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hi frnds
someone pls help me with the kaplan courses doubt. i bought the kaplan review book and read most of the part . its vast...scored only 80. i expected more. but ..
now i wanted to know whether kaplan class room courses are better than the review book. will it help me if i take that 3 month or 6 month package.

is there any coaching classes for nbde. anyone aware of anything??i'm loosing my hopes. is there an history of an average student getting good scores in nbde??
i respect all those who score high scores. hope i culd also get above 86 someday.
all these are my passing thoughts...


someone pls reply my doubt
pls help.
thanks in advance

 
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Hey God bless,

Don't loose hope 🙂! Try to focus on decks (revise like 2-3 times IN & OUT) and keep doing anatomy and biochem from kaplan review book. Personally, I feel this would do it ... and if you have any doubts go & search for them on wikipedia & then do all the released papers. There are no repeats, but you will find them very useful. Some of the topics where you need to focus are as follows:
Addison's disease, cushing's syndrome; Glycolysis, Kreb's cycle and electron transport chain, with all their enzymes and in details; the rate limiting enzymes of all the major biochemical pathways; synthesis of non essential amino acids, specially from the intermediates of glycolysis and kreb's cycle; classification of amino acids, like, hydrophillic, hydrophobic and their subgroups; fatty acid synthesis along with citrate shuttle;
alkaline phosphatase; various enzyme deficiency diseases like phenylketoneuria, alkaptonuria, cystinuria, albinism etc.; main antibiotics, and their mechanisms of action; maxillary artery and branches, parotid gland; immunology

Hope this helps.

~ Pearl
 
Hey honeygirl,
When did you apply to all these schools & have you recieved any application completion email ? Even, I have applied to all 3 schools (2nd week October) and waiting for my response. My stats are:
NBDE Part 1: 91; TOEFL: 110; GPA: 3.69

Good luck 🙂,

~ Pearl
 
thankyou pearl for taking time to help me.i made a note of all the topics you mentioned.
may you get in to the school of ur choice this yr itself.
hats off for ur excellet score
🙂gud luck

i stand at the bottom of a huge mountain,the rays of hope is calling me from beyond the horizons. that keeps me going on and on..

god bless
Hey God bless,

Don't loose hope 🙂! Try to focus on decks (revise like 2-3 times IN & OUT) and keep doing anatomy and biochem from kaplan review book. Personally, I feel this would do it ... and if you have any doubts go & search for them on wikipedia & then do all the released papers. There are no repeats, but you will find them very useful. Some of the topics where you need to focus are as follows:
Addison's disease, cushing's syndrome; Glycolysis, Kreb's cycle and electron transport chain, with all their enzymes and in details; the rate limiting enzymes of all the major biochemical pathways; synthesis of non essential amino acids, specially from the intermediates of glycolysis and kreb's cycle; classification of amino acids, like, hydrophillic, hydrophobic and their subgroups; fatty acid synthesis along with citrate shuttle;
alkaline phosphatase; various enzyme deficiency diseases like phenylketoneuria, alkaptonuria, cystinuria, albinism etc.; main antibiotics, and their mechanisms of action; maxillary artery and branches, parotid gland; immunology

Hope this helps.

~ Pearl
 
hi pearl 82... i havent yet applied.. just now got my scores.. applying only next week
 
thanks dentalbee for your positive reply
 
Hey!
I wud say do the decks throughly,the released papers J,K,l,M series and the NBDE first aid book is helpful too.and the review book ofcourse.
gud luck!👍

hi frnds
someone pls help me with the kaplan courses doubt. i bought the kaplan review book and read most of the part . its vast...scored only 80. i expected more. but ..
now i wanted to know whether kaplan class room courses are better than the review book. will it help me if i take that 3 month or 6 month package.

is there any coaching classes for nbde. anyone aware of anything??i'm loosing my hopes. is there an history of an average student getting good scores in nbde??
i respect all those who score high scores. hope i culd also get above 86 someday.
all these are my passing thoughts...

someone pls reply my doubt



pls help.
thanks in advance

 
thankyou pdoll
Hey!
I wud say do the decks throughly,the released papers J,K,l,M series and the NBDE first aid book is helpful too.and the review book ofcourse.
gud luck!👍
 
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