qbank for step 1

Login to find out (June 22, 2005 at 7:35pm)

you'd be suprised at your score. i didn't think i did very well when i took it either and did fine.

Login to find out (June 21, 2005 at 2:41pm)

just took it today... man... that sucked... at this point ill be happy if i pass.... actually if i *just* pass ill be pissed too... dammit... i hate this field!

Login to find out (June 17, 2005 at 10:51pm)

it was fun? wow i havent heard that one yet ;) its fun when you figure out their tricks and know ur getting the right answers... i hope its fun for me iA :) i just want to get it over with at this point....

Login to find out (June 17, 2005 at 12:25pm)

assalamo alaykum. ur gonna enjoy takin step 1. it was a lot of fun. just qbank and first aid and a lot of basketball worked for me. i didnt read the other posts cuz im too lazy but the biggest advice i can give to anyone takin step 1 - be prepared for the day of the exam by building up your taking exam stamina and be relaxed and fresh and ready to go. mental exhaustion is probably the biggest reason why people dont do as good as they should.

Login to find out (June 16, 2005 at 10:34pm)

you'll be fine...all you can really do is stick to your plan, study, and then take a deep breath and take the test. Either way, it'll be over ;)

Login to find out (June 16, 2005 at 10:15am)

thanks acropora... yah thas what im gonna do the last 4 days... just questions! ive done about 400 q's from q bank the second time thru so im not sure if ill get thru it again.... we'll see. getting nervous
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Login to find out (June 16, 2005 at 9:43am)

i disagree. i'd finish if you can. different people have different strats but i only did 4-5 days of solid studying and 2 weeks of justing doing questions and looking up things and i did fairly well. Still, it depends on how you learn. The key is going at a pace where you can learn from the questions rather than just doing them.

Login to find out (June 15, 2005 at 12:44pm)

thanks for the advice mbashir.... i just took the 150 question practice test from the usmle website and did horribly :-( im a week away from the exam...... augh.... i dont care anymore!

Login to find out (June 15, 2005 at 9:45am)

like honestly, there's no point in finishing qbank. would you finish it if there were 50,000 questions instead of 2100? and don't do any questions just before the exam- you'll just psych yourself out .

Login to find out (June 14, 2005 at 10:29pm)

High Yield Anatomy and Embryology were excellent. There's a High Yield Ethics/Biostats that decent, I just did the Pharm I saw in First Aid and Step up, didn't do subject books for that one... Oh, and I thought QBank was fantastic. Don't worry about trying to finish it (I only know of one person who did), just do lots of questions and look at your stats to guide you on areas of weakness when you go back to read.

Login to find out (June 14, 2005 at 1:05pm)

pharm is almost entirely first aid. know the ADR's very well.

Login to find out (June 14, 2005 at 12:13am)

thanks so much! one more question - im a lil nervous about anatomy, embryo... pharm! oh and biostatistics too :-) any advice on those subjects? i know everyones exam varies....

Login to find out (June 13, 2005 at 11:20pm)

q bank was also kind of repetitive in some ways. they'd ask the same question in a slightly different format. repittion is good...but at some level you're wasting your time. don't focus on finishing q bank. just do a bunch of questions.

Login to find out (June 13, 2005 at 11:19pm)

thanks! i honestly found q bank to be harder than the real thing, and more importantly, they tend to focus on obscure things more. i did get tested on a few obscure things, but they were in first aid....know first aid...use q bank as a question bank, not something to really study from.

Login to find out (June 13, 2005 at 7:09pm)

congrats noaman! hope it went well for you iA! i cant wait to be done.... one more week! in what way is qbank not representative? too easy, too hard?? its basically where im getting all my practice questions from.....

Login to find out (June 12, 2005 at 11:17pm)

i agree.. i just took it yesterday. q bank isn't all that representative of the real thing. but understanding the thought process in answering the questions on qbank helps out a bit.

Login to find out (June 8, 2005 at 12:34pm)

yes...it works...the best way to do it is to take blocks of 50, like in the test...take the test...really thinking about the questions as if they were real (i.e. don't immediately look up answers). Then, go back and read all the questions and ALL the answers...concentrating on why you think they gave those as answer choices. You'll quickly figure out what they're looking for and the traps they're trying to put in to catch you...

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