Step I FA cramming

[BillyRubinstein]

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QUick question - I'm self-studying for this exam (no course) and I attempted to make a schedule - good idea, but almost impossible to stick to. I originally gave myself 2 weeks of FA/UWorld cram time, and since I underestimated how long it would take me to get through Biochem and Micro, two of the areas that more challenging, I have had to "cut into" my 2 weeks of FA cramming, leaving only about 7-8 days, as opposed to the original 2 weeks. Overall I still have about 5 weeks left until D-Day, NBME's going not too shabby (NMBE -219 and NBME 2 -226), but I'm going for 240+. At this point, since I am just about done with my two weakest areas (Biochem/Micro), and assuming I'll stick to my schedule the rest of way pretty well, is 7-8 days a reasonable amount of time to get through FA one more time and fit in some UWorld Q's everyday? Feedback welcomed...thanks

 

[Keg]

QUick question - I'm self-studying for this exam (no course) and I attempted to make a schedule - good idea, but almost impossible to stick to. I originally gave myself 2 weeks of FA/UWorld cram time, and since I underestimated how long it would take me to get through Biochem and Micro, two of the areas that more challenging, I have had to "cut into" my 2 weeks of FA cramming, leaving only about 7-8 days, as opposed to the original 2 weeks. Overall I still have about 5 weeks left until D-Day, NBME's going not too shabby (NMBE -219 and NBME 2 -226), but I'm going for 240+. At this point, since I am just about done with my two weakest areas (Biochem/Micro), and assuming I'll stick to my schedule the rest of way pretty well, is 7-8 days a reasonable amount of time to get through FA one more time and fit in some UWorld Q's everyday? Feedback welcomed...thanks

I'm doing a FA review with 50 UW questions in less than 3 days (finishing today, hopefully) and giving myself ~1.5 days to get some cramming of lists and drugs in.

 

[Instatewaiter]

i am going through it in 5 days and at my school that is considered a lot of time.

 

[jbuck824]

I'm doing a FA review with 50 UW questions in less than 3 days (finishing today, hopefully) and giving myself ~1.5 days to get some cramming of lists and drugs in.

keg...did you feel rushed goin thru it in 3 days? im going to attempt to do the same starting tomorrow but am worried that by doing so i will only have time to "read" thru it...guess a lot of it is gonna be short term memory...

 

[Keg]

guess a lot of it is gonna be short term memory...

I'm banking on recognizing something in the stem/picture that jogs my short term memory.