I'm now 9 days away from Step 1 and I'm definitely starting to enter panic mode. I was supposed to get home last night, but because (I'm pretty sure) United has a personal vendetta against me, I'm still here outside of DC. In terms of studying, I've now gotten through First Aid and all the UWorld questions once, so I now have the rest of the study time to cram everything in a second time.
So here's my plan for the rest of the study time. Every morning, 200 mixed UWorld questions in test-taking atmosphere (meaning timed blocks of 46 questions, not looking at any answers until I finish all of them). Lunch while I go through the answers. Followed by 4 hours of review (2-3 chapters of First Aid each day depending on how weak in the subjects I am - I'm looking at you, GI). Break for a run, shower, and dinner. Then 100 mixed questions from Kaplan (since I haven't done those yet, and I want to make sure I do some new questions). Then half hour to an hour of flipping through pharmacology flash cards before bed.
This strict of a schedule is probably something I should have been doing all along for a maximal score, but I don't really think it would have been sustainable for me. But hopefully I can keep it up for just over a week. And then vacation! And then surgery rotation.
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