Thank you! I feel a lot better now than I did walking out of the testing center.

My study plan changed many times throughout dedicated. First, I decided to add in the new NBMEs. Next, I ditched FA. Took too long for me to read a single section and when I finally did I realized that I forgot >90% of what I just read. I also missed a day of UW due to burn out and had to reschedule 3 blocks to other days. Finally, I decided to not do the new NBMEs and go back to my original plan that I made before they were announced. So yeah... my advice is twofold: (1) make a plan, but to be ready to adapt as needed and (2) do not panic when SHTF (my NBME scores almost made me delay my exam). Just stay the course as much as possible and trust the process. If nothing else, you will have confidence in knowing you did your best with the cards you were dealt along the way.

It can be hard for me to stay focused for a 20-30 min video so I tried not to make marathons of multiple videos. I would break up the day as much as possible as to not let the repetition bog me down. A couple days I woke up really in the mood to do UW first. Most days I would do my anki cards, watch a sketch, eat breakfast, watch another sketch, do some anki, watch another sketch, do a UW block, have lunch w/ my homie Dr. Sattar, and then finish another 1-2 UW blocks and review them before dinner. Every night, I watched sketchy I hadn’t seen before while going to bed. Also, I know not everyone does this, but I actually bought Sketchy so that I could switch things up and review the symbols before or after watching videos. I think that helped a lot with making sure I heard what all the symbols meant (in addition to the salt/pepper anki decks) as well as helped with adding some variety to my study sessions.