Can I make the exam studying 26 days??

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I want to take the exam by Dec 23 and I can not extended it anymore. I plan to study only FA+UW and Goljan audio because I do not have time to read other sources.
Please I need help to make a schedule from Nov 26 to Dec 22 to cover all the materials and do questions everyday. Any suggestions?? thanks and GL to all.
 
You are asking a very general question and much of the answer depends on the information only you know. When did you study the Step 1 stuff originally: last two years, or ten years ago? Where did you study it? How did you do on the 150 free questions? Does the FA material look familiar, or is there a lot of facts there that look new (or you may have simply forgotten them)? Your proposed schedule is doable, if you are a current medical student or fresh graduate, and if you studied in the system similar to the US one. It may be a bit aggressive if you graduate from a school in Peru a few years ago and only opened FA yesterday. What is your goal: pass, average, above average score? Only you can judge if you are ready for the exam.

Good luck.
 
I want to take the exam by Dec 23 and I can not extended it anymore. I plan to study only FA+UW and Goljan audio because I do not have time to read other sources.
Please I need help to make a schedule from Nov 26 to Dec 22 to cover all the materials and do questions everyday. Any suggestions?? thanks and GL to all.

Can it be done in this time interval? Sure, if you are motivated and able to buckle down all day every day. Use FA as your template and study each subject in the order presented -- one day on each of the lower yield subjects (eg. embryology) and a couple of days on each of the higher yield subjects (pathophys, pharm, micro, biochem). It's actually a good idea to use outside resources for any subject you are weak on -- first aid is of more value as an outline on which to jot notes from other resources than it is as your primary learning resource. It is a good refresher if you already know the material, but pretty lousy if you have to learn it fresh. So I'm suggesting that the resources you list might not be what is necessary to get a good score (this all depends on what you already know from school). As you go along, do problems in UW each day. Audio resources are fine if you have down time (working out or driving), but it is actually a pretty slow way to cover material otherwise, IMHO.
 
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