Am I on track for a 230?

[medicine0509]

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Ok so I know my question in the title right off the bat takes into way too many factors, but how is this study schedule?

Context: I'll have "high passed" or "honored" all courses at my school, which has an average Step 1 score each year ranging from 226-233. But I got a 29 on the MCAT (damn Verbal). I will have completed ~1000 kaplan Qbank questions by the start of my "devoted study period" of 5 weeks, with built in 1 day off, and 3 half days of playing catchup. About 30 full days of devoted studying.

Any suggestions?? As specific (eg books I may be missing, # days devoted per subject) or as general as you think- all advice is greatly appreciated!

Organized by day: ("Qbank" here is USMLEWorld.. I'll do all 2000)
1- Biochem: FA, Qbank
2- Biochem "half day" (non-school time commitment for half of the day..)
3- Biochem: FA, Qbank
4- Biochem:Qbank
5- Embryo: FA, Qbank
6- Neurology: FA, HY Neuroanatomy?, Qbank
7- Gross anatomy: (limbs mostly), FA, Clinical vignettes, 
Atlas, Qbank
8- Psychiatry: FA, Qbank
9- Behavioral sciences (first pass): FA, HY Behavioral sc, Qbank
10- Off
11- Catchup "half day"
12- Physiology: BRS, Qbank
13- Physiology: BRS, Qbank
14- Review year 1: Qbank shuffle
15- Pharm Principles: FA, Qbank
16- Pathology principles: FA, some Rapid review, Qbank
17- Microbiology principles: FA, Qbank
18- Microbiology principles 2: FA, Qbank
Immunology principles: FA, Qbank
19- Catchup "half day" (Memorial day!)
20- Cardiovascular: FA, Qbank
, revisit BRS Phys
21- Respiratory: FA, Qbank, revisit 
BRS Phys
22- Endocrine: FA, Qbank, revisit 
BRS Phys
23- Renal: FA, Qbank, revisit 
BRS Phys
24- GI: FA, Qbank, revisit 
BRS Phys
25- Behavioral sciences (2nd pass): FA, HY Behavioral sc, Qbank
26- Hemat/Oncol: FA, Qbank, revisit 
BRS Phys
27- Repro: FA, Qbank, revisit 
BRS Phys
28- Musculoskeletal/Conn tissue: FA, Qbank

29- NBME (4, 5, or 6?), Practice test free 150 questions
30- Review year 2: Qbank shuffle
31- Review year 1 & 2: Qbank shuffle
32- FA review: sections 2 & 3
33- FA review: Rapid Review, High Yield images pg 517-533
34- Day before. undecided (but it's not like me to sit around!)
35- TEST DAY !!!

THANKS GUYS

 

[sylvanthus]

How good is your path? Maybe toss in an hour of goljan while working out every day?

 

[medicine0509]

I have been listening to him, at least once or twice each lecture since last fall. Lots of workouts and lots of drives. But I don't know how many of his correlations/connections I remember.... I think I may go through the "transcript" file and annotate things into FA or onto a sheet of paper?

Thanks for the responses.

Books?

I don't want to duplicate the many other discussions I've read about RR... but I don't really plan on using that. Maybe I'll read through all the "blue margins"? I don't know