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So, I am coming to the "4-month mark"- have to take my COMLEX Step I by June 29th. I have done really well in medical school so far, but when I look over FA and KAPLAN review books, there are a lot of things I don't have 100% down anymore, and some things I don't think I have ever seen. I've been told this is normal, but I am wondering about the most effective study technique's for step I? I used to teach the MCAT, and I know the best way to 'beat the test' there is to do Q's over and over. I am planning on doing the same for boards, using the Uworld and Kaplan Qbanks in conjunction with literally trying to Know FA cover to cover. Is this a valid plan of attack? I'm sure the demoralizing failure of the first few weeks of questions should teach me something, and i will probably try to get Goljan audio this week, but I don't think I can effectively handle too many more resources then the Q-banks, FA/Kaplan and the occasional clarification from review books that my school got for us (kaplan).
I plan on starting to do Q-bank stuff in about two weeks when Heme is over, ( but i'll probably only get ~ 1.5 days a week to do this). In addition, we are done with classes on the 8th or 13th of MAY- leaving roughly 5-6 weeks of nothing else to do- does that seem like enough time to effectively study for boards, or would I be screwed if that was all we had?
I appreciate any advice from those who have experienced jumping through this hoop!
BTW;
We continue to have rotations that we have been in all year (until May), and I still have to finish Heme, Mind, and one more course in second year...... not yet sure about whether or not to take both the COMLEX and USMLE.
I plan on starting to do Q-bank stuff in about two weeks when Heme is over, ( but i'll probably only get ~ 1.5 days a week to do this). In addition, we are done with classes on the 8th or 13th of MAY- leaving roughly 5-6 weeks of nothing else to do- does that seem like enough time to effectively study for boards, or would I be screwed if that was all we had?
I appreciate any advice from those who have experienced jumping through this hoop!
BTW;
We continue to have rotations that we have been in all year (until May), and I still have to finish Heme, Mind, and one more course in second year...... not yet sure about whether or not to take both the COMLEX and USMLE.
