Being in good testing 'shape' and strong content knowledge I would say is 50/50.ġb.) I created a master spread sheet (word doc) of all the facts I didn't know throughout uWorld (ended up being 175 pages). Fatigue is a HUGE factor in step 2 studying and something you should take seriously. By the end of those 8 days, taking 3 blocks back to back to back didn't even phase me. I increased to 4-5 blocks a day for 8 days straight before taking uWorld 2.

***I think my biggest key to success was increasing the # of blocks I was doing/day in my last 8 days of dedicated. I finished all of uWorld first pass during my last rotation of 3rd year then did a second pass and finished 6 days before Step 2. Here's what I did to be successful, take it for what its worth, everyone is different:ġa.) uWorld is gold. My first pass is useless data because I used uWorld to study for rotations before I learned anything and I rarely remembered a question from my second pass) What this means is even if you don't know the answer, you can still get the question right for step 2 a large % of the time. Step 2 is different than step 1 in that memorization, buzzwords, and recall are high for step 1, whereas critical thinking, process of elimination, and algorithmic thinking can really be your friend for step 2. All in all it was about a ~5 week dedicated. I used 2 weeks of 'vacation,' 2 weeks of 'interclerkship' days which were like 1/2-3/4 day studying and then 1 last week to go hard. This means as close to the end of 3rd year as possible. Take it early and DON'T PUSH YOUR TEST BACK. I'll break down this write-up to what works well, and what worked well for me: Theres a lot of advice to do well on step 2ck.

My Shelf scores ranged from 70s-high 80s (best was Fam med and Medicine, worst OBGYN). Middle tier medical school and I'm middle third in my class. Background (skip to below if you just want to see how I increased my score for step 2): Pursuing Orthopedics and knew I had to do much better on step 2 to be competitive.

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