Hello,
I am student who goes to a U.S. allopathic school and I just got removed from my first rotation. I'd prefer not to get into any details, but circumstances kind of prevented me from devoting my full attention and effort to my studies during my second year. I managed to (barely) pass all of my units this year. Towards the end of my second year, I managed to resolve/ fix the circumstances I mentioned above and was able to give it my all. However, after working pretty hard during the end of the year and during my 7 weeks of board studying time, I ended up failing the Step 1 test by >20 points.
My school gave me another 8 weeks to restudy for the exam and I am looking to pay for some course if it will help. I have heard about a few courses and DIT seems like it would be what I am looking for, although I have heard about a few others such as Kaplan. I am leaning towards DIT, since it has less hours of lecture (3-4 hours a day) than does Kaplan (which has like twice the number of lectures) - I would have more time to do question bank questions with DIT. I was wondering what the various opinions on DIT were, especially for those who didn't do great 2nd year, but did well on the Step 1 after taking DIT. My main concern with DIT is that it is so short and fast, I don't know if I would be able to keep up with it (Just because I am very weak in a lot of areas) - I kind of wish it were spread out over 6 weeks or so instead of 4 weeks...
Any input would be very helpful. Thanks in advance,
I am student who goes to a U.S. allopathic school and I just got removed from my first rotation. I'd prefer not to get into any details, but circumstances kind of prevented me from devoting my full attention and effort to my studies during my second year. I managed to (barely) pass all of my units this year. Towards the end of my second year, I managed to resolve/ fix the circumstances I mentioned above and was able to give it my all. However, after working pretty hard during the end of the year and during my 7 weeks of board studying time, I ended up failing the Step 1 test by >20 points.
My school gave me another 8 weeks to restudy for the exam and I am looking to pay for some course if it will help. I have heard about a few courses and DIT seems like it would be what I am looking for, although I have heard about a few others such as Kaplan. I am leaning towards DIT, since it has less hours of lecture (3-4 hours a day) than does Kaplan (which has like twice the number of lectures) - I would have more time to do question bank questions with DIT. I was wondering what the various opinions on DIT were, especially for those who didn't do great 2nd year, but did well on the Step 1 after taking DIT. My main concern with DIT is that it is so short and fast, I don't know if I would be able to keep up with it (Just because I am very weak in a lot of areas) - I kind of wish it were spread out over 6 weeks or so instead of 4 weeks...
Any input would be very helpful. Thanks in advance,