Step I Did You Ace Your Step 1?????

[icebreakers]

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I'm a second year about to start studying for the boards. I've basically passed my classes in the first two years...with a bit of struggling in the second half of my second year.

I'm going to be taking some time off my third year due to remediation exams (giving me about 8+ wks to study), so i'll be appearing in august.

I was wondering (since i'm interested in getting into ortho), what type of plan/advice could you give me so that I could do much more than pass this exam. Keep in mind that I 'passed' my classes and i'm not that good at standardized tests...my mcat was 9,9,10.

I basically am hoping that someone could give me a list (since I have the time) of things to do (read A,B,C...do questions from X,Y,Z) that would enable me to rock the boards. I'm a bit underconfident b/c of this year already.

all advice is greatly appreciated. thanks

 

[southerndoc]

Have you read through all the past threads on step I? This issue has been discussed in detail numerous times.

There are a lot of suggestions that have been posted in those threads. Do a search (or just go through all the threads one by one) and you'll get some excellent advice.

Good luck with boards!

 

[globulin]

I don't think there is any correlation between MCAT and step 1. I got a 9, 9, 10 when i took the mcat the first time and I got a 243 on step 1. But then again, I barely studied for the MCAT and I studied quite a bit for Step 1. Maybe there is a correlation between the MCAT and Step 2 since step 2 questions are long and not quite as cut and dry.

 

[kcrd]

globulin, congrats on your great board score...mind if I ask how long you studied for it?

 

[Celiac Plexus]

Originally posted by globulin
I don't think there is any correlation between MCAT and step 1. I got a 9, 9, 10 when i took the mcat the first time and I got a 243 on step 1. But then again, I barely studied for the MCAT and I studied quite a bit for Step 1. Maybe there is a correlation between the MCAT and Step 2 since step 2 questions are long and not quite as cut and dry.

Perhaps there is a correlation between how much one studies for an exam, and how well one does...?

 

[globulin]

Wow Celiac Plexus...thanks for your insight. I never would have thought about that 🙄

Kcrd...I studied for 4 weeks about 5 hours a day. I used First Aid and Board Review Series and Q bank.