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usamle7 - 02/28/07 20:22

Its not letting me reply to my exam experience thread ...so thot id answer u here...

It took me around 6-7 mths to prepare in which one month was lost (wont call it wasted) when the baby was born. I had read and heard the Kaplan lectures once by then (2 mths) but it was after this one month that i really started. Im in a busy lab and am almost on my tip toes throughout the day.

But i used to listen to goljan while working ( and stimes kaplan) which was not very effective yet it did help correlate when i would come home and study. I used to come at 6 ...stimes 7 and spend 30-40 mins with the baby/family and then run to my room and study till 12- 1 in the night...it was getting maddening but the best thing was i was enjoying studying and that also kept me motivated as well as the fact i had enuf waiting to study ( it feels so bad that i wasted these years and i urge u whichever phase of life you are that you start NOW)...i was really understanding stuff by the second reading...things made sense after a while ( first reading made me feel almost with an IQ -1 and made me wonder if i had ever gone to medical school...)....i would get up at 6 am and use even 1 hr before going to work....with the time i put in any freshy would have done 10 times but i am different but i just had to do it now ...i guess my baby was a big motivation....

To advice u who dont have time is.....LOOK at the MINIMUM possible ...which is First aid + Goljan Path + Kaplan others...Everyone says that after their exam but im sure few do it this way....just read ur kaplan once and in that reading take the BIG points and add it to your FA...and thatll be all ull need..OK said enuf ill stop now and add more if needed