hi i have my exam on 24th may...and i am in bad shape! ive done kaplan/fa once recently (did everything in detail 1.5 yrs ago and then had to leave everything because i had a baby) so after a quick review of fa and kaplan, finished DIT, alongwith uworld...initially was bad at uworld, got scores in late 40s and early 50s...but gradually improved and towards the end ive been getting scores in 60s and 70s, though my cumulative is still only 52% at the end of the qbank. i took nbme 4 offline abt 10 days ago and got 197...i am trying to do some biochem from kaplan dvd and dit today and plan on doing another nbme (online this time) tomorrow...can anyone please help me and suggest what to do in this last month to improve my score? i really need to get a good score cuz ive failed step 1 once already and i dont have the energy or resources for another attempt, so this is my last attempt and im trying to give it my best shot! any advice/help will be great. please help me, im desperate
Read F.Aid as perfectly as u can and do UW.give an other NBMe after u finish one reading of FA.keep a target of 15 days max. for 1 read. i am almost in the same situation and thats what is my plan as of now bcos after reading posts from ppl who finished their exam....FA is the only thing v need to concentrate in the last.
yeah thats the plan i have in mind too...plan on doing an online nbme tomorrow...but these low scores are really pulling me down...i keep thinking how im gonna do everything in one month and freaking out...biochem genetics and pharma are my weakest subject..im really scared!
@ amyz82 - you're almost there, just keep on doing what anjali25 has recommended, FA + UW!! i am not at a level to be giving advice but from my experience thus far, both FA and UW are great tools. good luck.
thanks...i was sticking well with schedule but dunno whats wrong with me, wasted too much time yesterday and today...i think im in panic mode...these two days have been baddd! cant focus i dont know what to do!
calm down girl! calm down. can some one watch ur baby right now?
put on some jogging cloth and sneakers, go outside ur house. stretch first then jog around ur area for atleast 45 mins. listen to some music while u jog, dont think of step1 for 45 mins, just enjoy outside.
get back home and take a bath, possibly an hour nap. and get ur first aid and start studying again with uw
anytime u are stressed, just go outside and jog for 30 to 45 mins
thanks ppl...today was a little better...did emryology and a little behavious sc revision, as well as one kaplan biochem lecture and some uw...just hope all the effort we've been putting in all these months is worth in in the end...
Hey Amyz82, u ve come very close to ur destination, and dont let last few weeks get u off the track, i know due to stress we end up panicking and this leads to a downfall in productivity. Dont let tht happen to u at this point. just think tht few more days and u ll done w it for good, but b4 tht give it ur final and best shot . . . just make every minute left count. FA and UW, the more u repeat, the more u ll be confident. i ve added some point from Goljan's RR, but there is no time to add new source at this point for u, so stick to wht u ve already done. Definitly take 2-3 online nbme's, this will give u good confidence. If u only wana do just 1 online nbme, thn do #13. tht's most recent, and every1 has been saying it was the closest to reall exam.
And i wish u good luck, my exam is about a month after urs, and i m just using every minute, it feels like there shuld ve been more thn 24 hrs in a day.