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#1 ·
so how is it going fellas, my exam enshalla is on the 3rd of June, let's gather here and discuss our progress.....

currently doing Kaplan qbank online, 38% done, along with FA 8th edition, hopefully will be done enshalla by March 10th....

then i think to switch to MTB+UW.....
 
#2 ·
Hi, count me too. My exam is on may 22nd. I completed kaplan lecture notes n uworld internal medicine recently on an average of 70%. I think u should start doing questions. First aid , i dont think it was so much important. Currently iam reading pediatrics from kaplan notes, hopefully completed in two days..
 
#3 ·
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Hi, count me too. My exam is on may 22nd. I completed kaplan lecture notes n uworld internal medicine recently on an average of 70%. I think u should start doing questions. First aid , i dont think it was so much important. Currently iam reading pediatrics from kaplan notes, hopefully completed in two days..
did u read FA or MTB or u will rely only on KLNs?

KLN are over 1400, i think it is gonna be hard to condense them b4 exam

another thing, have u done step1 or this is ur first?
 
#4 ·
Hello, i am planning to give my ck too by may end hopefully or stretch it to june 1st week. Done with kaplan lecture notes one very fast reading, but i dont remember a thing. Doing kaplan q bank subject wise along with mtb 2 medicine. Right now more of question solving and less studying. Want to start u world by march 20th and i plan to finish mtbs by then :)
 
#5 ·
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Hello, i am planning to give my ck too by may end hopefully or stretch it to june 1st week. Done with kaplan lecture notes one very fast reading, but i dont remember a thing. Doing kaplan q bank subject wise along with mtb 2 medicine. Right now more of question solving and less studying. Want to start u world by march 20th and i plan to finish mtbs by then :)
seems we both are on the same track :D
i skipped internal medicine KLN as i was scared not to finish on time, so i switched to FA and kaplan online and see how it goes.....

will start UW enshalla by march 20th too...... keep it up folks , it is good to see others on the same track:p
 
#6 ·
want to join ......
im thinking of taking the exam by the end of April - early May
i studied kaplan books and did one round of U WORLD ( but that was from May to October 2011) then started internship
with very occasional reading during internship year ... it was difficult :)
and now started since early January with Kaplan Q bank ( i find it difficult to open the books again ) hoping to finish it by the end of this month( i had to stop for 2 weeks in January as i was preparing for my interview in my country's hospital residency) some times referring to MTB2 and 3 ( they are very useful high yield and to the point
after finishing the Q bank thinking of revising the notes and taking an NBME to know where an i standing ... and to decide wether i need to revise the books or no
important advice .... set a score and act upon it and know that ur mind will work according to that specific score ..... so aim higher
Good luck guys ... inshallah together we will ace this exam :D
 
#7 ·
Glad to see same people on a similar time frame.

about me: No kaplan reading, just jumped into MTB and UW. my UW everage after 8 blocks is 54%. now reading MTB2 on page 203, will start GI tomorrow inshaAllah.

I MUST give the exam no later than June ending for me to apply the match. However, my deadline is May 24th.

Material: 1. MTB 2. UW 3. My own notes of 300 pages. 4. Secrets

Goal: 230+ a MUST! but I want a 240+

Let's keep each other motivated friends. Can we use this as page for clarifications of some topics that may be confusing?
 
#8 ·
awesome

Glad to see same people on a similar time frame.

about me: No kaplan reading, just jumped into MTB and UW. my UW everage after 8 blocks is 54%. now reading MTB2 on page 203, will start GI tomorrow inshaAllah.

I MUST give the exam no later than June ending for me to apply the match. However, my deadline is May 24th.

Material: 1. MTB 2. UW 3. My own notes of 300 pages. 4. Secrets

Goal: 230+ a MUST! but I want a 240+

Let's keep each other motivated friends. Can we use this as page for clarifications of some topics that may be confusing?
awesome! the gang is growing fast like an abdominal aneurysm :D

sure we can discuss any topic in here,
i was wondering what do u mean by your 300 pages notes? :confused:

keep the good work everyone :happy:
 
#10 ·
Excellent thread.

I took my step 1 in late December and passed.:happy: Started my prep for step 2 in late January. I have started by reading MTB 2, watching Conrad's video and annotating along.
I'm currently reading chapter 10 Nephrology. Hope to be done with Internal Medicine this week and right way start Peds. I'm planning to be done with my first read and video of everything by mid March than of to UW + more note taking.
My target exam date is the third week of May and aiming for a 240+.;)
 
#13 ·
Hi,guys.good to see that u all r preparing for step 2.I am preparing for step 2 exam.I have done with kaplan notes and video,nowadays trying Uworld.I am very upset abt biostatistisc questions.please tell me how to prepare for this subject
Biostat it's basically a repeat of step 1 stuff so since you have some understanding from step 1. I would suggest just know every concept that UW covers. I think that's more than enough.
 
#15 ·
Im also joining your gang, have started kaplan notes and as a experience from step 1, i started UWorld as soon as possible, My plan is similar to Dr Dreams:)confused:) which is focusing on UWorld + mastering the boards + secrets. if I have any time left will finish kaplan notes.

Lets keep in touch and keep motivated till the end !!
 
#16 ·
nice

nice to see all with the same time frame, now a piece of advice,
i am doing kaplan qbank subject wise,
and since i encounter surgery which i am solving now, i urge u to leave it as the last one to solve, since most of its questions rely on different branches, it is like u r solving a random block not subject wise:eek: :eek:
i missed plenty of silly questions which affected my cumulative performance based on the previous fact :notsure:

good luck and keep it up :D
 
#17 ·
how to make uworld notes?

Was wondering how you guys are going about making Uworld notes? I understand that it is very necessary to do so in Step 2 but don't really want to make the notes on a separate Word doc or notebook. Would much rather annotate in MTB 2 itself so I have just one (or two w/ MTB 3) at the end.
What's your take on it?
 
#19 ·
Was wondering how you guys are going about making Uworld notes? I understand that it is very necessary to do so in Step 2 but don't really want to make the notes on a separate Word doc or notebook. Would much rather annotate in MTB 2 itself so I have just one (or two w/ MTB 3) at the end.
What's your take on it?
For me I annotate into MTB and I only write things I think are better explained or is totally new to me. but try to minimize your note taking volume. Just annotating the pertinent positives.
 
#21 ·
I started studying in December, done with one read of KLNs and MTBs. and then started Uworld. But scoring bad. my average is 60 :( after 5blocks. Was expecting a better performance of myself. My target is end of april. Freaking out!!!
 
#22 ·
as far as ....

I started studying in December, done with one read of KLNs and MTBs. and then started Uworld. But scoring bad. my average is 60 :( after 5blocks. Was expecting a better performance of myself. My target is end of april. Freaking out!!!
as far as i can tell from step 1 uw experience, starting with 60% is pretty awesome as long as ur performance in increasing ...... ;)
 
#24 ·
block time

just out of curiosity guys, how long does it take to entirely study and solve one block?? :eek:

i am getting a minimum of 3 hours, one for solving and two for taking notes and memorizing...sometimes more when too much info is ingested ..... is it the same with ya fellas? :redcheeks;
 
#25 ·
just out of curiosity guys, how long does it take to entirely study and solve one block?? :eek:

i am getting a minimum of 3 hours, one for solving and two for taking notes and memorizing...sometimes more when too much info is ingested ..... is it the same with ya fellas? :redcheeks;
well it takes me around 4-6 hours to finish a block ... but at the end it doesn;t matter as long as am understanding what am solving ......what matter is injesting the informations ... not finishing quickly ;)
 
#27 ·
Hello everyone, my progress currently . Going at slow very slow pace, just managed studying about 5 hours since few days. Doing kaplan tests. Done with emergency medicine, peds . Doing IM now plan to finish that by march 2 and start with mtb . My over all is somewhere at 56 percent but i dont really care , since i am learning stuff and making notes. I dont plan on doing surgery or obgyn tests.
 
#32 ·
50%

guys i have reached 50% of kaplan qbank and i haven't encountered any drug ad or abstract questions ppl keep talking about? what's going on? r these only in UW or what? i finished biostats already from kaplan qbank and still didn't encounter these questions yet :confused: :confused: :confused:
 
#33 ·
guys i have reached 50% of kaplan qbank and i haven't encountered any drug ad or abstract questions ppl keep talking about? what's going on? r these only in UW or what? i finished biostats already from kaplan qbank and still didn't encounter these questions yet :confused: :confused: :confused:
i didn't encounter such questions and i'm at 98% but maybe in U WORLD we may find them
 
#35 ·
70+

today was the first block i manage to break the 70% barrier....almost 52% done but my cumulative performance is still 56% :toosad: :toosad:
i would say it is somehow average.....let's hope some improvement towards the second half of the qbank :eek:

seems i will have to start UW directly after i finish the kaplan Qbank enshalla....there is a 10 day delay in the schedule that exhausted my dream to make a full revision of mtb b4 starting the uw :(

 
#36 ·
today was the first block i manage to break the 70% barrier....almost 52% done but my cumulative performance is still 56% :toosad: :toosad:
i would say it is somehow average.....let's hope some improvement towards the second half of the qbank :eek:

seems i will have to start UW directly after i finish the kaplan Qbank enshalla....there is a 10 day delay in the schedule that exhausted my dream to make a full revision of mtb b4 starting the uw :(

i think u r doing fairly good , just try to increase the cumulative score as u move on with the rest of the Q bank
BTW are u doing it timed mixed or subject wise ( which i'm doing )
i'm doing it untimed tutor ... taking my time understanding questions , have radiology only to go ( 34 questions :D )and after that intending to revise the note +- MTB +- notes ( i didn't revise most of the materials for almost a year ) and then i will take NBME 4 :eek: hope i will get a decent score then i will start u WORLD ( i did it for one month as i stated before but that was in sept 2011 )
hoping for the best
keep this post alive guys .... keep updating
 
#40 ·
zup fellas

the thread was dead for few days :))

well, i am now 77% done with kaplan qbank, averaging 58%, Thank God my score elevated 3% from when i was at 50%done, the reason is i integrated MTB2 with my study and it made a difference,
in the first half of the bank i used to average mid-fifties, now thank GOD mid-60s early 70s......but the cumulative score can't be pulled up that quick :D :D :D

planning enshalla to finish within a week and then i will see whether to start UW directly or to stop for ten days for full cover to cover revision of MTB2 and qbank notes revision :confused:

@ oraiby: what was ur cumulative performace if u don't mind? and did u find UW easier now coz of kaplan qbank or not?

what about u guys? Y U No post no more??? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

 
#41 ·
the thread was dead for few days :))

well, i am now 77% done with kaplan qbank, averaging 58%, Thank God my score elevated 3% from when i was at 50%done, the reason is i integrated MTB2 with my study and it made a difference,
in the first half of the bank i used to average mid-fifties, now thank GOD mid-60s early 70s......but the cumulative score can't be pulled up that quick :D :D :D

planning enshalla to finish within a week and then i will see whether to start UW directly or to stop for ten days for full cover to cover revision of MTB2 and qbank notes revision :confused:

@ oraiby: what was ur cumulative performace if u don't mind? and did u find UW easier now coz of kaplan qbank or not?

what about u guys? Y U No post no more??? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

my story may not imply to you as i stated earlier , that i did the u world question in October 2011 as i was preparing for another exam ( at that time i did it one time untimed tutor subject wise ended up with 71% )
then i stopped studying and resumed 2 months+15 days back ,,,,, my Kaplan Q bank cumulative score is 79% ( untimed subject wise )
- now started U WORLD also subject wise , Timed tutor . im not having a problem with time that is why im doing it tutor ,subject wise ,,i think this way i absorb informations more effeciently ...( and i'm reviewing my old notes prior to any subject )
i found that Kaplan Q bank is very helpful , it helped me solve many questions in the U WORLD
 
#46 ·
Guys ... I have scheduled my exam on 25 june ...I am done with around 55% of Kaplan qbank averaging around 75%...I am gonna leave kaplan in the middle ..because it does not feel like the real representative of exam..I did two blocks of Uworld today scoring in late seventies and early eighties ... Wish me luck and stay in touch :eek:
 
#51 ·
deciding exam date

Okay guys, I am currently completely messed up prepping for CS and CK. CS is may 13th. Will be taking CK end of may. So How do i decide my exam date for CK and book a slot. Have done MTBs once, UW 20% left ( 71%) . I don't know if I'm really ready but I need to finish taking exam by may end as I start obsies in june and doubt if I would be able to manage both:confused:
 
#52 ·
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Okay guys, I am currently completely messed up prepping for CS and CK. CS is may 13th. Will be taking CK end of may. So How do i decide my exam date for CK and book a slot. Have done MTBs once, UW 20% left ( 71%) . I don't know if I'm really ready but I need to finish taking exam by may end as I start obsies in june and doubt if I would be able to manage both:confused:
i think u can focus on CK only for now and postpone CS till maximum July 12th, so ur results can be out around August 15th, before the match......i think u can manage ur CS study while doing obsi, but u can't do the same with CK....that's what i am doing right now, had to postpone my CS till first week of july.....

good luck mate
 
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