step-1-prep-journal-

S LIVE IN SMILE 7 Last 11 week and 6 days, will update what i did every 6 hrs and post important high yield info for exams. use this forum for forgettable information , etc. here i go .

Hi guys, My goal is a 250 and I want to take the test in January. I will be studying in addition to my third year of medical school rotations. I will try to combine my study for school and step 1. So my schedule would be tailored to address both areas. My weakest subjects are microbiology...

Hi... I had a very turbulent time in last one month and couldnt concentrate fully on studies... Now I am back on track and ready to face the challenge... I am starting this thread to give my progress report for next 4 months as I go through this journey called Step 1... I need support and...

Hi guys! i know this is very unprofessional thread I am starting but am kind of attached to this website now. My GF broke up with me last week and it has seriously shook me. Now, i don't eel like studying for Step 1 or anything. to be frank i feel like i should give up medicine. Can anyone...

Hi, I am in my initial read for usmle step 1 . I find it difficult to keep up with daily schedule, even though i study everyday. Looks like every other day i feel the burn out, i know its too early to feel burnout, but if i read with full potential today, say 10 hrs concentrated, next day i...

anyone taking the exam in april...doing 100questions/day UW? i m midway thru the qbank....anyone doing the same?

Hello I would like to take the step 1 early-mid march.. too afraid to book a test day because of my UWorld scores.. my last 7 average scores/individual test result: 62/59 60/50 57/59 62/62 60/54 56/61 57/48 overall my highest score was 65% only once.. and 63% twice.. but the last 48% got me...

Just wanna see a show of hands...count me in! Revising UW currently along with FA and hope to take NBME 12 in 2 weeks. UWSA- 236 3 weeks ago

Hi guys, I am just going to keep a journal of my study in this forum which is full of motivated doctors.. Wishing to be one of you.. So far managed to do 'not so worthy' mentioning topics!!! Hence planning to be serious from now and track where I am in my studies. This thread myt help...

Hello everyone. So I started my step 1 preparations after taking and passing my step 2 CS about 3 months ago. I had prepared for step 1 before but did not take the exam because my NBME scores were just too low and honestly, now I know I was not prepared for the exam despite many months of...

- Been reading this forum and contributing a bit for roughly two months. Now that my basic science portion of school is done I plan on be coming serious about my step one goals. Predicated time to take step 1:March- May Goal: 240 First topic is Embryology. I read through the four chapters in...

After wasting a year and a half , I finally came to my senses. Decided its high time to give my step one and to get me going I've booked my slot for Decemeber but intend to give the exam latest by Jan 2012. I've four months and the pace is still dead slow. I decided to pen down my progress so I...

Hi, I plan to take my exam on early May, and I have been studying for step one for 3 months. Been through Kaplan Lecture Notes twice, all videos, attended the 7 weeks live lecture and now revising FA. Here is my stat so far : Kaplan Diagnostic Exam : 50% Kaplan Subject Assessment (all 7...

I start the thread today, in the hope that this gives me the inspiration to keep going on, at a steady pace throughout the MLE journey. Things done so far: Kaplan videos- anat, physio, Parts of Immuno, Behav Science, Some path (hope to finish them soon), most of Goljan. And i still need to get...