10-27-2004, 06:34 PM
matoka
Hi everybody !
I need your piece of advice as soon as possible.
The day after tomorrow I'm starting studying Biochemistry, followed by molecular biology, genetics and finishing with cellular biology.
Do you think : 7 days for biochemistry, 3 days for mol. biology, 1 day for genetics and 1 day for cell. biology are more than necessay to asimilate them ? I mean to study them from morning to night. These are certainly the most delicate disciplines of the step 1 exam and I've never known them properly, practically I have to start them over, especially biochemistry and mol. biology .
I have only Lippincot for biochemstry and mol. biloogy and also Kaplan homestudy which contains all the four disciplines mentioned above.
From which of them do you honestly advice me to study ? I know that the biochemistry by Lippincot is considered to be great and the best one, but on the other hand I feel I will never finish it, it's indeed a time consuming and unfortunately, I'm a slow reader, I may risk to get stuck in it and abandon it before finishing it. I know that not all the information in Lippincot is strict necessary for mastering the biochemistry; in order to sort, to select only the important information and the high yield, I should read all the book. I'm afraid of dropping it out prematurly.
Once again, what is the best solution in regards to studying all these disciplines ? How long did you study them, you guys who passed step 1 already ?
Thank you for your advice.
matoka
Hi everybody !
I need your piece of advice as soon as possible.
The day after tomorrow I'm starting studying Biochemistry, followed by molecular biology, genetics and finishing with cellular biology.
Do you think : 7 days for biochemistry, 3 days for mol. biology, 1 day for genetics and 1 day for cell. biology are more than necessay to asimilate them ? I mean to study them from morning to night. These are certainly the most delicate disciplines of the step 1 exam and I've never known them properly, practically I have to start them over, especially biochemistry and mol. biology .
I have only Lippincot for biochemstry and mol. biloogy and also Kaplan homestudy which contains all the four disciplines mentioned above.
From which of them do you honestly advice me to study ? I know that the biochemistry by Lippincot is considered to be great and the best one, but on the other hand I feel I will never finish it, it's indeed a time consuming and unfortunately, I'm a slow reader, I may risk to get stuck in it and abandon it before finishing it. I know that not all the information in Lippincot is strict necessary for mastering the biochemistry; in order to sort, to select only the important information and the high yield, I should read all the book. I'm afraid of dropping it out prematurly.
Once again, what is the best solution in regards to studying all these disciplines ? How long did you study them, you guys who passed step 1 already ?
Thank you for your advice.
matoka