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Do I have the correct videos? The website design is so awful. The videos I have are power point presentations (from March 2015 and some others from previous years) where he goes through cases with volunteers.

I thought this would be helpful but now I see that the cases he goes through aren't actually programmed on the screen, so you just have to listen and imagine the case. There doesn't seem to be any emphasis on clock management or how you're supposed to advance the case incrementally. All the volunteers mumble and I feel like he gives away all the answers immediately. I feel like I would just be better off reading cases than listening to this


Is there something I am missing? Are there better videos I should be watching? I'm worried I should be spending my time doing uworld cases instead of watching these tediously long videos.

I had felt the same...
and wanted to know if I had something wrong or if I'd gotten the wrong vids..
yeah I feel a bit ripped off, and the site design is so poor. Apparently you have a time limit on the videos too but there doesn't seem to be any indication of how much time you actually have left. The video quality is awful too, which I guess doesn't really matter since none of what is on screen actually correlates with what he is saying. ugh
Really, are they that bad? I was thinking of buying these videos myself in the future. Are you sure you got the 88$ PPV CCS lectures?

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CS tutor; your guide to a pass
Thanks for the info.
Archer is the best course for CCS out there......Who really cares about website design? Are you interested in website design or the matter? ..lol
Anyway, if you did not know, Archer CCS is a bunch of highyield strategies in 3hour lecture. Then he practices cases on the REAL EXAM software ...these are a bunch of highyield cases. Since there are only 6 cases on the REAL EXAM software, this is the best way to practice. The reason is there are lot of changes between UW and NBME exam CCS software. So Archer uses the true software to show you cases step by step on it...you should follow what he says and navigate the case, this is to get thorough practice of NBME software.
So, duckson...you totally missed the boat and misunderstood it. You are looking for test results to correlate with case on screen..no you should follow his voice and then navigate the case of nbme software and you see how great software responds!
If you did not know, the last ccs workshop I attended there were 90 people in live session and Archer is one of the widely popular courses for Step 3...about 200000 followers on social networks, don't you think website design is immaterial for a course that has great value ? Those numbers prove it....it's the course that matters not website design...lol
Follow the strategies step by step thoroughly....they have worked for lot of people if you go back and check with your friends or collegaues. Most of my friends aced CCS just because of Archer.
best of luck
@tonydoc, thanks for the input. very helpful.
thank you guys I was thinking to get one but you saved me! I think this archer thing has been hyped.
me too.
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