final 2 weeks strategy

[theTruth_97]

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I was hoping that you could give me your thoughts on my plans for final 2 weeks. I'm currently rereading FA alongside pathoma. I was thinking of not doing any more Uworld questions (im at 80% done) and just taking a NBME every 4th day (so far I've only taken NBME 13 and that was 2 weeks ago- I got a 232 on it) and in between just reading FA and pathoma and reviewing sketchymicro.

[note: it usually takes me 4 hrs to do one Uworld block and go over it....that's why I'm hesitant to keep doing Uworld- yes its amazing but basically 3-4 blocks takes up my whole day]

What do yall think?

 

[Lord_Vader]

I was hoping that you could give me your thoughts on my plans for final 2 weeks. I'm currently rereading FA alongside pathoma. I was thinking of not doing any more Uworld questions (im at 80% done) and just taking a NBME every 4th day (so far I've only taken NBME 13 and that was 2 weeks ago) and inbetween just reading FA and pathoma and reviewing sketchymicro.

[note: it usually takes me 4 hrs to do one Uworld block and go over it....that's why I'm hesitant to keep doing Uworld- yes its amazing but basically 3-4 blocks takes up my whole day]

What do yall think?

I stopped doing Uworld after I had about 300 questions left which was 1 week before my test. I was consistently getting in the 65%+ range and so I just started working on my weaknesses and reading FA/Pathoma. If you do NBMEs though make sure you figure out why you got the questions wrong.

 

[FlashTime_91]

i actually was just about to post a very similar post lol
Anyone else have any thoughts about this?

 

[theTruth_97]

USMLEsimple? I've never heard of anyone using it. their presentations look like they were made in the 1980s and then saved on a floppy disk and now transferred to youtube videos

 

[maniacmath13]

USMLEsimple? I've never heard of anyone using it. their presentations look like they were made in the 1980s and then saved on a floppy disk and now transferred to youtube videos

Ya I have.
But anyways, repeat FA over and over again. Need to to know it like the back of your hand!

 

[doc10487]

already answered in the other thread.

 

[FlashTime_91]

is it possible to raise one's score say from a 235 to 240 in final two weeks?
I feel like at the end of the day a huge factor in our test score is going to be what subjects turn out to be represented more heavily on your individual test- if its something you're comfortable with then great, if not then that's not so favorable for you I guess.

 

[pd1112]

is it possible to raise one's score say from a 235 to 240 in final two weeks?

No.

 

[QualityProcess]

is it possible to raise one's score say from a 235 to 240 in final two weeks?
I feel like at the end of the day a huge factor in our test score is going to be what subjects turn out to be represented more heavily on your individual test- if its something you're comfortable with then great, if not then that's not so favorable for you I guess.

I think the large volume of material on the exam lends itself to a lot of natural variance in scores. Five pts seems tiny and subject to luck. Then again, 300+ questions is a large sample size and anecdotally, students' scores are relatively consistent on NBMEs. Its hard to say.

 

[deleted564496]

I don't see how you couldn't raise your score from 235-240 in two weeks... A lot of people act like you can't improve over any amount of time less than 3-4 weeks... What's the point of even studying six weeks for dedicated... Like seriously, if you went balls to the wall on your weaknesses for two weeks then I definitely think you could raise your score by at least 5-10 points. Just doesn't make much sense to me.

 

[CodeRedDew]

I don't see how you couldn't raise your score from 235-240 in two weeks... A lot of people act like you can't improve over any amount of time less than 3-4 weeks... What's the point of even studying six weeks for dedicated... Like seriously, if you went balls to the wall on your weaknesses for two weeks then I definitely think you could raise your score by at least 5-10 points. Just doesn't make much sense to me.

whoooosh

 

[pd1112]

@CodeRedDew I just picked up a code red thanks to your name

 

[BruceWilly]

So it's better to ditch the last 20% of usmle world and just memorize as much of FA as possible in the final week?

 

[OpthoSon]

So it's better to ditch the last 20% of usmle world and just memorize as much of FA as possible in the final week?

Only my second post here but from reading everywhere else, I don't think you should skip any of the uworld. Anyone else agree with this??

 

[TraumaBlonde]

Only my second post here but from reading everywhere else, I don't think you should skip any of the uworld. Anyone else agree with this??

You shouldn't skip any of it if it's a frame of refrence in terms of info,

But as a study resource, I haven't seen anyone benefit from it

 

[pd1112]

So it's better to ditch the last 20% of usmle world and just memorize as much of FA as possible in the final week?

I wouldn't continue to do UW questions during the last week. It just makes you overthink. If you want, you could create blocks of untimed/tutor mode unused questions and click through them only reading the objectives & explanations, instead of going through the Q&A process.

 

[BruceWilly]

I wouldn't continue to do UW questions during the last week. It just makes you overthink. If you want, you could create blocks of untimed/tutor mode unused questions and click through them only reading the objectives & explanations, instead of going through the Q&A process.

Seems legit. So focus on reviewing explanations and maybe focus on tables in first aid? I've also converted the rapid review section of FA into flash cards.

 

[seminoma]

is it possible to raise one's score say from a 235 to 240 in final two weeks?
I feel like at the end of the day a huge factor in our test score is going to be what subjects turn out to be represented more heavily on your individual test- if its something you're comfortable with then great, if not then that's not so favorable for you I guess.

235=240 depending on the test you get, like you said.