SeriousQbankProblem

[imadracunc]

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Dear Kaplan “Customer Service,”
I have decided (against my better judgment) to take a brief refrain from
studies for the USMLE to write what I trust that you will find to be a very
important note. I have been using your products for six weeks now and while
my diagnostic scores have not gone up dramatically, (a situation which I
hold you only partially responsible for [I mean really, who has EVER heard
of cat scratch fever, let alone ten Qbank questions on it?]) the reason for
my letter is a different and I might add much more pressing matter. I am
writing in regards to your promotion, which thousands of medical students
must look at each day as they enter the vault that is Qbank, the “USMLE
Prep-For-Life” promotion. IS THIS SOME KIND OF SICK JOKE? As it is, I can
barely get up each morning with the prospect of another day of studying
lying in wait for me, but to think that the rest of my life might be
consumed like this is enough to nearly push me over the edge. Isn’t the
point of your “superior” preparatory materials that we pass the exam and
move on, scratching those months of our lives off to a loss but confident
that brighter days lie ahead? I sincerely worry that this “USMLE
Prep-For-Life” promo may be dramatically affecting thousands of the
brightest lights this nation has to offer, this years crop of USMLE test
takers. I would urge you to take down this promotion from your webpage or
at least change the name. Thank you for your prompt attention to this
matter.

Sincerely,
Ima Dracunc

 

[nofear]

Dear Kaplan “Customer Service,”
I have decided (against my better judgment) to take a brief refrain from
studies for the USMLE to write what I trust that you will find to be a very
important note. I have been using your products for six weeks now and while
my diagnostic scores have not gone up dramatically, (a situation which I
hold you only partially responsible for [I mean really, who has EVER heard
of cat scratch fever, let alone ten Qbank questions on it?]) the reason for
my letter is a different and I might add much more pressing matter. I am
writing in regards to your promotion, which thousands of medical students
must look at each day as they enter the vault that is Qbank, the “USMLE
Prep-For-Life” promotion. IS THIS SOME KIND OF SICK JOKE? As it is, I can
barely get up each morning with the prospect of another day of studying
lying in wait for me, but to think that the rest of my life might be
consumed like this is enough to nearly push me over the edge. Isn’t the
point of your “superior” preparatory materials that we pass the exam and
move on, scratching those months of our lives off to a loss but confident
that brighter days lie ahead? I sincerely worry that this “USMLE
Prep-For-Life” promo may be dramatically affecting thousands of the
brightest lights this nation has to offer, this years crop of USMLE test
takers. I would urge you to take down this promotion from your webpage or
at least change the name. Thank you for your prompt attention to this
matter.

Sincerely,
Ima Dracunc

good point-I agree that thing was getting to be a little psychologically annoying to me as well.

 

[pillowhead]

Ha ha! I had a professor obsessed with Bartonella and cat scratch disease. Don't forget about bacilliary angiomatosis in immunocompromised patients, too. We were all like "WTF?!" when he brought it up like we should all know it's so common, but apparently it shows up on boards a lot.

 

[ucbdancn00]

don't forget to add

rat bite fever....the haverhill (US) vs. soduku forms (Japan). Caused by streptobacillus; "kid in a slum bit by a rat"

pseudomonas mallei...TB like illess associated with exposure to horses and donkeys...

ucb