UWorld multiple times vs other Qbanks during M2

[flight24]

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I know some do QBank/USMLErx during M2 along with their courses and save UWorld for the hardcore board studying at the end. There's also some people who do UWorld during M2 and then again (and again?) later.

I just wanted to get some pros and cons from the people who have done this before buying QBank or USMLE Rx now. I'm leaning towards just getting UWorld now vs waiting until May.

Thanks!

 

[DCBFan]

Interested in this as well.

 

[anbuitachi]

personally i recommend another qbank during school year, and Uworld at the end. Because you want to do uworld on random, not by subject. also if you do it at the end, theres a predictive value [somewhat] as well.. if you do uworld thru out the year, your percent correct is meaningless

 

[001100010010011]

USMLERx is nice. It has FA page numbers/images listed below it.

I'm planning on hitting UWorld come January.

 

[DoctorDermis]

I know some do QBank/USMLErx during M2 along with their courses and save UWorld for the hardcore board studying at the end. There's also some people who do UWorld during M2 and then again (and again?) later.

I just wanted to get some pros and cons from the people who have done this before buying QBank or USMLE Rx now. I'm leaning towards just getting UWorld now vs waiting until May.

Thanks!

I did UW through school, USMLE Rx during 1st month of step 1 study, Kap Qbank during 2nd month, and UW again during my final weeks.

Kap Qbank had a number of crazy questions, but I still found it useful overall.

 

[FollowTheMoney]

I was always under the impression that the more questions you do, the better. If you're doing the same questions over and over, you aren't practicing the ability of assimilating new information and the process of active learning. The more angles and ways you see something, the better off you will be. That's what another Qbank offers you, even if it's not the most reflective resource. Nevertheless, it's undisputed that UW is the best resource. However, it would be hard for me to imagine someone not doing well after doing 3 different Qbanks and annotating them in FA.

 

[001100010010011]

This is interesting. I was going to do USMLERx first. Now I am wondering if I should primarily focus on doing UWorld multiple times since everyone is considering the idea.