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Hey guys! First post here since getting accepted into med school. I'm feeling discouraged with dedicated and would love advice on my methods so far.
It’s week 2 of 7 of dedicated i’m pretty concerned with my content foundation. I got a 174 on the NBME 20 (7 weeks ago, before the semester ended), and a 145 on UWSA 1 when i took it on the first day of dedicated. For the past two weeks, my average is around 34% and hasn’t really changed (40 min timed random, I keep getting 30s-40s). The one positive is that I feel more confident going through the blocks and I feel either stronger about my answer choice or more able to make educated guesses better. Dedicated has basically been 2 blocks a day, reviewing it with making Anki decks, reviewing content with a friend for 2-3 hrs (we talk through FA and integrate pathoma/sketchy/UWorld details throughout), then Sketchy and Pepper deck if I have time. Does anyone mind providing thoughts on this process or what I’m doing wrong?
This is my content review schedule (my blocks/daily tasks are on another calendar), and I have a meeting with my advisor next Thursday (week 3, after NBME 21). I was planning on doing taking NBME 21 and having a new baseline sooner to be available for my meeting, but I still haven't run through Neuro/Heme. I’m not sure if i should do NBME 21 on week 4 instead, so i can get through Neuro and Heme/Onc first.
Thanks in advance!
It’s week 2 of 7 of dedicated i’m pretty concerned with my content foundation. I got a 174 on the NBME 20 (7 weeks ago, before the semester ended), and a 145 on UWSA 1 when i took it on the first day of dedicated. For the past two weeks, my average is around 34% and hasn’t really changed (40 min timed random, I keep getting 30s-40s). The one positive is that I feel more confident going through the blocks and I feel either stronger about my answer choice or more able to make educated guesses better. Dedicated has basically been 2 blocks a day, reviewing it with making Anki decks, reviewing content with a friend for 2-3 hrs (we talk through FA and integrate pathoma/sketchy/UWorld details throughout), then Sketchy and Pepper deck if I have time. Does anyone mind providing thoughts on this process or what I’m doing wrong?
This is my content review schedule (my blocks/daily tasks are on another calendar), and I have a meeting with my advisor next Thursday (week 3, after NBME 21). I was planning on doing taking NBME 21 and having a new baseline sooner to be available for my meeting, but I still haven't run through Neuro/Heme. I’m not sure if i should do NBME 21 on week 4 instead, so i can get through Neuro and Heme/Onc first.
Thanks in advance!