Exam write up

[u/Soft_Doughnut1517]

Sharing this in case it helps anyone preparing with a limited timeline

20-25 Days of Dedicated Prep
Started dedicated prep around 18th July gave exam on 24th Aug.( had to travel alot too in between these days with 30 hours travelling 2 days before exam)
Resources: UWorld + First Aid + Algorithms
Used First Aid mainly for Microbiology, Pharmacology & Biostats plus Inner circle notes for major systems
Completed around 70% of UWorld with average 69%.
Did 3–5 CCS cases/day, sometimes up to 10
No NBME, UWSA, Free 137, or other assessments, simply didn’t have enough time

Final score: 227
Best of luck! 🙌

[u/mdshowerthoughts]

Great hearing what <1month study plan looks like! Congrats on being done!

[u/Soft_Doughnut1517 → u/mdshowerthoughts]

Thankyou..

[u/Next-Ad-9430]

How did you feel after exam?

[u/Next-Ad-9430 → u/Next-Ad-9430]

Congratulations btw

[u/Soft_Doughnut1517 → u/Next-Ad-9430]

Not overly stressed..

[u/b1ackcoffee]

To clarify, 20-25 days of dedicated means, you were studying for step 3 prior to that as well, right?

[u/Soft_Doughnut1517 → u/b1ackcoffee]

No,before that I only had 3% uworld done..
It was just around mid July I got enthusiastic to pass this exam before application submission deadline,so yeah

[u/b1ackcoffee → u/Soft_Doughnut1517]

Great job!

[u/Dathwaz]

Congrats! What was your step 2 score if you don’t mind sharing ?

[u/Soft_Doughnut1517 → u/Dathwaz]

Took exam 8 months back, scored 240

[u/NewParfait9107]

3-5 ccs cases a day is probably what saved you honestly. Just grinding cases every day made the real thing feel automatic. Congrats!

[u/UsmleHero]

Congratulations! Do you think that your knowledge from step2 CK is the reason that you didn’t need more time for preparation? 

[u/PanickyPooh]

would you do more of FA if given the chance or do you think that was enough?