Thinking about taking it earlier.

[badasshairday]

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So I'm really feeling the burnout now. I was trying to get through Taus 10 day. But it is going really slow. I am just tired of studying. I don't think I will be able to finish the 3rd pass of Goljan (I really wanted to, I'm a huge fan of Goljan). So I'm thinking I will just hit the chapters that I haven't read in a while; heart, GI, Liver, Respirtory. And then just do the margins and tables for whatever is left. Also I will continue to cram FA.

I don't know though, it just feels wrong to pre-pone it (if that is even a word). But I'm so burned out, my mind wonders. I just want this thing to be over with. However at the same time, I feel like there is so many little details I need to hammer out. Just so tired of reading.

I need strength to finish these last few days. I am scheduled to go on June 21st. I'm thinking about rescheduling to June 19, Saturday, if it is open.

I don't know.

I wanted to go over all my wrong answers in WORLD too. I know that if I prepone I will not be able to get through what I wanted to. But even if I don't pre-pone, I might not make it through everything anyways because I am just tired. Also I feel like I'm at a peak because I finished WORLD 100%. So all those concepts I learned from it are fresh. I'm afraid I'm going to lose a lot of it between now and June 21st. 9.5 days is a long time.

Damn. This just sucks. I'm gonna push it. I have to get through this. I think this is just a rant. Somebody motivate me to study!

 

[eddie13231]

So I'm really feeling the burnout now. I was trying to get through Taus 10 day. But it is going really slow. I am just tired of studying. I don't think I will be able to finish the 3rd pass of Goljan (I really wanted to, I'm a huge fan of Goljan). So I'm thinking I will just hit the chapters that I haven't read in a while; heart, GI, Liver, Respirtory. And then just do the margins and tables for whatever is left. Also I will continue to cram FA.

I don't know though, it just feels wrong to pre-pone it (if that is even a word). But I'm so burned out, my mind wonders. I just want this thing to be over with. However at the same time, I feel like there is so many little details I need to hammer out. Just so tired of reading.

I need strength to finish these last few days. I am scheduled to go on June 21st. I'm thinking about rescheduling to June 19, Saturday, if it is open.

I don't know.

I wanted to go over all my wrong answers in WORLD too. I know that if I prepone I will not be able to get through what I wanted to. But even if I don't pre-pone, I might not make it through everything anyways because I am just tired. Also I feel like I'm at a peak because I finished WORLD 100%. So all those concepts I learned from it are fresh. I'm afraid I'm going to lose a lot of it between now and June 21st. 9.5 days is a long time.

Damn. This just sucks. I'm gonna push it. I have to get through this. I think this is just a rant. Somebody motivate me to study!

Hey man. I hear burnout. Why not give yourself a day off to recharge? Its only a little longer until your exam date.

 

[healingpower]

So I'm really feeling the burnout now. I was trying to get through Taus 10 day. But it is going really slow. I am just tired of studying. I don't think I will be able to finish the 3rd pass of Goljan (I really wanted to, I'm a huge fan of Goljan). So I'm thinking I will just hit the chapters that I haven't read in a while; heart, GI, Liver, Respirtory. And then just do the margins and tables for whatever is left. Also I will continue to cram FA.

I don't know though, it just feels wrong to pre-pone it (if that is even a word). But I'm so burned out, my mind wonders. I just want this thing to be over with. However at the same time, I feel like there is so many little details I need to hammer out. Just so tired of reading.

I need strength to finish these last few days. I am scheduled to go on June 21st. I'm thinking about rescheduling to June 19, Saturday, if it is open.

I don't know.

I wanted to go over all my wrong answers in WORLD too. I know that if I prepone I will not be able to get through what I wanted to. But even if I don't pre-pone, I might not make it through everything anyways because I am just tired. Also I feel like I'm at a peak because I finished WORLD 100%. So all those concepts I learned from it are fresh. I'm afraid I'm going to lose a lot of it between now and June 21st. 9.5 days is a long time.

Damn. This just sucks. I'm gonna push it. I have to get through this. I think this is just a rant. Somebody motivate me to study!

yo i have been reading this forum for a while.. and i have to say reading ur posts has always encouraged me.. and plus it just makes me want to study harder... yo have such ambitious study goals and the fact that u have been studying almost 12 - 15 hrs a day.. which is pretty amazing.. and sticking to ur goals.

9 more days.. huh.. so u basically said that u wont be able to review some of your mistakes that u repeated or that u might not be able to finish goljan the main points again if u prepone it....... well u know what... u might have finished studying and might be hitting ur peak.. but just imagine if after u take ur exam u kind of wished u reviewed those few wrong questions a bit more... or if u just finished off goljan completely once again... just saying..

from 21st to 19th.. its like 2 more study days.. grind it out brother... and atleast u can go into the exam saying.. "i know i did my frikin best for this exam and there is not a thing more i could have done to be more prepared". Atleast u will not have a reason to questions your self.... either way u shouldnt question yourself... with whatever choice u make.

just saying.. i bet a lot of people here on the forum are proud of ur progress and u have always been helpful to a lot of people.. and no matter what u do we wish u all the best! Just grind it ..... be impressed with ur amazing 251(which i know u are) and reach your aim for a 260!(like u said in a previous post)

actually hope this post motivated u.. cause funny thing is it kind of motivated me to try harder too lol...... d-day for me is in 1 month exact.

 

[killinsound]

if you can get your motivation back you should take it as planned, if you really feel like you can't make it, move it up. better to take it motivated than take it burnt out

 

[HTxFrog]

Yeah, If you're anything like me I think deep down you know you aren't going to push it up. I thought the same thing a month ago, and I even posted about it on here but then I just decided to keep studying a little longer. I'm glad I did too b/c even though my scores were good a month ago, I think I learned a few more things and solidified the things I already pretty much knew. Its just a little longer, you can do it! Taking one day completely off really helped me btw

 

[golfman]

Yeah, If you're anything like me I think deep down you know you aren't going to push it up. I thought the same thing a month ago, and I even posted about it on here but then I just decided to keep studying a little longer. I'm glad I did too b/c even though my scores were good a month ago, I think I learned a few more things and solidified the things I already pretty much knew. Its just a little longer, you can do it! Taking one day completely off really helped me btw

I would second the taking some time off.

If you don't want to take the whole day off, take a few hours off. I'm shutting the books and am going to watch the USA/England soccer game with some family for the afternoon. Hopefully it will recharge my batteries.

 

[PokerDoc]

I would second the taking some time off.

If you don't want to take the whole day off, take a few hours off. I'm shutting the books and am going to watch the USA/England soccer game with some family for the afternoon. Hopefully it will recharge my batteries.

I AM SOOOO PUMPED!! GO USA!!!!!





and to badasshairday: heres my advice.. do you know what you want to do yet? Take a day off, and go spend it shadowing a doc in that field.. there is NO greater motivation to keep pushing forward than to remind yourself of why we are doing this in the first place.. I probably shouldnt waste the time, but I go like 1-2 hrs a week down to the angio suites to shadow and talk to the docs and every time i walk out I feel so f'n pumped about doing my best when I get back to the books.

 

[badasshairday]

Thanks guys. Really appreciate it. Took a couple of hours off. Gonna try to do as much of the Taus plan I can. Then will cram every little detail the last three days. I am so close, I can't give up now. I'm gonna give it my all.

 

[RapidReview]

Thanks guys. Really appreciate it. Took a couple of hours off. Gonna try to do as much of the Taus plan I can. Then will cram every little detail the last three days. I am so close, I can't give up now. I'm gonna give it my all.

are you gonna try to redo Uworld? i am almost done and plan on trying to get through about another 800 ?s or so the final week. I scrapped the Goljan in taus and decided to just do FA - my path scores are good. congrats on your 251 beast on nbme 7!!!

 

[Real Name]

I just took my test today and I wish that I took it a week ago. I got burnt out and spent time memorizing nit picky details that were not necessary. I freaked out about cell bio, and I hardly saw any on my test! Know the horses very well, but the zebras are few and far between. You know when you're ready.

 

[badasshairday]

I am going to work on finishing FA again with goljan lung, gi, and derm since it has been a while since I have seen those. Maybe even stop reading RR and just go through the audio at 1.5 speed. I am a pretty slow reader. Then just push through wrong answers on Uwolrd. I may reschedule still. Might even take world self assessment 2 on Monday or Tuesday. If I am stable, I am just going to go for it.

I think I am peaking just because it is so much effort to get through it all again. Plus I feel like most of my studying and major gains have been from doing uworld. Now that I have finished it , I don't know what's left.

 

[Nesiritide]

If your original goal was 230+ and you've just rocked a 250+ on NBME 7 it might be time to slow down a bit. Especially if you're feeling burned out already, a week or so of 12-15 hour days is going to scramble your brain before test day. If I was in your shoes I don't know if moving your test up two days is even worth the time it takes to log into the system, so I'd take as much time as necessary to not feel burned out (an hour, a half day, a day, whatever) and make sure you're rested for the real deal.

In the interest of full disclosure, I took Step1 two weeks after M2 ended, because my practice scores were where I wanted, I was feeling the burnout, and I wanted as much time as possible to rest and relax before M3. I'm happy with my decision, but I'm not trying to bias you into taking my path.

 

[badasshairday]

Thanks for the advice.

I am kind of just beating myself up because I told myself I'd get through RRpath during my study peroid. It isn't going to happen. I have read it twice. Once with classes. And I reread the first half over spring break in april. And reread the remaining second half in very early May. So it hasn't been so long. I am going for my third run through and am sure to get through the first half again. The second half isn't going to happen. But I guess it is okay since I read it 1.5 months ago anways. I will just stick to the margins/charts/tables/figures for those chapters.

I just feel like that book is so important because it fills in all the gaps in knowledge. Now that I have seen everything, I am able to tie everything together with while reading RRpath. A slow reader like me should give themselves more than 10-days to do that Taus run through of FA/RR together. 14 days would be better. Eh, oh well, just a tip for other test takers in the future.

 

[badasshairday]

You know what guys. I feel like I am back in this. I am not going to reschedule. I am just going to keep doing what got me here.

FA (annotated with BRS physio) and UWORLD questions were my key thus far. Taus plan for the basic sciences really made it solid by combining FA with RRpath correspondingly. That pushed me to my get my latest practice test score. I need to stop putting so much pressure on myself in terms of finishing RRpath in its entirety.

The only reason it was so hard was because I really wanted to get a full third pass on RRpath. But I realized, even without a full 3rd pass, I am doing pretty well. So I will just stick to FA/UWORLD and RRpath margin/tables/figures. It is not worth pressurizing myself to get through it.

I love Goljan, my favorite all time teacher. I think my base for this whole Step 1 study was just studying Goljan throughout the year, 2-3x per lecture and each chapter as well. Plus studying hard for my pharmacology class, which my school emphasizes the most. Thank you Dr. Goljan for the strong foundation. Now I have to take off with FA/WORLD! I swear, I'm going to get his autograph on my RRpath someday.

Alright people. Power on! Good luck to everybody!

 

[mq123]

You know what guys. I feel like I am back in this. I am not going to reschedule. I am just going to keep doing what got me here.

FA (annotated with BRS physio) and UWORLD questions were my key thus far. Taus plan for the basic sciences really made it solid by combining FA with RRpath correspondingly. That pushed me to my get my latest practice test score. I need to stop putting so much pressure on myself in terms of finishing RRpath in its entirety.

The only reason it was so hard was because I really wanted to get a full third pass on RRpath. But I realized, even without a full 3rd pass, I am doing pretty well. So I will just stick to FA/UWORLD and RRpath margin/tables/figures. It is not worth pressurizing myself to get through it.

I love Goljan, my favorite all time teacher. I think my base for this whole Step 1 study was just studying Goljan throughout the year, 2-3x per lecture and each chapter as well. Plus studying hard for my pharmacology class, which my school emphasizes the most. Thank you Dr. Goljan for the strong foundation. Now I have to take off with FA/WORLD! I swear, I'm going to get his autograph on my RRpath someday.

Alright people. Power on! Good luck to everybody!

Good luck with whatever plan you pick 🙂 I just had a quick question -- I think you were doing the Taus 2-week plan. Are you modifying it now? I have had to push my plan back a little and I have a lot less than 2 weeks for it, and I was hoping I can do a modified plan, so any suggestions would be appreciated!

For some context: I also read Goljan RR path during second year and basically studied from it and listened to the audio multiple times too. I think I'm pretty comfortable with it now, but I just can't think about skipping a 3rd dedicated pass of RR Path....

 

[username456789]

You know what guys. I feel like I am back in this. I am not going to reschedule. I am just going to keep doing what got me here.

FA (annotated with BRS physio) and UWORLD questions were my key thus far. Taus plan for the basic sciences really made it solid by combining FA with RRpath correspondingly. That pushed me to my get my latest practice test score. I need to stop putting so much pressure on myself in terms of finishing RRpath in its entirety.

The only reason it was so hard was because I really wanted to get a full third pass on RRpath. But I realized, even without a full 3rd pass, I am doing pretty well. So I will just stick to FA/UWORLD and RRpath margin/tables/figures. It is not worth pressurizing myself to get through it.

I love Goljan, my favorite all time teacher. I think my base for this whole Step 1 study was just studying Goljan throughout the year, 2-3x per lecture and each chapter as well. Plus studying hard for my pharmacology class, which my school emphasizes the most. Thank you Dr. Goljan for the strong foundation. Now I have to take off with FA/WORLD! I swear, I'm going to get his autograph on my RRpath someday.

Alright people. Power on! Good luck to everybody!

👍

I really do think that at this point, going with ultra high yield is key. At most I'd say going through the blue margin notes could be helpful. And it all depends on how strong your path scores compared to other areas at this point, but I don't see the need to actually make another full pass through Goljan. For me, at least, I feel like I'm at the point where any knowledge gained is matched by knowledge forgotten, there's just so much swimming around in there. As such, I'd like to expose myself only to things I know will be highly tested during the last week or so, and while Goljan's text is great in its entirety, it doesn't quite fit that purpose (although skimming the blue margin notes and tables does, I would say).

Good luck! I've been mulling over rescheduling my exam for a few days earlier too, despite not even having as much time as I wanted to re-review stuff. I'll probably just stick with the original date and give it my best.

We've busted our asses for two years. Another couple days is nothing.

 

[badasshairday]

Yeah man. I had been going back and forth. Yesterday, I told myself, I am done. I just want to do this and get it done. I surpassed my original goal by a far margin, so I feel like I am safe even if I have a bad day. If I had barely reached my goal score, that would be another story. Plus, I just feel like it is all up there now. There is little that 2 more days is going to do, so I rescheduled to June 19, moved up from June 21. I just want some time to unwind before 3rd year starts.

I may even skip Goljan margin notes, I have read the book multiple times. Just going to bust through 200 more pages of FA and take it.

 

[golfman]

Yeah man. I had been going back and forth. Yesterday, I told myself, I am done. I just want to do this and get it done. I surpassed my original goal by a far margin, so I feel like I am safe even if I have a bad day. If I had barely reached my goal score, that would be another story. Plus, I just feel like it is all up there now. There is little that 2 more days is going to do, so I rescheduled to June 19, moved up from June 21. I just want some time to unwind before 3rd year starts.

I may even skip Goljan margin notes, I have read the book multiple times. Just going to bust through 200 more pages of FA and take it.

Sounds like a good plan. Be sure to come back and report. And I don't want to hear any of this "AHHHHHH I should have studied HY Anatomy those last two days kind of talk!"""""""""""""

 

[eddie13231]

Yeah man. I had been going back and forth. Yesterday, I told myself, I am done. I just want to do this and get it done. I surpassed my original goal by a far margin, so I feel like I am safe even if I have a bad day. If I had barely reached my goal score, that would be another story. Plus, I just feel like it is all up there now. There is little that 2 more days is going to do, so I rescheduled to June 19, moved up from June 21. I just want some time to unwind before 3rd year starts.

I may even skip Goljan margin notes, I have read the book multiple times. Just going to bust through 200 more pages of FA and take it.

Sounds good man-all that matters is that you will be satisifed. You have done a ton of work and it will pay off-enjoy a few extra days off. RR is nice but I feel that its extremely detailed-I read the blue margins and most of it is in FA anyway.

Don't forget to come back and report what was on your test!! Haha

 

[mq123]

Yeah man. I had been going back and forth. Yesterday, I told myself, I am done. I just want to do this and get it done. I surpassed my original goal by a far margin, so I feel like I am safe even if I have a bad day. If I had barely reached my goal score, that would be another story. Plus, I just feel like it is all up there now. There is little that 2 more days is going to do, so I rescheduled to June 19, moved up from June 21. I just want some time to unwind before 3rd year starts.

I may even skip Goljan margin notes, I have read the book multiple times. Just going to bust through 200 more pages of FA and take it.

How long do you think it'll take to go through FA alone as a third pass, referring to Goljan RR as needed?