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[Arctic Char]

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so, each line represents one day.

Review anatomy USMLERx Q's (as many as i can do in subject)
Review anatomy USMLERx
Review behav sci USMLERx
Review behav sci USMLERx
Review biostats USMLERx
Review biochem USMLERx
Review biochem USMLERx
Review biochem USMLERx
Review biochem USMLERx
Review cell and molec USMLERx
Review cell and molec USMLERx
Review micro USMLERx
Review micro USMLERx
Review micro USMLERx
Review micro USMLERx
Review pharm USMLERx
Review pharm USMLERx
Review pharm USMLERx
Review Cardio USMLERx
Review Cardio USMLERx
Review Cardio USMLERx
Review Respi USMLERx
Review Respi USMLERx
Review GI USMLERx
Review GI USMLERx
Review Neph USMLERx
Review Neph USMLERx
Review Endo USMLERx
Review Endo USMLERx
Review Neuro USMLERx
Review Neuro USMLERx
Review Neuro USMLERx
NBME 1, 200 Block
NBME 2; 200 Block
review nbme
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 200
USMLE World 200
USMLE World 200
NBME 4; 200 Block
review nbme
NBME 3; 200 Block
review nbme
review whatever
review whatever
GAMEDAY


now, books:

FA
BRS Phys
RR Path
HY Neuro
HY Cell and Molec
Kaplan Biochem
Kaplan Pharm
Kaplan Micro
HY Behavioral Sci
HY Anatomy (maybe, this may not be high yield because i know anatomy pretty well. but whatever, i'll read it on the flight home).

so, again, each line represents one day. i will also be listening to Goljan lectures at least one lecture a day, probably two. i've already listened to his lecture twice through already, but what can i say -i love the man.

before its too late - i would really love some feedback about this schedule. everyone here has been so great in offering advice and feedback, and i am very grateful for all i've learned in this forum. i hope i can still get some good tips . . .

so, what do y'all think?

 

[Arctic Char]

damn, not one response?

 

[oreosandsake]

so, each line represents one day.

Review anatomy USMLERx Q's (as many as i can do in subject)
Review anatomy USMLERx
Review behav sci USMLERx
Review behav sci USMLERx
Review biostats USMLERx
Review biochem USMLERx
Review biochem USMLERx
Review biochem USMLERx
Review biochem USMLERx
Review cell and molec USMLERx
Review cell and molec USMLERx
Review micro USMLERx
Review micro USMLERx
Review micro USMLERx
Review micro USMLERx
Review pharm USMLERx
Review pharm USMLERx
Review pharm USMLERx
Review Cardio USMLERx
Review Cardio USMLERx
Review Cardio USMLERx
Review Respi USMLERx
Review Respi USMLERx
Review GI USMLERx
Review GI USMLERx
Review Neph USMLERx
Review Neph USMLERx
Review Endo USMLERx
Review Endo USMLERx
Review Neuro USMLERx
Review Neuro USMLERx
Review Neuro USMLERx
NBME 1, 200 Block
NBME 2; 200 Block
review nbme
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 150
USMLE World 200
USMLE World 200
USMLE World 200
NBME 4; 200 Block
review nbme
NBME 3; 200 Block
review nbme
review whatever
review whatever
GAMEDAY


now, books:

FA
BRS Phys
RR Path
HY Neuro
HY Cell and Molec
Kaplan Biochem
Kaplan Pharm
Kaplan Micro
HY Behavioral Sci
HY Anatomy (maybe, this may not be high yield because i know anatomy pretty well. but whatever, i'll read it on the flight home).

so, again, each line represents one day. i will also be listening to Goljan lectures at least one lecture a day, probably two. i've already listened to his lecture twice through already, but what can i say -i love the man.

before its too late - i would really love some feedback about this schedule. everyone here has been so great in offering advice and feedback, and i am very grateful for all i've learned in this forum. i hope i can still get some good tips . . .

so, what do y'all think?

I would have to have 40 hour days and the discipline of a shaolin monk to pull that off w/o goofing off in between and days off.

 

[Arctic Char]

yeah, i definitely plan on being quite disciplined this summer - to rid myself of the guilt of slacking off the last two years. i figure i had my fun these two years, i can kick my own but a little this summer for a good cause.

so, do any of the vets around here think this is doable? and if doable, is it a wise approach? ??

looking for input . . . thanks all

 

[SkylineMD]

if you're doing 2 different question banks, may i suggest using the first run with tutor mode? This way it forces you to look at the explanation before moving onto the next question. I've always found it harder to go back and run through a block of 50 questions after getting done. Plus, the main reason to do questions is to learn from them initially and since you plan on doing UW afterwards, you will have time to get the timing down.

 

[Arctic Char]

good suggestion. i hadn't thought of that, but i am the same way. after doing, say, 50 robbins Q's i usually only have the energy to read the answers to what i got wrong. thanks for the tip!

 

[SkylineMD]

another thing i regret not doing was going to kinkos and getting FA hole-punched and put into a binder. I have so many papers falling out of this thing that it's getting hard to manage. Plus, when reviewing certain subjects from your question bank, you can write down stuff on blank pieces of paper and throw them into respective sections of FA. During the last 3 weeks its really tough to go through all those books thoroughly without forgetting what you read before. At least with stuff in first aid, you have one source of information to review. For me, I have switched completely to FA now which I was only able to do after throwing information that i have learned/written down into it. Even then, it's taking me about 8days to get through this book thoroughly. So 2.5 weeks and you can get through it 2x.

lastly, pharm is a pain in the ass to learn so you may want to do an hour of that every day to ease the pain

 

[Arctic Char]

yeah, i just had my first aide put in binder form. i actualy hate FA, but its the gold standard for so many people, and its portable and efficient, i figured i'd use it. thats actually why i chose USMLERx over Qbank - i figured Rx would force me to use FA, which might be a good thing. i mean, at this stage, i just need to focus on the memorization of facts and doing Q's. i feel i understand all the material well enough, i just don't have all of it in an accessible mental format yet. pharm i'm not too worried about, i did two grad programs in pharm before med schhol, so a little review will go a long way.

again, thanks for the feedback, i really appreciate it.

 

[ginger60]

I'm not sure if its necessary, but I might try mixing in some blocks of random questions (your 150-200 USMLE World question blocks, or just USMLERx questions from random subjects) every couple of days while you are studying each subject. Or do 50 per day or every other day during that time. I think what really helped me to remember so much information was constant little reminders of things that I hadn't studied yet or had already studied that I got from reading the explanations for random Qbank questions and looking up what FA had to compare. And, you will get less sick of doing sooo many questions at the end if you go through some of them throughout your subject-specific days. I think that other people have found that doing random questions throughout is useful as well.

 

[Arctic Char]

thanks forthe tip. i guess i should have clarified - i was planning on doing the USMLERx by subject, and then after my first two nbme exams, i was planning on doing all of USMLEWorld in random blocks for the same reasons you mentioned. i thought it would be a good conditioning strategy for the real mccoy.

 

[ginger60]

yeah thats what i figured, i personally would go crazy doing only questions for more than 2 weeks straight (I'm assuming you aren't reading books then) but if you think it would work for you then by all means go with it. perhaps someone who did that themselves could comment on how that conditioning worked for them

 

[Arctic Char]

yeah, i'm hoping i can get some more input. thanks to you guys for sure

 

[Law2Doc]

yeah thats what i figured, i personally would go crazy doing only questions for more than 2 weeks straight (I'm assuming you aren't reading books then) but if you think it would work for you then by all means go with it. perhaps someone who did that themselves could comment on how that conditioning worked for them

I would agree with this. I would probably consider dividing up the reading and problems so you are doing some of each on each day. You can do targeted problems relating just to the section you are reading, which might be good reinforcement for what you just read if you break it up this way. (although you also want to do mixed blocks later on)