First of all

Thanx 2 ALLAH and my family specially my brother who deserve

this success more than me

ill make this very brief and concise

:MY BACKGROUND

Im an IMG from Egypt just finished my internship

graduate with excellent grade
i have just took my Emergency residency here in my university
hospital

:MY PREP

started since 1st of April 2009 and set 4 my exam may the 18th
there was many intervening periods as i was attending my
internship

:BOOKS

Kaplan notes 4 all subjects , DVDs*

goljan notes*
FA 2009 >> ripped off and make it in 3 seperate notes (2 systemic*
(wise , i subject wise
Tommy HY >> didn't complete this notes*

:PREP IN DETAILS

First read >>started with physio , path (goljan) , micro , pharm , *

. Bio , BS , anatomy
it took from me about 5 months

During my first read i started adding kaplan notes 2 FA which not

present in FA
as i promised my self 2 get rid of these kaplan notes

so i ended with my first read with only FA which include kaplan

note
and the goljan notes which is a must

2nd read >> get through FA and goljan again*

it was the toughest time in my prep as i was very depressed
( it took about 2 months , listened 2 goljan audio ( amazing

3rd read >> did it along with solving Kaplan Q bank >> scored*
68%
did this read as solving first the block then revising every Q from FA
and goljan and add notes
what i mean is i solve first then study not the reverse
so i could test my memory

4th read >>> did it along UW which i took it for 2 months and*
scored 74%
did the same strategy as Kaplan bank
solve first then study the topic

5th read >> revised FA + goljan + notes which i added to FA*

which become very very very condensed book so i started 2 add
noted 2 Goljan
this read just finished the day bef exam

strategy of last month as a lot of u asked about

was the 5th read + solving UW again which i didn't complete ( iwas
(left with 700 Qs

:MY ASSESSMENT

in order of which i took first

Kaplan Q bank ( offline) >>>>>>>>>> 68%*

NBME 1 (offline) , just bef start UW >> 237*
NBME 2 (offline) , when i finished exactly 50% of UW >> 236*
NBME 3 (offline) , when i finished exactly 100% of UW >> 251*
UW>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>*
74%
NBME 4 (offline) , took it but i cant remember my 3 digit score *
but the 2 digit was 99
UWSA 1 (online) >> 247 , just 2 weeks exam*
NBME 5 (online) >> 244 , just 1 week bef exam*
UWSA 2 (online) >> 254 , just 2 days bef exam*

:MY MISTAKES

did goljan in 1st read just after phsio which took from me about 1*
and half month to finish it as u all know it contain tons of micro , bio
, genetics , what i can say
it contain all subjects except BS
so it was lie hell 4 me in the beginning

2nd mistake which is the most important point ill write here in my*
experience
is >>>>>>>>> i searched a lot for the big picture of my self in
front of my self
what i mean is i studied a lot and take a lot of time bef. moving on
4 solving
as i want my self not 2 make a mistake and get a good score in
assessment
this was a big mistake i discovered after getting out of prometric
u score in assessments is not a big deal
what is the most imp. is 2 move fast in reading and taking notes
from banks
dont look 2 u score saying OMG its very bad one
or OMG its amazing one
NO DONT spend time in the reads bef. u assessment
u should do the reverse as u give more time 2 the read after
finishing the banks and u already took notes
and believe me u ll save a lot of time

SO my advice don't search 4 u image in front u self

move faster and don't give a shit 2 u banks score
instead u spend u time in the read after finishing the banks
and the NBME , UWSA ll be u guide 4 u level

: EXAM DAY

booked at hotel near the prometric

get slept at 9 PM
and the weather was so hot
so i switched on the AC
and i bef that i caught a FLU
so my sleep was 2 hours then switch on the AC as its toooo hot
then 2 hour sleep then switch off AC as i was afraid of getting sick

it was a tough night

i switched off my cell

in spite of that i was fresh the morning of the exam day

as i took a shower

took my breakfast at the balcony with moments of senerity

and then gathered my stuff
and went 2 the prometric
as i entered the door
i remembered words of my friend
(here it end every thing )
took a break after each block
and the funny thing that i only realized is my block is 48 Q not 46 Q
in the 3rd block
may be i watched it in the first block and used suppression

finished my exam and couldn't believe that i did

BTW my exam was on may the 18th

and score was released yesterday

and i scored high performance in all branches with 8 asterisk

except nutrition which is low performance

:MY LAST ADVICE

Don`t forget ALLAH

always pray

any inquiries
ill be glad 2 help

GL