i scored a 224 8 weeks out UWSA1 and a 192 UWSA2 (albeit I was sick and sleep deprived - I have no idea why I even took it) like 4 weeks out
Those score predictors are BS, imo. Don't overthink it. With only a little more than a couple of weeks left, there's really not a whole lot more you can do. Keep reviewing, rest up the night before and get plenty of sleep.
If I remember correctly, it predicted 230+ for me. So, no. It was inaccurate.
Anki spaced repetition
+1 keep up with anki at least until you start uworld preferably up until NBME time. I did 200k reviews in 7 months but dropped off during Uworld and fully regret it.
Yeah it might seem a little weird lol; I'm trying to do it this way because I'm gonna be in a 3-year program.
Does the AAOMS even check?
I fully support this. Get it over with early - especially if you’ve always known you’re pursuing OMFS. There’s only a handful of us out there. Knocking it out july d1 is great and gives you the freedom to not worry about it and be ahead and focus just on dental school.
Thank you for the kind words! But to be completely honest I'm not too confident that I'm only gonna take this once lol.
Pleur brings up a great point. Don't underestimate the importance of making friends during orientation week when friend groups form and already begin solidifying. To pre-dents: I'm an advocate for moderate studying before dental school in the last 6 months as I and a friend did, while not going hard and spending time with family while you still have it. Family time's hard to come by nowadays
Yeah these are super good points. Fortunately, I'm in an accelerated BS/DDS program, so I've already gone to undergrad w/ like 30% of my class and have made some friends.
Depends on where you are in your learning. For example, mine increased by ~10% in the last couple weeks. And yes, the material is pretty spot on
What a terrible way to look at things...
I’m in my D3 year just starting to study for the CBSE now. Do you think it’s enough time until February exam?
no time like the present
What should be my plan of action? I am in clinic until 5 pm everyday so want to find an efficient study schedule
You gotta make time if this is what you wanna do. Study from 5-7am before clinic. Study from 6-11pm after clinic. Study in between patients, at lunch, or during no shows
1. I understand where you coming from and I want it. But can we be realistic here too please? I am exhausted everyday after clinic and so I need adequate enough sleep to be ready next day. The 6-11 works but also have to factor in cooking meals and working out for health. Really not Trying to come off as a softie but thats just me
You don’t have to be hard core studying during that time. You can take breaks to make food/work out and such. Hell some people don’t even need as much study time to retain info. That is how I did it though. Not to say I held sole attention on studying for those hours but I had stuff out and was studying over the course of those hours. I still ate and if I went to the gym I was answering uworld questions in between sets. It all adds up. Lots of coffee also helps
Thank you for that, you are absolutely right. I feel like its more so of me being lazy in the past and not putting it all in into practice. So how much time would you say you put into building a foundation vs doing the practice questions?
