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Tayybah - tbaig077

Hi everybody ,
I am going to start my preparation for step one.Is there anybody starting preparation for step 1 so that we can get along during preparation?

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rizwana - rizwanah@hotail.com

I,live in philadelphia,Iam interested,in combined study

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tayybah - tbaig077

Hi rizwanah!
Lets start.Do you have any plans to start with?or any schedule in your mind .Let meknow about it.

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RIZWANA - rizwanah


HI,
when r youplanning to give exam?and which book you r doing ?when you r planning to give?

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tayybah

i am planning to take exam in march april . and for books i have kaplan set, brs for physio and patho , first aid 2002, pharma lipponcotts, and have to buy books and cds for mcqs and CT and MRIS . So which books u are studying and do you have any plans for the preparation?

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irfan - igudaro

hello, here is some advise that might be helpful to you

My advise to you is that :
1) EVALUATE YOUR READING SPEED----> how many pages you can read in 1 hour.
2) SET TARGET FOR A DAY-----> after evaluating your speed, you will know that how many pages you can read in 1 hour, so when ever you start studying, set your watch at 12:00 and decide about the numbers of hours/day of studying depending on your stamina and numbers of pages/day/hour. An average student can study for 6-8 hours/day.
3) STOP YOUR WATCH-----> When ever you leave your study table , stop your watch,and turn it on when you come back on your seat, because by this you will come to know about your""ACTUAL STUDY HOURS/DAY"by the end of your day.
4) DONT SET YOUR TARGET TOO BIG-------->Normally 80% of students are unable to reach their tatget for a day because it was too big for them, and when you dont acheive your target, you will get tense and besides of getting tense , your work for the next day will automatically increase, and then this will create a vicious circle and ultimately you will lose your regularity.
5) CREATE A RHYTHUM-----> You must have rhythum in your studies, that is, you should begin your day at a fix time EVERY DAY and finish your study at the same for the most of the days. Starting your day on a regular time is very important, because it will get your speed increase, its always better to start at 8:30 in the morning rather than at 10:00 a.m or later, because you are most effective early in the morning and after 2:00 p.m, you usually lose your speed and tempo, its normally because by that time we have had our lunch.
6) GET REGULAR SLEEP-----> Lack of regular sleep decreases your memory.If you will have a regular sleep, your deep sleep time will incresae and that very good for memory as we all know that.
7) DONT GO FOR TOO MANY BOOKS------> USMLE STEP 1 is an exam of concepts not an exam of extra knowledge. Clear your concepts from any book that suits your style and then stick to that book.
8) DO AS MUCH AS MCQs POSSIBLE-------> No one goes on to take the exam with out studying very hard for it. Most of the students do remember what they have studied for the past 5 or 6 months but when it comes to the application of that knowledge, most of students really have no idea how to do it. MCQs help in this part of the exam, they help you in furthur clearing your concepts and application of that concept in a situation.
9) REVISION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING------> I tell how i revise my stuff everyday. I only do 2 subjects at a given time, it doesnt matter which 2 subjects i choose, what matter is the revision of my target for a given day. As soon as i finish my target of 1 subject in a given time, i restart that target, and i try to memorize it atleats 6 times before starting my next subject and i do same to the next subject. I know its very hard to do a thing like that, but beleive me by doing this you will add 5-10 percentile in your score. And one more thing, when ever I start the 6 times revised subject after some days, i used remeber it >50%(isn't that great),and by remembering the subject > 50%, my #2 revision of all subjects will automatically take lesser time and even lesser time in my 3rd revision of all subjects. This #9 advise of mine to you is magical and largest one as the #9 is in mathematics.

So i hope that you have gained something from me because this will make feel great and if you think that you have some thing to advise me, please mail me because this will only make me more better than now.

Try hard this time.
So long.

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tayybah

Thank you so much . Your advices are pretty helpful.I hope i would be able to have more advices from you in future too.

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irfan

any time , any place, you can ask for advise !!!! by the way when are you girls gonna give step 1, i will reach columbus, ohio, in jan 2003 to take a kaplan course.......

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viji - preravi

I live in pittsburgh, PA. I am interested in combined study

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tayybah

Hi Viji,
when are you planning to take the step1 and what books are you following.Do you have any schedule?I have a plan to take step in march april.We can do study on line.