cutekity
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''The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep''
[font color="#800080" size="3"]Every failure, obstacle or hardship is an opportunity in disguise. Success in many cases is failure turned inside out. Eliminate the negative attitude and believe you can do anything. Replace 'if I can, I hope, maybe' with 'I can, I will, I must.'"[/font]
dear journal ...I started a journal for myself few months ago for step 1 and started reading hard at the begginning, so many turmoils and ups and down came into my life which made me stumble and made me weak, not only that but also my habit of procrastinating and taking long breaks in between also made me stop most of the times ...in all these fast few months sometimes i read 10 hrs a day and sometimes i didnt even touch the book at all and my studies were very irregular...i managed to finish physio, goljan audio and some chap. of RR, behav. science, some biochem, some anatomy ......now after evrything tht has happened im very frustrtated and irritated at myself that why did i let all these things tame me and make me stop IN BTW when getting 95+ is the only thing i want in my life NOW....im not working or anything then why cant i study 12-13 hrs daily and continuosly for 4-5 months ? I WILL study daily and will not let anything and anyone come in btw me and my dream.
I have been so unfaithful and insincere to my prep till now but nomore of this because i really wasted my time for last few months by being so irregular , i have to give 100% to my prep and then only i can regain my self confidence .....this is mytime now ...i cant afford to waste anymore time and i have to study daily and regularly NO MATTER WHAT MAY COME .....I have never wanted anything so badly in mylife before so i WILL give all the hard work to my prep and rest will leave on god .....nomore whining of problems and obstacles anymore cuz im not going to cry over the past ...im going to read today for my better future tomorrow !!
PERSEVERANCE + PERSISTENCE + HARDWORK = 99 in USMLE
so dear journal i start this new journal with the name and blessing of god to keep track of my daily work for 4-5 months persistently and will ace my exam one day by my hard work ....i have some wonderful friends here who have always been so helpful to me so thnk you guys ....'
'[font color="#333333"][fullfont color="#800000"]The difference between a successful person and [/font]others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will'' ----therefore i start my journey from 1st march again and this time there is no stopping from here........from now onwards will update my journal regularly .....[/fullfont]
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| Kalyann
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Hi Kity.........
Its never late to make amends...and the fact that u realised it before mayhem happens shows that u r intelligent enough to prep well for this exam.
I am doing something differently from the previous way of maintaining a journal... Previousli i used to post and then strive hard to achieve the set goal for that period of time. Now i decided that i shall post wat i do daili onli after i do it... so now i am not chasing anything...and putting extra pressure on my already busy brain...wich has lots to remember.
That way i can stay calm.... and the driving force is that i want to be myself every other day by studying more effectiveli...I dont care a damn now to no.of hours ... no. of pages...
By this time we all know wats HY and wats not...isnt... it ... ? So i try to complete as much HY stuff as i can in a day wich makes me so content with my days prep...And once i complete HY portions in a subject then i study the lesser yield topics....
and regardign questions... i plan to do continous block of 200 qs on alternate days ... rather than my previous plan of doing 50-60 daili chapterwise....So i review half qs that day and half no. of qs on next day...
Big big mantra to beat this exam:
Dont stress urself...
Be honest with urself...
Be flexible enough to accomodate efficient study methods...wich one comes to know at soem point of time during their preparation.........
Sorry to bother u with this..pls let me know thru pm if u want me to remove this personal trash of mine... thought i f u read it..it might help u commit less mistakes.
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| antidepressant
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Great, i feel like starting a new one too.
Wish you all the best in fulfiling your dream ckity.
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| cutekity
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thnx kalyan and AD ....yeah ur right kalyan ...we suld write the update at the end of the day that what we ended up doing for that particular day !! and its never too late to mend so thats why i strt today on march 1st and without any fancy words strt my fresh new journal and will be regular no matter what may come !!!
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| Luka
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welcome kitty, believe in yourself, we can do it, get going
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| cutekity
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hi dear journal ....till now im done with 5 audios of goljan and read the same chapters from RR ....so feeling good right now cuz now i know the difference btw platelet and coagulation abnormality , learnt vessel abnormalities like senile purpura and osler weber, TTP etc .....strted cardio from goljan now and will be updating tonite .....actuallly when i read i do feel good and confident knowing the fact that im learning something and atleast moving close to my goal so from now will be reading daily cuz thats the best way to avoid depression tht i go thru thinking bout step 1 exam ......
alrite back to reading now !!!
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| papio
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Hi Kitty,
Paying for the exam, setting a date actually made the difference for me. With that money at stake, no more excuse, no more procrastination.
You have it in you to ace the exam.
Good luck for your prep, the journey has just begun!
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| cutekity
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thnx papio .....alrite i have to finish B.S in 3 days now ...cuz i have listened the videos and done one read already so have to do it in 3 days counting from today !!!
back to reading now !!!
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| mjbapana
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Hi!! CuteKity, just wanted to wish u all the best.
to quote u:
PERSEVERANCE + PERSISTENCE + HARDWORK = 99 in USMLE
is the name of the game that is Usmle.
All the best!!!!
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| cutekity
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alrite dear journal im going to start with anatomy and finish it in 7 days !!! and with it i will be doing day 4 from goljan audio and RR chapters ...so alrite im off to studies !! good luck to me and to all you guys ...study like no tomorrow !!
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| antidepressant
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GL to you kity, i am planning to listen Goljan day 5, i listened renal yesterday. i am only listening mostly now a days. keep going!
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| papio
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what'up kity?
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| cutekity
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alrite i hv done 4 chapters from neuro till now and did 2 lectures thoroughly from goljan and read it ......im going to do some questions now and see how well did i understand respiratory path !!! off to boooks ...
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| antidepressant
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hi, cutekity, i will send you pm later, i exceeded yesterday. my rough plan is to take the exam in june, i am in usa now, i use an old fa.
how is your prep coming along? did you apply?
keep working hard, you are doing great. thats the best plan, listen Goljan, study and test yourself.
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| cutekity
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dear prep diary ....im so far done with day 3 and day 4 from goljan audio and read the same from RR and made notes of day 3 and 4 and did q's from robbins on lungs !! will try to do q's on heart and gi from robbins !!!
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| SOS
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hi CK
how are you?
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| cutekity
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alrite its 2 in the afternoon and i read vascular path and did questions from robbins and got 29 out of 34 !!! i think cuz when i read the same chapter and do the questions evrything is fresh in the head ....i never tick the answers and i write in different piece of paper so tht i can do it whenever i want .....so now lets see how much will i remember this material after 10 -15 days when i finish all the q's once from robbins !!! SO THE KEY THING IS TO REVISE THE MATERIAL SO THAT I CAN STILL GET IT CORRECT AFTER 15-20 DAYS !!!
alrite off to cardio path now !!!
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| cutekity
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oh god !! can you guys beleive my parents forcing me to take exam in april cuz my slot is from april to june ...and im not at all ready for this exam right now and havnt even done UW till now and they are thinking tht im trying to run away from this exam so they are forcing me to take it in april and i know if i will take it in april then i will ofcourse fail it for sure ...ahhhhh i hate when parents dont understand this at all and dont try to cooperate even a little bit !!!
i dunno im just soooo stressed out cuz they all are just after me to take it and its hard for me to make them understand cuz i hv been studying for past 4-5 months on and off .....
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| antidepressant
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no way ck, no one can force me, hehe, hope you covince them. ck have you taken any nbme? how is study coming along?tc.
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| cutekity
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yeah ur right AD .... i have to convince them cuz this is my future not just any exam .....this score will decide my future and will be tagged to me forever so why suld i take a chance on this ....i dont care what anyone thinks cuz i dont care anymore , all i care is that i have to score 99 no matter what it takes ......please god give me courage and potential to put all possible efforts to conquer this and get 99 in my exam .....................
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| keepgoing
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HI CK,all the best for new start,i also feel the same,i also lagged behind b/c of irregular behavior of mine,seeing you all is so much inspiring.happy studying dear!
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| antidepressant
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hi ck, i have zero confidence now, i dont have any confidence that i can retake the test in 2 months. i will read one month, and see if i have improved any. now a days i dont feel like studying anything else then patho. since patho was my weakest area. i am waiting for RR.
you are doing good, keep working hard.
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| cutekity
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alrite ..just got done with cardio path from goljan and did questions from robbbins ....i got 27 out of 48 pretty bad ....i thot i understood the stuff but guess i need to go over the explainations to see what i missed .....alrite off to boooks again ......
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| ShweHope99.9998
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Hi CK , found ur new journal , been confused between 2, anyhow .
Re; parents , fm, sibs pushy .. pl b firm , but b loving, calm, let them sincerely kn that u will fail if exm now, do nt say not ready that word is not convincing , they will say u will never ready .
I , we all have presurre fr surrounding esp the love one fm, parents , elder sibs etc especially some one they see tell them they just did the exm jsut like that as new comer in this western world then our fm will pound us re our delaying the exm .
Pl do not let that push u down in studing & ur focus , good mood in ur reading .
Be firm sis , ur almost there .
Are u saying, after papi speech audio, RR then still Qs in Robbbins .. 1000 Q book rt , is not doable, Qs r not able to do rt , is taht rt ??
Is due to memory , recall or still not knowing , understanding facts ??
Pl let me kn, I also ahve that Qs book that paln to do after papi, RR , so if these`2 not helping for Robbins Qs, I might change my plan , thnx .
GL
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| cutekity
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hi shwe999998 ....thnx for the encouragement dear ....yeah this is my new journal which i strted to study regularly now ...and im doing papi audios right now and then after that i try to do questions from robbins and see how much i got ...this is my first time reading it so i do learn the topic well and understand it but the way they ask can be sometimes lil tricky so thts why i keep doing the questions just to know how much i grabbed from the papi audios .....and robbins path q book is a very good book for path .....
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