questions 1 week before

[Fatalis]

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hey guys, exam is in 1 week. From now till the day before Iam just reviewing FA and pathoma [focusing on my weaker areas but still reading over everything at least 1 more time]. Currently I am tackling 2 systems per day, which seems doable considering its just refreashing my memory [a lot needs to be refreshed lol!]. Anyway, iam finding that this is really time consuming and at max I can only do 2 blocks of uworld a day [plus going over my incorrect answers quickly]. Is this alright? I have done uw and rx already and almost done kaplan [although the questions are decent at best], so I have going over uworld again [although I get pissed when I get the same question 4x in a row lol] and I just feel like its doing more harm than good [i remember the answer] but the questions that are "fresh" , as in havent seen them in a month or 2, I 9/10 get correct.
I plan on taking nmbe 11 on sunday to see where I finally stand, iam just worried that more review than questions will affect my score but I just dont have fresh questions.
Thoughts?

 

[Transposony]

Going over selected topics from FA ( not everything but Micro, Parma etc) and doing UW incorrects seems to be the best approach.
Also, don't worry about NBME, it's immaterial at this stage.
The most important things you should work on is your routine and stamina/sleep.

 

[Modeselektor]

Nbmes are a waste of time a week before the exam. A bad score at this point is most likely a false-negative, and would serve only to elevate your stress. All you really need to do at this point is go through FA and whatever annotations you have. Sleep is especially important.

If you have an FA PDF now is the time to switch the highlight color to 100% opaque black and start highlighting the things you know.

 

[Fatalis]

thanks!
I am just doing UW questions to keep things fresh. I am going through pathoma and FA very quickly [too quick for my liking] but everything is coming back just as fast, so hopefully it stays there until exam time lol

 

[Modeselektor]

It'll stay there. The last readings of FA are more for "browsing and reminding your brain where things are on what page." The hard stuff of understanding/memorizing has already been repeatedly done by you.

The most difficult thing you should be doing is figuring out what your post-exam victory meal and activities will be.