What does your daily study schedule look like?

[quepatho]

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I'm trying to keep a somewhat regular schedule but I'm having difficulty maintaining a good balance between studying hard and taking reasonable breaks. I feel like every other day I have a mini burn out.

I keep hearing how people are spending "10-12 hours a day" but...I...well...I just want to know how that works.

 

[fahimaz7]

Step 1 prep is super individualized... But...

7-9am 2 blocks of 46 on Uworld
9-12:30 review block 1
Lunch 12:30-12:50
1pm-5pm review block 2
Break till 5:30 or so
First Aid review 6-10pm.

It sucks, but it's gotta happen.

 

[winkleweizen]

Its going to look like this.....
m-f
8-1 or 2 do DIT.
an hour lunch and workout break
3-5 a block of Uworld questions
5-8 RR and other review books

sat and sunday is going tobe more random with blocks of uworld and review of the DIT and first aid stuff i covered the previous week.

 

[Cookie Queen]

This is my schedule, based on advice from the year above, and deciding how I learn best:
8 - 2 content review (mostly FA and RR)
2 - 5 World with only questions on the topic I reviewed that morning
5 - 7 break for dinner/gym
7 - 10 World with questions from every topic I've reviewed thus far
10 - 10:30 or 11 Review pure memorization topics, ex: pharm, microb, biochem pathways (regardless of topic covered that day, always look at something)

Good luck!

 

[Orthodoc2be]

Step 1 prep is super individualized... But...

7-9am 2 blocks of 46 on Uworld
9-12:30 review block 1
Lunch 12:30-12:50
1pm-5pm review block 2
Break till 5:30 or so
First Aid review 6-10pm.

It sucks, but it's gotta happen.

This is almost exactly how mine is, except:
6-8 am - Goljan Audio
8:30 - 10:30 - UW 2 blocks (92 questions)
11 - 4:30 - review UW blocks
5-6:30 - workout/dinner
6:50 - 9 - FA review
9-10 - alternating Micro and Pharm days.

 

[quepatho]

wow, you guys are doing a lot of hours of UWorld! I was just hoping to get through the UWorld qbank once...I'm only doing one block a day. And I still feel like I'm going to lose it if I have to read the answers to one more question than I absolutely have to. 😛

 

[ArcGurren]

I don't have an exact day by day schedule but I'd say it takes anywhere from 8-12 hours out of my day... the exact amount depends on what day it is and what I'm covering... also, near the end of my study period I've spent most of it doing random questions (NBME, UWSA, etc) and doing/redoing/redoing again the UW incorrect questions, then doing book review near the end of the night.

 

[Encephalectomy]

my dayw were something like this for most of the study period though a little different now at the end

at some point in the morning i would walk to the library and listen to goljan and took short breaks throughout the day


wake up 930am

read brs phys and first aid for whatever subject i'm doing plus all kaplan qbank questions for that subject (or if over 2 days half the qbank questions)

5pm
do 80 uworld questions on tutor mode

830pm
hang out w/wife and eat dinner

10pm
40 more uworld questions + leftover qbank questions/first aid reading +gunnertraining questions for the day

sleep @330

 

[ArcGurren]

my dayw were something like this for most of the study period though a little different now at the end

at some point in the morning i would walk to the library and listen to goljan and took short breaks throughout the day


wake up 930am

read brs phys and first aid for whatever subject i'm doing plus all kaplan qbank questions for that subject (or if over 2 days half the qbank questions)

5pm
do 80 uworld questions on tutor mode

830pm
hang out w/wife and eat dinner

10pm
40 more uworld questions + leftover qbank questions/first aid reading +gunnertraining questions for the day

sleep @330

God damn you're a night owl. I've passed out at around 11 (though i generally get up at 7 am) most nights.

 

[ar2388]

man.. i used to be a nightowl. MS1 i would study until 1-2am no problem. MS2... couldnt make it past 10-1030.. now i go to bed at 930pm and wake up at 6am to be in the library by 7am to start studying... i figure good practice for actual test day heh.

 

[Encephalectomy]

yeah, I wish that I could fall asleep early. For most of the last two years my sleep schedule has been more 'normal' than any other time in my life since middle school (bed @1-2 and wake up at 730), but when I get stressed I have even more trouble falling asleep, so starting a few months ago my sleep pattern shifted back more. I've been waking up at 830 for the past few days and will until test time and hopefully I can start falling asleep a little earlier too. All I have to say is thank god I have a 10am test time. I honestly think a 10am vs 8am test time is probably worth about 10 points on the test for me👍.

 

[Day man]

6am-~noon - breakfast, GT for the day, 50-80 UW questions random tutor
~noon-1:30 - crossfit WOD, run dog, lunch (no shower...g/f tends to hate that haha)
~2-dinner (6pm usually for seinfeld) - BRS + FA (mainy physio and pharm now)
7-10/11 - 50 UW (been getting 35-55 random tutor...oye)

so far UW is the **** and i'm learning a ton. nbme's come every 7/8 days. 4 weeks + 3 days until D-day! this studying is most definitely a war of attrition. press on!

 

[ArcGurren]

yeah, I wish that I could fall asleep early. For most of the last two years my sleep schedule has been more 'normal' than any other time in my life since middle school (bed @1-2 and wake up at 730), but when I get stressed I have even more trouble falling asleep, so starting a few months ago my sleep pattern shifted back more. I've been waking up at 830 for the past few days and will until test time and hopefully I can start falling asleep a little earlier too. All I have to say is thank god I have a 10am test time. I honestly think a 10am vs 8am test time is probably worth about 10 points on the test for me👍.

That is an awesome test time. Unfortunately for my date and test center, they only offered it at 8:30 am 🙁 Then again it'll probably work out just fine for me since I get up at a decent time every day anyway, but for you that's fantastic.

Sometimes I'd love to try the 12pm test time... maybe for my Step 2 haha

 

[ArcGurren]

man.. i used to be a nightowl. MS1 i would study until 1-2am no problem. MS2... couldnt make it past 10-1030.. now i go to bed at 930pm and wake up at 6am to be in the library by 7am to start studying... i figure good practice for actual test day heh.

Yeah, I usually am up by 7 and studying by 8 (start out with a block of practice questions).

 

[quepatho]

yeah, I wish that I could fall asleep early. For most of the last two years my sleep schedule has been more 'normal' than any other time in my life since middle school (bed @1-2 and wake up at 730), but when I get stressed I have even more trouble falling asleep, so starting a few months ago my sleep pattern shifted back more. I've been waking up at 830 for the past few days and will until test time and hopefully I can start falling asleep a little earlier too. All I have to say is thank god I have a 10am test time. I honestly think a 10am vs 8am test time is probably worth about 10 points on the test for me👍.

Yeah, I've been having difficulty falling asleep because of stress, too.

Man, though, so many questions from everyone. I hope I'm OK doing all of UWorld 1x (maybe a second time over for the incorrect questions), and ~500Rx questions.

 

[Vulcan]

I'm taking a 12:30PM exam, so I figured I should be used to doing questions around then:

Noon: wake up 😛

1230-130: Random timed 46 Q UW
130-200: Lunch
200: Annotate UW block into FA
Whenever that's done (usually 330-4) to about 630ish: 1st half of material from FA for the day, supplemented with HY or RR
630-730: Take a walk (about 4 miles or so)
730-830: Shower and dinner
830-1130: 2nd half of FA material for the day (again with HY and/or RR as needed)
Sleep when I feel tired

 

[ar2388]

wow i wish i could take a 1230 exam.. i only had 830 as an option

 

[Vulcan]

Saw it on the schedule and my eyes lit up...now I don't have to postpone fixing my night owl habits til MS3 😀