to fascia, starbucks7 and aridane - penne007

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Hi everyone,

You all don't know me and I have been a silent member of this forum for some time now, only because I have been so depressed. I also gave my step3 Sept, 15 & 16th and I too did not pass. I am just like you all, I worked so hard and did ok on the UWA however the night of my exam and during my exam I had a panic attack and on top of that I have a h/o asthma so that made it even worse. I agree that the key to this exam once you have prepared well is to do a rapid revision and test taking skills one of which is to stay calm. I too have multiple attempts like you all and when I got my result I was devastated and could not stop sobbing. For a second I even thought of suicide but then I looked at my child and spouse sleeping and thought against it. I have been through a lot of struggle in my life over these few years including loosing 2 family members back to back. So it wasn't just the step 3 score that made me feel desperate but just all the blows God has been giving me in my life. Anyways after my result I started to apply for PA and Nursing programs because I felt like after my step 3 results I will never get a residency here in the US and we are in a financial strain so I have to do something. However I then read all your comments yesterday and I was amazed to see that you all decided not to give up on this dream we all share, but to keep going despite what people say. It gave me a new strength to also keep trying and not give up especially having come this far, maybe finally God will heal our wounds one day. The reason I am writing this is because I thought we can tackle this final test together and form a study group. I have been only using PR notes ( read 2x and attended the live course) UW ( 2x) and wish to continue the same materials to study. However I am trying to slog and reapply with in 20 days (if that's possible since I don't know how early we can re-apply and also it depends on the performance on the UWA & NBME ). If anyone of you is interested in studying PR notes together on the phone including CCS cases please let me know, if not that's ok too but I will keep you all in my prayers and hope that we all pass this time around. Thank you & God Bless.

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Hi Penne,

I told Fascia yesterday in an email that the best way I felt to go about this was to apply now and set a test date and that would give us the impetus to do a certain amount of work per day. I thought 6 weeks from now would be good. I have applied and I am not sure whether or not she has? I am still waiting for this program I purchased called premerie review, it was quite costly but I put it on a 0 balance credit card and plan to start it as soon as it comes, meanwhile, today I decided to start with step II CK surgery videos,

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since nothing from the programs I have tried really covers it, and next I'll do statistics, then once the prem review gets here we can divide the hours in such a way (I believe it is 60 hours) so that we are able to go through it at least two-three times before the test.

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I don't know why this board won't let me post my entire message all at once, I either have to cut it to pieces or forget it all together.. is it special characters that it doesn't recognize like percentages and what not?

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hey aridane,
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Thank you for replying, I agree with you 6 weeks is perfect but like you said if there is a set date then we would move at rapid pace. I believe we all know our material its just how quickly and efficiently we can revise everything. I thought maybe we can do a rapid revision within 20 days and see how we do on an assessment exam and then keep doing the revisions but concentrate on our weak points. I also did only PR (Premier Review and the notes are more than sufficient, my partner with whom I was studying with earlier passed with an a good score but I failed). Just out of curiosity are you a female as well, not that it matters but I am girl also. Also you don't need the audio/video for PR program all you need is the notes because I attended the live lecture and all they do is read off the notes, but there are notes are excellent!! its just hard to cover everything in time including the CCS. I am thinking of taking the live CCS workshop from Dr. Red since everyone on this forum mentions it alot and I did poorly on my CCS. I can't believe we have to pay the 705 dollars for step 3 again, thats really unfair they should cut cost for people reapplying.
email me at wwjd1980 . Thanks

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I left you an email, for some reason this forum is giving me a hard time with posting..

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it is so funny the message that I left you ended up in the matching and residency section instead.. people there probably think I have flipped my noodles..

whatever the case, yes I am a female, dr. reds ccs is good, I tried it, not sure it made a big impact, it is funny that I ended up with a similar score on ccs in the first and second test although I messed up 5 out of the nine cases on the first and finished I thought with perfection 8 out of 9 in the second test.. whatever I suppose there is no crying over spilled milk, the whole experience between the exchange of that angry tirade with the clinical coordinator yesterday and my rejections this morning have left me with rather a large migraine that I just prefer to focus on studying for now since at the very least it is a distraction.

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Dear all who recently failed. I've already read people's experience about failure in Step 3.

They all recomended retaking the exam in a 2-3 MOs if we've failed with > 72-3.

They recommend reviewing your own notes and work on weakness and improve the CCS. I try not to read new materials and text books because I think it's obsession and we go to details, so, we miss the main goal.

Good luck

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what difference does it make? today I started studying again, then got these really awful rejections, basically I am never going to get a residency so what is the point? the program director said that how I do on the USMLE reflects how I'll do in their program.

Everything has truly been in vain. I can't even contemplate suicide I am too cowardly to carry it through. I can't find a sliver of hope inside me to keep me going on.. it just been years and years of crap =(

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last year I had three interviews by this time, this year I have nothing except two new failures to the laundry list of failures =(