i couldnt believe this as i just found out i flunke the exam by one point (183), the passing mark is 184. i actually studied really hard for it, using uw (54.3%), FA, crush, kaplan s2/s3 lecture notes.
i have a question here, does this failure have any way affecting your IM residency?
thanks for your feedbacks.
sorry, but Kaplan user, another one bites the dust.
Sorry to put it that way, but Kaplan is really really really really weak pertinent to step 3 material. It is atrocious that they actually get PAID to teach that course. That money should go to charity or something.
Yes Premier Review is LIGHT YEARS ahead of Kaplan
The thing that really bugs me about Kaplan, is that it is riddled with errors, and inaccurate information. They do nothing but a great job of thoroughly confusing the hell out of you, and then taking your money before you know it.
MKSAP 14 is a great question source, esp the primary care section.
Premier Review does an excellent job of forcing you to think in the proper direction, and hits on high yield facts.
USMLE World explanations are good too.
Kaplan is good for absolutely nothing.
Attend one of their courses for step 3. The classes are FULL of IMGs that don't know English very well at all, and do not know anything else besides Kaplan for USMLE. Kaplan can very easily take advantage of these people. The only other people signed up for Kaplan, are residents FROM THE SAME CITY, and their residency program pays for the course, and they get the time off from residency.
Don't attend Kaplan or read their books for step 3, you will be doing yourself a TREMENDOUS disservice. Not only in learning material pertinent to USMLE Step 3, but Medicine in general. Those guys do not know what they are talking about.
Kaplan teachers are all private practitioners, with little or no knowledge of academic medicine, which is changing almost constantly.
You got it right there, MKSAP and Premier Review.
Truth is no one resource will cover everything and anything tested, but MKSAP 14 and Premier Review are very very good sources.
Stay the heck away from Kaplan, they will steer you in the wrong direction.
I cannot stress this enough, people say it again and again, I took Kaplan and failed. Read the internet, learn from others' experiences, Kaplan is not only not good, but severely detrimental and atrocious.