step 2 stuff

sorry, haven't posted for so long. i'm stuck again. so after all my frustrations, i earned a usmle score of 244/99 and comlex score of 680/95. i destroyed the comlex, but only landed 85th percentile in the usmle. so, i gotta try a bit harder so i can land in a nice cushy allopathic program.

taking my usmle and comlex in july...step 2 coming soon.

I don't fucking get it.

I just took NBME form 3. Yes, they say it's the hardest form, but seriously? How the hell did I do so poor? Or rather, did I not improve at all for the last 3 weeks?! I don't get it!

Above is my initial diagnostic test. Not bad, 232 prediction. Only can go up from there, no?


Or maybe not...


I don't know how I did so poorly. Furthermore, I don't see how I've moved all my weak point bars to the FAR FAR right, and yet, my score doesn't improve!! In fact, it goes down!

Frustrating to no end. And just for reference, I score consistently above 70% on uworld. My culmulative average is 74%. I trend about 75%.

I don't get it.

Crew Cut

I always read about marrow expansion and erythropoiesis and how it has a "crew cut" on Xray. I never remembered what the picture had looked like from class, and I was always a little 'too busy' to look it up (read - too lazy).

Well, I finally did.

Definitely not similar to lytic bone lesions or 'punched out' holes in multiple myeloma. Why did I even think they looked similar...

specialty

dare i settle for anything less?

-neurosurgery
-orthopedic surgery
-vascular surgery
-cardiothoracic surgery

i need to work harder.

i bet you're wondering how important is knowing the cardio teratogenicity of some drugs...

well there you go.

err..uhh...what?

they told us we didn't have to memorize structures. i shit a brick when i came across this question:

in other news, i'm sick. ARGH!!

BOOYA MOTHER FUCKER!