225+ Step I study habits???

[valegurl13]

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"For those of you who got 225+ Step I scores, can you please post the following information?

1) Your score

2) The general study method used

3) What materials you used

4) Any other tips you may have for us?

7) How long before the test date did you start to study for it?

Thanks and congratulations to all the medical students who recently took Step I 🙂 "
(Thanks to confewshz)

 

[wAyRadikull]

Its quite a long read, but you can go through the step 1 experience thread 2009 to answer all your questions, atleast thats what I did and found it extremely helpful.

 

[nogolfinsnow]

Its quite a long read, but you can go through the step 1 experience thread 2009 to answer all your questions, atleast thats what I did and found it extremely helpful.

There is a lot of stuff in that thread, and some of it's pretty good. The one key to remember, OP, is that everyone needs to develop their own study habits and devise a plan that will work well for them. How each person arrives at their score depends on their learning style, what book formats they like, etc. You can ask others for their experiences, but don't try to copy their experiences and expect the same result.

 

[McGillGrad]

I didn't write on the experiences thread but very briefly:

1 - 243

2 - Taus Method

3 - What's listed in the Taus method plus Pharm Recall

4 - Do as many practice questions as possible

5 - From my first day of classes, no joke

"For those of you who got 225+ Step I scores, can you please post the following information?

1) Your score

2) The general study method used

3) What materials you used

4) Any other tips you may have for us?

7) How long before the test date did you start to study for it?

Thanks and congratulations to all the medical students who recently took Step I 🙂 "
(Thanks to confewshz)

 

[OveractiveBrain]

(1) Get As in all classes in first two years of medical school (frustrating, sometimes useless, sometimes very helpful, dependent on Medical school). This is not sarcastic, if you learn everything the first time through, you just have to pull it out later.

(2) Do Kaplan Qbank questions DURING pathology. Listen to Goljan Audio, again, striving for an A in path while annotating Step 1

(3) Actual Step Studying (9 weeks long). Every week has Kaplan Qbank Questions. Every week was 12 hrs a day 6 days a week, with 6hrs on the 7th day working. Everyweek I read through first AID on the 7th day (for 6 hrs), including any notes I put it.
- Week 1: Path = Kaplan Videos + BRS
- Week 2: Pharm = Kaplan Videos + Kaplan Q Bank
- Week 3: Physio/Behavioral = BRS + BRS (I rocked physio, so it was an easy read)
- Week 4: Micro/Immuno = Kaplan Videos + FA. Mostly FA for Micro (I hate micro). I actually worked about 4 hrs a day on this week. This was my mid-study break week
- Week 5: Biochem = Kaplan Videos (Lionel Raymond is ****ing awesome at this)
- Week 6: Anat/Neuro/Histo/Embryo = Kaplan Videos, Learn FA tables
- Week 7 + 8: USMLE World

(4) Weekend before Step 1: log on to student doctor for the first time, begin giving useful information and sometimes flaming (got two citations by admins). Major stress releif. I pretended I would read First Aid again, but it didnt happen.

(5) Score: 248

(6) Friend of mine did the same thing (Kaplan + 2 Q Banks) and got a 260. Screw him for doing so much better with the same strategy, but hooray my score anyway!

(7) Largely unrealistic for most medical schools. We had 8 weeks after the end of pathology to do with what we wanted. Some people took vacations. I threw away my life and happiness for a Board score. if you're ok with it, you can do it!

 

[Gpan]

(1) Get As in all classes in first two years of medical school (frustrating, sometimes useless, sometimes very helpful, dependent on Medical school). This is not sarcastic, if you learn everything the first time through, you just have to pull it out later.

(2) Do Kaplan Qbank questions DURING pathology. Listen to Goljan Audio, again, striving for an A in path while annotating Step 1

(3) Actual Step Studying (9 weeks long). Every week has Kaplan Qbank Questions. Every week was 12 hrs a day 6 days a week, with 6hrs on the 7th day working. Everyweek I read through first AID on the 7th day (for 6 hrs), including any notes I put it.
- Week 1: Path = Kaplan Videos + BRS
- Week 2: Pharm = Kaplan Videos + Kaplan Q Bank
- Week 3: Physio/Behavioral = BRS + BRS (I rocked physio, so it was an easy read)
- Week 4: Micro/Immuno = Kaplan Videos + FA. Mostly FA for Micro (I hate micro). I actually worked about 4 hrs a day on this week. This was my mid-study break week
- Week 5: Biochem = Kaplan Videos (Lionel Raymond is ****ing awesome at this)
- Week 6: Anat/Neuro/Histo/Embryo = Kaplan Videos, Learn FA tables
- Week 7 + 8: USMLE World

(4) Weekend before Step 1: log on to student doctor for the first time, begin giving useful information and sometimes flaming (got two citations by admins). Major stress releif. I pretended I would read First Aid again, but it didnt happen.

(5) Score: 248

(6) Friend of mine did the same thing (Kaplan + 2 Q Banks) and got a 260. Screw him for doing so much better with the same strategy, but hooray my score anyway!

(7) Largely unrealistic for most medical schools. We had 8 weeks after the end of pathology to do with what we wanted. Some people took vacations. I threw away my life and happiness for a Board score. if you're ok with it, you can do it!

when did u start studying for step 1 in ur 2nd year?