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Hey all,
I am finishing up my last block as a first year at a NJ medical school and had some time to reflect on my performance. As someone trying to go for a surgical sub specialty (like ortho) I am pretty worried. My grades have been high and low but overall they have hovered around the class average and I am getting really worried that this is a reflection of how Step 1 is going to go.
How indicative are medical school test grades on Step 1 performance? Can I get over this "average" feeling and crush it with crazy hard work? Any advice for this summer (to study, or not to study or how to study?!)
(just as a side note I am someone who spends a lot of time studying and often have to go through many repetitions of my notes as I can't absorb information as well as a lot of my classmates so I make up for it by putting in more hours)
Thanks!
I am finishing up my last block as a first year at a NJ medical school and had some time to reflect on my performance. As someone trying to go for a surgical sub specialty (like ortho) I am pretty worried. My grades have been high and low but overall they have hovered around the class average and I am getting really worried that this is a reflection of how Step 1 is going to go.
How indicative are medical school test grades on Step 1 performance? Can I get over this "average" feeling and crush it with crazy hard work? Any advice for this summer (to study, or not to study or how to study?!)
(just as a side note I am someone who spends a lot of time studying and often have to go through many repetitions of my notes as I can't absorb information as well as a lot of my classmates so I make up for it by putting in more hours)
Thanks!