How long does Taus take?

[Thruster]

How long does Taus take for average students? or for slow readers? what are your experiences?

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[qmcat]

I did the Taus thing for a few weeks before scrapping it because it took too long. If you're a slow reader and have time though, I would estimate about 2 months for just reading and annotating everything. Give yourself a lot of time if you are planning to do Taus because you want some time after the initial pass to go over things again.

 

[Thruster]

bump

 

[DocEspana]

What is Taus? I thought he was repeatedly misspelling "test."

 

[jonessoda1212]

I did Taus starting in January (step1 end of May). If you didn't have to study for classes you could prob do it in 8-10 weeks easy. I don't like studying alot at once, so I had to start early, but i didn't get serious about it til 4-5 weeks before. I personally suggest it if your willing to put in the time. I got 258 and would call myself an average student. I was typically always the mean on exams.

 

[lord_jeebus]

What is Taus? I thought he was repeatedly misspelling "test."

Taus is a user who posted his USMLE preparation plan on SDN about 5 years ago, and it became quite popular.

 

[kaleerkalut]

Taus is a user who posted his USMLE preparation plan on SDN about 5 years ago, and it became quite popular.

Does anybody have the updated Taus plan they could post? Thanks

 

[poorracerkid]

Search

 

[jdmd1student]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=756311&highlight=taus+method

 

[NTF]

I looked at Taus and it ain't for the faint of heart. Very time-consuming & thorough but not particularly high yield. It's a good plan if you're an IMG and have months to study. A doable plan for a med student with minimal life and singular focus. But for most of us with just enough time to keep up with class, have a life, and only a handful of weeks to prepare - highly impractical and frankly a lot of overkill.

 

[kaleerkalut]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=756311&highlight=taus+method

Thank you