08-13-2010, 09:08 PM
Dear Friends,
I finally took my exam 2 days ago and it sure feels great to be done!! i want to thank everyone on this forum for helping me out while i was preparing. i found tremendous amount of support here and learned a lot! you guys showed me new and effectives ways to study...i found so much support/inspiration from this forum...im so grateful to u all! thanks for answering posts to my questions.
Last 2 years have been extremely difficult...this was my 3rd taking this exam....my previous 2 attemps i failed with a 184/74. it was really heartbreaking to come so close to passing after all that hard work...when i found out that i failed the 2nd time, i was so depressed....literally down in the dumps that i didnt know what to do...let alone trying to study again. i just couldnt figure out why i didnt pass when i was for sure that i did...even after studying so hard. i was begining to believe that i simply couldnt do it. i had no motivation to study...i lost all concentration for like 2 months....then i realized that i have come soo far to turn back now and somehow slowly started studying again. i became a regular visitor of this forum and started following it regularly...here i learned the importance of learning from nbme and was able to get answers to my questions from all you wonderful ppl out there. When i took my exam recently, i felt more confident...was able to get thru all the questions...recognized concepts....something i didnt experience the last 2 times. i know my chances for getting a residency are really slim after 2 failed attempts for step 1 but i will keep marching forward and hope for the best! I hope the exam went well and i pass this time around....thanks again everyone:-)
The exam is definetely doable...question stems are longer but the long ones tend to be the easier ones...if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask!
I finally took my exam 2 days ago and it sure feels great to be done!! i want to thank everyone on this forum for helping me out while i was preparing. i found tremendous amount of support here and learned a lot! you guys showed me new and effectives ways to study...i found so much support/inspiration from this forum...im so grateful to u all! thanks for answering posts to my questions.
Last 2 years have been extremely difficult...this was my 3rd taking this exam....my previous 2 attemps i failed with a 184/74. it was really heartbreaking to come so close to passing after all that hard work...when i found out that i failed the 2nd time, i was so depressed....literally down in the dumps that i didnt know what to do...let alone trying to study again. i just couldnt figure out why i didnt pass when i was for sure that i did...even after studying so hard. i was begining to believe that i simply couldnt do it. i had no motivation to study...i lost all concentration for like 2 months....then i realized that i have come soo far to turn back now and somehow slowly started studying again. i became a regular visitor of this forum and started following it regularly...here i learned the importance of learning from nbme and was able to get answers to my questions from all you wonderful ppl out there. When i took my exam recently, i felt more confident...was able to get thru all the questions...recognized concepts....something i didnt experience the last 2 times. i know my chances for getting a residency are really slim after 2 failed attempts for step 1 but i will keep marching forward and hope for the best! I hope the exam went well and i pass this time around....thanks again everyone:-)
The exam is definetely doable...question stems are longer but the long ones tend to be the easier ones...if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask!