Heading into dedicating study period. A little help?

[Goober11]

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Hey everyone. Ok, here is my current situation I have about 2 weeks of class left before dedicated:

NBME 6 one month ago--219
Finished USMLE Rx with classes--71%
Finished UW today at 69%
I will do UW again during the last 2.5-3 weeks of my dedicated (test in mid June)
2 passes of FA


I have a total dedicated time of 5.5 weeks with the later 2.5-3 weeks being my UW second pass (3 blocks/day with FA review). My question is how do I start?

OPTION 1: Kaplan... I have not been impressed with their questions so far (doing some of the free 300) and I don't really wanna buy Kaplan because I want to save money for the NBMEs, but I will consider doing it (please don't make me )... Days would be half FA, half Kaplan.

OPTION 2: Do my incorrects of UW for a total of 2.5 passes of UW for half of the day while doing FA the other half.

OPTION 3: (WHAT I PREFER SO FAR)----- This is a bit off beat but hear me out. Crush through the Robbin's question book AND Webpath subject wise while also reviewing that section in FA. I know the questions aren't the most "board style" but I think they would really lock things up for me path-wise. I would also do some pharm questions from baby Katzung as to not alienate the subject entirely (nothing crazy).


I am leaning toward #3 because I am not the most meticulous person in the world and pounding through two other Qbanks, at least I think, will allow me to see the information from another angle. Now that I have my thoughts out there what do you all think? Is there a 4th option you would like to suggest?

THANK YOU!

 

[JJMrK]

JMO:
Do whatever you feel most comfortable with. You'll be fine.

If you want a real answer:
I would start now on UW and another FA pass, and then if you have time at the end- do it again. FA + UW = USMLE steroids

 

[Zzmed]

FA + UW = USMLE steroids

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I agree with the above. If you see that your path is weak then hit Robbins or Webpath. Just don't take it for granted that Robbins or Webpath will lock things up.
And if you also want a real answer from me: i would buy Kaplan just for Biochem and Micro.

 

[Goober11]

Thank you for the input. Biochem and micro are two areas that I can definitely improve. Kaplan it is. I'll try to do as many Robbins questions as I can if anyone is interested in how that plays out I will give a review of it after my test since one hasn't been done in years.