ask recent taker watch allow or not, am sure not in CS .
Calm, relax , b confident .
GL
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| milee99
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thanks paheli and shwe
ya shwe.. i kept postponing
but it is 24th for final now.. i ws looking for 26 as a saturday .. but will not take it now even if i get it .. so 24 it is
i have read first aid once ...but did not look for mistakes ... should just look at errata once
takin nbme-3 tomorrow
will report back
i just can't stay calm !!! i know how imp it is .. but .. can't get enough sleep too ...
i hope that's normal
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| SOS
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hi milee
almost one week left now.
good luck for the NBME .
yes.. exam does funny things to your study patterns....so it is a part of it,don't worry.just take adequate rest... that is very important...
GL
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| genbot
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hi
great if u know lab values but no worries if u dont. all are just a click away.
u r not allowed to carry anything in. atleast not here in india. no pens, no watches.
and yes as shwe said they've a clock runnin on ur comp screen which tells u bout block and total time remaining.
Good luck for the NBME!
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| genbot
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Dont worry u r goin to do well.
Focus on staying calm during the test, the rest will be reflex.
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| 5fluorouracil
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no pens, watches, and remember to check your pockets and make sure they're empty.... clock on screen says minutes remaining per day and minutes elapsed in section.... (like uw screen) also, if you click on it will tell you break time minutes used..... good luck on exam, stay calm and you can do it!
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| milee99
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yeah but when i go out for the break , what if i overspend time there?? how would i know??
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| antidepressant
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ya, that was horrible, no watch, i kept it in locker, but didnt pay attention, so used too much time, if you decide to sit and eat, take watch out, and keep an eye, dont use more than 15 minutes in your longest break, if you used breaks before,
GL on nbme!
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| milee99
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1 week left
last week i was excited .. now i am freaking out ...
thanks for the wishes guys
i need them so badly
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| milee99
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what should you carry for eating??
my husband says i am thinking of eating more than the exam
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| SOS
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milee99 wrote:what should you carry for eating?? my husband says i am thinking of eating more than the exam
i think it was the same with me.
i had taken litchi juice(my fav),fruit cake,choco chip cookies,potato chips,tea,chocolate and grapes.... actually you should take something you like ,and it should be light.... something you can much on a little each time you come for break....i saw some guys drinking red bull.... but for me the good old litchi juice was good enough i guess...
good luck milee.... and actually its absolutely fine to be worried about what to take along coz you don't want to end up feeling that what you have is not what you feel like eating at that time...
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| milee99
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thanks SOS
i've got some chocolate and strawberry smoothies.. too
tea you mean cold tea ?? since it won't stay hot ??
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| milee99
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hmm went out for an hour for dinner with hubby
such a stress buster!!!
now back to studies..
i was trying to read everything from subjects , but found first aid was helping better .. so i am reading first aid and then following it up with things i feel not adequately covered in first aid from kaplan ... so that reduced my tension a bit
will try to squeeze in goljan if possible ..
but i atleast don't want to get things given in first aid wrong .... i want every one of those q's right
2 days before exam i am taking nbme-3
not that it will change my exam plans .. just hoping that scores don't drop if not rise from previous ones ...
i guess i am doing it more to relieve the post-exam than the pre-exam anxiety
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| SOS
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milee99 wrote:
thanks SOS
i've got some chocolate and strawberry smoothies.. too
tea you mean cold tea ?? since it won't stay hot ??
i took hot tea in a thermos...
it was still drinkably hot when i opened it for the first time after my first three blocks.... later it was terrible.... so not bad for one time use... especially for tea addicts like me
GOOD LUCK dear
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