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so i just took this assessment exam, but unlike NBME, the bar is all over the place and i really dnt know what area to concentrate on and my exam is scheduled for oct 15th. Any suggestions ?
Also i was wondering, if u guys git ur bar all spread out as well or is it just me ? because i did bad in the 1st block (56) lol.. so maybe that had something to do with it 
This is what i mean.. last time i had a * in CVS from nbme 3 and this time it goes to LOW !!
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| 5fluorouracil
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dude..... you're doing great.... 234 is in high 90s.... keep reviewing from now until oct 15 (or a couple days before that, lol).... you'll get the 99... just keep reviewing.... i'd say do physio first, then cvs (they mostly go together) anyhow, good going, study hard!!!
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I dnt know dude, when i took nbme i thought the questions were actually hard and i got 220 but this was a month ago. I thought uworld was easy, even the block where i got 56, i thought that was a easiest block lol. So i dnt know how close of assessment this really is, but thnx for the confidence.
Do u think physio question on this website is enough ? Because F.A doesnt really have physio section and i think its 2 late to do kaplan for me.
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| geethanjali
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what does general principles of health n disease mean... what topics are included in this?
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| hottie99
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lakshya did that simulated exam when our exam was back long ago, and he swor by that assesment, i didnt get a chance to do it nor go thru it, but he score ws to the point of that uword assesment.. i would jut keep on reviewing FA as many times as u can, and especially neuro from FA, know every single page of that neuro!! it will be helpful.. yes ur already if not wihtin the 99 range, but if u want even better, i say just focus on memorizing that FA and go thru the world concepts of physio it's more than enough.. best of luck!
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geetha general principle of health and ds ( i think ) is like a woman that is old and stays home all day and watches tv, u gotta know if she is more prone to gettin osteoprosis because of age/race or if she is more likely to get osteomalacia because of no sunlight.. Or if a person comes to u with HTN, high blood glucose, high cholesterol, high everything, what do u test for 1st ? like whats ur primary concern.
hottie99 i calculated i m at 95.5 range +/- 3 Pts. Are ur sayin ur friend got same score as his assessment ? if not then how many pts off ? .. I dnt mind the score i just didnt like the graph, but i am surprised that u think physio is enough in 1st aid. I think this forum has more phsyio than F.A, i was planning on doing 1st aid from here. Hey do u know if usmle CD has explainations ?
And yea for future test takers, F.A is def enough to get 90 i think but not enough for 99; But most people are happy with 90 and i dnt mind 90 either so if u are like me just do F.A + questions.
Edited by alirizvi on 09/28/08 - 04:36 AM
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I did all 2036 or so questions several times, and no single question comes to close to any single question I would have seen on my real exam.
I guess the reason why people recommend Uworld so much is because it gives handy explanations with every answer choice and can basically be used as a learning resource whilst doing mock exams. The danger here is that you can feel more prepared than you really are, because after all, you´re already doing mock exams, cant be that different from the real thing, right ?
Wrong! To benefit from USMLEworld, you really need to take your time to read and comprehend every why and how of all the answer choices. So what USMLEworld really is, in my opinion:
1.) A teaching book, randomly arranged with little to no guidelines in how to approach systems or concepts. Basically every question from every chapter, randomly thrown at you, and repeatedly thrown at you. You dont have the choice what you want to repeat, the system makes that choice for you and will throw questions at you that you have already marked right hundred times before and will omit questions that you were barely sure about.
2.) A mock exam to evaluate your preparedness AFTER you have finished preparing yourself from other resources (books, courses, lectures).
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yeah, i'd say keep reviewing your fa..... the physio in each section "should" be more than enough.... i say "should" b/c who knows what the usmle people are thinking, and they can throw some curve balls at you... anyhow, good luck! 
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i said physio from FA bc at least if you improve your physio in each subject, it will bump up each graph since it's intertwined with every subject.. i recommended to do physio from uworld to read thru all explanations from the qbank of physio questions to learn those concepts.. what i stressed from FA was your neuro/cvs section, as that is beyond informational for ur step 1 in FA, if u know evey single word under the neuro section, you will be solid!! best of luck!
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I agree with uworld being a learning tool which is why i decided to take this assessment instead of NBME. Also because my NBME 2 ( aug 1st ) and NBME 3 ( aug 15 ) were the same score lol.. Thats why i didnt want to take nbme 4 and hurt my feelings sigh::
This is my NBME 3 from a month back. And as u can see my physio isnt that bad but in uworld assessment the range if from low to high so it can actually be towards high. I wish their bars were smaller like nbme !!
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Hottie99 do u think F.A itself is enough to get 90 ?
And dnt laugh at my behavioral science or i will kill u =)
Edited by alirizvi on 09/28/08 - 05:41 PM
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noi'm not saying it's enough, obv u have to know concepts dear, of which i think u know well, if ur nbme's are that high, well ur in good territory, i think 234 is like a 99 isn't it?? i was saying to do FA over and over, if i could do it again (which i never wish thank god on second shot i passed at least! whew! haha) i would have done FA more often.. if u get a chance, do the nbme's just for seeing the concepts, i did all 6 forms, just to get the concepts down.. discussed with a buddy on here who did well on the forms, and it helped me for sure on my exam.. if u dont want to get upset, dont do them to see your score, but go thru them to see the questions and learn concepts.. he wound up doing the uworld assesment, i was not able to due to time contstraints.. we both felt we had some very eerily similar questions on our real exams compared to tose nbme questions, esp form 5 and 6, whih were new around that time we took our exams.. bet of luck to u buddy, u will do great... if not at least 240!! breathe and knock it out!! 
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lol i wish 234 was 99, i checked its 95.5 but u know my friend he said " Dont want to scare you but I had a 220+ on the UW assessment two weeks out...then 230 on NBME #4 ten days out.. then got 200 on the real thing." I dont know if he just had a bad day or what, because i thought these test were +/- 10
Yea u are so right about nbme and their concept. I guess ill just keep reading F.A and do physio questions from nbme on this website because i just realize my physio was bad, i was lookin at cardio graph and thinking it was my phsyio sigh::
Well atleast u are done with the step, u know if sum1 said go and take the test and i can get 85-95 or i can just sit at home and we will get u 75 in the mail, i rather sit at home and play video games. So you should just be glad its done with and behind u. I just want to take this exam because i gained like 10lbs and i want to have my life back =/
Oh and thnx for ur support, i really need it i think cuz test time is coming so close but it hasnt hit me yet and when it does, i dnt know what i will do. How many days before ur exam did u start freaking out ?
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um i used to freak out when i would sign up for my exam, i dont suggest that for anyone, hahaha.. usually the day before bc then i would plan all these things that I HAD to review, and would end up sleeping real late, and waking up early to look at things, then take my test.. i dont suggest that either.. if i could bring back time (or as i will for step 3 in a few months) i hope to watch a good basketball game, relax and jut get some sleep and take my exam the next day, bc honestly, the day i didnt freak out as much (the day i took my ck), i got a higher score.. who knows if it's just bc i like ck more than step 1, or if i dint panic as much, but either way, i did better, so i'm hping for even better on the last one... u'll do fine buddy, u just have to keep on reviewing, i know i've said it like 10 times already, hehehe.. but i swear on my life, if i could do it again, i would do that, and really listen, i usedto think ppl just say that sh*t, but no really, it is very helpful to keep on going thru those concepts and learning them.. ys physio if u can learn the concpts from the uworld bank, u'll be all set.. physio is never tested alone persay, but just ur thought process on how things work, diseases work, stuff like that, certain mechanics like lung and renal are important.. just know that common things are tested, as much as we study the smallest things, they want to know u know all common things extremely well, which is why everyone suggests knwoing FA bc all the HY common things are in there.. i wish u nothing but the best, and hope to see a 99 on u score report when ur done, just relax and review.. 
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Yea i know what u mean, i remember when i took nbme #1 i kept having dreams about patients and then i didnt know what they had and stuff so i had to wake up and check first aid lol.. but now i try to relax before exam day, but i am being so lazy i dnt know why 1! i just played video game for 3hours and now i m so sleepy but i have to study !!
No i know what u mean about reviewing F.A i reviewed assessment exam today and 1/2 the questions i got wrong, i could of gotten write if i knew F.A more..
No way i dnt think i have enough time to aim for 99. I just hope i can get 90 and ill more than happy.
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hey, i never highlighted in F.A before and i started to highlight today with things i dnt know, and hopefully i will get a chance to review them again from Oct. 10 - 14, do u think this is effective or will be i be concentrating on facts that are not high yield and hurting my score =/
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dear, every word in FA is important.. so if u dont know it, reread it til u see it in ur sleep!! best of luck!!
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You know last night my gf told me to dream about her and i told her i will and then she ask me this morning and i wanted to be honest so i told her i went to sleep thinking about her but i woke up dreaming about F.A and that was a mistake because now she thinks i dnt care but i do its just that its hard to dream when i am so stressed.
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hey buddy, i know personal relationshiops and these exams is hard, trust me, i had to deal with much more, a pseudo break up with my exbf and that a**hole still called while i was studying, so just make her understad that this exam is important and not to take anything personal if ur dreaming about FA, hahaha.. it's normal.. u'll go back to dreaming about her after ur exam (better yet after all ur steps are done!!) best of luck friend.. 
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pseudo break up lol.. sounds like someone's been doing too much neuro ... No way not after all my exams that will take forever, i m taking off 2 months after this exam because i start clinical in january and i think i am going to take step 2 after clinical.
Hey i was going to take another simulation on the 5th, what do u think i should take USMLE CD exam or uworld assessment #2 ?
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http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/l0lurgflikes...
So i just took UWSA #2, the confidence interval on the bars is much smaller so i am happy but i droped 4pts. Exam is on the 15th, i want to postpone but i dnt want to move it to next month just want maybe 1 week extra. I hate prometric !! =/
oh and normally i read pharm and embryo the day before the assessment but i always end up forgeting it so this time i decided not to read it this time because i will read it before the 2 days b4 real exam anyway, so maybe that made a difference, i dnt know im just lookin for excuse to feel better haha =(
Edited by alirizvi on 10/09/08 - 10:06 AM
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