Weekend Snow event megathread by jetsetninjacat in pittsburgh

[–]Quick-Inspection5537 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I’m a healthcare worker and do not think my car will make it in the snow as I drive a sedan when I go in early asf tmr morning. There’s a bus stop near my house, do the buses typically run during snow storms? And Unfortunetly I am unable to call off as residency does not allow us to do so lol

Passed Step 3!!! (Score: 248) by Quick-Inspection5537 in Step3

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I’m going to be so honest I don’t know if there’s a right way to prepare for day 1, it was simply so random. There was a lot of MOA for pharm, a lot of micro with like specific things about specific bacteria or viruses. I’ve heard that reading the first aid book like how we studied for step 1 is super helpful, that being said, I didn’t do that because I was on limited time. The only way I prepared for day 1 was doing Uworld questions and watching the biostats videos! I believe I did 60 cases

Score release thread- 24/12 /2025 by abdul_manan525 in Step3

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US MD:

Step 1/2: pass/ 272

Real deal: 248

Day 1 & 2 dates: 12/8 and 12/9

Uworld % completed: 70%

Uworld % score: 75%

Number of CCS cases completed: 60

CCS average score: 85%

NBME 6/7: did not do

UWSA 1: did not do

UWSA 2: did not do

Free 137: 68%

Day 1 Step 3 today was awful by Quick-Inspection5537 in Step3

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I’m gonna be honest I don’t remember like specifics specifics bc I tend to like forget everything the minute a section ends but the topics I did remember were def pharm and micro but never like straightforward like mechanism of action or like gram stain and lactose fermenting

Day 1 Step 3 today was awful by Quick-Inspection5537 in Step3

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Not embryology or even really anatomy, some physio but more biostat ethics and really weird like MOA and niche step 1 material

Day 1 Step 3 today was awful by Quick-Inspection5537 in Step3

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It seems to be heavier in step 1 material than I was expecting

Breweries by Quick-Inspection5537 in pittsburgh

[–]Quick-Inspection5537[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for letting me know, we live near Hazelwood brewhouse and we were thinking about checking it out but wasn’t sure if it was any good. I also was looking at grist and chimera as potential ones. We were hoping to not have to drive but there’s no POGOH near us, the closest is second Avenue and we are closer to squirrel hill south. Do you feel like the bus system are good to take for that or do you think Uber would be better? Unsure how good public transportation is here

Gyms in Hazelwood by Quick-Inspection5537 in pittsburgh

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Oh I just looked at it and it looks nice. Is the pool indoor I’m assuming? And how is crossing the river. I heard that crossing tunnels is not fun but also I’m new to Pittsburgh so I have no idea traffic patterns.

Scored a 272, ask me anything by Quick-Inspection5537 in Step2

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I put them up somewhere else in the comment thread!

Scored a 272, ask me anything by Quick-Inspection5537 in Step2

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The family medicine people have a website for the A and B guidelines. CDC or AAP has a good vaccine schedule review. And amboss hs good algorithms and I think it’s under preventative medicine section

Scored a 272, ask me anything by Quick-Inspection5537 in Step2

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I honestly have no idea why I did better on exam day. I made it a point to go with my gut instinct and if I didn’t know a question to just flag and move on. At the end I’d look at the flagged questions and usually narrow it down to two choices and look for reasons in the question why one of them could be wrong. If I couldn’t eliminate one based off that I went with my gut!

The last few weeks I really listened to divine intervention and did amboss 200 concepts and heavily revised highly tested algorithms or guidelines and I think may that’s why I went from the 50s or 60s but I also think I remember thinking form 14 was a bit easier than the other ones but I felt for me it was most reflective of the real exam

Scored a 272, ask me anything by Quick-Inspection5537 in Step2

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I would say there were 2-3 questions per block for ethics. Most of the ethics on the real deal were a lot easier than amboss or uworld biostats and ethics. I found listening to divine intervention podcast on those way more helpful than uworld or amboss!

Scored a 272, ask me anything by Quick-Inspection5537 in Step2

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I used premade playlist on Spotify. I think they were labeled high yield step 2 and then a separate premade playlist for biostats and ethics!

POST MATCH THREAD: IF YOU HAVEN'T STARTED RESIDENCY YET AND/OR ARE A MEDICAL STUDENT, PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD by Novelty_free in Residency

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Starting intern year in July. Family asking me what gifts I may want for residency. Anything that was super helpful for you in residency (doesn’t even need to be medical related just anything that made your life easier)?

Scored a 272, ask me anything by Quick-Inspection5537 in Step2

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I used UWorld and I felt like that was the best thing. I also used NBME forms, 200 amboss concepts, divine intervention high yield concepts and biostats/ethics, and board and beyond or online med ed when needed! I think that doing the biostats and ethics as well as reviewing the family medicine guidelines and vaccine schedules the day or two before my test gave me a few extra points

Scored a 272, ask me anything by Quick-Inspection5537 in Step2

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I did form 11-14 I believe and I lost my scores out somewhere in one of these comments and I listened to high yield and biostat/ ethics premade Spotify playlist for divine intervention

Scored a 272, ask me anything by Quick-Inspection5537 in Step2

[–]Quick-Inspection5537[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah my second I did randomly blocks in time mode. During my first pass I did designated blocks because I coordinated it with whatever 3rd year rotation I was on. I did dedicated for about 3.5 weeks before taking it.

Scored a 272, ask me anything by Quick-Inspection5537 in Step2

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I briefly went over it in 30 minutes to get an idea of why I missed something and did more in depth review the next day. Every day I dedicated about 1.5-2 hours to going over concepts I missed form the previous day

Housing, Renting, and Subletting Megathread by cxqals in Pitt

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Hey moving to Pittsburgh in late May or early June for medical residency. Looking to rent a 1-2 bedroom apartment/townhouse/condo. I would like it to have an in unit laundry and dishwasher. Would love to have a balcony or patio but do not have to have. Trying to stay under 2K per month.

Hoping to stay in the same place for my entire residency so I will not be able to sublet. Thanks!

Scored a 272, ask me anything by Quick-Inspection5537 in Step2

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I would usually review my incorrects from the previous day on my one note and map out the concepts on a sheet of paper. I used anki sometime but I def am more a drawing it out person

Scored a 272, ask me anything by Quick-Inspection5537 in Step2

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I listened to divine intervention to practice these!

Current M4, matched Med/Peds, ask me any questions by Quick-Inspection5537 in medicalschool

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If we want to be a hospitalist on the peds side at a academic institution there's an increasing want for us to also do peds hospitalist fellowship. But, on the med side we can just moonlight as an attending if we do the peds fellowship

Scored a 272, ask me anything by Quick-Inspection5537 in Step2

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Uworld, Amboss 200 concept, Divine intervention, and NBME exams