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The USMLE Step 1 & me...I'm done!!!

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#1 ·
First of all...I´m an OLD IMG (I finished med school > 10 year ago)…

I started studying last week of March 2011 (I took May off….bad idea…) and I took the exam today …

Materials:
- Kaplan videos (all except for pathology and cardiovascular / respiratory physiology) = I watched them twice
- Microbiology = I read CMMRS once
- Pathology = Goljan audio x 1 time + first 12 chapters of RR Pathology
- Physiology = Costanzo (loved it!)
- Pharmacology = couple of chapter from Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews

DIT: only the first & second day videos...that guy is so boring!
FA 2011…just read Embryology, Neurology and Psychiatry twice

I finished UW (timed unused random) with 70%
Kaplan Step 1 Qbank (completed less than 40%) 76%

USWA 1 = 680/252
USWA 2 = 800/265
NBME 12 = 600/245
NBME 7 = 580/240
Kaplan Diagnostic Test = 84%
150 free questions = 94%

Test: the question stems were pretty long!…more like kaplan Qbank.

Anatomy I had like 10 questions...KAPLAN videos is not enough!
Embryology FA is enough.
Neuroanatomy FA is enough.
Behavioral Science was so weird! I had like 7 questions…I think kaplan is really good but not enough
Biostatistics I had like 15 question…I didn't use kaplan/FA for this, so I cant help here…a little bit of everything I guess
Immunology like 12 questions…Kaplan OK
Biochemistry Kaplan and UW more than enough
Pathology ...don't read RRPathology!…goljan audio + UW are enough.
Physiology a lot of up/down questions…check kaplan Qbank!!!
Pharmacology…you must listen to Lionel Raymond (kaplan videos)

A lot of CT-MRI, plus microbiology/hematology pictures…(I used google images)

the bottom line is…the test is really doable…don't be afraid and good luck to all!….
 
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#11 ·
congratsss

hi bebix congratss dude m sureeee u will get 99 and above 260 3 digit coz u worked really hard as seen by ur posts on forums ... and my exam on 3rd november so m focusing mainly on kaplan notes . i have done 50 percent kaplan q bank but then i quit it ... plz tell me recent exam was like nbme 7 or nbme 12? and did u find kaplan q bank useful . i left it coz m short of time just started u.world with second read .. and biostats questions were easy or difficult and pathology ? and physio graphs were easy ?
 
#13 ·
hii

hiii...nice hear that..i m pretty sure u will 100% get above 250 up....i read ur post and all thing u post on this forum and it clearly seems tht u will beat easily 250 up..in fact my soul tells me tht u will make new record in step 1 score......god bless u ...waiting for score....u are master.......
 
#19 ·
@heman466s

cud u plz share with us what things u should have done that u didnt do!!!??...well, I didnt read FA...I really dont have a final answer right now ...I would say:
- dont read RRPathology...with the audios and UW are more than enough
- for microbiology...CMMRS was way too much!!!...kaplan + UW is enough

and is kaplan q bank very important?!!...I think is a really nice resource, specially for Physiology (up/down questions) and Behavioral...if you have the time and money, do it! ;)
 
#20 · (Edited)
@yasirsattar75

Kaplan Qbank = Try to finish physiology and B.Sc. questions!!!

More like NBME 12...with a lot of weird B.Sc questions! :scared:

I had 3 murmurs, 1 EKG, a lot of CT scan, 2 really straight forward physiology graph and a LOT of up/down arrow questions!!!!!!!!

Almost forgot!...biostat...simple stuff...PPV, bias, type of study...pretty much like NBME!
 
#22 ·
Congratulations!!!

Great job buddy!!!I am sure you will get a great score and all your hardwork will pay off....:):Dtell me that for anatomy is kaplan videos with FA enough?where did u do histology from?I have read your posts regularly and u have given a lot to step 1 forum...best of luck for step 2
 
#29 ·
Great job buddy!!!I am sure you will get a great score and all your hardwork will pay off....:):Dtell me that for anatomy is kaplan videos with FA enough?where did u do histology from?I have read your posts regularly and u have given a lot to step 1 forum...best of luck for step 2
I just used FA for Embryology, Neuro and Psychiatry....for upper and lower limb, Kaplan wasn't enough!!!...
Histology? from Kaplan...and trust me, Kaplan is enough! ;)

Good luck to you too!
 
#24 ·
Congo!!!!

Congratulations buddy , I know you have overcome the beast easily and will be the king of Step1.
You were one of our best buddy and We all miss you on this step 1 forum.
You will be a great asset to people in Step 2 forum.

Few questions

You told there were several CT/MRI questions :eek: were the answer to those questions hidden in the stem of the question or we had to recognise the CT/MRI's :eek:

Can you please suggest some websites for these sort of questions?

How was Histology tested in your exam, were there lots of histo slides too.

With respect to concept tested in the exam was it more in resemblance with Kaplan or UW Qbank.

For ECG is illustrations given in FA sufficient

Were there 7 behavioral science questions in each block:eek: or just 7 in whole of the exam.

What would you recommend for the Behavioral science section of the exam.

Will look up to you in any stage of my preparation

Best wishes for a stellar score

Good luck for your future endeavors.
 
#26 ·
best of luck

best of luck for the result
i think u did very well
will get above 240
hopefully above 250

i'll give my exam too, in few months

and will be able to say i've done it too

just a few que though
what do you think was most important
kaplan or uworld
ithink both are but which 1 more
 
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