4 weeks to test date; should I do DIT

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Hey all, I have only 4 weeks to my test and I have'nt still done Usmle World. Can I combine it with DIT or is it too late ... I believe DIT is a good way to go through FA. Your advice please.
p.s I also have Pathoma which I will be hearing during this period.
 
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Hey all, I have only 4 weeks to my test and I have'nt still done Usmle World. Can I combine it with DIT or is it too late ... I believe DIT is a good way to go through UWorld. Your advice please.
p.s I alsohave Pathoma which I will be hearing during this period.

DIT is a good way to go through UWorld? nah
 
Hey all, I have only 4 weeks to my test and I have'nt still done Usmle World. Can I combine it with DIT or is it too late ... I believe DIT is a good way to go through UWorld. Your advice please.
p.s I alsohave Pathoma which I will be hearing during this period.

I honestly (have done DIT, pathoma and uworld 2x) skip DIT. Not because DIT is bad because its not at all. IMO, you will be better off doing pathoma over and over along with uworld.
 
Here is my personal experience with DIT, take it as it is.
I started DIT 4 1/2 weeks away from my test day. I think I took a total of 15 days to go through the program, which was slightly taxing, until I went to 1.5x speed on the videos. That gave me 2 weeks of FA review after post-DIT to smooth out the rough edges of my knowledge base, which I found to be the perfect amount of time to gain further momentum and confidence heading into my test day. I found the high yield questions in the DIT study book to be extremely helpful. and they allowed me to build confidence in my knowledge base. By the time I took my test, I felt an almost overconfidence in my ability to take the test. Come test day, there were enough slam dunk questions that I was relaxed, and didn't sweat the questions that came out of left field. I give DIT a good amount of credit for this. And I was very pleased with the results. (250:87, and I've been an average student at best during second year.)

As you have not started UWorld yet, I would definitely do at least one to two timed set of 46 questions a day, regardless of whether you do DIT or not. If I were you, I'd do those sets first thing in the morning, just to get your body used the routine of the actual test day.

I have no personal experience with Pathoma, but all I hear are good reviews from SDN, so that may be worth checking out, at a much lower cost as well.
 
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