User Name Terence Jackson IMG
Status Res aspirant
Exam on 09/22/2009 Result on 10/14/2009
Result Pass Attempt No 1
2 Digit Score 99 3 Digit Score 244
USMLE WORLD Score 81% UW Percentage Completed 100%
NBME 1 score --- NBME 2 score ---
USMLE CD score --- Kaplan Q bank ---
Kaplan Q book --- Kaplan Simulated score ---
Duration of preparation More than 1 year
Experience:
STUDY MATERIAL:
PREPARATION:
Started very slow, around the middle of second year MBBS. Initially reading Goljan only along with Robbins. I feel it is very important to study Robbins, it will give you a better understanding of the subject and an edge over the others. Took me around 5 months to study Goljan, although it can be completed much earlier. Then I started with the Kaplan books. They don't need a lot of time. The material is concise and vivid enough to understand and study everything at a fair pace. I completed my syllabus only by march this year, when I started revising. Revised Goljan the most. All the while solving the pirated version of UW that I had. Did it nearly three times. Also did Kaplan QBook. By the end of August, I had completed 2 revisions of all the subjects and done a good deal of questions. Then I subscribed for the legitimate edition of UW. Had a lot of repeat questions; no wonder I scored 81. Last Two Weeks - Completed one more revision of all subjects, revised the UW notes, did some NBME forms (they were a little easy), then stuck to FIRST AID for the last few days. Finished it fairly quickly, had time to revise it too.
LAST DAY PREPARATION: Slept most of the time. Saw some Manchester United videos. Read some First Aid. Prayed and Slept (with a lot of difficulty).
EXAM DAY: Woke up at 6 AM. Bathed and freshened up peacefully. Prepared some sandwiches, had some for breakfast and packed some for lunch. My friend dropped me at the center at around 8 AM. At the Center I was the only USMLE examinee, everybody else was there for GRE. The Center was comfortable, the staff was very professional and guiding me at every step.
EXAM STARTED: Did three blocks in a row. Took a 9 minute break, had a sandwich and a red bull (it really works). Two more blocks. Then an 8 minute block, another red bull. Then the last two blocks. The questions I guess were similar to UW and the computer screen was identical to UW. I was in too much of a daze to note what subject the questions were from, I just know that there were many pictures and graphs, and three audio questions.
EXAM OVER: Came out tired and depressed. Didn't feel too good about the test. Felt the same for the next three weeks, until the results came.
COMMENTS: I Suggest starting early and preparing slowly. No need for coaching and stuff. All things are available on the net. Do as many revisions as possible, as many questions as possible. Never wrong to repeat the same set of questions over and over again. Have Faith in God, He will never let go. Believe in yourself. Best of Luck!!
Status Res aspirant
Exam on 09/22/2009 Result on 10/14/2009
Result Pass Attempt No 1
2 Digit Score 99 3 Digit Score 244
USMLE WORLD Score 81% UW Percentage Completed 100%
NBME 1 score --- NBME 2 score ---
USMLE CD score --- Kaplan Q bank ---
Kaplan Q book --- Kaplan Simulated score ---
Duration of preparation More than 1 year
Experience:
STUDY MATERIAL:
- Path - Robbins and Cotrans Pathology, Edward F. Goljan's review of Pathology, WebPath.
- Physio - Kaplan Physiology, Guyton's review of Physiology.
- For Everything else I used Kaplan books. Did not use the videos except for Statistics and some Pathology.
- First Aid (this book is very useful)
- QUESTION BANKS USMLE WORLD - Downloaded off the net, later subscribed for the latest edition NBME - Downloaded off the net GOLJAN - End of book Q's. Some 150 of them. GUYTON'S REVIEW of PHYSIO - was full of questions WEBPATH had some questions too. KAPLAN QBOOK.
PREPARATION:
Started very slow, around the middle of second year MBBS. Initially reading Goljan only along with Robbins. I feel it is very important to study Robbins, it will give you a better understanding of the subject and an edge over the others. Took me around 5 months to study Goljan, although it can be completed much earlier. Then I started with the Kaplan books. They don't need a lot of time. The material is concise and vivid enough to understand and study everything at a fair pace. I completed my syllabus only by march this year, when I started revising. Revised Goljan the most. All the while solving the pirated version of UW that I had. Did it nearly three times. Also did Kaplan QBook. By the end of August, I had completed 2 revisions of all the subjects and done a good deal of questions. Then I subscribed for the legitimate edition of UW. Had a lot of repeat questions; no wonder I scored 81. Last Two Weeks - Completed one more revision of all subjects, revised the UW notes, did some NBME forms (they were a little easy), then stuck to FIRST AID for the last few days. Finished it fairly quickly, had time to revise it too.
LAST DAY PREPARATION: Slept most of the time. Saw some Manchester United videos. Read some First Aid. Prayed and Slept (with a lot of difficulty).
EXAM DAY: Woke up at 6 AM. Bathed and freshened up peacefully. Prepared some sandwiches, had some for breakfast and packed some for lunch. My friend dropped me at the center at around 8 AM. At the Center I was the only USMLE examinee, everybody else was there for GRE. The Center was comfortable, the staff was very professional and guiding me at every step.
EXAM STARTED: Did three blocks in a row. Took a 9 minute break, had a sandwich and a red bull (it really works). Two more blocks. Then an 8 minute block, another red bull. Then the last two blocks. The questions I guess were similar to UW and the computer screen was identical to UW. I was in too much of a daze to note what subject the questions were from, I just know that there were many pictures and graphs, and three audio questions.
EXAM OVER: Came out tired and depressed. Didn't feel too good about the test. Felt the same for the next three weeks, until the results came.
COMMENTS: I Suggest starting early and preparing slowly. No need for coaching and stuff. All things are available on the net. Do as many revisions as possible, as many questions as possible. Never wrong to repeat the same set of questions over and over again. Have Faith in God, He will never let go. Believe in yourself. Best of Luck!!
