USMLE 4 week dedicated

[KnightofBaldMt]

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Hello! I'm coming up on my dedicated time next week and will have 4 weeks and a day. My exam scores have been roughly class average (more often slightly above than below), but my most recent CBSE at the beginning of the semester was a 165. I have another CBSE this week for a baseline going into dedicated.

I've gone through roughly 30% of the Rx qbank and I made a pass through Pathoma during my classes over the past two years. I also did Sketchy for micro, but haven't devoted enough time to Sketchy Pharm. During the last 6 months I found Boards and Beyond which I love, and have tried to watch a lot of that material, but I don't anticipate using during dedicated (maybe biostats). I bought DIT to go over FA during my first week. I will buy UWorld to begin my first day of dedicated.

I plan on really chugging through DIT during the first week and sprinkling relevant Pathoma in to make at least 1 pass, hopefully 2 during dedicated. Same issue with Sketchy Micro, watch them for ~1 hour day and get through them 1x or 2x during dedicated. Not 100% sure how I'm going to split up UWorld yet, but I want to do it 1x and then go back and do incorrects.

Not sure if this is all possible during 4 weeks. I'm interested in scoring pretty well, as I'd like to match an academic Ob/Gyn residency. Does this look like it will do the trick? Does anyone have any advice or experience in how to approach or schedule this?

 

[pre med 2014]

That's pushing it, you should pass for sure but risking a low score. See what your baseline is before dedicated if high fail/ low pass you may get into 220s but if closer to your old 165 then you will have to delay


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[ridethecliche]

At my institution, internal records indicate that a CBSE score of below a 60 is 'high risk'. We take the CBSE in Feb one month before dedicated begins and two months before step.

 

[KnightofBaldMt]

I would be content in the high 220s, though I would like to push into the 230s. My institution has education specialists that told me a 160 is a plenty fine baseline going into dedicated? I'm hoping to do better on the one this week, we'll see. When I took my last one, I realized that I was getting mentally tired in the last 1-1.5 blocks. Hopefully doing UWorld in dedicated will help with my stamina and for all this information to come back.

 

[chromuffin]

I would be content in the high 220s, though I would like to push into the 230s. My institution has education specialists that told me a 160 is a plenty fine baseline going into dedicated? I'm hoping to do better on the one this week, we'll see. When I took my last one, I realized that I was getting mentally tired in the last 1-1.5 blocks. Hopefully doing UWorld in dedicated will help with my stamina and for all this information to come back.

Sounds like you started where I started. Except I have been going through UW. Recently took a new baseline since my CBSE was taken after winter break and I didn't really do any kind of preparation. Got a 196 as a true baseline 10 weeks from DDay. You should be fine if you just work your ass off. Do NOT slack.. if you learn quickly then you will likely reach the 230 mark.