What to do last week? To Cram or not to cram

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Transformers

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So my test is next saturday. Overall, my target was the 240 range to begin with. Took nbme 15 yesterday, got a 245...nbme 13 was a 240 a few weeks ago...UWorld 1st pass was 70%ish and 2nd was 90%. One thing I noticed about the questions I got wrong yesterday were they were questions I didn't couldn't prepare (stuff I never heard of) for or got wrong due to misinterpretation of the atypical clinical presentation I was given.

Anyways, I'm not sure what to honestly do these last days up until my exam (Saturday). If having to assess my "weaknesses" from NBME 15, I can't really say what they are as I mentioned given the types of questions I got wrong. I pretty much got all red asterisks on the NBME which I assume means I am good to go. Timing will be a concern as I pretty much finished all the NBMEs on time so I realize the importance of sleep and being fresh on test day.

As for this week, I think a day of neuro and a day of psych/behavioral sciences/gen pharm are nice and I had planned a day off before the test day. Given my goals, etc... what do you people honestly do the last week (its hard for me to get through all of FA) but was wondering what you recommend? Studying feels so cyclic and a loop in the sense that the more I learn the stuff I learned a while ago, I forget 🙁

Thanks
 
Oversleep, everyday. As much as possible that its not even funny.

You brain will thank you. As will your step score.
 
Q bank revision in the morning
FA/Notes revision in the afternoon
Relax in the evenings
Sleep whole night
 
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