06-04-2008, 09:16 AM
Hi everyone, hope evryone is good 
Finally i am done with exam..and hope i did ok..
I never let that though into my mind that exam day is special day and get nervous about
i kept thought in my mind its just normal another day when i have to walk in and do 7 blocks
of Qs, thats it. I had lot of Qs on combined and anatomy and Neuro, neuro not disease based but detailed on tracks and lesions, pharhma was loaded but i did very good in it i think except i missed few easy ones..many trciky Qs so you have get to point where you dont make changes in ur answers and be confident about your answer because its their job to make you fall in that trap hole. I probably did for three-four Qs but cant do much, it was so tempting. word od advise stick to "Bascis" ....dont go advance knowing too much pathology and beyong it. I strongly recommend Kaplan Q bank to be done, i have done UW as well but still found some missing clues and keys they ask in exam and i found them on kaplan. I already said earlier dont stress over the new exam pattern please..and i say it again and again. I had 48 Qs and one audio which was not even needed to look because Qs gives away answer. Nothing has changed..no pattern has changed. I had abt 15-10 some Qs which were long with bais thrown in there..thats their job. Look at the end Qs what they want to know and concentrate on that and not on bias..
Recommended books: Kaplan, HY cell and molecular bio, HY neuro, Goljan pathology and Kaplan or UW Q bank (ur preferences)
Night before i didnt get enough sleep..but good enough to be ready, woke up went to center..
first Qs was askined on HIV therapy like i said my exam had many pharma Qs, micro was tolerable some couldnt figure out ..seen those pictures somewhere, but couldnt recall..know your physio really good..they love graphs and play around with and they are doable. Its good to have 48 Qs because give you more time to recoginze what they want and come up with best answers. Physio, know ECF, ICF and systems. Look at the graphs in kaplan book, intertprete them and try to have idea so you get used to it. Immuno was little rough since i did not have single Qs on disease rather they had details on basic immuno, was it ok? dont know..it was tolerable. Patho..easy and hard ones, mane trap halls and tricky ones. I will pray i picked the good one. Hard part was Anatomy..boy in and out and neuro pheeww. I really pray to save me on that part. Other then that it was tolerable. I have mix feelings and lets see how it goes. Everyone be confident in yourself. Know the answer and dont overthing, the moment you overthing, chances are you will pick the wrong one. one more time stick to "Basics". I did nbme 1-5..i did nbme 5 week, its good predictor but good learning tool, Take a look at those Qs and how they twist the Qs from word to word. You will some stright farwad Qs where you dont have to think and you know the answer and you will have some tough block but get over them and move on, thats the key. Any more Qs are welcome as i am back and may b i can help more..good luck everyone and please pray i make it..thnx a ton to everyone for being there and help.
2C2BD
Finally i am done with exam..and hope i did ok..
I never let that though into my mind that exam day is special day and get nervous about
i kept thought in my mind its just normal another day when i have to walk in and do 7 blocks
of Qs, thats it. I had lot of Qs on combined and anatomy and Neuro, neuro not disease based but detailed on tracks and lesions, pharhma was loaded but i did very good in it i think except i missed few easy ones..many trciky Qs so you have get to point where you dont make changes in ur answers and be confident about your answer because its their job to make you fall in that trap hole. I probably did for three-four Qs but cant do much, it was so tempting. word od advise stick to "Bascis" ....dont go advance knowing too much pathology and beyong it. I strongly recommend Kaplan Q bank to be done, i have done UW as well but still found some missing clues and keys they ask in exam and i found them on kaplan. I already said earlier dont stress over the new exam pattern please..and i say it again and again. I had 48 Qs and one audio which was not even needed to look because Qs gives away answer. Nothing has changed..no pattern has changed. I had abt 15-10 some Qs which were long with bais thrown in there..thats their job. Look at the end Qs what they want to know and concentrate on that and not on bias..
Recommended books: Kaplan, HY cell and molecular bio, HY neuro, Goljan pathology and Kaplan or UW Q bank (ur preferences)
Night before i didnt get enough sleep..but good enough to be ready, woke up went to center..
first Qs was askined on HIV therapy like i said my exam had many pharma Qs, micro was tolerable some couldnt figure out ..seen those pictures somewhere, but couldnt recall..know your physio really good..they love graphs and play around with and they are doable. Its good to have 48 Qs because give you more time to recoginze what they want and come up with best answers. Physio, know ECF, ICF and systems. Look at the graphs in kaplan book, intertprete them and try to have idea so you get used to it. Immuno was little rough since i did not have single Qs on disease rather they had details on basic immuno, was it ok? dont know..it was tolerable. Patho..easy and hard ones, mane trap halls and tricky ones. I will pray i picked the good one. Hard part was Anatomy..boy in and out and neuro pheeww. I really pray to save me on that part. Other then that it was tolerable. I have mix feelings and lets see how it goes. Everyone be confident in yourself. Know the answer and dont overthing, the moment you overthing, chances are you will pick the wrong one. one more time stick to "Basics". I did nbme 1-5..i did nbme 5 week, its good predictor but good learning tool, Take a look at those Qs and how they twist the Qs from word to word. You will some stright farwad Qs where you dont have to think and you know the answer and you will have some tough block but get over them and move on, thats the key. Any more Qs are welcome as i am back and may b i can help more..good luck everyone and please pray i make it..thnx a ton to everyone for being there and help.
2C2BD