Step II help /shelf score question

[theTruth_97]

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So I'm still a few months away from my step ii exam and I need some help. I'm really confused about what resources to use. On step 1 I got a 229-a score Iwas extremely disappointed with since I had been averaging 238 on the NBME practice tests.

On shelf exams I've been mostly in mid 70s even though I'vestudied very hard. (I want to go into internal and I actually ended up doing my worst shelf performance on it- a 64. Idk for some reason that morning I had an accident and then panicked and got to test a little late and it all went downhill from there. With that score I feel like my chances for internal are already done)

I'm starting to worry that I'm going to end up not doing well on step 2. I really want to crush step 2 to make up for my low internal shelf score

Any help about what resources to use will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
[And if anyone can do you think my internal shelf score will greatly hinder my chances to go into internal? (obv I know the score is not good) ]

 

[witzelsucht]

no your shelf exam score won't hinder your chances. have you done uworld? do lots of uworld. i only used uworld (x2) and scored 259

you need to look at every question you got wrong ANALYTICALLY. so, you read the answer choices, say to yourself WHY each one is wrong, and figure out WHY the right answer is right. not just "oh bevacizumab is anti VEG-f, i didn't know that", go through EVERY OTHER answer choice and say what it does. oh, infliximab is TNFa, not vegf, so i should have crossed that off. adalizumab is also TNF, i should have known that. omalizumab is IgE. abciximab is gp2b3a, i should have known that. and then say "DAMN i SHOULD have known the other 4 choices and reasoned bevacizumab is anti-VEGF"

got it?


WRONG! you aren't done!

what is it used for? colon cancer. lung cancer. what else? trials for macular degeneration? why macular degeneration? because it a disease of neovascularization. so come up with an alternative question. how can they ask it? which anti colon cancer agent can be used against neovascular retinal disease? bevacizumab.

make your neurons work

 

[theTruth_97]

no your shelf exam score won't hinder your chances. have you done uworld? do lots of uworld. i only used uworld (x2) and scored 259

you need to look at every question you got wrong ANALYTICALLY. so, you read the answer choices, say to yourself WHY each one is wrong, and figure out WHY the right answer is right. not just "oh bevacizumab is anti VEG-f, i didn't know that", go through EVERY OTHER answer choice and say what it does. oh, infliximab is TNFa, not vegf, so i should have crossed that off. adalizumab is also TNF, i should have known that. omalizumab is IgE. abciximab is gp2b3a, i should have known that. and then say "DAMN i SHOULD have known the other 4 choices and reasoned bevacizumab is anti-VEGF"

got it?


WRONG! you aren't done!

what is it used for? colon cancer. lung cancer. what else? trials for macular degeneration? why macular degeneration? because it a disease of neovascularization. so come up with an alternative question. how can they ask it? which anti colon cancer agent can be used against neovascular retinal disease? bevacizumab.

make your neurons work

Thanks for the advice!! Much appreciated!