Well, I just finished tackling the beast. I don't feel bad about but neither do I feel good about it. The only thing I do feel good about is finishing Qbank.
When I began the test, I felt so nervous that I was actually shaking. This surprised me because I felt so good about taking it up until the time I clicked the start button to begin the exam. This feelings began to largely subside after about the first couple of blocks of questions. This is when I began to see a lot of questions that was remarkably similiar to questions I had seen on Qbank, especially Behavioral Science.
I can honestly say that just about all of my behavioral science questions, and there were a lot, was a small variation of the the ones on Qbank. Some were exactly the same with just a few extra irrelevant words thrown in. There was even a repeat question that I had seen on the USMLE released items (Or was it the NBME self-assessment exam...can't remember which). Anyway, I was able to blow through many of the questions just because they were so familiar through my Qbank experience.
My test was heavy on Biochem and Path and first aid was by no way sufficient for either subject. They came heavy with the path but a lot of it was familiar through my qbank experiences but I didn't study Biochem outside of qbank and I believe I paid for it.
Most of the Pharm stuff was was right out of FA. There were only two questions dealing with drugs on the exam that I was not mentioned in First Aid or Qbank. Between these two sources, there were not any other drugs that had me asking "what in the hell is that drug?" Anyway, FA seem to have been sufficient for the Pharm.
They were skimpy on the micro and I had spent so much time reviewing that stuff. The matarial they covered was adequately represented in FA.
FA was not good enough for the Physio. This is why I am glad I spent so much time with that thick Kaplan Physio book.
I wish I could tell how much time I have actually spent studying for this test but between starting up and stopping due to personal issues that figure is kind of distorted.
Well, I guess I am finally free until I get my scores back. If it wasn't for those first two blocks, I would be a lot more pumped right about now.
When I began the test, I felt so nervous that I was actually shaking. This surprised me because I felt so good about taking it up until the time I clicked the start button to begin the exam. This feelings began to largely subside after about the first couple of blocks of questions. This is when I began to see a lot of questions that was remarkably similiar to questions I had seen on Qbank, especially Behavioral Science.
I can honestly say that just about all of my behavioral science questions, and there were a lot, was a small variation of the the ones on Qbank. Some were exactly the same with just a few extra irrelevant words thrown in. There was even a repeat question that I had seen on the USMLE released items (Or was it the NBME self-assessment exam...can't remember which). Anyway, I was able to blow through many of the questions just because they were so familiar through my Qbank experience.
My test was heavy on Biochem and Path and first aid was by no way sufficient for either subject. They came heavy with the path but a lot of it was familiar through my qbank experiences but I didn't study Biochem outside of qbank and I believe I paid for it.
Most of the Pharm stuff was was right out of FA. There were only two questions dealing with drugs on the exam that I was not mentioned in First Aid or Qbank. Between these two sources, there were not any other drugs that had me asking "what in the hell is that drug?" Anyway, FA seem to have been sufficient for the Pharm.
They were skimpy on the micro and I had spent so much time reviewing that stuff. The matarial they covered was adequately represented in FA.
FA was not good enough for the Physio. This is why I am glad I spent so much time with that thick Kaplan Physio book.
I wish I could tell how much time I have actually spent studying for this test but between starting up and stopping due to personal issues that figure is kind of distorted.
Well, I guess I am finally free until I get my scores back. If it wasn't for those first two blocks, I would be a lot more pumped right about now.