My experience at the program 'USMLEagle' for Step 2 CK

[zrehman80]

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I'm a recent MD graduate (05/2014) and I'd like to help out other medical students who have had a hard time with their Step 1, Step 2 or Step 3 preparation by telling you about a program that taught me medicine much better than my medical school.

The program is called 'USMLEagle' (www.usmleagle.com). I'm an IMG and I struggled learning the material for Step 1. I took Kaplan for Step 1 and it really didn't help me the way I hoped, it was more group based learning than individual learning and no one really cared if you showed up or not because in Kaplan you are just known as a number, not by your name. My knowledge after completing 2 years of Basic Sciences was very low and I needed more personable one-on-one teaching. Even though I did not receive that at Kaplan, luckily I just barely passed Step 1.

For my CK, I needed to take a course that would guide me and teach me the knowledge that I was missing and strengthen the knowledge that I already knew. My girlfriend (Currently a 3rd year IM resident at University of Chicago) told me to take this course called 'USMLEagle'. She took it for CK and Step 3 and scored very well and matched for residency on first attempt.

I went to Orlando, Florida where the course is located and I studied for approximately 2 months. When I walked into the course on my first day I took a NBME and scored a 110. As dissatisfied as I was, Dr. Nguyen, my mentor, went over my NBME with me and told me that in 3 weeks, my score would jump if I went to drilling sessions, one-on-one tutoring and lectures every day.

The next 2 months, I did just that. I was also completing roughly about 2-3 blocks a day on UWorld. By the time I was ready to take my CK, I scored a 227 on my last NBME. I took the exam with confidence in my knowledge and I was more than happy with my score.

Before the match season begins for 2015, I am currently back in Orlando preparing for my Step 3.

This program is much better than Kaplan or Pass Program. It gives you individual based learning with Drilling sessions, 1-on-1 tutoring and you solidify your knowledge with lectures. You are in a constant 24/7 study environment learning all the time. The staff is great and the main coordinator, Hina took care of all my questions and concerns. If it wasn't for this program I would have not had a 16 point increase from my Step 1 to Step 2 score. I am confident that I will do more than well for my Step 3.

Thank you for taking the time out to read about my experience.

 

[ketosisevangelist]

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[pBrownJChiTown]

^ paid tutor lol

I'm a recent MD graduate (05/2014) and I'd like to help out other medical students who have had a hard time with their Step 1, Step 2 or Step 3 preparation by telling you about a program that taught me medicine much better than my medical school.

The program is called 'USMLEagle' (www.usmleagle.com). I'm an IMG and I struggled learning the material for Step 1. I took Kaplan for Step 1 and it really didn't help me the way I hoped, it was more group based learning than individual learning and no one really cared if you showed up or not because in Kaplan you are just known as a number, not by your name. My knowledge after completing 2 years of Basic Sciences was very low and I needed more personable one-on-one teaching. Even though I did not receive that at Kaplan, luckily I just barely passed Step 1.

For my CK, I needed to take a course that would guide me and teach me the knowledge that I was missing and strengthen the knowledge that I already knew. My girlfriend (Currently a 3rd year IM resident at University of Chicago) told me to take this course called 'USMLEagle'. She took it for CK and Step 3 and scored very well and matched for residency on first attempt.

I went to Orlando, Florida where the course is located and I studied for approximately 2 months. When I walked into the course on my first day I took a NBME and scored a 110. As dissatisfied as I was, Dr. Nguyen, my mentor, went over my NBME with me and told me that in 3 weeks, my score would jump if I went to drilling sessions, one-on-one tutoring and lectures every day.

The next 2 months, I did just that. I was also completing roughly about 2-3 blocks a day on UWorld. By the time I was ready to take my CK, I scored a 227 on my last NBME. I took the exam with confidence in my knowledge and I was more than happy with my score.

Before the match season begins for 2015, I am currently back in Orlando preparing for my Step 3.

This program is much better than Kaplan or Pass Program. It gives you individual based learning with Drilling sessions, 1-on-1 tutoring and you solidify your knowledge with lectures. You are in a constant 24/7 study environment learning all the time. The staff is great and the main coordinator, Hina took care of all my questions and concerns. If it wasn't for this program I would have not had a 16 point increase from my Step 1 to Step 2 score. I am confident that I will do more than well for my Step 3.

Thank you for taking the time out to read about my experience.

 

[MD2be2017]

My review of Eagle,

I was at this program and I feel as if it was a waste of my time as well. (I followed the "method" did their sequence of qs, attended all drills and lectures), the information they teach you is outdated. Their notes are outdated and basically copied and pasted from usmle world, kaplan, PASS and other sources. A good amount of information is just wrong. This cost me 5K.

The drills were a joke depending on who did them, some tutors think its cool to swear, use foul language and call students out for their imperfections. Other drill instructors are not very knowledgeable. I improved a bit, but it was not because of them, its because I had a good place to study for 5 weeks. They have something they call Pebbles which is a useless packet of quick info - its also wrong info, and it contradicts their notes .This cost me 5K.

I only had their best tutors twice (who were more interested in asking questions about my personal life, instead of teaching me medicine), once I had tutoring on skype!! WHY WOULD I WANT SKYPE TUTORING when I am at the program. I only met the program director twice, she cancelled on me the other times. Most likely b/c I wasn't one of the students the secretaries liked (get in with them well, esp the main one, who is also a student otherwise she will continually slander you to the tutors and students). The program directors' (dr.N) opinion was for me to go on adderall and see a Psychiatrist so she/he can evaluate me. One student told me the program gets a "kickback" to send me there PSSHH, I am not sure what specialty dr. N practices maybe - NOTHING. I spent over 5K at the program which was a waste of my time.

The head tutor is more interested in checking out the girls, and get to know them, and their lectures' are hard to understand because they drop more F-bombs than any relevant information. The tutors say they want you to do well but at the same time they will talk **** behind your back, the head tutor lied to me repeatedly about how to get extra tutoring and how the other tutors are a waste of my time. Like this guy is some savior.......This cost me 5K.

Going over the same thing 5 times in lecture is not helpful. Giving me answers to NBME questions and qs in UW is not teaching. I was also given a tutor that wanted to talk more about her problems then about my progress, she also just read from the slides. This cost me 5K.

They say they provide food, which they do - true but they cook it themselves in crock pots (how cheap are they)..thats Eagle for you and it shares a place with a Law firm which is really awkward. This cost me 5K.


The only good things were the students! Take your money elsewhere.