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0 - ArchivalUser - 05-17-2007
Congratulations!!!!!!! I appreciate your great courage!!!! You will have a GREAT SCORE!! Take a good rest now!
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-17-2007
drtwix, i wish u all the best, u will get a great score, relax now. and thank u very much for sharing your experience.
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-17-2007
Good luck drtwix, wish you the best
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-17-2007
congrats on geting it done
im happy u felt well after 2nd block .. with so much less sleep and pregnancy.. u did a great job by finishing it all.. i pray that u get ur dream score..inshAllah
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-18-2007
thanks gogeta, django_usmle, oin, saonew and reclusedove..
gogeta, answers to ur questions..
1. i didnot listen to Goljan.. i read BRS for patho
2. i didnt do UW.. i only did kaplan Qbank 2007 which is very good
3. i did only nbme1 but i would say do the downloaded nbme, all of them, if u hv time.. if not, do atleast one, timed.. the nbme pattern is close to the exam, except the real exam has more graphs and more data to be interpreted.. it doesnt matter which nbme.. u will not get exact questions.. but do it to get an idea of the thought process
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-18-2007
drtwix, thanks for sharing your experience and good luck, am in the same shoes as you are right now , ie in my 3rd trimester , the big difference is thatam yet to take my exams, mine is in a fe weeks time, i wanted to know how did you manage your last weeks studying wise, as i seem to get so tired these days, and also how did you cope during the exams in terms of hunger, i know i have to put something into my mouth almost every 4hours when am relaxed not to talk of doing the exam.
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-18-2007
congratulation
i am sure u must 've done a GREAT job.thanks for ur exam experience.
I wish u the best of luck in step 1 as well as in other steps.
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-18-2007
thanx eeman..
pouddoc, in my last few weeks, i saved up my energy by not doing much housework, not going out of the house unnecessarily, and getting enough sleep.. during the exam, i took a break after every block.. to pee and to eat or drink sumthing.. just for 5 mins.. this is very important. dont do 2 blocks continuous.. good luck and take it ASAP.. dont delay it any further
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-18-2007
H i drtwix wow u have done with the exam so good to hear your experience ,u r definately going to score well.u did the hard work .good luck .
i have one question did u do first aid how useful was it
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-18-2007
hi..i feel u had gr8 courage in going through with the exam at this particular time in ur pregnancy...All the very best 2 u,hope u get ur dream score!! relax &enjoy ur pregnancy now..i have a Q..apart from kaplan,what other books did u read..what about FA?