m & k
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"dr1978" wrote:
hey m&k
GREEEEAAATT JOB !!!!!!!!!!
one que -from where did u get sooo many mcq's?
Hi dr 1978,
We did questions from:
Q-bank - about 2100 q
Q - bank IV -500 q
NMS - 800q
PreTest - 350 q
Rapid review - 350 q
NBME - 400 q
Kaplan simulated exam - 350 q
and questions at the end of every chapter in BRS books, so it was even more than 4000 q.
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| m & k
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"doctorusmle" wrote:
hi m&k please tell me how did you do in the kaplan q bank initially and then finally at the end?
We started doing Q-bank in mid February, so 3 months before our exam. Initially we scored 60-65%. At the end of preparation we scored 84-90% (for 99) and 76-80% (for 94).
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| m & k
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"DOCARJUN" wrote:
congratulations!
great job!
will you advise me how you planned ur kaplan q bank and q book..that is how many days or month before exam.was it after one revision or at the end ?How u use to score in the qbank?
Were the questions same as kaplan qbank?
We did not use Q-book in our preparation. We started doing questions from Q-bank 3 months before the exam. Initially we scored 60-65% and at the end, right before the exam 84-90% (for 99) and 76-80% (for 94). First we did all questions once, and then went over the wrong ones.
Questions on the real exam were slightly harder than Q-bank, especially bs, micro, biochem, and mol biol.
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| doctorusmle
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thanks for your reply m&k
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| dxtxpx
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Congrats m & k
Good luck to both of u in the future 
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| docarjun
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thanks for ur reply.
Good luck for ur step two preperation!
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| Ahdy2000
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Would you say Micro and Immuno are covered well in First Aid? I know you used a review book for those subjects, but I thought perhaps I'd ask.
Thanks,
Ahdy2000
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| m & k
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"Ahdy2000" wrote:
Would you say Micro and Immuno are covered well in First Aid? I know you used a review book for those subjects, but I thought perhaps I'd ask.
Thanks,
Ahdy2000
In our opinion First Aid is not enough for those two subjects. It doesn't give you the answers for complicated questions about bacterial and viral pathogenesis, and doesn't cover many questions in immunology. Better use Levinson and Jawetz. First Aid is good for quick review, just before the exam.
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| Ahdy2000
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My 2nd question is
Did use Kaplan MolBiol at all? I know you used Lippincott's for Biochem and MolBio, but you said that the MolBio was very difficult. I guess my question is if Lippincott's isn't enough for MolBio, should I search for another source?
Ahdy2000
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| m & k
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"Ahdy2000" wrote:
My 2nd question is:
Did use Kaplan MolBiol at all? I know you used Lippincott's for Biochem and MolBio, but you said that the MolBio was very difficult. I guess my question is if Lippincott's isn't enough for MolBio, should I search for another source?
Ahdy2000
We didn't use any Kaplan resources beside Q-bank.
We used High Yield "Cell and molecular biology" to prepare for this part of the exam. It doesn't cover all questions in molecular biology (we don't know if any book covers them, because some are very, very difficult), but is enough to receive good score.
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| Ahdy2000
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You are very right. I tend to lose track of the fact that you're allowed to miss some questions, and still get a good score.
A third question
Is there anything either of you wish you would have done differently, more of, less of?
Thx,
ahdy2000
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| m & k
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"Ahdy2000" wrote:
You are very right. I tend to lose track of the fact that you're allowed to miss some questions, and still get a good score.
A third question:
Is there anything either of you wish you would have done differently, more of, less of?
Thx,
ahdy2000
We don't think so. In our opinion we did everything right and there is nothing that we would change in our preparation even if we would have done it once more. The biggest emphasis we put on pathology, pharmacology, physiology, microbiology and immunology. Less on biochem, mol biol, genetics, anatomy, neuroanatomy and behevioral science, and much less on statistics and histology.
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| ANAIR2004
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hi mand k
congratulations for a great score.i would like to know whether FA pharmacology is enough for good score if i do pharmacokinetics and ANS from kaplan.also how good is FA ANATOMY.I AM RUNNING SHORT OF TIME. my exam is on june 24.please give a reply
thankyou
anju
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| m & k
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"ANAIR2004" wrote:
hi mand k
congratulations for a great score.i would like to know whether FA pharmacology is enough for good score if i do pharmacokinetics and ANS from kaplan.also how good is FA ANATOMY.I AM RUNNING SHORT OF TIME. my exam is on june 24.please give a reply
thankyou
anju
Hi Anju,
FA is good for pharmacology as a rapid review before the exam. If you have good background in pharmacology from other books it might be enough even for good score. We do not know anything about Kaplan pharmacology and Kaplan preparation books in general.
FA anatomy and neuroanatomy are enough to answer most questions.
Good luck on your exam!!!! :wink:
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| ANAIR2004
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thankyou so much m and k.good luck to both of u
anju
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| jiang li
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Congra to you two.
It was great for you two finish so many questions before the exam. It is a pretty good way to do.
I have 1 question. Where did you get these books that contains so many questions? Do you still keep them? If yes, could you contact with me? I hope to get them.
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| jiang li
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It is so exciting to see what you two acheived before.
I don't know whether you have put the list of books on the forum. Could you give me the detail information of books what you used before?
It will help us a lot.
Thankyou.
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| george74mx
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congratulations, great score
I am an IMG from Mexico, 30yo, general surgeon, I took step 1 last may 31st. I read you are living in the united states, I am about to go there to live for a while, I have family there, my question for you is: what can i do to get a job related to medicine according to your experience, I will appreciate your help
thanks a lot[/quote]
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thanks for your help
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| m & k
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"jiang li" wrote:
It is so exciting to see what you two acheived before.
I don't know whether you have put the list of books on the forum. Could you give me the detail information of books what you used before?
It will help us a lot.
Thankyou.
Hi Jiang Li
We already posted the list of books we used in our exam prepartion. Look in our first post. :wink:
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| m & k
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"jiang li" wrote:
Congra to you two.
It was great for you two finish so many questions before the exam. It is a pretty good way to do.
I have 1 question. Where did you get these books that contains so many questions? Do you still keep them? If yes, could you contact with me? I hope to get them.
We bought our books at medical bookstore in the US. And in addition to those books we used the Kaplan Q-bank which can be purchased on-line at www.kaplanmedical.com. Unfortunately we already got rid of all our review books!
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