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Do as many NBMEs as you can. If you're still some way from the exam, you can leave 16 and up for the last month. Start from 15 and work your way backwards.
I tried Kaplan after having done UW and having a good grasp of it as well as FA and found it to be useless.
I tried Kaplan after having done UW and having a good grasp of it as well as FA and found it to be useless.
Pondering whether to do Kaplan rn, why would you say its useless?
Well I did it after having already gone through UW 1.5 times and revised its notes, as well as having a good grasp of FA. I also went through it subject wise, starting with what people generally call its stronger areas. So I ended up doing gross + neuroanatomy, biostats, behavioral sceinces, and cell biology (the plan was to go through all biochemistry/genetics related stuff). But, relative to UW, and given the stage of my prep, I found it too simple. All the questions about lesions in anatomy, eg, felt very simple and straightforward. The questions I did get wrong were about stuff I'd never read anywhere and couldn't be solved by the use of my conceptual knowledge either.
Thats my opinion anyway. I think you can try Kaplan for specific areas that you're deficient in. I personally didn't think it was helping me.
If you're pre-UW, and some distance from your exam, then it might be a very good choice, though you'd have to compare it against Rx I guess.
Thats my opinion anyway. I think you can try Kaplan for specific areas that you're deficient in. I personally didn't think it was helping me.
If you're pre-UW, and some distance from your exam, then it might be a very good choice, though you'd have to compare it against Rx I guess.
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I think you could leave redoing UW incorrects/marked for the last 2-3 weeks. Meanwhile you could try Kaplan. If you don't find it useful you always have the NBMEs as well as multiple versions of the old 120s/150s. Your experience might not necessarily mirror mine.
I'm almost certain a 3rd full pass of UW won't be helpful. You'll recognize too many questions for it to be so.
I'm almost certain a 3rd full pass of UW won't be helpful. You'll recognize too many questions for it to be so.
if you're getting 65% 2nd pass then you should do it again. make notecards of the things you don't know in the explanation
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Thats kind of what I figure too, I'm just worried about memorizing the answers to questions so they're not useful.
try memorizing the concept behind the answer. there's also 35% you still get wrong so there's still a lot for you to be learning from those questions for it to be very useful.
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