i thought the USMLE notes from kaplan were horrible. that may just be because i bought the notes off of an upperclassman and I didnt take the corresponding lectures but i thought they were a waste of money and time.
the only two I liked from kaplan were biochem and immuno. for everything else i either used BRS, HY, or first aid. whatever you use though, make sure you give yourself time to go through and memorize first aid like 3 times. i spent way too much time "reading" the review books and not enough time getting first aid down cold cover to cover. if i could do it all over again and i had 5 weeks for example i'd probably just limit myself to 2 weeks of review books and then 3 weeks of first aid, and questions throughout. as you read the review books and work qbank, glance through FA and annotate it. dont get backed up reading the review books to the point you spend say 3 1/2 weeks reading and only 7-10 days memorizing FA.
