2 Weeks Until the exam; what would you do?

[greg1184]

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Now that I am finished with UWorld, I have 2 weeks left. i am favoring doing FA FA and more FA. But I am debating whether I should re-read Goljan, listen to his lectures, or just focus on FA.

 

[metalrex]

I am in the same position as you and plan to tackle FA COLD
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UW re-runs ( ideally twice with atleast 300qs each day) and skim through the goljan audio transcripts,which is kinda like a RR revision too.

Good luck!👍

 

[badasshairday]

Depends on your FA. If you have annotated it very well with UWORLD, RR, BRS etc, then go with FA. If you are like me, who uses FA like more of an outline, then read RR first then save FA for the very last week. 👍

 

[mordounhas]

I'm also planning on doing a run-through of RR path followed by First Aid in the last 2 weeks (while finishing a second-pass of USMLEworld). Depending on how much time I have left over, I'll re-read blue boxes in Goljan and cherry pick sections in FA.

 

[greg1184]

Right now I am going to do First aid runs. I may supplement Goljan lectures later on. I did annotate USMLE World onto FA. I didn't bother annotating RR Pathology into FA. Then I will take a practice test, and work on my weakness with RR Path. This is probably more prudent because FA in itself is quite a cumbersome read. Plus I am following my advice from my 4th year friend to devote 2 weeks for FA study.

 

[radiodoc99]

First Relax.Then pick one source and complete it. FA and a question bank would be ideal. You want to spend some time cramming facts and other time answering questions. Keep doing questions and read notes or FA in the evening. Just take each day like exam day.

 

[aashkab]

I am in the same position as you and plan to tackle FA COLD
plus

UW re-runs ( ideally twice with atleast 300qs each day) and skim through the goljan audio transcripts,which is kinda like a RR revision too.

Good luck!👍

where do you get goljan audio transcripts?

 

[docguy12]

For the past month I've been hitting systems and subjects on an individual basis...doing uworld along with it as my major question bank. (52% completed, untimed tutor). My USMLE exam is in 2 weeks.

I am a DO student so I am taking both USMLE and COMLEX however, the comlex will be a week after my USMLE.


For USMLE the last 2 weeks:
1) kaplan vids, Goljan Audio as needed.
2a) Know FA COLD with silly, ridic mnemonics + major pathways all over the book.
-A suggestion brought to me by one of my friends who took the USMLE is to grab a blank notebook and start drawing and writing out your mnemonics and memorized pathways so you are an artist come exam day = you have all the knowledge right in front of you after you finish your masterpiece.
2b) RR Goljan if I really dont know what the ^#&@ is going on....
3) UWORLD UWORLD UWORLD on repeat.

 

[HTxFrog]

nvm

 

[metalrex]

So the general consensus would be:

Tackle FA cold.

Re-do UW.

Are we missing something? Would you give each system a re-run ? I am in the 2 weeks crunch starting Monday so bumping this thread up for fresh takes!

Everyone else moving close, g'luck!👍

 

[greg1184]

So the general consensus would be:

Tackle FA cold.

Re-do UW.

Are we missing something? Would you give each system a re-run ? I am in the 2 weeks crunch starting Monday so bumping this thread up for fresh takes!

Everyone else moving close, g'luck!👍

Yeah, I was considering doing Goljan again, then I figured that path is only a piece of USMLE. So basically I am currently in the process of reading FA from cover to cover, covering everything I have missed when doing UWorld. Then I take a practice test UWSA 2 and determine what else I need to do before the exam.

I am glad I decided to do FA first, because it isn't going as quick as I thought it was going to go. Actively reading FA is very tedious.

 

[metalrex]

Then I take a practice test UWSA 2 and determine what else I need to do before the exam.

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When do you finish your FA run and When do you plan on doing UWSA? I have MSK and skin disorders left out from RR , the CMMRS charts left out as a refuse from my last 3 weeks.Do you think finishing those first in like 2 days would be good or go ahead with FA and UW full on dive?

I wanna take UWSA this sunday, so wanna be in a good shape for that.

 

[greg1184]

When do you finish your FA run and When do you plan on doing UWSA? I have MSK and skin disorders left out from RR , the CMMRS charts left out as a refuse from my last 3 weeks.Do you think finishing those first in like 2 days would be good or go ahead with FA and UW full on dive?

I wanna take UWSA this sunday, so wanna be in a good shape for that.

I am HOPING to finish FA and take UWSA by the end of the weekend possibly Monday. Then I have the rest of the week to work on weaknesses and maybe take the Free 150 to finish up.

As for the 2nd part: Do FA. #1 advice from everyone I know personally that have taken the exam: #1 regret from them is not spending enough time with FA. FA FA FA. FA is golden. I wouldn't get too cute at this stage of the studying and throwing in many sources. Then focus on weakness after you take UWSA. Well that is my plan.

 

[metalrex]

I am HOPING to finish FA and take UWSA by the end of the weekend possibly Monday. Then I have the rest of the week to work on weaknesses and maybe take the Free 150 to finish up.

As for the 2nd part: Do FA. #1 advice from everyone I know personally that have taken the exam: #1 regret from them is not spending enough time with FA. FA FA FA. FA is golden. I wouldn't get too cute at this stage of the studying and throwing in many sources. Then focus on weakness after you take UWSA. Well that is my plan.

Ok, deal.

I'll finish MSK and other loose ends I left out from FA until this weekend and then take the UWSA Sunday/Monday as planned.

oh yeah- starting Monday, my schedule is to get through 300 qs of UW everyday plus FA reading in the evening-until test day, just saying if that helps you with any ideas.

Looks like both of us head to the battleground same day,Good luck comrade👍

 

[_T_]

Sorry to hijack the thread.. But kind of an off topic question.. I'll probably finish usmle world with about a week to spare.. I was debating whether I should go over the noted I took while doing usmle world or whether it's worth doing 200-300 qs per day.. Any suggestions? In addition I'll be doing
as much FA as I can stomach

 

[rem6775]

I prefer to go with the nontraditional route with two weeks left. Fly across country, get married and don't do anything for 5 days at the 2 week mark.