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bassvp said:
I hope this question doesn't seem too out of place, but since you all have probably spent hours upon hours on your computers for med school work, can any of you comment on any minimum specs that you might recommend (speed, screen size, desktop/laptop/netbook/iPad) based on your personal experiences?
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The vast majority of my work is on the computer, since our school is paperless. The only thing I don't use my computer for is the handful of review books I have to study for Step 1.

I have a 15" screen and love it. I can split the screen rather easily for classwork, without compromising the quality of the text that I'm reading. Beyond that, I can't really give you specs... get as fast as you can for your budget, get an external hard drive... And use a laptop. It's easier than a desktop. Netbooks are too small in my opinion, and tablets don't have all the functionality I need.
 
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Can anyone comment on 2nd semester of M1, is it better to bank new material as you go, or wait until summer to begin banking the new material. Assuming 1st semester is already on mastery.
 
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Jack is Back said:
Can anyone comment on 2nd semester of M1, is it better to bank new material as you go, or wait until summer to begin banking the new material. Assuming 1st semester is already on mastery.
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If you're on renal phys, then focus on class stuff using the cards to just look at for extracting high yield stuff and bank it all the day after the renal phys exam. That of you can do it as you go which is also good.

You want to bank stuff after you just learned it. That way it stays fresh in your head and you don't have to relearn it later.
 
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Alvarez13 said:
If you're on renal phys, then focus on class stuff using the cards to just look at for extracting high yield stuff and bank it all the day after the renal phys exam. That of you can do it as you go which is also good.

You want to bank stuff after you just learned it. That way it stays fresh in your head and you don't have to relearn it later.
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Totally agree. Bank as you go is the best strategy. I hate having to go back. Also IMO.. if learning from multiple sources works well for you (it does for me.. I can't synthesize concepts from just one source usually), then the GT cards will likely help you on your exams as well...
 
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Alvarez13 said:
If you're on renal phys, then focus on class stuff using the cards to just look at for extracting high yield stuff and bank it all the day after the renal phys exam. That of you can do it as you go which is also good.

You want to bank stuff after you just learned it. That way it stays fresh in your head and you don't have to relearn it later.
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Thx for the advice.

DeadByDawn said:
Totally agree. Bank as you go is the best strategy. I hate having to go back. Also IMO.. if learning from multiple sources works well for you (it does for me.. I can't synthesize concepts from just one source usually), then the GT cards will likely help you on your exams as well...
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Can you expand on this idea? Do you mean using a textbooks + review book + lecture notes or are you just saying to use GT + class material?
 
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Anyone else keep getting this error message when trying to do their review questions?

"We have some unhappy news.

Something rather unpleasant just happened on our server."
 
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projectlogic said:
Anyone else keep getting this error message when trying to do their review questions?

"We have some unhappy news.

Something rather unpleasant just happened on our server."
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contact them, there is an error in the database, the first card that you want to review is leading nowhere. you should be able to review by subject.

as I said, contact them and they will fix that for you.
we discussed this earlier in this thread.
 
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projectlogic said:
Anyone else keep getting this error message when trying to do their review questions?

"We have some unhappy news.

Something rather unpleasant just happened on our server."
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Sorry, I should have updated you guys on my progress with this. I had the same thing, and a quick email to GT fixed the issue. As Chi stated previously, if you hit the drop-down menu you can go subject by subject in the interim. Don't let those cards pile up!
 
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Do you think GT can be used as the only/primary resource for boards? I want to try to score around 230 and I'm planning on using GT, Pathoma, Goljan audio, and UW+Kaplan Qbank exclusively (ya im trying to see if i can get out of using FA/ Goljan's Rapid Review pathology). I'm talking about COMPLETE mastery of material in GT.
 
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caduceusdude said:
Do you think GT can be used as the only/primary resource for boards? I want to try to score around 230 and I'm planning on using GT, Pathoma, Goljan audio, and UW+Kaplan Qbank exclusively (ya im trying to see if i can get out of using FA/ Goljan's Rapid Review pathology). I'm talking about COMPLETE mastery of material in GT.
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complete mastery + UWorld + Pathoma should be more than enough for 230. mind you, I havent taken the beast yet, but I have covered 36% of GT and read Rapid Review (RR) and FA as well and extrapolating from that, it is save to say that GT covers everything in FA and a lot of the high yield stuff from RR and then some.
The single most important reason why I still use FA is: I need a catalogue for the data I store in my brain, some people can do without it but I need that imaginery catalogue, dont know if that makes sense.
The second reason: I can annotate stuff worth remembering but you could use the pathoma book for this.
 
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Thanks for the reply...additional feedback on this would be helpful.

Also, I wish they would let us edit the cards. There are times where I want to add some additional info which I would like to also show up when im answering questions. That would make it GT just abt the perfect tool for studying.
 
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caduceusdude said:
Thanks for the reply...additional feedback on this would be helpful.

Also, I wish they would let us edit the cards. There are times where I want to add some additional info which I would like to also show up when im answering questions. That would make it GT just abt the perfect tool for studying.
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You can add notes and links to any of the cards.
 
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Alvarez13 said:
You can add notes and links to any of the cards.
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true, but that's not the same.
and I have to agree, there are instances where I would like to add something to the cards that show up which would make me remember them better for next time, like my own mnemonics or additional info.
I hope they will implement that idea.
 
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While you can add notes in the margin, they don't show up when you're doing questions. I mean, once you're done banking the cards, you mainly view the content in the form of question-answers. If I was able to add some information to the card itself and have it show up when I'm answering questions, it would be especially helpful. Atleast give users the option to do this, people who don't like it just don't have to choose that option.
 
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Also if you guys like this idea, please vote for it in the feedback section (it's on the upper right hand corner of GT screen). I started this idea on the GT forum: "Bestow upon us the power to edit!!"
 
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caduceusdude said:
Do you think GT can be used as the only/primary resource for boards? I want to try to score around 230 and I'm planning on using GT, Pathoma, Goljan audio, and UW+Kaplan Qbank exclusively (ya im trying to see if i can get out of using FA/ Goljan's Rapid Review pathology). I'm talking about COMPLETE mastery of material in GT.
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I am also curious about using only GT+Pathoma+Qbanks exclusively for Step 1 studying. Is anybody else actually doing this?
 
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Anybody else spending time gearing up over winter break? I'm personally in the process of going through and making sure I've banked all the cards from this past semester... I've taken the leap and switched into comprehensive mode too >.> I've been on lite since I got GT about a year ago, but with the exam looming 6 months away I feel like it's time to get serious.
 
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For those with Step 1 6 mo away, how's ur GT progression thus far if you don't mind sharing it?
1. How many cards are you banking on an avg day or week?
2. What's ur overall progress & mastery?
 
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Bernoull said:
For those with Step 1 6 mo away, how's ur GT progression thus far if you don't mind sharing it?
1. How many cards are you banking on an avg day or week?
2. What's ur overall progress & mastery?
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Starting in September, I was banking anywhere between 5 and 20 cards per day, average 10, throughout the fall at school... Over final exams/winter break I slowed down a lot and now I get through maybe 0-5 cards/day. As of today I'm at 85% banked, 60.2% mastery. I really wanted to be through all the GT cards before winter break started so I could focus on other resources when I go back to school (I've been doing nothing but GT all fall), but they kept adding new cards! No complaints though, I'm glad to have to go through anatomy again, GT-style.
 
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ipizzy said:
Starting in September, I was banking anywhere between 5 and 20 cards per day, average 10, throughout the fall at school... Over final exams/winter break I slowed down a lot and now I get through maybe 0-5 cards/day. As of today I'm at 85% banked, 60.2% mastery. I really wanted to be through all the GT cards before winter break started so I could focus on other resources when I go back to school (I've been doing nothing but GT all fall), but they kept adding new cards! No complaints though, I'm glad to have to go through anatomy again, GT-style.
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wow.
I only managed 40% banked in 3 months...
so you are doing pretty well man!
 
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Both of you are kicking ass compared to me 🙂

I couldn't do much GT last semester, so I'm at 20% overall and 12% mastery. Yea I got ways to go but I'm aiming to bank all of it by March-April. I'm also trying to bank most of last semester's stuff b4 the break's over.
 
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I'm at ~40% banked, 20% mastery. I haven't been very consistent this semester, but I really hope I can do better in the next semester.
 
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Can anyone comment how they are integrating (or plan to) the other prep materials with GT.

For example, are you using any of these:

RR Pathology
Robins Path Q's
Pathoma
UWorld
USMLERx

Just curious how you are doing well in class, doing GT, and then adding question banks or books like RR Path.

Also, how are some people banked @ 88% before 2nd semester has even begun? Are you banking cards before covering the material in class?

Comprehensive or Lite?
 
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Jack is Back said:
Can anyone comment how they are integrating (or plan to) the other prep materials with GT.

For example, are you using any of these:

RR Pathology
Robins Path Q's
Pathoma
UWorld
USMLERx

Just curious how you are doing well in class, doing GT, and then adding question banks or books like RR Path.

Also, how are some people banked @ 88% before 2nd semester has even begun? Are you banking cards before covering the material in class?

Comprehensive or Lite?
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I use RR and Pathoma.
First I look at the sections in Pathoma (just the heading, I dont watch it), do that section in RR, then watch Pathoma and then bank it on GT 🙂
 
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Jack is Back said:
Can anyone comment how they are integrating (or plan to) the other prep materials with GT.

For example, are you using any of these:

RR Pathology
Robins Path Q's
Pathoma
UWorld
USMLERx

Just curious how you are doing well in class, doing GT, and then adding question banks or books like RR Path.

Also, how are some people banked @ 88% before 2nd semester has even begun? Are you banking cards before covering the material in class?

Comprehensive or Lite?
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Pathoma as a preview, bank with RR path, Robbins Review questions before exams. Usually around the mean on school tests. Hope to have all or majority banked prior to UWorld. Currently 45/25. Comprehensive.
 
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Jack is Back said:
Can anyone comment how they are integrating (or plan to) the other prep materials with GT.

For example, are you using any of these:

RR Pathology
Robins Path Q's
Pathoma
UWorld
USMLERx

Just curious how you are doing well in class, doing GT, and then adding question banks or books like RR Path.

Also, how are some people banked @ 88% before 2nd semester has even begun? Are you banking cards before covering the material in class?

Comprehensive or Lite?
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Comprehensive. I just focused on GT for the fall semester and didn't use any other books/qbanks. Once I hit around 80% banked on GT I started doing 10-20 Kaplan qbank questions/day for the subjects I had completed, and I plan to rev up the number of Kaplan q's I do each day as I get closer to finishing GT.

GT worked for me because our school curriculum is set up so that we have already covered the vast majority of phys/pathophys in the first 3 semesters. For some subjects that we are not formally taught in a classroom setting (e.g. derm), I went ahead and just learned that on my own and banked the GT cards.

As for other resources I plan on integrating/using, in January/February I think I'll start going through 1st pass of First Aid. By the end of March I'll purchase UWorld, methinks. Somewhere in there I plan on using BRS phys, BRS behavioral, maybe HY anatomy for the clinical boxes. I tried RR path and Goljan audio but I didn't like it; maybe I'll change my mind after going through GT. (June test scheduled)

Hope that answers your question!
 
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ipizzy said:
Comprehensive. I just focused on GT for the fall semester and didn't use any other books/qbanks. Once I hit around 80% banked on GT I started doing 10-20 Kaplan qbank questions/day for the subjects I had completed, and I plan to rev up the number of Kaplan q's I do each day as I get closer to finishing GT.

GT worked for me because our school curriculum is set up so that we have already covered the vast majority of phys/pathophys in the first 3 semesters. For some subjects that we are not formally taught in a classroom setting (e.g. derm), I went ahead and just learned that on my own and banked the GT cards.

As for other resources I plan on integrating/using, in January/February I think I'll start going through 1st pass of First Aid. By the end of March I'll purchase UWorld, methinks. Somewhere in there I plan on using BRS phys, BRS behavioral, maybe HY anatomy for the clinical boxes. I tried RR path and Goljan audio but I didn't like it; maybe I'll change my mind after going through GT. (June test scheduled)

Hope that answers your question!
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Definitely did. Sounds like a good plan. Bank/master GT, then move to everything else.

Curious, will you work GT all the way to May or will you abandon it?
 
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Hi. If someone can also PM me the free month code, I'd really appreciate it!

I just tried to PM you, but your message box is full.



My bad. I just deleted some stuff. Can you try again?

Thanks again!!
 
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Polar101 said:
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Originally Posted by Polar101
Hi. If someone can also PM me the free month code, I'd really appreciate it!

I just tried to PM you, but your message box is full.



My bad. I just deleted some stuff. Can you try again?

Thanks again!!
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Done -- check your PMs. 🙂
 
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Banking Cardio and Pulm at the moment....is all of this information necessary? It seems over the top compared to other organ systems I've banked.

Ex. textbook-version of neck anatomy, berylliosis, farmer's lung, pigeon breeder's lung in pulm.
 
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failureatlife said:
Banking Cardio and Pulm at the moment....is all of this information necessary? It seems over the top compared to other organ systems I've banked.

Ex. textbook-version of neck anatomy, berylliosis, farmer's lung, pigeon breeder's lung in pulm.
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I'd rather be over-prepared come test time.
 
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