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[QuickKat]

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Hey guys...I'm not a typical poster on here, but I need some advice. I took the school-administered CBSE about a month ago and got a 158! (about 1/3 through fist pass through FA). I feel ashamed. I've been studying as much as I can since then but I'm afraid it hasn't amounted to much. My official step studying begins on the April 14th and I take the test 2 months later. My question is...will two months likely get me to comfortably passing? (>205) I'm planning on 14 hour days with UWorld, FA, Pathoma and DIT (the last month). Apparently the average increase from the CBSE is about 40 points. But if you start lower would improving by at least 50 points be reasonable? Thanks, and I'd appreciate any advice.

 

[Phloston]

Hey guys...I'm not a typical poster on here, but I need some advice. I took the school-administered CBSE about a month ago and got a 158! (about 1/3 through fist pass through FA). I feel ashamed. I've been studying as much as I can since then but I'm afraid it hasn't amounted to much. My official step studying begins on the April 14th and I take the test 2 months later. My question is...will two months likely get me to comfortably passing? (>205) I'm planning on 14 hour days with UWorld, FA, Pathoma and DIT (the last month). Apparently the average increase from the CBSE is about 40 points. But if you start lower would improving by at least 50 points be reasonable? Thanks, and I'd appreciate any advice.

Hard studying produces initial steep performance gains.

You can gain 40 (or even 50) points in 2-3 months of assiduous study.

Your first priority is reading FA. Doing a solid pass on that book without even doing questions will essentially guarantee you 200+. If you really learn FA and do no questions, you're probably looking at a 230s score.

So do a pass of FA. Learn it. Then do lots of questions to reinforce it. But with your current scores, FA is more important than questions right now.

 

[QuickKat]

Thanks so much for the advice! I have my final coming up and then it's all STEP studying so we'll see how much I can pull off in two months of studying. I just imagined that I would have been so much further ahead than I am now. I guess I'm not one of those people who can handle class AND study for step. 2 months is all I have and there's no changing that. :-/ Praying for a miracle!

 

[dwijeshsheth]

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