how's this study plan????

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6 wks left:

thinking about doing nothing but Qbank and usmleasy.com questions (~5500 questions) and read explanations on all questions for 6 weeks, and if explanation still doesnt make sense then go to FA or BRS. only read FA ~2hr/d and 'attempt' to memorize it

'studying' or reading up on all disciplines w/ diff books at this point seems too daunting and just impossible. i think this is why everyone says step1 is not about 6 wk cramming but 2 years prep.


what do u think??
 
While everyone has different learning styles, I would discourage using questions as your sole study technique. I know of one person who did this, and although they had always done well in classes, was one of the few students at my school to fail Step 1. With 6 weeks to study, you have plenty of time to utilize other resources - BRS Path and Phys are a good addition to FA if you want to keep your resources to a minimum.
Qbank is great to reinforce your learning, but I would hesitate to rely on it alone. And I've heard the USMLeasy is a bit dodgy....so perhaps don't put too much effort into those questions. Good luck!
 
You have plenty of time to use as many resources as you can (i.e. all the study books, etc, etc) Also, usmleasy is free for only like 5 more days. 400 questions a day. And you should write anything that you miss in the questions into your FA. I wouldn't go about it the way you are, but different strokes.
 
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