I thought with just a month to go september and beyond, this might be the perfect time to start a september-october step 2 CK thread to discuss where we stand in our preps, and what we plan to do in the remaining days till our exam!
Well, from my side, i'm an IMG from India. Step 1 in jan, scored 243. I have a very romantic date with Prometric on september 24th )
I'm done with KLN LN reads with the videos x1, where i noted down any extra points into MTB 2 and 3. I've also done MTB 2 and 3 thrice. For Ob/Gyn i liked the KLN notes better for some reason so i've been following that instead of MTB 2+3. For biostats and BS i've been following step 1 KLN notes.
Right after my 2nd read of all subjects, i took the NBME 4 online and scored a 233 (got 31 wrong), i thought that was acceptable with 2 months to go and entire UW to cover. I started UW immediately after, my first 2 scores were late 60s and early 70s. But by now i'm 10 tests down (all timed, random, unused) and my average is at 77% and last 4 tests have been 80+. Still got 40 blocks of UW to go, i'm hoping to get my UW cumulative to 80 atleast by the end of it! From what i've seen on the forum, a cumulative of 80 should get you a 250+ (which is my aim).
So my UW method has been to do a block a day (try to do 2 blocks on days i'm extra productive), and when i look at explanations i note down any extra points i come across on any question into a notebook i have, or wherever i still have space in my MTBs (which is not a lot really). I also re-read topics from the resources i mentioned above for questions where i think i'm not very comfortable with yet. I'm hoping to finish UW by september 1st week, so that i have enough time to get another revision done, followed by the UWSA and the remaining NBMEs.
I'd like it if all the people taking their exam in september-october could get together here to brainstorm and exchange ideas, and generally help each other out through this time!
Well, from my side, i'm an IMG from India. Step 1 in jan, scored 243. I have a very romantic date with Prometric on september 24th )
I'm done with KLN LN reads with the videos x1, where i noted down any extra points into MTB 2 and 3. I've also done MTB 2 and 3 thrice. For Ob/Gyn i liked the KLN notes better for some reason so i've been following that instead of MTB 2+3. For biostats and BS i've been following step 1 KLN notes.
Right after my 2nd read of all subjects, i took the NBME 4 online and scored a 233 (got 31 wrong), i thought that was acceptable with 2 months to go and entire UW to cover. I started UW immediately after, my first 2 scores were late 60s and early 70s. But by now i'm 10 tests down (all timed, random, unused) and my average is at 77% and last 4 tests have been 80+. Still got 40 blocks of UW to go, i'm hoping to get my UW cumulative to 80 atleast by the end of it! From what i've seen on the forum, a cumulative of 80 should get you a 250+ (which is my aim).
So my UW method has been to do a block a day (try to do 2 blocks on days i'm extra productive), and when i look at explanations i note down any extra points i come across on any question into a notebook i have, or wherever i still have space in my MTBs (which is not a lot really). I also re-read topics from the resources i mentioned above for questions where i think i'm not very comfortable with yet. I'm hoping to finish UW by september 1st week, so that i have enough time to get another revision done, followed by the UWSA and the remaining NBMEs.
I'd like it if all the people taking their exam in september-october could get together here to brainstorm and exchange ideas, and generally help each other out through this time!