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I think more than the number of readings its the kinda thought you put into your learning which is important. There are generally three kinds of questions you face. One is questions which test your basic factual knowledge, something you cannot afford to forget! Two, and equally important, is questions which test indepth understanding of material you learn. Mind you this is not the same as learning obscure facts but instead an ability to synthesize bits of information you learn into a continuum i.e form as many connections as you possibly can. Third, and relatively less important, is questions which test unusual info. Gettin even half of that stuff right should be good enough for a great score. If you can identify any of these aspects which seem to be missing from your prep at this time and then get to work on them regularly i think your scores should definitely improve. As i've mentioned often its very important for us to be able to identify our weak areas and then make sure we improve them as much and as soon as possible. That effectively determines the number of readings you require and the way you need to go about it. I dont think there is one single formula to success. We all need to adapt our preps to our needs (which i think are unique to each individual), and of course to the needs of the exam (which is a common denominator for all of us!).
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hi
so today i am going to do
1.40 to 50 pages immuno
2.30 pages anat...no hurry reading anat i learnt that its quite important to focus on this too
3.some q may be
4. oh yeah i have to revise bacteria i am not doing it
@ mezo hi how are you studing? well mezo i dont have exam in 24 days this target is like the first half i want give a decent reading and know where to focus the second half will be like reading them again the places where i missed and the similar places i am in no hurry to give exam in 30 days and all i want to read comfortably i mean i want to get a hold on the subject it takes time to get that clinical side of it .....i am trying to do that as of now so not really bothered i read 10 pages or 100 pages....
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hey genbot i really dont know how do u speak so well so clear so true..about everything....i am big fan of yours now may be more than i am of hrithik
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@ mezo how far have you done yesterday?? and did you break anything else?? 
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tia wrote:hey genbot i really dont know how do u speak so well so clear so true..about everything....i am big fan of yours now may be more than i am of hrithik
hey tia
sameer and sixfeet are going to bash you up
just kidding
ya i agree, genbot speaks so well
my husband was also relieved that i started studying confidently after such a long time . (he knows the updates .. like he knows the people in the forum also , and sometimes visits my journal to check on my studies .) and i told him that i grew hopeful of doing the steps in time for match after reading genbot's journal.
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Hey tia, It s obvious that you re doing great job despite osbstacles (this terrible headache...). Keep it up, girl!
Tia, what material you are reading for your board preparation.
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hey milee ya sameer hmm he is cool and he does not know my new thread so i can complain about him here well i am not getting time to speak to him he is very cool he is like relax its ok and all i loose my zeal with all the pampering yesterday i was so tired i did not tell him good night i guess he is ok and i dont get blasted
hey milee asked you about gross anat will check if u replied in ur thread
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hi jean thanks a lot for ur words well i am reading kaplan for all the subjects and gojan for pathology....good luck to u are doing very well dont loose that pace take care
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what's up Tia?
how are you doing?
I have one of those headaches too, but I push myself to keep going.
How are you progressing?
Keep up the good work.
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| tia
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hmm i am feeling so weak today just pushing myself from a long time
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yummy i am eating icecream now i am happy
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ahhh i am very happy now i will go and finsh immuno
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hey small change i will be doing immuno till i sleep ..
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Well yeh , I broke the rules of this forum was notified about it" Use only english rule " , I didn't lik it, send private messages complaining to the moderators, where i got a very long speech and a bunch of rules ....
Also, broke the cycle of my schedule, didn't do much yesterday, just read 2 chapters the whole day long, and even without a full concentration  ....
   these faces are the progression of my day yesterday ...
The good things happened to me yesterday were ...
- Watched " the Illusionist " , it was a very good movie a good waste of time too,
- Ate " Mahshi Koronb " which was gr8, didn't ate well done Mashi like that since too long ( It is a local food here in Egypt where rice prepared in a special way stuffed in cabbage leafs and cooked with chicken, soap and special sauce) ,
- won atletico Madrid 2-1 in Fifa2008 game & not even in a league match it was a preseason friendly match ...
But study was bad bad bad baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad:mad :
Anyway, till now i finished reading Protein chapters too and now off to the videos but i'm hoping to be able to finish them all today as there is ElGomoa ( Friday) Pray just 30 min. from now that I've to attend in the mosque then i've to get my hair cut as it is like a Forest now hoping not to get my brain cut by mistake during the operation "getting hair cut " or this will be the perfect closure for a day like yesterday  that's y i didn't do it yesterday . was afraid ...
Hoping Also, that after all that still have time to study ....
Bio is Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad, can't remember the enzymes, keep replacing each of them, I have confabulation in Bio and Molecular actually .... Any suggestions??
Oh BTY, Nemeste ... I should have said that at 1st but i was laughing from ur post and yesterday was a complete disaster ... didn't find a place to say it ...
Keep it up tia, we will do it , i feel it, with days like yesterday, we will sure do ...
Edited by Mezo on 03/07/08 - 02:59 AM
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| tia
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hey mezo you have such a good sense of humour
well i am just one reading old of biochem i just know where all to concentrate and well the remembering part will come with revision
read
remember
recollect
revise
repeatedly
so dont worry now just enjoy reading i was on the phone till now read very less today was taking to my friend he got 99 in step 1 so i was eating his head so much with all my doubts its time for me to sleep but i will complete the chapter i am very unhappy today i dont know where did i loose my time its just passed out and here i am done with nothing its ok no problem .....i will consider this as a small break day what else can i do ....ok take care and read something if you have time before you go to bed ....good night for now bbye
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Hey tia, Thanks ... remember that Humor is the most mature defense mechanism
Well, i like ur formula of 5Rs , I 'll call it " tia's Mnemonic of USMLE prep. " ,
The thing is i'm worried that time passes while still not mastering it ... hope i could one day before exam
I'm trying to do my best, i'll update u by the latest outcomes ...
have a good night, bye
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| tia
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hi i had a good sleep i did not did properly yesterday ok
i want to concentrate on anat to so will be finishing immuno in 2 days
left with 110 pages of immuno so 70 today.....the rest and q tommorrow
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@ mezo hi dont worry mezo u will surely remember
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sameer is going to europe for a trip without me he going next month hmm me with my love MLE i love my books more than anything let him go i spoke to him 2 days back hmm i hope i dont forget i am engaged or may be i wish i could forget
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hey milee papio sos how are you all studing
sos how is your sleep cycle now???did you reduce a bit more??
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effective way of doing uw i shall do it this way its from genbot
milee nice suggestion that, only i saw it a lil late!
tia,
missin out on two months of prep was bad planning. But now that its done the best thing u can do is look forward, plan right and stick to it no matter what. Havin one reading behind u is a huge advantage to have and from here on u can only add to it. Trust me even if u've done the reading a long time back it always helps.
With that in mind u need to fix a date and get two more readings done till then.
You also need to buy Uworld, finish that during ur first read, and then start revising it as begin ur second read. An advantage with this is that when u r into ur second read by having done UW u will have a very good idea of what things u need to stress upon more. This will make the second read so much more productive.
One important thing i'd advise is to do ur blocks in timed and random manner, not subject wise and in tutor mode. Additionally keep marking questions u r unsure about and ones which have high yield information, so that during ur revision u revise these questions and the ones u got wrong. This saves u time and helps u go thru important stuff during ur revision. Ideally keep some 200-300 questions unattempted, so that u can do them when u r done with the revision.
This strategy i feel helps u use Uworld both as a learning as well as an assessment tool, and also gets u accustomed to the exam pattern where u'll be facing random questions and will have to shift ur thought patterns rapidly.
I hope this helps
And u need to fix targets and make sure u achieve them no matter what!
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hey i jus noticed one post made no sense well it was i did not have yesterday....i am paying so much attention typing the whole word now that i am writing sentenses which are meaningless hey i wish i pay this much attention while solving q
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hey tia
you'l get two for one this way....as papi says.... you'l get all the benefits of keeping your prep journal and you are also going to get back into the habit of writing proper english.
good na!!!!!!
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hey sos i am finding it tough but thats ok i have to get used because this is a forum and not yahoo messenger
so how are you studing sos ??
and yeah i love u guys so much that typing the whole word is no big deal
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hmm i have headache again and fever also i will just have some coffee and come back
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