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275/99 :) - littlebuddha - ArchivalUser - 06-02-2011
Hi everyone. Got my results yesterday. I am so lucky to have a great score of 275. Thank you all friends for your support. Here is a short description of my preparation and the exam:
Preparation:
total duration - three months
Books- Kaplan medicine, Pediatrics, Gyne-obs, Psychiatry, surgery -- three times
MTB-2 medicine part- once.
questions - UW- once, NBME, Kaplan Q book- almost half
simulation: UWSA- scored 267/780 , Fred-2 : 91 %
The exam:
I was scared about the length of the questions and that some difficult topics might pop up. and to add to that it seemed as if I would have diarrhoea... but luckily for me I could finish it in time and the questions were of average length ( almost like the second block of fred 2 simulation)
Some high yield topics that can be easily missed
Musculoskeletal complaints
Ventilator settings and related problems
syncope
Will be glad to answer any queries.
0 - ArchivalUser - 06-02-2011
cograts ,thats really awsome.
want to about fred 2,are qs are same as ck exam in terms of difficulty level?
0 - ArchivalUser - 06-02-2011
WOW....GREAT SCORE....JUST 1MONTH TO DO THE EXAM?ANY ADVICE?HVE DONE KAPLAN,MTB,UW.IS THE EXAM MORE LIKE UWORLD?AM HAPPY FOR U
0 - ArchivalUser - 06-02-2011
@doublebubble : The difficulty level and the the length of the questions was almost the same as the second block of the fred 2. I found its first and third block relatively easier than real exam.
0 - ArchivalUser - 06-02-2011
1st of all congratulations for a phenomenal score !! 275 !! WOW !!
My exam is tomorrow!
Can u tell, me when u said musculoskeletal, do u mean the knee injuries stuff like MCL,LCL, or the rheumatology stuff ? or rather Ortho stuff like Fractures and all..? Im weak in that area, ur input will be valuable!
How many NBMEs did u do & What were ur NBME scores ? What according to u correlated most with ur score ?
Gudluk for step3 !!
0 - ArchivalUser - 06-02-2011
@drchi : UW covers most of the important topics. so It is very much useful. It will be great if you can revise the important sections quickly. eg questions of DVT/PE, trauma etc. Do timed exams if possible and practice to be quick. this way you won't miss the relatively long looking but simple questions.
best of luck for your exams
0 - ArchivalUser - 06-02-2011
@drintx : good luck for your exam. Of course rheumato is high yield but I meant the injury stuff that was a problem area for me too. did offline NBMEs-- could answer approx 85 -90% .
0 - ArchivalUser - 06-02-2011
Fantabulous ;-)
congratulations SUCH A GREAT SCORE ...
WISH YOU BRIGHT FUTURE AND GREAT LIFE AHEAD ..
I HAVE SEEN FIRST OF SUCH BRILLIANT SCORE ..WELL DONE ..JUST AWESOME ..
0 - ArchivalUser - 06-02-2011
@sheeom: Thank you and best wishes to you too..
0 - ArchivalUser - 06-02-2011
wow... is this score real..?? Where are you from Dude...?? I mean which part of the globe..?? Can you tell me what all you read during the last 7-10 days of your preparation..? and how did you calm yourself..? thanks..!!