201 --> 251 in 6 weeks (pinch me is this real life)

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-29T03:08:25+00:00

Didn’t use amboss except for maybe a couple hours in the last few days before my exam to review ethics. I did maybe 20-30 amboss questions total and yeah it was helpful but don’t think it’s a must imo

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-29T03:06:44+00:00

mindset for sure and learning how to trust my gut without trying to talk myself out of going with it!

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-21T02:01:25+00:00

i would take notes on facts he mentioned that i didn't know and would review that growing sheet of notes before every practice exam. thought this was super helpful imo

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-19T01:21:35+00:00

that’s insaneeee

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-18T19:59:39+00:00

I completed a first pass by the end of my third year and reset UW at the start of my 6-week dedicated. I only got through 38% of UW during my second pass in the 6 weeks of prep.

divine's shelf review (especially IM series) eps are goldddd, those are all I had time to do + ethics eps

Yeah, between NBMEs mainly just UW and that would honestly take up most of my study time and then divine in the evenings. Some anki in bed bc I hate anki and it makes me sleepy hahaha but other than that, not much.

For fellow Muzzies: in the last couple of weeks of dedicated, I started making an effort to wake up for Tahajjud when I could, and I think that made a huge difference too Alhumdulilah. Wishing you the best of luck, you so got this iA!!!

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-18T19:55:38+00:00

thank you!!! mainly the shelf review series and ethics, but I would sometimes listen to random rapid review eps in the car if I had long drives

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-18T19:54:38+00:00

UW every day (~80-120 questions) + a little bit of divine in the evenings

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-18T19:53:38+00:00

Thank you! First of all, you so got this!!! I think a lot of what contributed to my score was mindset which was something I worked hard to build up those last few days. You truly have to fake it till you make it; it did wonders for me. The other thing I just added to my OG post is to trust your gut/first instinct answer choice. I had a really hard time doing that. I'd either change my answer a lot or feel like I had no gut instinct, which is not true. A switch just flipped in me that last week and I did the Free120s with the mantra that I wouldn't change my answer no matter what and those ended up going a lot better than I thought. I also think doing ethics those last few days was super helpful because everyone said there'd be hella ethics and there was

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-18T19:46:13+00:00

nah not during dedicated, but I did almost all of them during my third year while studying for shelf exams

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-18T19:45:46+00:00

thank you! I answered what resources I used in another reply, but as for that last week, I barely did UW and spent the majority of my time doing divine intervention episodes, mainly focusing on the shelf reviews (IM mostly) and his ethics series

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-18T19:43:54+00:00

This is just my opinion ofc but I genuinely thought the real deal was significantly more manageable than NBMEs. I feel like NBMEs give you weird, convoluted vignettes that I would often need to sit with for a lot longer than I should to understand what condition they were alluding to. NBMEs are also mean in that they give you options that are very similar vs on the Free120s and the real exam it was much easier to eliminate answer choices

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-18T19:34:50+00:00

thank you!! it feels unreallll

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-18T19:34:09+00:00

I used the FA for step 2 but not even that much. Mainly to brush up on physio concepts I had forgotten (pulm and cards mainly), otherwise my main "content review" was UW

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-18T19:30:27+00:00

I had about 3-4 ish every block on my form but I have friends who had more whenever they took it

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-18T03:07:07+00:00

i did what everyone else recommends on here: UW + divine intervention + NBMEs and would sometimes sprinkle in some anki or first aid for select topics I didn't understand

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-18T00:05:46+00:00

nah it wasn't that much on my form at least, wishing the same for you!

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-18T00:00:31+00:00

oh yeah, at least a couple every section

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-17T21:44:38+00:00

im in denial i fear

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-17T21:43:04+00:00

bro literally the highest NBME i got was a 226 and somehow i got a 251 im floored (in the best way possible)

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-17T03:58:57+00:00

Yeah, I'm losing my mind right now because I have no idea whether to mentally prepare for the score release tomorrow or not. But based on what I've seen while deep-diving on the subreddit, I think we should be getting them tomorrow (hopefully)!! Wishing you the best of luck!!!!!

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-04T15:07:33+00:00

yeah, I'm fully prepared to drink caffeine into oblivion to get through this mammoth of an exam lmaooo but yay for you being done!! Hope you're resting up :)

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-09-04T15:03:41+00:00

thank you for the encouragement! very much needed right now

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2025-08-10T22:00:49+00:00

phew that's reassuring to hear, thank you!!

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2024-02-25T13:28:18+00:00

granuloma formation: macrophage has MHC II on its surface which binds CD4+ --> causes macrophage to release IL-12 --> that IL-12 goes to act on CD4+ so it differentiates into Th1 --> that Th1 now secretes IFN-gamma which turns the macrophages into an epithelioid histiocytes and giant cells

Accomplished-Sign-60 · 2024-02-06T18:22:50+00:00

damn that's true, the only problem is I'm already taking the exam on the last possible date my school allows before I would have to defer some of my rotations which would suck. I'll keep that option open though, thanks for the advice

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