GMOB
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I've been waiting 4 long years to post on this section: I PASSED STEP 1!!!!!! I can't believe it, i'm ecstatic...I cant stop crying and laughing at the same time. I think i'm still in disbelief... I took step 1 in 2004, completely and utterly unprepared, no idea of what I was getting myself into...I was a really good student, and not passing that test totally shattered my self steem. I took a break from it, did a fellowship on micro, took CS-PASSED, got married, moved to a different country...on and off studying for step 1. Since 2006 I've paid for this test 3 TIMES!! because I would schedule, postpone and then not show up...I wasnt ready. I didnt believe in myself. 
This year, I switched my study mode: UW (took me a whole year-but I wasnt too comitted, had 2 jobs and a lot of drama) and really grasping the basic concepts, annotating on my FA.
The last 3 weeks before the test, I stopped working, and studied from 3am until 8pm everyday. Took UW assessment form 1, two weeks before test and got a 175 on 3 digit score, which actually made me feel really good, because I knew I wasnt far from the goal. 1 week before took UW form 2 and scored a whooping 209, and I was sooo happy. Kept studying, and just reviewing my FA and wrong questions on UW. One day before, took NBME form 3 and scored a 186 on 3 digit score. I was so confused, and couldn't really ask anyone for advise because I hadnt told anyone that I was taking it to avoid all the questions, I went to bed, got up at 3am, prayed, made up my mind and I headed out ready to destroy it!!! 
I took a break after every single block! In my house I always had 15 mins or so to spare per block, and the test center, maybe 1-3 mins left to review my marked questions!! Didn't leave a single question unanswered. If I didnt know, I guessed. I had A LOT of inmunology on my test. I left the test center with no clue on how I did, but deep down I thought that the test didnt seem thaaaaaat hard and that everything was fair topics. As the weeks passed, I started getting more anxious...
Didnt sleep last night, and after I got the email, it took me all day to finally get the guts to open it, and once I did, tears of joy havent stopped flowing!!!!
I feel extremely validated, I got a 195/80 and i'm just so happy and proud!! I can't explain it to anyone that it's not inmersed in this process, because they wouldnt understand, but I know everyone here will. I've been a member of this forum for the past 4-5 years, but been very very quiet the last few, because I just felt inadequate offering advice, but i've been here.
It's taken me a long time to realize that this tests are in no way a reflection of who we are as physicians, that they dont talk about our characters, about our drive, they are just standardized tests.
May this post help others feeling in complete dispair, may it provide you with a tiny bit of hope, and may all of us become exceptional physicians.
Edited by GMOB on 09/17/08 - 03:50 PM
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| medschoolmania
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hey congrats! im truly happy for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| 5fluorouracil
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a truly heart-warming post.... i am near tears as i read it..... my deepest and sincere congratulations!! (very well written!)
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| match2010
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congratulations from the bottom of my heart ....it shows that nothing is impossible if you put your mind and soul into it !! good luck for step 2 ......
Edited by match2010 on 09/17/08 - 09:34 PM
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| Levin
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hi GMOB your account is heart warming and encouraging. :-)
you did something very hard which needed courage and determination.
good luck for future.
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| dr_puma
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congrats buddy
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| cheech
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Congrats!!!!
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| GMOB
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Thank you so much, I still can't believe it's over. I did it! This 80 feels like when a person would absolutely looooove to hit a major jackpot but can only dream of such , say 100000000 dollars, but ends up getting 10000000, It is not the big kahuna ( say a 99) but this person will gladly take all this money and laugh all the way to the bank!!! That's exactly how I feel. 
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| wildwind00
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congrats buddy, you will go far
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| sigh
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I'm so glad for you. You absolutly desered this. Congrats and good luck!
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| basophilia
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nice history a little similar of mine before to take the exam , i know that this experience will help many colleges whom dont take the big desicion yet . thanks and enjoy your goal my friend
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| drusha
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congracts
how did u plan ur studies in last 2 weeks .......i hav my exam in 3weeks ,im in same position any suggestions for me......will be thank ful to u
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| gill08
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congrats.....
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| indsha008
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Congrats !!
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| Rajabali
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congrats
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