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[IzzyMD09]

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please god ....kill me now...or in my sleep😱

 

[Arctic Char]

dude, you're gonna kill that thing. relax.

 

[CanIMakeIt]

please god ....kill me now...or in my sleep😱

Good luck ... You are goig to be fine 👍

 

[Arctic Char]

ok, i have 8 days left and i now feel like you did with 2 days to go.

someone kill me . . . i am reading probably at 1/8th the speed i was reading 3 weeks ago . . . one question+explanation takes me forever, after each one i want to go make a sandwich or take a shower or sleep . . .

this sucks. i'm not looking for pity . . . this is definitely NOT the place for it . . . but if you also feel like banging your head against a wall - and truly feel that that would be better than reading about gonnoccocal capsular antigens - then say it with me:

"my name is _______(your name), and i don't like to study."

or, if you want to get theatrical with it, you can say this to the NBME:

"Hello. My name is Indigo Montoya . . . you killed my sex drive . . . prepare to die."

or, perhaps, say to yourself like i am:

"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of which is never start a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never study more than 6 weeks when step 1 is on the line! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ... croak

But perhaps on the big day i will say something like this:

"The path of the righteous student is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of the NBME. Blessed is he, who in the name of the Match, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's tutor, and the recaller of lost minutiae. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to mislead and confuse my brothers! And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee!!"

and if i get any frigin microbiology on my exam that i can barely pronounce, i'll say something like this:

"Look, just because we didn't take no Latin don't make it right for the NBME to throw obscure species at us, ****in' up the way we talk. Mother****er do that $hit to me, he better paralyze my ass cuz I'll kill the mother****er, know what I'm sayin'?"

alright, i think thats enough for now . . . 😀

 

[MedicineBird]

haaaaaaaaaaahahahaha oh that is the funniest damned thing I've heard in a looooooooong long time. long time. me love you long time. whoops. sorry. Practicing for my carrer as a stripper slash entertainer since the NBME surely has it out for me. I wonder if my financial aid will transfer to stripper school.... hmmmm.

 

[Arctic Char]

glad you got a kick out of it . . .

well, i finally finished my block of 50 that took me ALL damn day . . . pathetic. . . . but, apparently, on my death bed i will achieve total consciousness . . . so i got that goin' for me . . . which is nice . . .

 

[Arctic Char]

so, ok, for the last 2 weeks i've put all of my eggs in the UW basket, doing 150 Q's per day and reviewing the answer choices and explanations. i've been beaten around here and there as far as scores go, but i'm not terribly concerned with that because i have learned a ton by doing these Q's.

i have 6 days left, and need to finish pharm Q's, Neuro, a little bit more path, and behavioral/biostats. so i am planning on doing nothing but UW Q's for the next week. and checking out the new bourne ultimatum movie.

should i bother with pharm in UW - or just read first aid pharm again and sav the Question time for reviewing weak areas in path/micro?

i'd love a response to this last question about the UW pharm vs FA pharm issue . . .

thanks everyone

 

[y2janitor]

I didn't like most of UW's pharm questions. FA pharm was good enough for me.

 

[Pinkertinkle]

I had some hard pharm questions on my test and would recommend you do the UW ones, especially the autonomics.

 

[Arctic Char]

I had some hard pharm questions on my test and would recommend you do the UW ones, especially the autonomics.

well therein lays my dilemma . . . 'cause i have two years of graduate work in clinical autonomic pharmacology, so i am tempted to just wing it and move on to weak areas of path instead. i know its annoying to try and offer advice to people when so much of it depends on what an individual's strengths and weaknesses are, but i appreciate the feedback tremendously. espcially considering you helped me make a tough decision. if the autonomics were the most valuable thing in their pharm Q's, then i think i'll just redo path, since its a weaker area for me. 360 UW questions just seems like too much time to waste at this point in the game . . .

thanks guys, i really appreciate whatever tips i can get

 

[Pinkertinkle]

well therein lays my dilemma . . . 'cause i have two years of graduate work in clinical autonomic pharmacology, so i am tempted to just wing it and move on to weak areas of path instead. i know its annoying to try and offer advice to people when so much of it depends on what an individual's strengths and weaknesses are, but i appreciate the feedback tremendously. espcially considering you helped me make a tough decision. if the autonomics were the most valuable thing in their pharm Q's, then i think i'll just redo path, since its a weaker area for me. 360 UW questions just seems like too much time to waste at this point in the game . . .

thanks guys, i really appreciate whatever tips i can get

Haha, well okay, at least go over the antibiotics though. Esp this little bastard drug Linezolid.

 

[Arctic Char]

thanks mate😉

btw - only one person liked my movie quotes? sheesh . . . we need some more humor around here folks

 

[txguy]

well therein lays my dilemma . . . 'cause i have two years of graduate work in clinical autonomic pharmacology, so i am tempted to just wing it and move on to weak areas of path instead. i know its annoying to try and offer advice to people when so much of it depends on what an individual's strengths and weaknesses are, but i appreciate the feedback tremendously. espcially considering you helped me make a tough decision. if the autonomics were the most valuable thing in their pharm Q's, then i think i'll just redo path, since its a weaker area for me. 360 UW questions just seems like too much time to waste at this point in the game . . .

thanks guys, i really appreciate whatever tips i can get

I'm in the same boat as you....like 8 days left....I'm spending my final week trying to stuff FA into my head and if I have time I'm going to finish up the UW sections I did the worst in.

-tx

 

[JelicMD]

I'm with you guys....3 days left and I feel like I don't know anything and don't know whats left to do. I'm going over pharm, micro and biochem on UW just to solidify those crammable facts and hitting FA again. Anyone have any other suggestions??

 

[Arctic Char]

wish i knew what to tell you. i feel like i want to reread everything i've done the last few weeks, but i just don't have time. sucks, i feel like i know nothing!!

 

[txguy]

I'm with you guys....3 days left and I feel like I don't know anything and don't know whats left to do. I'm going over pharm, micro and biochem on UW just to solidify those crammable facts and hitting FA again. Anyone have any other suggestions??

Are you finding FA hard to read again? I'm getting so sick of looking at it! About to switch to UW for the night haha.......

The only other thing I would add to your quick cramming list is FA Neoplasia and maybe FA embryo real quick........both would be quick reads....

Good luck to all of us lol

-tx

 

[blz]

stop wasting your time doing questions your last few days and just review FA like mad.

 

[Arctic Char]

here we go, 3 days left. still feel like i know nothing. i redid all of UW path after putting it down for a couple weeks. i'm now 80-85%. but i still feel like i know nothing.

in a way, it kinds of helps though. feeling like i know nothing makes me just relax and say "i'm not aware of too many things, i know what i know" . . . if you know what i mean. i guess "winging it" - jus as prepared as i can be - is the best way to enter the room.

so its pharm, biostats and behavioral for the nest 48 hours.

i thought UW was severely short on topics. sure their explanations are good - and i learned a ton from their Q's - but the bank just does not cover many many things. no cholesterol biochem, barely any repro path, and hell, there isn't even any cell and molec (cell and molec doesn't worry me so much tough, so its not really anissue for me). i put a lot of time and effort into the bank, but i feel like it will come up short when comes down to the real thing.

anyone else feel the same way?