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My experience - dcosta - ArchivalUser - 10-06-2010
1. Time for prep - 8 weeks (averaging 3 hrs/day) divided in 1st read (MTB) during 1st half with some questions from UW online, and 2nd review in the 2nd half with quick review of MTB and more focused on UW questions; I had written Step 2 CK 4 years ago.
2. UW score - all question on tutor mode, subject wise, average around 68%
3. CCS - UW is enough, but dr red's lecture helps to master the software (if you have time and can afford, go for it); I got good score on this part even though my strict agenda left me only with 2 and a half days to go through UW material
4. Self-assessments - only did the USMLE CD, got around 80% of the questions right. I strongly recommend doing, you might get some of those questions in the real exam
5. The exam - Every story is unique, but I agree with most people's posts that it is a marathon (the most tiring of the 3 steps); since your score is correlated to others', at the end you always feel you did bad but might be surprised with a good score; sat for the exam on the 16th and 17th of september
6. Result - 97/227. I would say that it is fairly what I'd expect based on my feelings and scores on the prior steps. It was releases on the 6th of october (3rd wednesday after the exam, I thought it would come only on the 4th since I sat for the exam on saturday)
Summary: focus (which means also not going for a lot of material, unless you have to fill in gaps due to poor background; in my case, only MTB, UW and dr red's lecture for CCS), patience and support (this forum, family and friends play a major role to keep your mood up)
Good luck !
0 - ArchivalUser - 10-06-2010
Congratulations. This is a great achievement, your hard work paid off,Congratulations.
More than a million times thanks for taking time to write your experience. I really appreciated it. Thanks
The Prince
0 - ArchivalUser - 10-06-2010
congatulations......for your great result.....can u guide me for step 3....i am mediocre candidate....with low step 1 result.....so i need some help to do my best in step 3 to just raise my chances in residency.....can u suggest me from where i can get material....can u tell me where max Q are available ,i mean i should buy online or what?????..if u have any downloaded material and if u can send me on my e mail ID nilzxcvbnm,,,, i ll be very thankful to u...........
any othr input will b appreciated....i am in need of you people's suggestion....plz help me out....
0 - ArchivalUser - 10-06-2010
Congrats!!!did you do UW MCQ subject wise or in combined mode?Thanks!!
0 - ArchivalUser - 10-06-2010
congrats buddy.................i didnt hv much of clinical exp as i am recent grad
do u think if someone has a good score like arnd 97 in ck then he has to read something like family medicine book as most people suggest ..............i was thinking to read archers family medicine book n uw dr reds classes what u think abt it
n also how much u think ck gonna help u in step3
0 - ArchivalUser - 10-06-2010
dcosta!!! congrats....and thanks for sharing ur exp....
0 - ArchivalUser - 10-06-2010
congrats
can you mail me step3 material
mail id vandytaylor
thankyou
0 - ArchivalUser - 10-06-2010
@nil2010: this forum is a great place to find useful material, stick around
@mos11: I did UW subject wise and, in the 2nd round, I would keep adding up the topics as I read more subjects...
@canadian08: that should suffice, good luck
@ckpartner: unfortunately I do not have 'digital' material, but you'll find with a lot of people on the forum
good luck everyone!!!
0 - ArchivalUser - 10-07-2010
congrats
0 - ArchivalUser - 10-07-2010
Hi dcosta congrates great score. Best of luck.
Can you please guide how can i get USMLE CD. Thanks