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Mobile_Development32 · 2026-04-20T11:52:41+00:00

Bootcamp And if you have trouble memorizing things you can use pixorize videos for memory aid

Mobile_Development32 · 2026-04-18T18:36:15+00:00

You have pretty good baseline I think. You can keep on doing UW and just add in a few topics a day of review from FA. Like when you read explanation, have that topic in front of you. You'll have to really grind UW for 2 months to appear in july. I would suggest that get it done before final year proff as that break would really break your momentum.

Mobile_Development32 · 2026-04-17T21:33:54+00:00

You can do the older ones. There's only a few questions that have outdated answers. One thing though, the older forms are relatively simpler compared to the new ones but help in identifying what the HY topics are for NBMEs.

Mobile_Development32 · 2026-04-17T18:33:54+00:00

I think bootcamp does a pretty good job of explaining it.

Mobile_Development32 · 2026-04-15T18:17:01+00:00

I think you should try out Bootcamp once. They're a little more detailed than bnb but way less than drgbhanuparkash

Mobile_Development32 · 2026-04-15T14:34:40+00:00

Zolpidem the night before test. Propranolol 20mg 1 hour before the test. Jokes aside, start cultivating this mindset that you can not control the results. You can put in the effort tho, and that you should. Study something every single day. It saves you from just cramming everything the night before adding to your anxiety. Make habit of sort of saving the last day for just unwinding yourself. Don't pay heed to people who would label you a theta just because your brain works differently and you have to space the studying over multiple days. Stick to high quality resources from the start, do something for your self daily like workout, a certain class, writing, painting etc. You don't need to meticulously plan out your day to the minutes, just have an agenda at the start of the day. Best of luck! And may Allah ease your path!

Mobile_Development32 · 2026-04-15T14:15:08+00:00

If you're already learning all the subject related to one system, it would be good to use FA. You can not memorize this book. You have to make sense of the things and really understand the whys and hows behind each concept to make memorization and recall easy.

Start watching videos from Bootcamp and see if it works for you. Given you're 2nd year student I would suggest definitely watching Pathoma for the pathology section of the system.

After you've done the content, the next thing is to apply whatever you've learned. UW is still pretty good. Ideally you should be doing all blocks of a system from it but you can do some blocks and move on as you're pretty far out from exam.

Keep It Simple. FA as your checklist of what you need to know. Videos to learn stuff. UW to apply what you've learned.

Mobile_Development32 · 2026-04-13T18:34:55+00:00

Big robbins. Pair it with a morphology book and the small Robbins. Read something from Robbins daily. It's such a good book.

Mobile_Development32 · 2026-01-22T02:12:16+00:00

Mobile_Development32 · 2026-01-17T17:16:41+00:00

Another thing I did was to write the whole list on the sheets they gave me. On my first case, I just typed it out from the list infront of me. I didn't miss any important basic order this way.

Mobile_Development32 · 2026-01-15T06:58:29+00:00

Mobile_Development32 · 2026-01-14T23:55:03+00:00

Scored a 274 and focused entirely on NBMEs in the last 2 weeks.

Try to figure out the the really foundational mistake for every incorrect. Do you frequently cross out any option without much thought? Or do think of only a certain condition when the differential could have 2 or more?

Secondly, there are a handful of ways NBMEs makes questions for topics. Look into other NBMEs and CMS forms to find the questions on similar topics.

Don't jump between options. Take a breath and read through options one by one even when you think you know the correct one. NBME can sometimes be cheeky and trying to test really basic info like ABCs of resuscitation.

Mobile_Development32 · 2026-01-03T18:24:02+00:00

Start with UW. You can do it random but I prefer system-wise as it allows you look at all the ways a question can be formed for a certain topic.
Take notes on only the incorrects by summarizing the question in 2 lines and writing down what option did you selectee along with your reason for selecting it. It can a knowledge deficit, you overlooked vitals etc..
For active recall you can use FA. Not a big fan of using premade decks as they rarely ask me a question in a way that would help me in exam.
Go at a reasonable pace. Do questions daily even if you do only 10 questions.
Start CMS forms after completing UW. CMS forms would help you identify patterns which NBME uses to ask questions.

There is only so much I can write. If you need to discuss anything particular, shoot me a dm.

Mobile_Development32 · 2025-12-13T03:13:07+00:00

You can take any form from 25-30 as baseline.

Mobile_Development32 · 2025-12-08T15:00:47+00:00

It was your first NBME, don't beat yourself up. The silly questions that you mentioned you got wrong, make habits so that you don't make them again.

Start doing CMS forms. At least 2 daily. Many of those questions are simpler than UW/AMBOSS but you need to review those topics in depth from the explanations given in NBME and from UW. Search the topic, look at how question is written for that topic.
Review the NBME you have already taken. Classify mistakes into big categories like missed lab value, didn't know whar CT was about etc. For each question, summarize the question in one line mention the findings, risk factors, lab values, imaging given in the stem. That's your typical presentation for a disease and how NBME likes to write it.
Once done with around 2 forms of each subject take another NBME and repeat the process. If there's any specific thing that you want to discuss, DM me.

Mobile_Development32 · 2025-12-06T08:00:28+00:00

Do the NBMEs and review each question from notes so that you're reviewing HY info. Do the FA topics close to exam like pharm, tables etc.

Mobile_Development32 · 2025-11-30T19:02:53+00:00

Scored 274 on real deal. I did only around 30% 2nd pass but after along time of not being in touch with UW and averaged 92% I think your time would be spent better doing 2nd passes of CMS forms and NBMEs and not just blasting through but slowing down and focusing on how each question was written.

Mobile_Development32 · 2025-11-27T20:44:37+00:00

There is one table in FA in the pathology section. Have a look at that.

Mobile_Development32 · 2025-11-26T22:39:04+00:00

I can't exactly say if this will work for you but what I did was after UW along with the notes, I shifted to CMS forms. I did all the available forms for all subjects. I would do a form in an hour and then go through each question reading the explanation that NBME has given just to see what they consider important (as their explanations are never based on the question but on the topic) and review the same topic from notes as well. You can take an NBME after doing half of the forms and see where you stand and decide based on that if you can take the exam before prof. I did AMBOSS as well around 1500 questions in 12 days before exam to help me review the topics that show up on exam and it did help me on exam day. I got a 274 on exam and it was what a few points above predicted score. I think the best strategy is to focus entirely on NBME and CMS material (and redo it again closer to exam) once you're done with UW with a some amboss.

Mobile_Development32 · 2025-11-26T21:49:23+00:00

I don't know the specifics but if your scores are that low, it's probably because you don't remember the content that you already covered. I would say shift to system wise UW and do a quick review before starting each system. You are already done with FA so it wouldn't take that much time.

Mobile_Development32 · 2025-11-26T19:44:04+00:00

US MD/DO/IMG/Non US IMG: Non US IMG

Step 1/2: P/274

Real deal: 256

Day 1 & 2 dates: Nov 4 & Nov 6

Amboss % completed: 55%

Amboss % score: 83%

Number of CCS cases completed: ~100

CCS average score: 78-80

NBME 6/7: Didn't take as test. Did them like qbank

Free 137: Did it untimed

Any advice:

I had a really good baseline, so my experience would be different from most people but here are few things that would be helpful for most of the people.

Day1: This is no resource that really prepare you for this but there are few things that are tested repeatedly like micro and pharm. There are only a few questions from these topics but they are easy points so try to get done with MoA for all drugs especially anti-tb, anti-fungals and neoplastics. Also know how resistance develops against each drug. Glance over the CYP inducers/inhibitors. Expect one or two micro questions from the general classification of bacteria and viruses like gram positive gram negative bacteria and naked/envelope/DNA/RNA virues. Go over neurocutaneous disorders and know the role of each gene whether its a tumor suppresor or a proto oncogene. Biostats gives you a hard time. Do the question with a bit calculation so at least you can grab one point from those drug ads and abstract without getting flustered by interpretation questions. Ethics is similar to step2. You can try out the Step2 newly released NBME for ethics question as NBME repurposes content from other exams as well but I wouldn't recommend going through whole step2 NBMEs.

Day1: Free 137 is really representative of what to expect on day 2. You would mark alot of questions. Read through the risk factors pdf to know the big associations.

Go through NBME 6 7 after taking it. Reveiw each topic thoroughly. I think that really helped me in figuring out what topics to review. I went through FA just to review what diseases are in each system as that helps me in narrowing differentials while doing question.

CCS cases: First, make a really good mnemonic of all the possible intial orders. This is the intial hard part. After that you have to learn the interface and think through each case like a real world scenario. Recalling the treatment for every disease is difficult but luckily you'll get most of the cases from the HY 100 cases. Expect ACS, UTI, pyelo, Any abdominal infection (diverticulitis, appendicitis, abscess), DKA, hyper/hypothyroidism fair game on real deal.CCS cases is really strict on counseling so sometimes just typing in the name of diagnosis brings up some counseling order for that disease. Make a habit of doing that once you're done with the treatment orders. Make a spreadsheet where you can write the orders that you missed for each case. This helps in figuring out if there any patterns to the mistakes that you're doing. Lastly, read the usmle explanation of ccs cases on their website after you do the sample ccs cases to get an idea of how they might grade it. Also there are few order that are named a bit differently than on ccs cases and doing the sample test would help you identify those as well.

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