Is 5 weeks enough...
Started by RIPSanto
It is enough time to go through it once if you worked hard.
But don't expect any miraculous scores (unless you are a super genius) because the beauty of these sources is to do them a couple of times through and through in order to pick up all the details
But don't expect any miraculous scores (unless you are a super genius) because the beauty of these sources is to do them a couple of times through and through in order to pick up all the details
5 weeks is plenty of time for most successful strategies. Just be meticulous and plan out your 5 weeks well.
Remember:
-Do questions every day. No exceptions.
-Reserve a couple days for NBMEs.They're 4 hours long, so take the rest of the day off to recharge your batteries.
Remember:
-Do questions every day. No exceptions.
-Reserve a couple days for NBMEs.They're 4 hours long, so take the rest of the day off to recharge your batteries.
More than enough. What's even better is having the sense that you are "short" on time will be beneficial.
My personal experience, I took my sweet time. Then took an NBME 14 days from my exam date. Got a 214. Freak out/depressed for a couple of days. Finished my first pass through UWorld 9 days out. Then started redoing all the missed UWorld questions and a re-read of FA/Pathoma/ and flashcards like there was no tomorrow. I could feel a pretty huge lump in my throat for those last few days but I ended with a 241 on the real thing.
My personal experience, I took my sweet time. Then took an NBME 14 days from my exam date. Got a 214. Freak out/depressed for a couple of days. Finished my first pass through UWorld 9 days out. Then started redoing all the missed UWorld questions and a re-read of FA/Pathoma/ and flashcards like there was no tomorrow. I could feel a pretty huge lump in my throat for those last few days but I ended with a 241 on the real thing.
Which flashcards did you use?
my own. Made from FA, Pathoma and UWorld
I am not familiar with DIT. However I used both Pathoma and UWorld extensively during my studying time.
Pathoma on 1.7x speed is 1,192 minutes long. That's about 20 hours of lecture. If you proceed at a sane pace of 8 hrs lecture every day, it'll take 3 days to complete Pathoma. However, I assume that this fast review would be AFTER you have listened to the lectures at a normal pace and annotated your book with his high yield explanations (trust me they are actually high yield 😀).
UWorld has about 2100 questions. 2100 questions over 35 days? That comes to about 60 questions a day which is VERY doable (including review time). I would suggest you go 92 q's a day (Two 46 question blocks TIMED). You'll be done in about 22 days. Which will give the remainder to review incorrects/weak areas.
Also, when is your test?
Yes. Not easy, but yes. I did it in 5 weeks. DIT x1, FA x3(if you count the once I went through it during DIT), and all but 9% of UWorld in 5 weeks and 3 days. Did a good bit of pathoma too. Took 2 NBMEs. Only catch is that you have to put in a lot of hours (14+ per day).
