robkosh97
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"mouhi221" wrote:
Thank you for you advise,i have one more question:for how long do i have to do the q bank cause i don't think i will have more than 2 weeks to do it,i am planing to do the usmle cd and by the time i will finish it(whith the review of the kaplan note) the time will be over,so please give more advise about that :?:
do the q-bank for the next 2 weeks anyway. no need to extend it again. but if u feel u have to go ahead. cause from the kaplan simulation test u get 350 questions and another 150 from the usmle cd.
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| ELM
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Thank you so much Rob!
I will buy Goljan for sure! His new book is on printing now, so i will get it as soon as it on the market. Also like you said i am gonna get Kap lecture notes and go through them real quick. But should i buy latest edition or little earlier ones OK? What do you think? Are they changed a lot through the years? Thanks again! good luck for you Step 2, Rob!
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| EMI777LY
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| robkosh97
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"ELM" wrote:
Thank you so much Rob!
I will buy Goljan for sure! His new book is on printing now, so i will get it as soon as it on the market. Also like you said i am gonna get Kap lecture notes and go through them real quick. But should i buy latest edition or little earlier ones OK? What do you think? Are they changed a lot through the years? Thanks again! good luck for you Step 2, Rob!
not much difference. get anything within the last 2 years. good luck!
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| DiaHuq
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Congrats on such a wonderful score 
Some questions if you don't mind.
I just took the kaplan diagnostic a couple of days ago and scored a 64%(i thought it would be like 20%as most of the questions were familiar but i could narrow it down to 2-3 and then take an educated guess but most were not easily answerable).I enrolled for live lectures starting July-august and want to take my step1 in early November.
I'm really bad with study plans(hate studying)I was wondering if you could help me with a how to.I can't study on weekends as i just got married 8 months ago and want to spend time with my husband.
Could you give me a general idea of how you studied and how long ago did you pass?I got out of medschool in june.
I'm frustrated becuz i've bought my books a while back(in nov)but have only just started and can't really focus.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
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| robkosh97
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"DiaHuq" wrote:Congrats on such a wonderful score Some questions if you don't mind. I just took the kaplan diagnostic a couple of days ago and scored a 64%(i thought it would be like 20%as most of the questions were familiar but i could narrow it down to 2-3 and then take an educated guess but most were not easily answerable).I enrolled for live lectures starting July-august and want to take my step1 in early November. I'm really bad with study plans(hate studying)I was wondering if you could help me with a how to.I can't study on weekends as i just got married 8 months ago and want to spend time with my husband. Could you give me a general idea of how you studied and how long ago did you pass?I got out of medschool in june. I'm frustrated becuz i've bought my books a while back(in nov)but have only just started and can't really focus. any help would be greatly appreciated.
well i had finished my med school and came back to the US in oct 2003. i started my live lectures at the end of october till end of december. my diagnostic test score was 56%. i studied for like 4 1/2 months pretty consistently. during the lectures i studied like 3 hours a day each night. somedays i would just relax. after the lectures had finished i really studied hard for 2 months. woke up around 7 or 8 am and went to the library and studied. for like 8-10 hours a day. slept at 12 at night. in between some time went for eating, tv, etc. weekends i kind of relaxed by doing questions in q-bank. i met up with my study group every friday and we sat together for the whole day discussing 50 questions. well after the lectures u will be able to narrow down your answer choices. i never really studied on weekends anyway except in the last 1 month to the exam. i started only doing the notes and gradually started doing q-bank. i formed a study group in end of november where we met every friday and did 50 questions from the q-book on one subject. that was very very helpful. i highly suggest u do that. then do lots of questions. i think the kaplan books and quaetions r more than enough. also add hi yield anatomy which will be more than enough. look thru pictures in ure pathology robbins when u r bored or get free time. also check out. webpath.com which has pathology pictures. if u r attending the kaplan live lectures u should get Dr. Golijan for pathology. he is excellent and u will get his pathology textbook when he comes which is absolutely fantastic. i read that whole thing in the last 2 days before the exam. it covers so much besides pathology. and do first aid in the last week, i think thats enough. just a run thru it. in the last 3 weeks before the exam i quickly reviewed all the material again in the kaplan notes. u should relax too. its not an impossible exam. learn the concepts and u will be fine. i think u should try to write the exam within 2 months of the finish of the live lectures. u apply for the exam as quickly as possible and pick a date and fix it and arrange ure timetable to that and dont change it. so good luck to u!
q-bank score - 74%
usmle cd score-41, 44, 39
kaplan simulation test-74%
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| DiaHuq
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Thanks for the quick answer.Really helpful.The first thing i have to do is break my sleep addiction(10-12 hours a day).lol.I think if i make a routine and stick to it,then i'll be able to accomplish something.Thanks so much
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| rida
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Hi roboksh, great score and BEST OF LUCK FOR STEP 2!!!!. I also have a questions, i have been studying micro and immuno from first aid, and if i get confused about some concepts, i look them up in jawetz, but i was looking thru some kaplan stuff and i tried to do some questions in the end of kaplan chapters, and i could'nt get them because those things weren't covered in first aid, what do you suggest I do, i mean should i re read the kaplan micro then cuz my exa is in a month and a half and i wanna start physio, path, and pharm as well, which i wanna spend more time on. I am really confused, what do you think i should do? Thanx in advance.
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| robkosh97
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"rida" wrote:
Hi roboksh, great score and BEST OF LUCK FOR STEP 2!!!!. I also have a questions, i have been studying micro and immuno from first aid, and if i get confused about some concepts, i look them up in jawetz, but i was looking thru some kaplan stuff and i tried to do some questions in the end of kaplan chapters, and i could'nt get them because those things weren't covered in first aid, what do you suggest I do, i mean should i re read the kaplan micro then cuz my exa is in a month and a half and i wanna start physio, path, and pharm as well, which i wanna spend more time on. I am really confused, what do you think i should do? Thanx in advance.
actually the kaplan micro notes are very good with good questions in them. and there is about 50 pages of hi yield stuff which is easy to review in the book itself. yes i do suggest reading the kaplan micro. yeah finish off ure micro review off early cause path, pharmac and physio r the 3 big ones. anyway in path u wil see a bit of micro. so good luck to u!!
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| rida
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Thanx a lot for the quick respone, i will get to them rite away 
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| salehhero
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Hello Robkosh97 ,
I have Kaplan Q-Book 2001 (850 q ) . Is it enough as a question bank ? Is it necessary to use other Q books ? What are these ones? Are they superior to Kaplan Q - Book ? :oops:
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| robkosh97
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"salehhero" wrote:
Hello Robkosh97 ,
I have Kaplan Q-Book 2001 (850 q ) . Is it enough as a question bank ? Is it necessary to use other Q books ? What are these ones? Are they superior to Kaplan Q - Book ? :oops:
i am pretty sure the kaplan q-book u have is more than enough. if u have a lot of time on your hands then u can buy another question book. i am not really sure which u should get as i used only the q-book. i also used the pathology robbins q-book which has 1200 questions and is good but i couldnt do the whole thing cause of time. good luck to u!
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| dr.shar
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hi robkosh97
my friend has got 235/99 but you got 240/97 how is it possible. is it depend on paper difficulty or number of test takers.please explain.... i am in confusion..
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| Toroloco
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Dr. Shar,
240/97 sounds so real but 235/99 doesn't. Did you see the paper by yourself? I understand that the 2 digit score is a percentil that means is variable but not in the same year period. There are some variations from year to year but I don't think 235/99 could be a real score at least from this year.
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| transco
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hey congrats on the your score it's awesome..i am currently taking the 13 week live lecture course..i wanted to know how you did on your subject diagnostic's..and wht would you recommend as far as study schedule goes..i am currently getting about 50% on those exams..thanks
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| lvspro
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Hi
Would you mind visiting this link, and posting in the requested format.
http://www.prep4usmle.com/community/topic10309.ht...
I think you will be doing the community a great favor. Thanks, and excellent score.
Lo
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| indiandoc
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hi people
i have 2 months for my exam i need to do kaplan can u give some advise abt doing step up book
i mean shud i do or not
im 2 scared and where can i get nbme ques
plz advise can i clear in 2 months
thanks loreen
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