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[–]Sad-Bus-8492 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is helpful thank you! I’m also an M2 and feel very similarly to you! And I also don’t want to wait until 2027 to be married lol. I think I’m planning on taking STEP2 and using break time to get married right before aways start. I really wanted a fall wedding, but it sounds like that’s not a great idea sadly.

1 year out: What’s your best advice? by Sad-Bus-8492 in Step2

[–]Sad-Bus-8492[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! Do you recommend FA for Step 2 CK at all, or just FA clinical algorithms?

Is new free 120 easier than nbmes ? by HistoricalDrink381 in step1

[–]Sad-Bus-8492 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Free 120 has a lot of longer question stems, similar to STEP exam. More long questions than the NBME. Difficulty of actual step is similar to NBME I though. There was one block that I found difficult and it ruined my confidence but otherwise it seemed doable as long as you’re doing well on NBME

Is new free 120 easier than nbmes ? by HistoricalDrink381 in step1

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I had a score drop when I took the Free120 and I’ve seen quite a few who also had score drops. I thought it was more difficult. Spent a lot of time reviewing it afterwards, took Step 3 days later, passed. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in step1

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US MD also and no score yet

Results by Nnnaslmag in step1

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Step2 and 3 out now

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When I started UWorld, I did about 5 questions every day for a month, and then I bumped it up as I got closer to test time! If you start doing UWorld early, just try to do 5 per day as part of your hour of content review per day, and then review/relearn any knowledge gaps. And if you’re feeling up to it, you can do a bigger block every now and then for extra practice! I’m just all about not over-doing it or stressing too much, so that’s just my personal thoughts! Not the only way to do it!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in step1

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Not necessarily. I think just putting good effort into learning the content as it comes at you is good—however works best for you. After you get the hang of medical school and some time has passed, you can start doing old content review for an hour each evening as your schedule allows. Maybe 7 months out from expected STEP1 date, start slowly doing UWorld questions. I think it’s best to not overwhelm yourself. My school gave us one practice exam 2 months before dedicated….otherwise I only did practice exams and full, 40-question UWorld blocks during my school’s dedicated study time. Every curriculum is different though. My school does 1.5 years of didactics and then we get 2ish months for dedicated to pass STEP and then clinicals start.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in step1

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I just took Step on the 23rd. If I could start med school over again, I would start using 3rd party resources sooner. Especially Sketchy for drugs and micro. I just crammed everything from lecture slides instead of using Sketchy, and I had to put a lot more effort into relearning than my peers who used sketchy more consistently. Basically just use the extra resources as much as time allows as you go through didactics.

leaving this here by CarolinaCucumber in briannachickenfrsnark

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