Questions or FA?

[studbud]

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Hey peeps, I have COMLEX and USMLE in 3 weeks and I'm having a hard time figuring out what to focus on. I did DIT but found it an extreme waste of time and I haven't gone through a solid run of FA yet. I have Uworld and Comquest and am about half way done with Uworld. I'm getting 40's in Uworld and 60's in comquest and I'm just not sure what to focus on to help me boost my scores. When I skip out on doing questions for reading FA, I feel like I don't retain anything but when I do questions instead of reading FA I feel like I can't answer any of their craziness. I'd also like to take some practice tests but I'm not sure how many and don't want to waste my time with that when I could be studying...

Any advice?

 

[siliso]

Questions are a great way to learn actively, better than trying to absorb strings of facts reading FA passively in my experience. You can learn an immense amount from reading the explanations after trying your best to answer. Questions you get wrong and learn from are more valuable than ones you already know how to answer. Uworld has very high-quality explanations. You can use FA and other resources to help you solidify concepts you don't understand.