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Well, Im starting this usmle journal to keep myself accountable and to ultimately achieve success. If you want to join with me, great! Welcome, pull up a chair and start studying. if you opt not to join me in this endeavor, then leave your well wishes below and move on to the next journal. I pray you find a support group that helps you achieve your goal! Best of luck to all of you!
First, lets get the nasty introductions out of the way since im very shy. Im an IMG student hailing from one of those dreaded caribbean schools! I've been off the rock since May 09 and went directly into the Falcon program. Ehhh, I have nothing stellar to say about the falcon program except to say it wasnt bad and its just another option you have besides Kaplan, Pass, and Doctors in training. My first attempt at step 1 was Dec 09. I of course did not pass but i was proud of myself for getting a 178 without studying. I didnt study b/c well I had alot of things going through my mind, I was distracted and I just didnt care and I never bothered to do any self assesment exams. Plus, my parents forced me to take it to scare me into studying. That clearly didnt work. Now 6 months later in June '10 i've finally got the itch to study and try again. My test date will be in the beginning weeks of August '10. i think thats enough background on me! Whats your story?
So i began studying a 1.5 weeks ago micro and immuno mixed with a little endocrine from FA b/c thats how i take my Stepcocktail. Yesterday I took a practice nbme 2 and i got a 195. I was slightly excited even though to some this number is just awful. But this 195 shows me that if i actually study and apply myself I will score 220+ if i just try. So heres to me trying and finally achieving what I set out to do in the first place last year!
I might have been down but dont count me out! I have learned from my invaluable mistake and will no longer look back but push forward. So next week i will be shooting for a 205 on nbme 3 and doing FA with a mix of UW and my new best friend Dejareview Step 1 2010 a quick question book. This really helps me make sure i got the basics down. I highly recomment this book! I do it after i do a chapter of FA, it helps reinforce!
So thats all for now folks. Lets keep it positive and motivated b/c Jeremiah 29:11 says:
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Edited by wittydreamer on 06/28/10 - 11:09 AM
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Today is one of those funky mondays where you wake up and realize you didnt get as much studying as you wanted done. Now you stuck with you weekend workload and its monday morning and you want to be starting on monday morning stuff.
I am an excellent example of this! And now im stuck in this limbo of picking up where i left off on saturday or starting mondays material! Geez its just another manic MONDAY, Wish it were Sunday!!
Daily goal!
Stop my anxiety from getting the best of me
Finish up studying my endo questions
Start repro
and im in the middle of contemplating one of those online review course but i dunno!
Happy studying folks and as i read in Ocano's journal once "Sweat the shirt out"
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Its so frustrating when you day of studying is hit and miss but I found this quote to cheer myself up!
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented,and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Good stuff!!
Finished my review of endo and now im half way through FA repro. Im looking to finish the rest of it up tomorrow and then do some uworld ? for the rest of the day!
Edited by wittydreamer on 06/28/10 - 05:51 PM
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So finished up my reproduction section in FA. Now im going to start on some question in Deja before going on to world. Last night i took a quick 25? Uw quiz and i got a 56% which was the average for that block of questions. But i dunno i must of been zoned out b/c honestly i missed some questions that i straight off knew!! So if i hadnt missed those key ? that i know i knew. I would have gotten 64% But this in of itself is a lesson for me. To not read too quickly and to not second guess myself.
So i was going to schedule my exam for mid August but then i just recently found out that my mama will be having surgery at the beginning of august and this slightly stresses me out b/c ill have to help her with her recovery and still be working my ass off to keep up with my studies. Oh well, life is so unplanned and sooooo unexpected. I just thank God for all the blessing he bestows upon me! Thank you, Lord.
Heres some motivating words form a blog i read ever so often!
By doing what you must do, you learn what you can do. By learning what you can do, you raise your expectations.
Get out and participate in life. Take on challenges and make things happen.
The only way to know for sure what you're capable of doing, is to get busy and put your abilities to the test. When you do, you'll discover new and valuable skills, interests and passions that can take you far.
It's comfortable to stick with what you know. Yet the time will come when just doing what you already know you can do won't be sufficient.
Of course you'll make some mistakes and experience some setbacks out at the edges of your abilities. The thing is, even those setbacks can bring you valuable experience.
You are capable of so much more than you know. Jump into life and enjoy finding out how very much higher you can soar.
-- Ralph Marston
Read more: http://www.greatday.com
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So today im mixing up a straight cocktail of biochemistry the first 15 pages of FA. Im sure that this will go by easy breezy but I hope that I will have enough time to do some Uworld questions but i probably doubt it.
::raises her glass of biochem:: Cheers!!!
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So i had a couple of days off b/c of the holiday and i was really not productive, but i started back on tuesday and have been fairly successful, i have managed to get 2/3 of Biochem of FA and hopefully ill finish that up and do some questions in UW and then my Deja book! I will hopefully be doing a practice nbme on friday or saturday. I have decided that i am going to take my exam on August 16th. Im tired of wasting my summer and its time to push forward and start getting me life started! its do or die time and its time to step up the game! 
So I raise my glass in a toast to doing whatever is necessary for me to be ready for August 16th! It should be a hellish 1.5 month!!
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