Royaldoc99
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Alright....Everytime I read posts about Kaplan not being enough it scares me!! ( since I am depending totally on Kaplan on FA and USMLE World. So, I would like to start this thread here for step 1 requesting all the people out there to post up here the topics which are NOT included in Kaplan but whcih are tested on STEP 1....So that we can study them from other books etc. So, please tell us here whatever you feel is not included in Kaplan and which is included for the STEP 1 exam. It will just help us get a list of things to study from outside Kaplan also. Ao, guys...whatever you remember please jot it down here for us. THANKS A LOT FOR HELPING ALL OF US.
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| Boy_wonder
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The reason some people say it is enough and others say it is insufficient may be based on the background medical knowledge of ther person to begin with. Someone with good knowledge to begin with, will find Kaplan just right. I would say they are not enough for someone who doesn't have good knowledge.
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| praying4a99
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Different guys got 99s using different materials. Some swear by Kaplan LN. Some use question banks only. Some use BRS only. Some read text books.
What I think we should do is keep going by our personal plans, after first read take one NBME exam and adjust your self accordingly, add materials or cancel others.
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| new_n_lost
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When most of the people who swear by Kaplan what they mean is only do Kaplan 4-5 times. They have gone through each and every line word and comma. You are then supposed to have the lines memorized in your neuronal network. Those people are the rote learners. Anything and everything (even if it doesnt make sense is learnt). If they say Kaplan is enuf then yeah Kaplan is enuf.
People who are the different type cant rote learn everything then go for material they can understand and pointers to it and then answer the Questions. Like a lot of people say that Kaplan doesnt explain a lot in Respiration physio or in Endo section( though i believe its enuf). Or Anatomy isnt packed or packaged into easy stuff as HY then for them Kaplan is not enuf.
An average AMG start prepping up for Step 1 a minimum of a year earlier. Start going thru Kaplan so by the time he/she is ready to give the exam they are going 5-6 read of Kaplan. They have started using RR as a supplement to their courses and are pretty much at home with their books.
So its a difference of perspective and adaption. One should always follow and do whats suits them not what suited others.
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| praying4a99
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And remember that Kaplan LN were never meant to be used alone. There are the Videos, Q book, and Q bank. ... bla bla
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| doctor123
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Kaplan has everything but provided one goes the way they want.
If doesn't have time to sit & study simply then First Aid is full of highly rated books. Go through them and if one is doing well in MCQs then its ok.
No one is child here.
As there is a popular saying " There is no short cut for Step 1".
If someone is extragenius in school & is in touch with studies then i believe thats a different story.
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| Royaldoc99
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yaar...I wanted this forum to be a CHECKLIST of what stuff that is not in kaplan but is on the test. So, please jot it down here and help the others out so that we dont have to go wondering else where. Here, I will start....
The following stuff is not in kaplan but on Step 1:
1. ECGs
Once again THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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| silver
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Royaldoc99 wrote:
yaar...I wanted this forum to be a CHECKLIST of what stuff that is not in kaplan but is on the test. So, please jot it down here and help the others out so that we dont have to go wondering else where. Here, I will start....
The following stuff is not in kaplan but on Step 1:
1. ECGs
Once again THANK YOU SO MUCH.
It may not be in kaplan, but there's enough explanation of it in First Aid.....
...now don't tell me you're planning on doing this without FA. Even the ones who say that kln was enough also did FA.
NNL is right, how can you depend on other people's study tips? agreed that you can use it for guidance, but to go totally on someone who tells you that for them kln was enough and based on that you choose to do the same--that's risky. what way do you have of ensuring that their concepts match yours? or that your way of grasping topics exactly matches theirs? everyone studies and understands things differently.
as for your list, here's one for you: everything that came on my step 1 was from kln.......and RR, FA, HY, UW, QBank. So i'm glad i didn't stick just to kln.
gl
Edited by silver on 05/03/08 - 10:24 AM
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| Royaldoc99
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You are right silver...everybody is different and I cannot rely on anybody's strategy blindly. I just thought getting a checklist HELPS. Just like we used to ask our seniors at med school on what this were probably asked on our med school tests etc. Now I knopw that everyone studies differently but a little help here wouldnt hurt...would it?
And yes ofcourse, I will be doing FA!!!! I will also be doing RR, UW,
and QBook...but the people out there remember some things that are not included in Kaplan....It would just be nice to jot them down here for us. Now I am not looking for a 100% accurate list....thats even there in the USMLE materials that we get when we enroll for the test. But I do value the opinion of some experienced people on this forum ( just like I used to listen to my seniors). So, please help each other out okay. This exam is already tough! Thanks a lot for your cooperation.
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| Royaldoc99
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You know what.....On second thoughts ....lets drop this forum thread which I just started. I think my dream check list is too lengthy and exhaustive...!!! May be thats why you guys are having a problem jotting things down here. Its okay guys.....I will just look it up in FA and USMLE.org and will do all I can. Thanks a lot guys. Sorry, but I am just frustrateda nd freaking out a lot these days!! This prep is killing me! We just gotta study everything and shoot our best but its such a lengthy process!
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| new_n_lost
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I do believe you are freaked out.
Sent you a pm.
Edited by new_n_lost on 05/04/08 - 12:26 AM
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| new_n_lost
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http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/thread/62180 << First 15 posts should help you .
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| Royaldoc99
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Thanks NNL fopr the PM. You are so sweet. Yeah I am freaking out....I am getting really scared...I dont know what to do. Its so hard to stay positive. Plus, the studying is just never ending. I always start my day and do as many chapters that I can but at the end of the day there is still SO MUCH left to do. I dont know when I will finish this and feel 'confident'. Anyway, I am trying my best. Its okay...I will just go take a break for a day. Plus I have to go do some packing . I am flying to my home in New York after a whole 5 years .....but this USMLE...May God save me .....Thanks a LOT for all your help. Thanks NNL...You are the best
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| silver
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it's not that we're having a problem jotting it down....thing is that everyone has a different experience on the exam. as you know the tests are not the same for everyone--they test similar concepts/topics, but we don't all get the same questions. so someone could sit here and give you a list of things that they felt weren't in kln, and you wrack your brains over them and next thing you know you might not get those same questions. or worse yet, who knows they didn't pay enough attention and those things were in kln. so it's a toss up.
main idea is not to panic because despite the fact that you may have studied extremely well for this, in the end all that matters is your nerves--it's a test of nerves--are you totally present 6 hrs. into it and able to pick the right answer? that's what it all comes down to. so if you're panicking now, then first and foremost calm down. cuz if you panic now, then you'll lose focus.
gl
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| Royaldoc99
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Thanks Silver. Yeah you are right. I should try to stay calm. Thanks , once again.
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| hottie99
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girl, firstly breathe... hehehe.. none of us, i mean literally no one will ever know everything, na?? so dont even try to attempt it, just learn the common things really well, which u will get from kaplan and esp pass notes like u said u are doing.. so after that, then do ur qbanks with second review, and finally all notes u've added to ur FA, leave that until end, then u will have seen everything, and even then u will have questions that you've never heard of (my advice? i just start laughing at them, b.c the thing is i cant get distracted by it and that will ruin my other questions, so just laugh at it!!) and all uc an do is foucs on the questions that you know will appear, they will ask about CAD, DM, HTN etc.. so stop stressing, ur stressing too early in ur prep dear.. u will be good, and dont fret now.. just et thru ur kaplan stuff and btwn FA and uworld as well, u will have seen as muich as u can, so dont even worry about it girl, ok??? chaalo, stop freaking out over this and get back to ur regular study plan.. 
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| Royaldoc99
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Thanks hottie. I really owe you guys for keeping me sailing!!! I wonder what I wopuld do without this forum. So many good hearted people. Thanks a lot everyone. I really have bad nerves.....which I got calm down!
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| Mehrdad1
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new_n_lost wrote:
When most of the people who swear by Kaplan what they mean is only do Kaplan 4-5 times. They have gone through each and every line word and comma. You are then supposed to have the lines memorized in your neuronal network. Those people are the rote learners. Anything and everything (even if it doesnt make sense is learnt). If they say Kaplan is enuf then yeah Kaplan is enuf.
People who are the different type cant rote learn everything then go for material they can understand and pointers to it and then answer the Questions. Like a lot of people say that Kaplan doesnt explain a lot in Respiration physio or in Endo section( though i believe its enuf). Or Anatomy isnt packed or packaged into easy stuff as HY then for them Kaplan is not enuf.
An average AMG start prepping up for Step 1 a minimum of a year earlier. Start going thru Kaplan so by the time he/she is ready to give the exam they are going 5-6 read of Kaplan. They have started using RR as a supplement to their courses and are pretty much at home with their books.
So its a difference of perspective and adaption. One should always follow and do whats suits them not what suited others.
Every now and then someone posts something of such truth and magnitude that it takes your breath away. This post by NNL was such a post for me. Good job NNL, so well put. Kaplan is excellent and more than enough IF you can commit to memory the entire book series.
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| iskos
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hi guys. What does RR mean?
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| praying4a99
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Rapid Review. Which is an exam review book series.
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