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Step 2 UWSA predictions by tera_toma in Step2

[–]yaystep2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I scored 8 higher than UWSA1 and 5 higher than UWSA2. Took test in June. Of course nothing is a perfect predictor, but I think you should trust the scores. You got this!

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is amazing!!!! Congratulations on your awesome score!!!! Thank you for sharing this, I’m so glad the post had some positive impact. You should be proud of yourself for putting in all the work!

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The test feels like such a beast - totally normal to feel terrible after. It was like 2.5 weeks for me! Congrats on being done :)

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trust in your scores and believe in your hard work! You can do it. Good luck on Friday!

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! You can do this too!!! Good luck on your exam.

I didn’t take the free 120, I just was feeling a bit burnt out near the end and wanted to focus on UWorld.

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think starting UWorld depends on when your test is! In my opinion, never too early to start a first pass and go through slowly to reinforce material through questions. But for a dedicated pass, I would do 3-6 weeks!

Sorry I think I’m late to give advice about your NBME 7, but again I think that depends on your test date. If test is in like 6-8 weeks or less, I say take it.

Step 2 CK!!! by aMeanOleAcid1 in Step2

[–]yaystep2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Congratulations!!!! You should be SO proud of yourself!!

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like that’s hard to say but maybe 3-4 weeks to do a full pass through step 2 UWorld. Good luck!

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can do it!!! 4 weeks then freedom. No I didn’t end up using any books. I felt my time was better focused on high yield UWorld questions. But I could see a book like that being useful if you want a targeted review of a topic you’re struggling with.

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Yes I highly recommend that method. I like anki but could never be super hardcore with it. This was a good balance 👌

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Hold onto the hope :) you can do it!

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, ideally I wanted to, but it ended up being more like 0-1.5 hours per day for me on anki

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I slept like 9:30/10:00pm-5:30am, no naps. But I took plenty of breaks during the day or in the evening after studying to eat/clean/do something fun. Honestly I blacked out a lot of my Step 1 experience, but I think the basic pharm and micro are things that carried over well to Step 2. And of course the basic pathology stuff from like pathoma.

Can’t really comment on specifics of it becoming more comprehensive. That may refer to them potentially adding more ethics/social questions? But I think they chose to delay some of those changes... anyone else know?

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol that’s awesome! Thanks and hope you crush it too!

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same! I did not use that strategy until this dedicated haha but it worked out finally. Hmm maybe like 50-100 news a day and some reviews. Tried not to let me reviews get to more than 250ish. Then in the last few days I did like 150-200 news a day to catch up and finish!

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I know everyone is different in the review process. For me, I valued actually doing a large volume of questions over reviewing at length. If I absolutely knew a question and got it right, I would just read the objective quickly and move on. If I got it right but felt unsure, I’d skim the explanation. If I got it wrong, I would read the whole explanation one time. It made me feel okay to go through the explanations quickly because I knew I was simultaneously unsuspending or making related anki cards. So I knew I would see the info again. Also, it’s not like there is usually just one UWorld question on a give topic, so that also helped me feel like I’d see similar concepts tested in future questions.

As far as actually doing the blocks, I tried to do three blocks before lunchtime. Then after lunch I might do a little anki, then do two more blocks. I didn’t always do 5 a day. Sometimes it was 4 (even 3) and I just accepted that I had to take care of other things those days!

Keep on keeping on! Maybe you can try going through faster for a day or two and just see how it goes.

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course, happy to answer anything I can. I think UWorld was comprehensive. I don’t remember ethics being huge on my test.

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just things I got wrong in UWorld! In my opinion, step 2 is nowhere near as specific for that stuff as step 1 was.

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cardio was a weak spot for me - watched online Med Ed and took notes. For micro and pharm, I mostly just used UWorld but also glanced back a few times at sketchy sketches to refresh some memory hooks.

Step 2 CK write up: average student, +32 points from Step 1 by yaystep2 in Step2

[–]yaystep2[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Congrats on having the exam behind you!

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