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BOOKS SELECTION
Being an average student I needed to select books with more explanations thats
why my selection of books was bit different than above average students.
I had used Kaplan in all subjects except Neuroanatomy (High yield), Embryology
(High yield), Behavioral science (BRS but used Kaplan for chapters like learning
and defense mechanisms), Microbilogy (MMRS), biostatistics (High yield) and
Pathology (goljan with pathoma videos). I Also used 100 ethical cases of C.fischer.
Qbanks
1= Kaplan qbank (offline) untimed and subject wise and used one time. Overall
percentage was about 74 to 75
2= Uworld Qbank (online) timed, random and mixed. Overall percentage in first
read was 77 and on 2nd read 94%. I made subject wise short notes from
explanations of uworld on blank papers of about 200 pages.
How I read FA
Read FA 2014 during the last read of subjects. I did 2nd read of FA 2014 after
uworld. 3rd read FA 2014 during 2nd revision of pathoma lectures. Last read of FA
2015 in last seven days. I used google as a tool for pictures, cts and MRIs. I
googled every single topic that confused me in FA.
Assessments
I only used two Nbmes and UWSA1 for assessment.
One month before exam.
NBME 7 = 176/199
NBME15 = 174/200
1 day before exam
UWSA1 = 264
Our performance depends on how much confident we are during the exam. So,
UWSAs overpredict us but also gives us confidence thats why I advice you, not to
do NBMEs the week before exam because it may underpredict and depress you.
Exam Day
I arrived at the centre 30 minutes before my scheduled time. Entered prometric
centre and started exam at 9:00 am. After 1st block I took 5 minutes break and it
was very tough and 2nd block was even harder than the 1st block. Then, did 3rd and
4th block back to back, took 15 minutes break. Again I did 5th and 6th block
continuously and took a break and did last block. Last 5 blocks were very easy and
I was marking 4 to 5 questions per block.
Mistakes
Multiple reads didnt work for me, it was just wastage of time.
Should have done all NBMEs
I didnt work on my weak areas shown by Uworld graph thats why my
performance graph of usmle step1 shows that I have performed low in
cardivascular which is why I think, I didnt cross 250.