SillyGenius
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Alright, so I'm in a bad spot right now. I failed the first year of med school and my school has asked me to remediate M1 year. I failed a final exam by 2.7% for just one class. I know that if I can't get past M1 again or if I fail a board exam or screw something else up, then I'll be kicked out. I really don't want that to happen. And yes, I know my dream of becoming an anesthesiologist is probably dead. But I'm fine with FM or IM.
My new goal is to hopefully match a categorical position at some mid-tier FM or IM program. Hopefully, this is achievable?
My school mainly uses NBME question banks. Profs will usually insert some of their own questions but it tends to be a very small portion of the exam. Our exams tend to be 90-95% NBME and 5-10% prof made questions.
My studying usually goes like this:
- I go to class and take notes on the big concepts.
- I stay at school for a few more hours and put those notes into an anki deck I create. I then go home and eat lunch and run through the deck.
- I don't really do any practice questions as our school doesn't have any quizzes or any other practice questions they give us. I'm also not sure where to get practice Qs from.
- I know about the Anking deck. I haven't been using it because a lot of the info feels like overkill. Our profs don't go over a lot of the info on those flashcards. I'm not sure if I should be doing them. I know that a lot of students on Reddit and on SDN have been grinding Anking. I'm not too sure how to even use the Anking deck. some of the topics have like thousands of cards with many of the cards not covered in lecture.
- I'm kinda worried that I'll be in a bad spot for board exams. I know that the info covered in M1 is very foundational and is high yield on Step 1. I'm just not sure how I can study for my exams and Step 1. basically, I kinda wanna kill 2 birds with 1 stone
My new goal is to hopefully match a categorical position at some mid-tier FM or IM program. Hopefully, this is achievable?
My school mainly uses NBME question banks. Profs will usually insert some of their own questions but it tends to be a very small portion of the exam. Our exams tend to be 90-95% NBME and 5-10% prof made questions.
My studying usually goes like this:
- I go to class and take notes on the big concepts.
- I stay at school for a few more hours and put those notes into an anki deck I create. I then go home and eat lunch and run through the deck.
- I don't really do any practice questions as our school doesn't have any quizzes or any other practice questions they give us. I'm also not sure where to get practice Qs from.
- I know about the Anking deck. I haven't been using it because a lot of the info feels like overkill. Our profs don't go over a lot of the info on those flashcards. I'm not sure if I should be doing them. I know that a lot of students on Reddit and on SDN have been grinding Anking. I'm not too sure how to even use the Anking deck. some of the topics have like thousands of cards with many of the cards not covered in lecture.
- I'm kinda worried that I'll be in a bad spot for board exams. I know that the info covered in M1 is very foundational and is high yield on Step 1. I'm just not sure how I can study for my exams and Step 1. basically, I kinda wanna kill 2 birds with 1 stone