startin step study, any last changes i should make

[Ramoray]

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Ok so i have recieved much good advice that i have worked into my schedule and book choice etc so id appreciate any honest feedback before i dive into my next weeks here so i dont waste any time that isnt needed if someone can see that there is a glitch in my schedule.

FIrst, as an aside, i was all ready to read brs 5 times for path and set down big robbins but i took the path shelf a couple weeks ago and during second year i ready big robbins over and over and did not straight up memorize a thing or review for the shelf, as we did not have time, it was 2 days after our other exams, but in the end i did really well and found having a knowledge base and knowing how to work through problems with knowledge base was more valuable than memorizing a book of facts, with that said-

Books
Immunology-A short course
Lipp. Biochem
Costanzo Stars Physio
Lipp pharm
Big Robbins+BRS+Goljan rr(brs and goljan only for last week- big robbins-each chapter*2 during first 10 weeks)
HY micro and Lange Micro/immuno review
HY anatomy, embryo, Mol. gen
BRS Neuro
BRS B. S

Q.s-order of imp
Robbins Q-done after each chapter
Qbank
NMS
A+L Q book
pretest Pharm
Pretest micro
pretest B.S
weeks
:
1+2- Biochem+immunology+General Path+ Pharm principles
3-7- Organ review of each organ with applicable questions from organ specific books
7-10- QUESTIONS All subjects- 4 blocks of 50 each day for 3 weeks + Microbiology the rest of the day for 3 weeks and going over answers with explanations for the questions of that day
11- Read FA, BRS path/phys*2 , Goljan rr*2, FA, FA, FA, FA

thanks for all advice along the wayits been very helpful anything i should modicfy before i get going?hanks again.. does anyone think 11 weeks is too much, i know alot of people say yes but assume that i dont get burned out as i hav a tendency not to, other than that is 11 weeks fine? thanks

 

[p53]

Ok so i have recieved much good advice that i have worked into my schedule and book choice etc so id appreciate any honest feedback before i dive into my next weeks here so i dont waste any time that isnt needed if someone can see that there is a glitch in my schedule.

FIrst, as an aside, i was all ready to read brs 5 times for path and set down big robbins but i took the path shelf a couple weeks ago and during second year i ready big robbins over and over and did not straight up memorize a thing or review for the shelf, as we did not have time, it was 2 days after our other exams, but in the end i did really well and found having a knowledge base and knowing how to work through problems with knowledge base was more valuable than memorizing a book of facts, with that said-

Books
Immunology-A short course
Lipp. Biochem
Costanzo Stars Physio
Lipp pharm
Big Robbins+BRS+Goljan rr(brs and goljan only for last week- big robbins-each chapter*2 during first 10 weeks)
HY micro and Lange Micro/immuno review
HY anatomy, embryo, Mol. gen
BRS Neuro
BRS B. S

Q.s-order of imp
Robbins Q-done after each chapter
Qbank
NMS
A+L Q book
pretest Pharm
Pretest micro
pretest B.S
weeks
:
1+2- Biochem+immunology+General Path+ Pharm principles
3-7- Organ review of each organ with applicable questions from organ specific books
7-10- QUESTIONS All subjects- 4 blocks of 50 each day for 3 weeks + Microbiology the rest of the day for 3 weeks and going over answers with explanations for the questions of that day
11- Read FA, BRS path/phys*2 , Goljan rr*2, FA, FA, FA, FA

thanks for all advice along the wayits been very helpful anything i should modicfy before i get going?hanks again.. does anyone think 11 weeks is too much, i know alot of people say yes but assume that i dont get burned out as i hav a tendency not to, other than that is 11 weeks fine? thanks

I'm curious. Why did you replace BluePrints Questions (which I absolutely love) for Pretest?

 

[patrick256]

Prepare well for the exam. Prepare yourself with more Q & A than anything else.

Also, you may visit http://www.usmleweb.com/forum

This forum has lot of free Q & A and EKGs, Xrays, Histo/Patho slides.

Best of luck 🙂

 

[Ramoray]

are the blueprints good? yes i did forget to mention im going to do 2 full lenght tests, one of which is the blue prints and the other from kaplan qbook. I hope the blue prints are good, but since they were written by students i wasnt putting too much improtance on them. As for the pretest, i wanted to be able to to specific Qs over the specific thing i was reviewing, ie cardio drugs, or renal physio etc without doing Qs on stuff i hadnt reviewed yet. ill see how they are

 

[HiddenTruth]

sounds like a very concise plan. Props to you for reading big robbins, but if you're already familiar with it, then i'm sure it can't hurt ya. I would definately make sure to know brs cold though, as it has the best reputation, and supposedly contains the most HY info, and you definately don't wanna lose out on that. I am taking mine in july too--it's seems like such a slow and tedious road.