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hi biancaa,laksha,sp 82,hnnb!!
how s it goin guys?as i told u i m doin biochemistry .i m done with cho metabolism .rt now i m trying to finish lipid metabolism.and tommorow i ll finish biochemistry with protein metabolism .
n then i ll do 2 blocks of biochem qs from q book.
Inshallah!!
Biancaa;about the hrs i m puttin into studies is around 6-7 hrs average per day.
Hnnb;keep it up!!
take care everyone n happy studying
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| lakshya_0_7
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hey people ! this thread is going great....
@ Hnnb .... in an hour i can do at the max 20-22 qs....and sometimes even less....
11 APRIL,
i revised kaplan neuroanatomy quickly + physio-renal n endocrino + solved some qs i had marked in kaplan's physiology q bank.......
revised UW biochem qs-35 marked
did 50 qs from kaplan q bank anatomy.......I started kaplan q bank yesterday...
people how many qs on an average are u getting correct in kaplan q bank ...say in anatomy?micro?
12 APRIL-
i started micro - revised gen virology (my weakest) n bacteriology...did 50 kaplan q bank qs.....
rite now i m doing pharma....revising kaplan notes...and want to do some qs before i sleep....
i m trying to quickly rotate subjects so that i dont forget the most common things in all the subjects atleast.....
bianca.....i m sure everybody is putting in the maximum no of hours.....i m able to put 8-9 hrs daily....i sleep 8 hrs....rest of the hours just slip by somehow......
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| Hnnb
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hi
Everyone. Hope your studies going . somehow i am feeling bore and tired with studying and for last two days i am looking for excuses to run away from books ............even though exam is coming closer i think i change my place instead of going library i will sit at home and study. if you guys have any good tips please share with me.
anyway i have left 10hrs to review immuno. so hopefully i will be able to finish.
plan: read immuno part from FA AND MED.ESSENTIALS.
done with both Q BANKS(IMMUNO QS). But two block i didn,t read well so trying to read again.
do you guys think i should read K.notes as well.?
nowadays i am hardly finishing two subject Qs as i planned to finish two subject QS with review by using 5 hrs for each subject. so in this way i have to finish by 15th APRIL (IMMUN +PHARMA)
HOPE FOR THE BEST.
GL
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| lakshya_0_7
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hey hnnb.....it happens with everyone......we get bored....and this specially happens if we plan too much and get rigid on finishing course.....
about immuno i just did kaplan notes n UW....i think you have done more than enff.....
i myself got bored doing physio/biochem/anatomy.......
13 april-
solved 3 blocks of UW unused/timed/mixed (mostly patho/pharma/micro/biochem)
14 april-
solved 1 block UW .... read ANS/CVS kaplan notes pharma...
i bought FA today...i m planning to review FA with my kaplan revision....and keep doing qs daily....
all the best everyone!
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| skamran
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i did 100 qs from uworld (biochem) and also did 50 qs from qbook.
scores now better.hmm...
i will b starting pharma reading from kaplan notes now.
hnnb :i still think u shld go to the library .don t sit home c/s at home there r more distractions .may b u shld take a half day break from books.
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| lakshya_0_7
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i started FA today....its taking a lot of time....i m planned 60 pages daily.....have been able to do only 25 till now...(4 hrs).......i really feel bad, i should have done FA earlier...i did one block of UW today.... i m left with 115 unused UW...and 800 marked qs...should do UW+FA by 23 april..
any suggesitions how to speed up FA?
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| studypartner82
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Edited by studypartner82 on 05/02/08 - 04:53 AM
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| skamran
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hi everyone,
i did 2 blocks of 50 qs each from kaplan q book ;got 35/50 correct in both.
but then i did uworld 2 blocks of 50 qs ;28/50 n 27/50 correct
shuld i again go to biochem notes or shuld i move forward to anoher subject.
sp 82;i think if do goljan rr once u ll b fine .c/s u hv already done kaplan patho notes .n then u can spend ur time on uworld path qs .
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| bianca99
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Hii guys..
I have been doing mostly ques for past 2 days..
I realised its been quite some time since i took the UW subscription but havent done many qs...i have to finish these qs asap..they are takin sooooo long...I hope i do finish it soon so that i am able to revise incorrect and marked qs a week before my exam..
Hnnb
How is it going...With your good prep and good speed you are an inspiration ...Dont slow down now
Just few more days.. with grace of God we will be done with step 1 for good....We all will have plenty of time to waste after exams!!
@Lakshya
FA is a concise book..seems small but sure takes time..I was also under the impression it wont take long...But it did...Thats is why i am lagging behind in my schedule in the first place..Speed up buddy!!
Skarman..
Me going thru the same thing..In pharma.
I think you can do it again now but skim thru it fast only spending time on topics you didnt ans correctly or the ones you are not too sure abt..it shount even take that long.
But at the same time if you got 70% in Kaplan then clearly you know the stuff..all you need to do is.. do it properly in your next review before exam..Do wat really suits you..
Also post your qs in one of the exam exp threads..Better to ask experienced people buddy.
How much UW you done with?
sp82
Dont underestimate goljan audio
Watever qs i have been marking correct in patho.. is all thanks to audios only
Anyway ..on a more serious note...how did you find kap patho... if were you able to ans qs after reading it that then stick to it otherwise start RR/stars review ASAP..
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| studypartner82
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hi bianca theres no way that one can underestimate goljan audio 
Thanks to ur advise abt RR path.
Edited by studypartner82 on 04/17/08 - 06:02 AM
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| Hnnb
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hi
Everyone . Thanks Lakshya, Skarman,binaca and sp82 .you are all really supportive.I was very slow for last two three days. Lakshya you are right maybe i am expecting too much in one day
i should make realistic plan but there is so many things we have to do and time is flying. 
so here what i did for last these days:
finish immunology Qs. did pharma qs. also started anatomy qs.
FA: i did FA once but seems i never read it before. good thing i got one library pal so he is agree to do FA quiz (mean one by one page we will ask qs from each other during lunch break) so i am planing to read once by myself in morning (as i am trying to be morning person)
so let see how worth ?
Lakshya: you are doing good keep it up. UWQ and FA is good combo. and don,t worry about FA pages just make sure what you are reading from FA you know well. quality matter not quantity i am just starting with 10page/day of FA. what i figure out by quizzing... that most of things we know in FA just few things we need to memorize. as my first read of FA was (now i feel) really bad i just wasted my time by reading passively. if i quiz back then i think i can easily finish FA in two three days.
Skarman: Thanks for your advices . yes you are right. keep doing good job.
i think you should check why you did those qs wrong i read somewhere that when we do Qs wrong we should think three cause:
1) Knowledge problem mean you don,t understand what question really ask you and even reading explanation won,t make any sense then ofcourse we have to read that topic from Notes and try to understand for that even reading that information from Text book is worth even though it takes our few mins or hrs but its worth.
2)memorization problem: mean you know but some how you are not able to recall. well for this Key is review again and again. try to figure out which way helps you to memorize. like me doing Qs really helped me to memorize topics.
3) Silly mistakes: mean you know the answer but you pick wrong by not reading question carefully. for this i think doing more question solve this problem.
Sp82: you are going fine you ask some qs hope i am not late in replying
(Tomorrow night i need to do immunology questions but should i do first Aid Immuno first or UW immuno questions directly someone please advise) I think doing UW is better and if you can review explanation with FA review like you did qs about wiskott aldrich syndrome what you can do go back and read that from FA or K.notes and make sure you are not missing any extra information which is not mention in those books. another thing make sure next time when u read abt it u have to go back one book Mean you have to add everything in one book. Because we need photogenic memory also.
(My major tension is patho i did kaplan in first read with goljan audio now i want to do goljan textbook the stars review can someone tell me sincerely how many full days would it need, i want to fuse it with my everyday preparation but theres just no time availiable for it..... )For this you have to be honest with yourself how good you are in pathology. reading RR is good i like that book but again its not matter of changing book its how much we are really understanding. again making one source is better than two three because one source helps u to have photogenic memory going back same book again and again seeing same page again & again really helps.
bianca: thanks for your kind words. keep doing UWQ . but also keep referring notes.
HOPE FOR THE BEST.
GL
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| studypartner82
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Thanks for ur advise hnnb that was pretty generous and to the point.....
i will continue with my RR read and followup when i finish a few topics.....
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| skamran
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hi giuys!!
thanx hnnb and biancaa!!
u all r doin an awesome job !!stick to ur plan n wiil ace this exam
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| skamran
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oo i forgot to mention about my plan ;
need to complete microbiology by tomorrow .done with mycology .will do virology and microbial genetics today.and tomorrow i ll finish micro with bacteriology .followed by 2 blocks from q book n then uworld.
n i ve figured it ut ;MY MANTRA SHULD B REVISE RECALL REVISE RECALL .i know i m goin slow but its ok i m sure its gonna help me.
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| Hnnb
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hi
Everyone how's studies going? keep it up. be active don,t be quite.
i had guest on weekend so No study at all . finished pharma UWQ today.
please keep posting your progress.
GL
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| lakshya_0_7
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hey people...
how are you all doing.......seems like you all are mugging a lot....dont come online hah?
dint study much in the last week......lotsa distractions......marriages etc
FA- 50% completed.....revising UW but only 50 qs a day....my subscription ends on 27 april....gotta revise 800 marked qs in the next 5 days .... duuno if its possible.
did NBME-2 today......got 670.......it was mostly pathology.....hardly any physio/behav science.
i think i'll take my exam on 13 may as scheduled...wont post-pone it....
all the best guys.....
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| bianca99
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Hi all...How is it going?
Wow!!!! thats a great score lakshya...
I think you are ready to take the exam today!!
I will be taking nbme on 30...since i ll jus take one of them..which one do you think i should take?
I was thinkin of either 2 or 3..
I too have been a bit distracted lately..
Doing biochemistry right now..spent enough time on it already
Will finish it tomorrow along with genetics.
Will try to start physio tomorrow night.
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| bianca99
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Good luck studyin to all
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| lakshya_0_7
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hey bianca99,
i think you could do NBME-4 becoz i heard thats the one that correlates with the test most (genbot n waqas tariq said that)....nbme-2 was mostly pathology and i dint like it much.........there were so many direct qs......pharma /physio/behav sc was very less......
all the best........
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| Hnnb
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hi
Everyone.
Lakshya : this is excellent score. you are ready for exam. keep it up. wish u 99.99 my wishes and prayers are with u.
bianca: Good to see u . its hard for everyone to keep pace after all we are human being. But you are doing good just keep it up. According to my pals who already passed this exam and they did NBME. some took few and some took all. so overall what they think is NBME 3 is more close to exam. if you can afford then take two forms like 2 and 3. Even some friends took two forms together to check Stamina for real exam. But again it depends on individual. good luck.
Today i am starting genetics and mol.bio
HOPE FOR THE BEST.
GL
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| ShweHope99.9998
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Hi Guys , wish could b in same boat , but my winter cold eat me up so , feel like am still at the beginning , though been done fair share of studying .
Good to see whoel group moving fast , Good Luck everyone .
Just want to say FA , RR need time so do not try to do last wk or minute , spread it out or do intensely to get it over since I am doing both at some point , but now back to main subj studying with those as much as possible .
GL
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| Hnnb
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Hi
Everyone.
shwehope: Thanks for stopping by and wishing us. good luck for your exam.please Keep visiting us
Today finished genetics book reading. did 50qs so far. left with 69 qs.
Well library pal is not coming nowadays so for last two days i am not reading FA thats bad really bad . 2marrow i have to finish those 69QS and RR + FA .
GL
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| lakshya_0_7
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Hi people....hows it going?
Hi Shwe thanks and all the best to u too
Hnnb dont worry dude.....you have given FA a break, start it again later......even i have left FA for the time being........finishing UW marked qs.......my subscription expires in 38 hrs and i got 400 qs to do , race against time .........
GL everyone.
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| lakshya_0_7
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i wanna do NBME forms offline.........where do people get them from? any idea?
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