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A big key was always keeping my mind active and quizzing myself.Sattar said was “high-yield for exam purposes,” even if I thought I knew it already. I made Anki cards for everything I didn’t know from Pathoma, First Aid or UWorld on my first pass, and made Anki card for anything that Dr.Putting in work, doing tons of questions, spaced repetitio and being able to analyze and identify your weaknesses and improve them are the keys to this test. Not talking about just the study period, but all the work you put in over the two years of your medical school. I honestly think your score will reflect the work you put in.I did no work for a whole weekend, and I felt rejuvenated when I got back to it on Monday. When I found myself getting too stressed out, I went to visit my friends from college. UWorld's questions are plenty similar to the real test. Get one score you can be somewhat comfortable with (a 20-point range) and that's it. They are assessments, not learning tools. We feed off each other’s stress in med school, and I think isolating myself from this helped a ton. If your home family/friends are down to earth, go there. Dedicated study time is stressful, and it's tough to see things clearly at times.Definitely hang out with people or you will get isolated and stuck in a rut really quickly. And go to the gym or do whatever your hobbies are. However, don't forget to schedule in time to hang with friends.
Figure out how many passes you want to do of each resource and divide up the pages/questions/videos to make sure you get through them (but make sure you're being realistic), and stick to that schedule. It's hard to balance the second half of the year of classes and step studying, but I think it was worth it because I was a lot less stressed during dedicated than a lot of my friends. I started studying a little around November and legitimately during winter break. Having a fixed schedule (even before dedicated) was the only way I could keep myself on track and not lose motivation (the type A in me hates seeing things not crossed off on my to-do list).Those ended up being my best sections on NBMEs/the real thing because I spent more time on them.