Hi, everybody, my mom is her and she is taking a nap so I thought
I shud write few lines her.I feel like taking anop too but oh well…if I don’t write now I wont get time as we r going to a peace relly tonight.
Introduction: some of u know me but for others I wud write down something about myself.Mind u non of this to brag but it is to encourage those girls(or women) who are in similar situation as me.
Well first of all I am a very very old grad.I can’t help laughing when ppl call themselves old if the have graduated 5 yrs ago.Hey u guys are kids still.No offence.I graduated about 16 years ago( might hurt me when I apply for residency).I worked till I came to this great land in 94.Then I realized I am not ready to share my 2 ½ yr old daughter with a day care center or baby sitter.Not that ant thing is wrong with doing that.I have seen great families wher kids went to day care centers. But I guess I wasn’t ready for it.Probably my career wasn’t my priority at that time.Everyone is different.I still love being at home , spending time with my kids,correcting them right away if they are wrong , appreciating htem for good behaivior or even clening or shinning my kitchen countertops.This just the way I am, good or bad who cares.I also mange my hussband’s office on part time basis.I knew I wud go back but did not know when.So all these years I did not even have any book.Anyways now that my kids are older and MashaAllah sensible I decided to strt studying..Also they completed some of the activities they are in like swimming ,Kung fu or Kouman.
I studied for step 1 on on and off basis for one year and passed last sep 30th.Don’t need to go into detail of step 1.After that I had unplanned break for 4 months and started on jan 19th I guess. And took my test on June 24th.So it was less then 5 month and I had at least 2 family emergency breaks 10 to 14 days each. .Other than that We did not cut down on socializing . we socialize a lot but I continued that cz that is the only time I wud be relaxing otherwise either I am studying or doing chores or busy with my kids home work and stuff.
Till first week of Apr I was still doing my first reading then decided to start uw since at that time I was planning to take test by end of May latter another family emergency and I decided to postpone it to June.
Uw.I did first 2 blocks in 60s and then my performance strted to go down .When I got 37% I felt like I was slapped iin front of acrowd esp my kids.Then I was sooooo mad. I stated reading Kaplan also. Bgginning of june I finished my uw.My first go was 58% and then I did my incorrect ones and then I rvised all…by the end I cud bring my score up to 67%.Not good for many ppl but I knew I had learnt a lot.Then Ikept on reading Kaplan .I didn’t quite finish my 2nd reading but was close.So u can say altogather I did 1 and 2/3 readin( oh well almost 2 ) of Kaplan. And did uw twice.
I dropped the idea of doing FA( anew unfamiliar book) and tried to do as much Kaplan as I cud. Also I read my notes from uw on the sides.
For mcqs. Other than uw I tried may be 5-6 blocks of Qbook and 2-3 of Kaplan simulated(it was very discouraging so I quit it).
Exam: God gave me the strength to stay calm and focused during this test but toward the end I had to read questions again and again to get in to my head.I forgot to mention I always had difficulty finishing tests in uw within the time but it wasn’t so in the real test.I was rushing all the time but finished all blocked 1 to 7 min b 4 time.I am a slow reader..Last two block I don’t have any idea what I did.
Subjectwise I found almost evey thing there.I am not very good at this but IM ,paeds, ob/gyn and evn surgey(trauma) was loaded.There wer many basic anatomy questions at leas 1-3 in each block.I did not have many calculations.I guess 3 altogather and it was simple..I had quit afew straight step 1 questions..There wer lots of questin that made feel like banging my head cz they wher so basic and simple that I did not pay attention to those while studying.and I was like Goooosh I know it just give me a clue.I think sometime being scred of the test we pay so much attention to complicated stuff and ignore the simple things..
This is all I can think of .Please f
eel free to ask questions.I’ll try my best to help u all as I was helped by others or even you.I don’t know what kind of score I’ll get but I am sure praying for a good one.I believe in keeping high expectations and be ready for the worst.I deserve it oh God Din’t I full fill my duties that u bestowed on me.( this is called blackmailing God….it works).Good luck to u all.Sorry this message was too long.Study hard.a nd pray to God.

Enjoy the pleasure of being a dedicated woman temerity counts greatly
You deserve the glory for putting up with all these
What a woman!
God bless you!

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Something that bothers you, just flush it off and wipe the remaining patiently. RS-Stanislas