When to "reset" uWorld?

[greenhat06]

Hey guys, had a quick question about when to use my one-time "reset" button on UWORLD. I had bought it sometime during the second half of my MSII year, with every intention of maxing out its questions for every section we had an exam in. However, we have our last MSII exam this Monday and unfortunately I only made it through 10% (obviously even if I had done all the questions for the material, I didn't have it long enough to make it anywhere near 100%). But this has me thinking when to use my reset button for my intense study period for Step 1? If I'm only 10% of the way through, should I just keep it going all the way through, and then IF I make it all the way through with plenty of time to spare, hit the reset button? My only problem with this is that big "IF." Obviously I am going to make it through the QBANK 100%, everybody keeps saying how important these questions are and the more times through a qbank the higher the score. But I just don't know if I will have enough time for a complete full 2-pass and therefore benefit from waiting to hit the reset button? So would it be beneficial to just take my MSII exam, start my DIT course, and hit the reset button from the start to really see my weaknesses/strengths/improvements/etc? Hopefully this all makes some sort of sense, would love to hear what you guys have to say. Thanks

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[withrye]

How much time do you intend to spend with UW? In my opinion, 10% isn't very much at all and I don't think it's worth it to reset just to get a "clean slate." Ignore the % correct statistic and use the bank to learn a bunch of presentations and associations that you never knew about.

 

[Jamiu22]

How much time do you intend to spend with UW? In my opinion, 10% isn't very much at all and I don't think it's worth it to reset just to get a "clean slate." Ignore the % correct statistic and use the bank to learn a bunch of presentations and associations that you never knew about.

I concur

 

[greenhat06]

How much time do you intend to spend with UW? In my opinion, 10% isn't very much at all and I don't think it's worth it to reset just to get a "clean slate." Ignore the % correct statistic and use the bank to learn a bunch of presentations and associations that you never knew about.

Thanks for the reply. That's the thought I've been having all along, because 10% isn't that much of a dent at all and it would be a shame to waste the reset just in case I do end up flying through it. I plan on spending basically any free time outside of DIT on uworld (as well as basically all my time once I finish DIT). I just keep hearing more and more about how important it is to make multiple passes on these qbanks.

My only problem is that I spend too much time on each question reviewing EVERYTHING. I read the intro paragraph, then read each wrong answer, and then read the educational objective. I do this on all questions, right or wrong, and I just can't break the habit. Someone needs to just slap me and tell me the correct way to do it. I know if I get it right, just read to objective and move on. If wrong but understand why, read the objective and maybe skim. And if no idea, read it all. But still, can't get it through my head. I think this is a big reason why I am only 10% through

 

[withrye]

Thanks for the reply. That's the thought I've been having all along, because 10% isn't that much of a dent at all and it would be a shame to waste the reset just in case I do end up flying through it. I plan on spending basically any free time outside of DIT on uworld (as well as basically all my time once I finish DIT). I just keep hearing more and more about how important it is to make multiple passes on these qbanks.

My only problem is that I spend too much time on each question reviewing EVERYTHING. I read the intro paragraph, then read each wrong answer, and then read the educational objective. I do this on all questions, right or wrong, and I just can't break the habit. Someone needs to just slap me and tell me the correct way to do it. I know if I get it right, just read to objective and move on. If wrong but understand why, read the objective and maybe skim. And if no idea, read it all. But still, can't get it through my head. I think this is a big reason why I am only 10% through

I don't think it's important to make multiple passes through a qbank. I did UW once through, and then another super fast pass through my incorrects. When I did the incorrects I remembered practically all of them, so it would have been a waste to go through the whole qbank again in what would have amounted to a game of memory rather than learning.

On your second point: I read everything and I think that's the right way to do it. This does not mean rewrite everything, annotate everything, dwell on everything. If you're actually just reading, plain reading, you can get through reviewing a whole block in the same time it took you to do it. Keep in mind, this never happens.

I read all the words in all the explanations, and reflected/annotated more on questions I got wrong, guessed on, or got right for the wrong reasons. Keep in mind that this method means that the better you do on a block, the faster your review will be. If you're getting 40% right on a block, your reviews are naturally going to be much longer than if you got a 90%.

 

[greenhat06]

I don't think it's important to make multiple passes through a qbank. I did UW once through, and then another super fast pass through my incorrects. When I did the incorrects I remembered practically all of them, so it would have been a waste to go through the whole qbank again in what would have amounted to a game of memory rather than learning.

On your second point: I read everything and I think that's the right way to do it. This does not mean rewrite everything, annotate everything, dwell on everything. If you're actually just reading, plain reading, you can get through reviewing a whole block in the same time it took you to do it. Keep in mind, this never happens.

I read all the words in all the explanations, and reflected/annotated more on questions I got wrong, guessed on, or got right for the wrong reasons. Keep in mind that this method means that the better you do on a block, the faster your review will be. If you're getting 40% right on a block, your reviews are naturally going to be much longer than if you got a 90%.

Wow okay, that makes me feel a bit better. I really do get a ton out of each question by reading everything it has to say. I can really breeze through the questions I got right, but still read the whole thing. But on the incorrect/guesses/"wrong rights," I will take a bit more time and look it up in FA or really try to understand my problem area. I like this suggestion, hopefully I will have enough time for it all