Hi All,
Posted here a while back. Just giving an update. Was trying to get Zanki, USMLERx, and kaplan done before dedicated. Research and finals destroyed my April and I ended up stopping the Qbanks at about 50-60% done for each, score approx 82%. I also got a week or more off track with my anki reviews and never quite caught up.
I am in dedicated now was a little less than 4 weeks left. Didn't finish Zanki but I did mature about 84% of it. All of biochem, 200 pharm cards, and about 200 cards of miscellaneous public health things/heart sounds are not done. I originally tried to keep up with my reviews and keep doing new cards in zanki and lolnotacop, but it was way too much in addition to Uworld- no more main deck reviews.
So, my big weaknesses according to the Qbanks are biochem (my achilles heel), genetics, and micro. I'm aiming to finish the lolnotacop deck and zanki biochem before dedicated ends with 2 blocks of uworld per day. Anki in the morning, Uworld in the afternoon. I'm also keeping up my pharm reviews. If I have extra time I can pepper in random reviews from the main deck for an hour or so at the end of the day. I'll start alternating 3 Uworld blocks per day as I get faster in order to finish on time.
So far it's working as my uworld avg is now about 88%. About 20% of Uworld is complete. Timed 40 random only. Started dedicated ~1.5 weeks ago with baselines NBME 18 (257) and NBME 20 (250) one week later (last Saturday). Not sure what to make of that drop but whatever. NBME 21 this Saturday...
The burnout is real, fam. I'm peeling out of second year ****ing exhausted. I'm with Scrubs101, I just want this **** to be over with. I'm so tired of my life and schedule revolving around this stupid test lol. I'm secretly hoping I crush my next NBME so I can have an excuse to move the exam up (even though I probably won't- every time I think I'm close to ready I get schooled in Uworld).
Reading through this thread I'm proud of everyone who kept up the grind. We're gonna make it. Warrior mindset. This process is weird and awful and no sane person enjoys this, but we're getting it done.
Pce
Edit: Scrubs101*** Not trying to throw accidental shade on the forum