Too late for USMLErx?

This forum made possible through the generous support of SDN members, donors, and sponsors. Thank you.

mayn

Full Member
10+ Year Member
Joined
Jul 29, 2012
Messages
87
Reaction score
20
So I am just about done a first pass of uworld (around 75% first pass), have done most of the NBMEs, and finished kaplan qbank 2-3 months ago.

My step 1 is on 29th of november (just over a month left). Should I bother getting a subscription to USMLErx, or just stick to reviewing uworld?

I can do questions pretty fast, around 2-400 a day, so wondering what you guys think about getting more exposure to various sources of questions Vs another few repeats of uworld.
 
If you can do 300 questions a day (god knows how), you can knock it out in a week, so why not..

Yes. Absolutely do USMLE Rx. It's as valuable, if not more so, than reading FA, because it reinforces the text hardcore. If your exam is late-November, blast through Rx at 300-322 Qs/day for sure. The best thing about Rx (unlike UWorld), is that you can actually select, as a testing method, to have your questions administered as full-length assessments, so you don't need to worry about each block ending and then having to create new ones; you can literally just do 9-10 full-length exams. Plan on spending 10 days on Rx, and think of it as time spent reading FA. The exams will take you 8 hours, then spend 2-3 reviewing the explanations for the ones you got wrong or marked = 10-11-hr days. I have no doubt this will add to your Step score. Just suck it up and do it. It just depends on how bad you want that extra 5-7 points.


Just do UWorld 2nd pass, don't bother with Rx

Absolutely not. Definitely do USMLE Rx.
 
Nice. I think I'll suck it up and get USMLErx and hunker down for a intense days. Thanks for the feedback guys!
 
Top