Scrap paper for USMLE step 1?

[tch001]

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Do we get some sort of scrap paper during the test? I know we can annotate answers and stuff, but I'm a very visual learner and I need to draw stuff out sometimes to remember it.

 

[lord_jeebus]

You get laminated paper and markers

 

[tch001]

You get laminated paper and markers

awesome, thanks for the info! This puts my mind at ease (a little)

 

[laxman310]

I actually went to kinkos about 3 weeks before my test, and laminated 2 sheets of colored paper. Then I practiced using those sheets with dry erase markers on a daily basis. Try it, see if it helps.

 

[Elfy]

I actually went to kinkos about 3 weeks before my test, and laminated 2 sheets of colored paper. Then I practiced using those sheets with dry erase markers on a daily basis. Try it, see if it helps.

How do they laminate sheets at Kinko's? Or is it do-it-yourself? How does this lamination process work?

 

[ZonaRidicularis]

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[DoctaJay]

lol,don't hate zona because you didn't think of it first 😀. For real though, that is probably more than I would do but I guess if you really want to simulate the testing experience its a way to go.

 

[ZonaRidicularis]

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[Elfy]

DoctaJay, I don't care about other people's study habits because I do some questionable borderline OCD things as well. However, the dude was pretty much asking for it with this question...

I imagine it was said with a sincerely inquisitive tone with an emphasis on "does".

(No offense to laxman.)

It's not my problem if you selectively choose to be offensive. I suggest you save your complaints for the USMLE who chooses not to provide the "normal" scrap paper and pencils like other U.S. standardized tests do, and save your medical diagnoses for yourself. Maybe it's easier from where I am right now to get to a Kinko's than to a Prometric center. Maybe I want to practice at home with the USMLE CD instead of paying $45 to Prometric. How is that an inconvenience to you?

The right answer, I am told dispassionately, was that Kinko's has a lamination machine but one could also buy two so-called "butterfly laminates" for a paper sheet . Now is it so hard to be civil just because we're discussing trivia?

 

[ZonaRidicularis]

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[SpinalSnap]

I'll try not to be so targeted with my sarcasm b/c apparently it does not translate well across this forum.

You can find Paper Protectors almost anywhere. Just slip in a blank piece of computer paper and you got yourself a laminated surface to write on. Don't forget the dry erase markers.

I guess I dont totally understand. Won't the dry eraser marker just seep into the paper like a pen and you end up with un-eraseable marks? I suggest you use a white board. I believe they were made with the dry-erase markers in mind.

 

[bubabugster]

Friends, this discussion is.....what's the word I'm looking for.... dumb.

 

[ZonaRidicularis]

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[SpinalSnap]

I love this thread. 😀

The paper protectors are made of clear plastic and are designed to hold individual sheets of paper. You simply stick a blank sheet of computer paper inside and what you have is a make shift laminated surface to write on. You will need the dry erase markers to in order to write on the plastic. You can erase it when you're done.

Oh snap! MY previous post sounds ******ed! 🙂