best book(s) to study for step I

[kumar28]

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hey,
I just got the Kaplan series books and Have been studying from them along with my notes (I am a second year student). Just wondering if anyone out there who got a good USMLE score could tell me if these books are good to study from. I've also heard of First Aid but I checked it out today and it is pretty basic...not very detailed information.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Howard Roark]

first aid all the way
if you know everything in first aid ====== 235


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[sherpagyrl]

Details, the devil's in the details.

 

[bigfrank]

I basically used FA with a hefty dose of HY books, because truly, the devil's in the details and HY is a "devilish" series.

so I agree with both of you rascals.

P.S. FA does appear "basic" at first but it WILL lull into a false sense of security, thinking you "know" the fine points in there. Don't be confused, it has a tremendous amount of information, many key details, and is not an easy read.

 

[sherpagyrl]

Second BF's thoughts with going through the FA with the grid. You'll see how much FA has culled details directly from the grid series.

 

[bonefixr]

Another thing to really focus on is doing questions; lots and lots of questions. I used the Board Simulator Series as my question bank and found in to be one of the best things I did to study.

The only HY that I used was Behavioral Science. What a handy book. You can read the whole thing in a couple of hours and really have it down. But beware, it leaks out the other side quickly!

I also agree that it is easy to get bogged down in FA. Don't get sucked into that trap! Good luck!