Recent content by Msizzle

As a former SMP, and now an attending Doc, having the goggles looking back, I wish I never wasted the money on the masters. Go DO or IMG. You're clearly smart enough to kill your exams. If that's the case as long as you do well on your USMLEs you have nothing to fear. Not only will you be 60-70...

I am really happy for you, but dude, this is pass fail, you didnt need to study that hard its not the USLME step 1!

Sackler is definitely more competitive than DO's in the areas the school is known, namely NYC, parts of California, and pockets of the NE. Compare our matchlist to any DO school, esp within those regions. As a former Sackler who went to a strong residency, and now in a competitive fellowship I...

I couldn't disagree more with this assessment. In fact, I would say a lot of the east coast, parts of california, and some southern schools recognize Sackler as a school on par with USMDs, they generally enjoy a reputation thats not shared with some of the Caribbean schools. This year 2014, we...

I am a resident at Montefiore. I was told something about 4+1 one too. I am not sure what that means exactly but I can tell that I work q2 on the floors.

I wrote a whole article about my study plan. I killed my step 2. Check out my signature for details. It's based off of a study plan by a yale grad who helped co-author USMLE FA Step 1 -------- MS4 http://streetmd.blogspot.com/2012/12/how-to-crush-step-2-ck.html

Medicine from the perspective of the middle east. Board advice, all sorts of aspects of travel etc. Enjoy http://streetmd.blogspot.com/

I just finished and I wrote on my blog about how I accomplished my goal starting from day 1 of third year. Additionally I included a study schedule of one of the former co-authors of the USMLE First Aid. I hope this helps ya'll out check out the article...

We had a great match in 2012, out of a class of 55-60: (7) Anesthesiology (Upenn, Penn State, Suny Downstate, Jefferson, St Joesephs, U. Illinois, U. Arizona) (1) Neurosurgery (Buffalo) (1) Orthopedic Surg (Montefiore) (16) Pediatrics (Mainly New York area including Einstein, Sinai...

SACKLER 2012 match list Its awsome - out of a class of 55-60 we had a great match: (7) Anesthesiology (Upenn, Penn State, Suny Downstate, Jefferson, St Joesephs, U. Illinois, U. Arizona) (1) Neurosurgery (Buffalo) (1) Orthopedic Surg (Montefiore) (16) Pediatrics (Mainly New York area...

A cleaner version (7) Anesthesiology (Upenn, Penn State, Suny Downstate, Jefferson, St Joesephs, U. Illinois, U. Arizona) (1) Neurosurgery (Buffalo) (1) Orthopedic Surg (Montefiore) (16) Pediatrics (Mainly New York area including Einstein, Sinai, Rainbow Hospt etc) (13) Internal...

that link is non-functional

I wrote a short blog entry on a couple med apps I used for Step 1 and also just in general around the wards etc. Check it out http://streetmd.blogspot.com/2011/08/interesting-medical-apps-for-iphone.html

never thought about that ... changed it up :)

My school's internal component all had some form of a syllabus, however the final was determined by an internal quiz and an custom NBME final. I always just used the primary source and for the internal quiz I would read the class notes provided by the note taking service. The NBME final was most...