Importance of lecture Notes?

[beatsbydre]

---

Members don't see this ad.

are your M1/M2 lecture notes important in studying for Step I? Do you use them at all or just use First Aid/Review Books?

There is so much paper (this is our class syllabus) and I'm moving between different apartments, so I'm contemplating of just throwing everything out. Is that a good idea?

 

[jughead00]

are your M1/M2 lecture notes important in studying for Step I? Do you use them at all or just use First Aid/Review Books?

There is so much paper (this is our class syllabus) and I'm moving between different apartments, so I'm contemplating of just throwing everything out. Is that a good idea?

you could throw them out but if i were you i would keep them just for my sanity and state of mind..you probably won't need them coz everything is covered in either First aid or UW or wikipedia/google! but still, being under so much stress and "wanting what you don't have" will get you in a state of mind where you regret not reading a certain point or something that you had explained well in your notes..

 

[Phloston]

The less you focus on class and the more you focus on the USMLE, the better you'll do on the latter.

The 2012 scores thread had a kid who was in the bottom 1/3 of his class with a 270+, and he mentioned that his class's MS2 valedictorian only got a 245.

 

[tiedyeddog]

I had a pile of notes that went to my knees after M1. I also contemplated keeping them but they aren't useful. Way too detailed and way too dense for any review. I tossed mine when I moved between m1-m2.

You will never look at them again, especially once you get past step 1.

 

[hownowmauvecow]

you could burn all your notes and do just fine on the usmle (I would recommend this option as a potential stress relief leading up to your test unless you want to put everything in binders to fill your bookshelf/satisfy your own neurotic tendencies..which I may have done...).

First aid>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>class notes.

the only useful thing about these notes would be the knowledge you got from them (corny but doing well in school does make the studying a tad easier)

 

[diogotty]

Don't burn them, recycle 🙂