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I've been up since midnight studying this histo crud... I spent way too much time on physio so I could get that whopping 71% !
I would like you to detail your Step 1 plan. Couldn't hurt to tell us. 🙂
Yeah, you should be getting a guide, but it won't be published. It'll probably be a word file. My advice:
1. Kick the crap out of IHI-make it a priority.
2. Buy BRS path early and study along with it.<-It's great for boards and will help you on the year long comprehensive final.
3. Utilize the tables for IHI on the study aid board and make your own.
3. Buy First Aid and study it with every class early.
4. Buy Q bank and do every question, and when you're done with them....redo all of the ones that you missed.
5. For pharm....use flashcards extensively along with the syllabus.
6. Study systems (phys, anatomy, embryo, biochem, etc) along with the systems in IHI.
7. You're going to feel like a ***** most of the time, but it's okay 'cause everybody else does too.
8. Don't kill yourself studying, but don't put yourself into a situation where you have to catch up (especially early). At least for me, catching up it nearly impossible once I get behind.
9. Don't let IHI fool you 'cause it's easy early (first two weeks or so) then it gets a lot harder.
10. Pharm is easy in the fall, much harder in the spring. Get yourself some cushion early.
11. HBII exam one is easy. Exam two is written in binary code.
12. Use the flashcards for MMI along with the syllabus, both will help you. Chunk the notegroups.
13. A great way to study for IHI is to cut notegroups and paste to note panes in the powerpoint.
14. Everyone will tell you to read Robbins for IHI. I didn't read it at all. Kaufman, Porth, BRS, and notegroups.
15. If Holliman is teaching in IHI, memorize his syllabus.
16. The books I read for boards:
First Aid 2006
BRS Path
BRS Phys
BRS Immuno, micro
Road Map for USMLE Pharm
High Yield Human Behavior (also contains some epi)
High Yield Embryo
High Yield Anatomy
High Yeild Biochem
17. Something I wish I had done earlier = read the above books with the corresponding course
18. My USMLE had a lot of epi and biochem so you should be prepared for those
19. Watch out for PCM exam 2, it's a lot tougher than the first and third.
I can probably keep going, but that should be enough for the time being. Enjoy your summer and don't let the second year beat you down. Good luck![]()
I've been up since midnight studying this histo crud... I spent way too much time on physio so I could get that whopping 71% !
Yeah, I don't think I'm putting histo off until the last minute anymore. This last minute cramming sucks. Actually, I've been doing entirely too much cramming this test block, and it's made me really, really miserable. I guess not doing anything for the first two weeks of class coupled with not doing anything for a week following the minis isn't a good idea.
Do you think that the minis slow us down more than help us?
I'm anti-mini. 🙂 I hate taking tests and feel like minis just add an extra layer of stress to my life. For physiology, the mini was worthless as a learning tool because there were only 2 Dormer questions, both of which were just calculations. For biochem, that second mini was designed just so Leon could minimize all of Steinberg's material. IMO, I'd vote for leaving the first anatomy and biochem mini just to give students a less painful introduction to school. After that, I think we should just have the test blocks. I bet I'm in the minority of this one.
As for slowing us down, it does for me. I guess you could just say I'm irresponsible, though. 🙂
So histo wasn't bad at all, but I could have used some more studying.
I'm anti-mini. 🙂
My new motto on histo practicals--it helps if you actually go to the correct Iowa website. 👍 I did well on the first 12 Q's I'm sure, but half of the others were foreign to me. 😎
The question bank for the lecture exam didn't really mesh with what was actually tested on IMO, but I think I'm fine with that.
I believe I have decided that exam blocks are not my preferred modus operandi for a subject-based curriculum. If you get crushed on an exam, it sort of demoralizes you for the next day. Get behind? Well then all courses seem to suffer. Plus if you can just cram the night before and do well on some of these subjects, why have them in the block? I'd prefer an extra night to study the more complicated stuff. Just my .02.
Not a mini fan. I'm fine with a practice question bank.
I'm pro-mini....all tests have a right to exist...even if we dont want em...just cuz it isnt in test block doesnt mean its not a real test yet. Its got all the signs of a real test...stress factor, questions, ppl failing, anal gunners, tears, laughter etc. And if you didn't want the responsibility of a mini then we shouldn't have entered med school. You play you pay. And we shouldnt be even TAKING tests until we're ready for a lifetime commitment. At least wear a dang condom!
ps...that was ALL a joke...I'd never smaktalk Bagel Babe...I hear she carries a 9mm.![]()
wow.
I just spent 2 hrs studying HBs info on alcoholism.
It was 90% common sense.
HB is such a waste of air...
Adolf Hitler was:
a Jew
a mexican burrito maker
an astronaut in a love triangle
a crazy german who wanted to rule the world
all the above
aka HB
wow.
I just spent 2 hrs studying HBs info on alcoholism.
It was 90% common sense.
HB is such a waste of air...
Adolf Hitler was:
a Jew
a mexican burrito maker
an astronaut in a love triangle
a crazy german who wanted to rule the world
all the above
aka HB
But you've got to love it for that. If only all our classes were just common sense. 🙂 The Ruwe stuff is a little on the complicated side for HB, unfortunately.
All I could think while Dr. Anderson was talking was, "Dammit, Otto you have lupus..."
👍 😀
what exactly is the difference between Latino Foods and Hispanic Foods?
most ppl hate mexicans..aka hispanics..spanish folks hate em more than whitey.
Latino is more ambiguous so ppl hate em less
spaniards are hispanic. its from the latin word hispania which is what the romans called the iberian penisula.
Hey want2be--I saw you sneaking that lecture exam up there three minutes after we turned the practicals in. You're sitting next to me next block.
Is it necessary to give parental information on the FAFSA in my case? I am married, semi non-traditional, have a kid, and haven't lived at home in years? I have heard different answers to this question. Thanks for all the help.
Is it necessary to give parental information on the FAFSA in my case? I am married, semi non-traditional, have a kid, and haven't lived at home in years? I have heard different answers to this question. Thanks for all the help.
The only thing it might affect is that there are a few scholarships specifically for "disadvantaged" students, and if you've made the case on your scholarship app that you come from an economically disadvantaged background, you'll need to back that up with the FAFSA.
You do need to include parental information to be considered for any institutional scholarships or grants. You can get all your governmental loans without turning into the parental information. So if you can get it, I'd recommend turning it in. It might get you $3k or so in grants. If it's impossible to get it, it won't stop you from getting your staffords.
Hey Wiz, It doesn't mean I did good on the written, just that I knew the practical questions and I was occupying myself otherwise during the long gaps.
Mod 231. I'm the loser that went to your mod and explained heart murmurs in too much detail. Spoke a little much during the PBL, too 🙂 I'll say hi the next time I see you.
So let me get this straight...if my wife and I make >$150K/year but my parents whom I haven't lived with for over 8 years make <$20K/year, I could still be eligible for need based scholarships and/or grants? Where do I sign up for this, and who made up those rules? This can't be correct?
Is it necessary to give parental information on the FAFSA in my case? I am married, semi non-traditional, have a kid, and haven't lived at home in years? I have heard different answers to this question. Thanks for all the help.
So let me get this straight...if my wife and I make >$150K/year but my parents whom I haven't lived with for over 8 years make <$20K/year, I could still be eligible for need based scholarships and/or grants? Where do I sign up for this, and who made up those rules? This can't be correct?
Hey Wiz, It doesn't mean I did good on the written, just that I knew the practical questions and I was occupying myself otherwise during the long gaps.
I would go so far as to say that you'd be VERY likely to get disadvantaged student money (maybe a couple of thousand or so) under the parameters you specified, but I would also say that the disad money is based on whether or not people from your native county were likely to go to college--Uncle Sam's rule, not the school's. The program is designed to help students who had to travel through a greater total peripheral resistance as youths (sorry about that analogy guys).
Ok, guys, here's a breakdown of how I studied for Step 1...
...Good Luck!
Tony
Would that be my current county or the county my parents live in where I grew up and went to grade school and HS (at one time it was the poorest county in the state, not sure about it now, but things definitely haven't gone uphill). Not sure about the total peripheral resistance thing, but I would say that I had my fair share of hurdles to jump to get my undergrad education.
Oh yeah, make sure to do the USMLE practice tests that are offered by the NBME (the $45 dollar tests). There are 4, and I recommend doing 1 per week starting 1 month prior to testing. They are SO worth the money, and help you gauge your progress by taking actual USMLE test questions.
i just realized im reading the section on alcoholism and drinking a glass of red wine. whoops.
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Whoever said the section on recognizing emotions was more difficult was right 👎
I should've read it all before I started yappin about how easy it was 😳
Hmmm anyone seen an answer key yet for HB?
They're always slow. It'll probably pop up on Monday or something. I think I screwed up some of the subjective emotion stuff.
I don't want to study for neuro.
Hmmm anyone seen an answer key yet for HB?
The chalkboard had a note that said they'd post the key at 1500 if all of the students took the exam. There was an empty seat in front of me, however, so the likelihood of that seems cloudy.
Totally silly exam. Did the prof mention anything about having a "center" for intelligence? Nobody I've spoken to knew the correct answer to that. I put frontal and temporal lobes, but it was just a blind guess.
The chalkboard had a note that said they'd post the key at 1500 if all of the students took the exam. There was an empty seat in front of me, however, so the likelihood of that seems cloudy.
Totally silly exam. Did the prof mention anything about having a "center" for intelligence? Nobody I've spoken to knew the correct answer to that. I put frontal and temporal lobes, but it was just a blind guess.
Totally silly exam. Did the prof mention anything about having a "center" for intelligence? .
It's still possible; The Random Obnoxiously Auditory Chuckler got booted out of the seat next to me by the person whose seat it actually was. Don't know where she went after that. I may not be a genius mud-phud, but at least I can figure out where I'm 'posed to sit. And now, I can even figure out what to do with my test when I'm done.
Bleh, stupid slackers who don't show up to take hb tests. 👎
No kidding.
I'm gonna be experiencing some adverse primary emotions if they don't give us the damn answer key. That's so ******ed.
btw...that buddy of yours whose lacking the gag reflex...he's smart or something...he left yesterday right after the practical so he must've done both at the same time. Then today he finished after about 30 minutes in HB.