Pass programm or CPR program in chicago? for Step 1

[Minea1010]

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I failed Step 1 first time around... now have taken the Kaplan High Yield lectures online (and done world bank 2 times)... but still only at 207 at practice exams.....

Thinking of taking a course and wondering if anyone has any suggestions....

Anyone taken the Pass course in Chicago or the CPR course?

Any others? .... the CPR course is 3 months long.... that much time seems a bit overkill.

 

[XRanger]

idk anything about either course but I just looked at the website for pass program briefly and they give you a review book that's written by the instructor of the course...that just sounds like a bad idea. Your time is better spent reading FA and goljan

How did you study for it the first time?

 

[Minea1010]

The first time around I just did First Aid and lots of world questions with about 4 (4 hour long) practice exams .... by now I've done qbank twice ... about 50% of Kaplan bank and all the kaplan videos.... haven't listened to the Goljan lectures yet (nor read his path book - although I own it),,,,

 

[MilkmanAl]

You sound like the perfect candidate for DIT. Generally speaking, I think it's a minimally useful resource, at best, but for someone who has failed and is still sort of scoring low despite lots of studying, it may be quite helpful. It'll give you some structure and solidify the basics. That extremely painstaking approach to going through FA combined with the questions you're already doing plus RR Path should be plenty. I don't know much about the Pass or CPR programs, unfortunately.

 

[MossPoh]

PASS is very expensive and I honestly don't think it is anything that a medical student who made it through the first two years can't do on their own. They supposedly have very high pass rates for kids who failed the first time. I've watched a few of the PASS videos and they were funny and did teach a good way to learn/think of stuff but I just don't see how it was worth almost as much as my tuition for a year.

DIT may be good. It is a fraction of the cost and while there isn't too much "teaching" going on per se, it does force you to run through the stuff. Tons of practice questions, reading, listening/reading Goljan and First Aid, with more practice questions is about all it takes. Focus and spend more time on your weak areas.

If you were fairly close to passing then you are statistically very likely to get it on the second try.