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APOORVA

hi guys
i gave my exam on 10 th march and got score today thats is 2nd april
90/222.
very happy.

books
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anat high yield + kaplan+fa
physiology brs physio
biochem------- kaplan is more than enough.read the genetics and molecular bio well.
molecular bio -------- high yield 19th chapter very imp
pharmac------kaplan +fa
pathology--goljan notes+robbins
behav------- brs +kaplan webprep very help full.
micro--kaplan+fa +[ MICRO RIDICULOUSLY SIMPLE FOR MEMORIZATION ]more than enough read it thoroughly
histology---high yield
IMMUNOLOGY---- KAPLAN+webprep[amazing]
webprep was very very helpful and
goljan audio too.
webprep for behav is very good,
as well as pharmac.

DONOT FORGET TO READ GOLJAN HIGH YIELD
ITS GOLD MINE CANT MISS A SINGLE LINE FROM THAT.

THOSE WHO CANNOT TAKE KAPLAN SHOULD GO FOR WEBPREP CD
GREAT.
I LISTENED TO IT 3 TIMES.
1. AT THE FIRST READING
2. DURING Q BANK SESSION
3.LAST 15 DAYS OF EXAM.

I FELT ITS VERY USEFUL.


SCORES
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KAPLAN Q BANK 60%
q book 75%
usmle cd 39 ,41,35
nbme -- i month before exam 480
i week before exam 490
not much improvement but i concentrated on weak areas.
bss 75%
nms 77%
Q BANK
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STARTED WITH 70%
THEN DROPPED TO 50%
THEN CAME TO 74%
AVERAGE OF 60%
AS PER PEOPLES SUGGESTIONS I CONCENTRATED ON WEAK AREAS.I FINISHED Q BANK 1& HALF MONTH BEFORE EXAM MAY BE THATS THE REASON WHY I GOT SUCH LOW SCORES.
SO Q BANK SCORES DEPEND ON THE TIME WHEN U TAKE.

BOTTOMLINE IS --- USE AS LEARNING TOOL AND THEN CONCENTRATE ON WEAK AREAS.



now the exam

more close to nbme
easier than q bank

i have my score report very similar to nbme .

preparation time
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6 months
4 days a week--4 months for 6-7 hours daily.
last 2 months 12 hours daily.

suggestions
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1. have faith in urself---key to usmle
2,concentrate on weak areas and improve
3.never lose hope
4. donot compare with anyone else
5. i have a personal experience to share , my friend used to get 80% in q bank and i compared and was depressed. but both of us got 90%
so what matters is how well u study and study on weak areas.
5.basics basics
6. exam is more than doable just concentrate and understand the basics
7.start with bss along with the kaplan notes
than after one reading consolidate the the matter
8.try and study witha friend
9.keep studying till the end and never give up.
coz that helped me a lot.
10. its hard to believe for myself that after 60% on q bank i got 90 thats becoz i improved myself laterin the last month.so u can do it too.take my word for it.

now.
1 month before exam
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concentrate on weak areas and stregthen them
consolidate the stuff u know
1 week before exam
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read fa and the imp topics simultaneously from the book u have read for that particular subject.

1 day before exam
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sleep very wellthe day before the exam.very very mip
coz i couldnot sleep the night before the exam
this happened first time in my life.
i slept that night for 2 hours with the plan of postphoning exam coz i need 6 hour sleep to concentrate on my exam
but in the morning dropped that idea and gave the exam straight away.
thanks to my husband and brother.

on the day of exam
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just realax and give your best in the exam.
dodnot change the answers unless u know for 100% that the change is 100% right.
i messed up 4 questions that i can recall.
god knows how many i changed and made them wrong.

do take choclates and ur usual food coz that hepls a lot.
wash your face in the breaks gives u lot of energy and f

manish

hi my score was reported on 31st march, my friend in seattle hasn't yet received it , how did u recive it so fast?

so happy

i took the exam on 4 march
oasis update 31 march passed
waiting for my score.
it's not possible that u received your score
when u took the exam on the 10march
u have written a lovely EXCELLANT
post but never lie
about your results and score
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET YOUR SCORE
SO FAST MANISH IS RIGHT

so happy

to so happy
u will defi get your result soon.
it doesnot matter if u give it 0n 4 th or 10th
oasis is updated on 31 st. so we will get the results
around same time.dont worry u will get it on monday

so happy

to manish,
dont worry u will get it on saturday or monday .even one of friends got the mail within 2 days in colorado state .

ra

Congratulations apoorva for a terrific job, very well done best of luck for step 2 CK and CS.

kabayan

took the exam on march 5 in the Phil.. will I get mine next week then?

hehadoc

very good news for you. try to continue doing your best for the next step.
typical questions...¿did you have weird questions? ¿did you have a lot of anatomy, graphics and genetic questions?

usmleman1

thanks ALOT, your post is very well written.

extremely helpful
I wish you all the best in step 2 and CS...

apoorva

to ra.
thank you very much.i am sure u will ace the exam

to, hehadoc.. no weird questions
anatomy and genetics the stuff in kaplan and high yield molecular biology.
graphs are easy if u try to figure them out.

to usmleman1

thank u very much
all the best to u too