First Aid or Questions?

[oceanillusion42]

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So I'm finishing up my last ~2 weeks of class, tho they are very light. I'm officially done May 7 and take the USMLE on June 3 and COMLEX on June 10.

I took UWSA 1 the third week in march and got a 221, I took UWSA 2 today and got 236. I've made 2 passes of first aid so far and 2 passes of pathoma. My question is: should i spend my ~3 weeks of dedicated study time going heavily thru first aid once more or should I try to do a ton of questions. I'm not even half way thru U-world or COMBANK. probably about 1000 questions done in each of them.

My goal score is a 230 on the USMLE.... COMLEX score of 550? You'd think I'd know more about COMLEX scores seeing as how I am a DO student but the entire COMLEX is like an enigma... i don't even know a respectable average for the residency i want (emergency medicine).

Anyway, any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[medpack87]

So I'm finishing up my last ~2 weeks of class, tho they are very light. I'm officially done May 7 and take the USMLE on June 3 and COMLEX on June 10.

I took UWSA 1 the third week in march and got a 221, I took UWSA 2 today and got 236. I've made 2 passes of first aid so far and 2 passes of pathoma. My question is: should i spend my ~3 weeks of dedicated study time going heavily thru first aid once more or should I try to do a ton of questions. I'm not even half way thru U-world or COMBANK. probably about 1000 questions done in each of them.

My goal score is a 230 on the USMLE.... COMLEX score of 550? You'd think I'd know more about COMLEX scores seeing as how I am a DO student but the entire COMLEX is like an enigma... i don't even know a respectable average for the residency i want (emergency medicine).

Anyway, any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

I would do more questions. That way you can also be reviewing high yield subjects.

 

[Goober11]

Speaking only for the USMLE (I have no idea how to prepare for the COMLEX) Finish UW and annotate/read the corresponding page in FA. Killing two birds with one stone. If you get through 2 blocks of UW/day then you will finish with a solid 10-12 days to crush through FA or COMLEX afterwards. Maybe squeeze an NBME in there since the UWSAs aren't the most indicative of your test day performance. They tend to overestimate.

To answer your original question I think this time needs to be an FA/question hybrid because each solidifies the other.