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advice for an IMG
Hi,
I'm a student at a caribbean school and wrote step 1 at the end of april. I dont know my exact score yet, but i did the oasis trick and it let me re-register for step 1 after my score was reported. Here were my stats going into the exam: 1.I was an average student in basic sciences. 2.Qbank average of 59% (did 100% of it). i went through all the answers (right and wrong) and made notes on almost all questions. By the end, I had almost 150 pages of notes which i went over 2-3 times. 3.Qbook average (850 questions): around 63% 4.USMLE CD average of around 64% 5.kaplan simulated exam: 57% 6.Listened to goljan audio once 7.NBME Form 1 (one day before the exam): 380 (=186 on step1) 8.FIRST AID: read it almost 4-5 times (especially Pharm and micro) 9. Went through all the kaplan videos along with the text and took extensive notes, although I didn't find that very helpful because I need to read/listen to information atleast 2-3 times before some of it starts sinking in and I couldn't do that due to time contraints. Here is what i plan for my second attempt: 1. Go over all my Qbank notes as many times as possible. 2. re-do qbook, USMLE CD and Kaplan simulated exam. 3. Read FIRST AID as many times as possible. ( I am going to make notes in my FA as I go along, although I am not exactly sure how much of the information from kaplan and other sources I should transcribe in there) 4. Do questions from ROBBINS REVIEW OF PATHOLOGY 5. Do BSS questions. 6. Wait till my results come in and re-do the kaplan videos for the subjects I was weak in. 7. Im planning to study for another 4 months before I re-take it. I will take NBME form 1 after two months of studying and then NBME form 2 a month later. My last month will be review time. 8. Plan on doing questions from appleton and lange, NMS and Rapid Review Series. By the end, I would like to have done 10,000 questions. 9. Listen to goljan audio (as many times as possible) along with his high yield notes. I have to do really well on my second attempt. Even though I want to go for family medicine or pediatrics, there are many factors which I have to work against (I'm an IMG, I need a visa to work in the US and now i havent passed Step 1 on my first attempt) which excludes me already from applying to many residencies. Is there anything else I should look into doing? anything that you dont think I should do? An other advice? Thanks for your replies. |
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