USMLE 56% Uworld average on Second Pass... any advice?

[AK911Carrera]

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[ActinicKeratosis]

I'm a pretty dumb guy. Made terrible life decisions. Barely passed my caribbean medical school classes, never studied, and pretty much smoked weed the whole time I was on the island. I regret not trying harder, as it's been making my life very difficult now.

I started studying for step 1 around beginning of 2015. I ended up wasting a whole year pretty much. I would watch Pathoma here and there, but did end up finishing Uworld once with a 48% average. Most of this was in tutor mode. Again, it took me a whole year to do it the first time, that's how slow I was going.

So after last year was up, I was still pretty lazy. Didn't really start studying again until March 2016. But when I started studying again, I put all my laziness aside, put away all drugs, and dedicated my life to Step 1.

I said in the post that this is my second pass of Uworld and my average is 56%, but in all honesty, I feel like this should be considered my first pass average. And that's how I've been treating it. I finished all of Uworld from March to June, and my averages towards the end have risen up to a decent 60%+.

I want to finish up Uworld one more time (and treat it as my second pass), while getting it done this time in 4-6 weeks. I already did nbme 12 last week and got a 194. I want to raise this score by at least 30 points in that time and I was hoping you guys can recommend a schedule or anything that I can do to get this exam finally done with.

Thank you for all help. I plan on taking NBME 11 on Jun 25 to see where I'm at now. I've been studying very hard this past week so there should definitely be a little bump.

How long does it take you to review a block in UWORLD?

 

[AK911Carrera]

How long does it take you to review a block in UWORLD?

Roughly 2 hours.

I review every question whether I got it right or not. So time really adds up after a while. But this new pass I don't plan on reviewing EVERY question, just the ones I'm unsure about and the ones I get wrong.

 

[W19]

Roughly 2 hours.

I review every question whether I got it right or not. So time really adds up after a while. But this new pass I don't plan on reviewing EVERY question, just the ones I'm unsure about and the ones I get wrong.

You are not in a bad position with 194 in NBME12... so another pass of Uworld/Pathoma and some DIT videos might get you that 30+ increase.

 

[AK911Carrera]

You are not in a bad position with 194 in NBME12... so another pass of Uworld/Pathoma and some DIT videos might get you that 30+ increase.

Awesome I was looking for something like this!

I started watching Pathoma AND DIT videos for every subject. First I'll watch the DIT (for the whole section), then I'll watch the Pathoma (the whole section) for an extra refresher and pathology boost. It's been working out pretty nice actually.

I just need that 194 to go to 220s in about 4-6 weeks. Only thing I'm worried about is the time constraint. I have to start rotations on July 1 so time will be very limited after that.