Start your engines
and remember its all about your perseverance and the time you commit to the exam, not how much they prepare you.
So stop with they " The did not tough me that" or the " I had no idea about that" and get your mind in POSITIVE for the USMLE.

I remember people that had to sit in the UCE library all alone,wile people make fun of me with the "You are waisting your time" or " You do not even have papers" or me finding out for the first time what was molecular biology, actually because me they put that class in the curriculum now LOL.

Forget what University you are in, just look at it this way, You and only YOU against the exam and try your best and you will PASS the exams.

May GOD give all of you the knowledge and discipline to PASS the exams wile you are in DR.
O yea
HAPPY NEW YEAR

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Some day I will be the next Goljan/Daugherty/fysher for IMG's all over the world.

thank you for your encouragement. that's a great attitude to start the new year with. i wish you success also.

IMG survivor

are you in a residency and what kind and what year?

absolutely right. i am also an uce graduate. while some professors are quite good and some classes will teach you meaningful things( thank you Drs.Rene Garcia and Carlos *****) others are nothing but a waste of time so you know that you are on your own. Here is my story:
I passed the step 1 at the beginning of my internship year after spending more than 10 months studying, sometimes until I saw the sun coming out, under you know wich conditions(under a candle sometimes and no fan running). the step 2 I took it at the end of med school and the cs 2 months later. I did real well (scored 95 on both the cs passed it first attempt) and did the internship year back in puerto rico. Now I am an intern of surgery in the UPR program and doing fairly well. I thought it was impossible for a foreign medical graduate to get a categorical spot like mine, but there I am and will finish my residency with the honor of being the only fmg on the team. So get down to business, forget about all the temptations going on around you( parties, cheap booze and women and cheap five stars hotels ) and get all the education available.Get your mind strong and focused and put the name of the med school at a higher position. It's the only way to end the discrimination against fmg's. I also have some of my friends and study partners with a good spot at programs in the US . So, as you can see there's nothing that can't be done with hard work and dedication.
By the way ,if someone could give me news of what's going on in uce lately i'll appreciate it very much.

TotaLmente hermoso

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Some day I will be the next Goljan/Daugherty/fysher for IMG's all over the world.

Hey that is an inspiring story. Its good to know that others have been through the same stuff and succeeded. Do you think that Rene and carlos helped you prep for your boards? I think those are 2 of the best teachers around anywhere.

even in the usa they can throw as much board relevant material at you as possible, it remains UP TO YOU what you do with it.

at uce, unibe, or javeriana, eat board review materials for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

med college ANYWHERE can become an enjoyable and interesting precious few years that you may wish you could return to when you are in the day to day practice/business of medicine.

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Hi, I'm a FMG (studying to take USMLE step 1), and I'm from la UCE, I agree with you guys when you say something about Dr. rene and Carlos L., but I have noticed that after taking a class With Dr. Carlos G. ( chvere) you feel kind of mitivated to keep on, and improv you study schedule and knowlege, God bless you all.

AMEN !

This comes in at the right moment

Thanks for this boost. Preparing for this exam, which I just figured it out, is not that easy. Too much stuff to read and too many temptations that can deter one's mind.

Thanks again!

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Thats the spirit.. Very motivational speech