Aloha_Medicine
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Hello fellow SDNers,
I am an M2 who is scheduled to take Step 1 in mid-May. I am interested in feedback for my proposed winter study schedule, and hearing what has worked for others. My target score is eventually 235+.
Our school has finished all organ blocks, and the remaining content for next semester consists of multisystems and some other miscellaneous material. Our dedicated step study starts in mid-March, giving me 2 months of dedicated time. I am currently on winter break until January 11th. Resources I have been using during school include First Aid, Pathoma, B&B, Sketchy, and Anki.
For winter break, my goal is to go through the Amboss step one question bank. I've done about 200 questions over the past couple of days with a 45% correct rate. Note so far I did these in study mode and not exam mode in 20 question intervals. Moving forward, my plan is as follows:
Mon - Friday: Three 60-minute blocks of 40 questions in the morning. Two hours of reviewing the questions at night. One hour of anki throughout the day.
Saturday: Five hours of review work, catching up on anything I didn't get to during the week. One hour of anki throughout the day
Sunday: One hour of anki throughout the day, otherwise rest, relax, and enjoy the break!
The last weekend of winter break, I plan to take a full-length diagnostic practice test to see where I'll be. Next year, I plan to revolve my study plan around UWorld/Rx.
Here are some specific questions I have:
1. Have people found it more useful to do questions by system or mixed together starting off? While the goal is to simulate the test with mixed questions, I am split on whether it would be worth it to start my review with questions by system to help guide my studies.
2. In addition to the 6 NBME practice tests, what practice tests are available? I would prefer to save those for dedicated. I could save 280 amboss questions for a mock practice test, but I think the ratio of questions for each system would be off and I wouldn't get any type of score report.
3. What techniques have you guys found useful for reviewing questions? So far, I really like the explanations amboss provides and the quick links to its content summaries.
In general, I am open to all other feedback, criticism, and suggestions. SDN really helped me with my MCAT study schedule back in the day and so I am here again asking for help. I appreciate you all!
I am an M2 who is scheduled to take Step 1 in mid-May. I am interested in feedback for my proposed winter study schedule, and hearing what has worked for others. My target score is eventually 235+.
Our school has finished all organ blocks, and the remaining content for next semester consists of multisystems and some other miscellaneous material. Our dedicated step study starts in mid-March, giving me 2 months of dedicated time. I am currently on winter break until January 11th. Resources I have been using during school include First Aid, Pathoma, B&B, Sketchy, and Anki.
For winter break, my goal is to go through the Amboss step one question bank. I've done about 200 questions over the past couple of days with a 45% correct rate. Note so far I did these in study mode and not exam mode in 20 question intervals. Moving forward, my plan is as follows:
Mon - Friday: Three 60-minute blocks of 40 questions in the morning. Two hours of reviewing the questions at night. One hour of anki throughout the day.
Saturday: Five hours of review work, catching up on anything I didn't get to during the week. One hour of anki throughout the day
Sunday: One hour of anki throughout the day, otherwise rest, relax, and enjoy the break!
The last weekend of winter break, I plan to take a full-length diagnostic practice test to see where I'll be. Next year, I plan to revolve my study plan around UWorld/Rx.
Here are some specific questions I have:
1. Have people found it more useful to do questions by system or mixed together starting off? While the goal is to simulate the test with mixed questions, I am split on whether it would be worth it to start my review with questions by system to help guide my studies.
2. In addition to the 6 NBME practice tests, what practice tests are available? I would prefer to save those for dedicated. I could save 280 amboss questions for a mock practice test, but I think the ratio of questions for each system would be off and I wouldn't get any type of score report.
3. What techniques have you guys found useful for reviewing questions? So far, I really like the explanations amboss provides and the quick links to its content summaries.
In general, I am open to all other feedback, criticism, and suggestions. SDN really helped me with my MCAT study schedule back in the day and so I am here again asking for help. I appreciate you all!
