3. Weekly USMLE Step 1/COMLEX Level 1 Thread

Weekly USMLE Step 1/COMLEX Level 1 Thread

Hi, this is not a troll post, I'm asking for serious input. I have Step 1 schedule for the end of this week. So far, I have done most of pathoma, sketchy, and read a decent portion of FA but have yet to complete more than 300 q's of UWorld or take an NBME. I wasn't even paying attention to my Uworld scores, i was just trying to learn. I started the NBME but panicked in the first 5 questions realizing how woefully unprepared I am and closed out. I'm pretty sure taking an NBME would just be a waste of time at this point when I could spend the time studying concepts which I KNOW I don't know. I'm basically in fight-or-flight mode right now. I've hardly slept in the past week which only makes memorizing & learning concepts that much harder. I don't know how this happened. I did okay this year in school, usually hitting the class average or within one standard deviation. I usually crammed for exams, pulling all-nighters on a regular basis. Basically, I had a fun time this year, didn't really buckle done and study, but passed fine. I probably never got a solid understanding of some of the pharm concepts. I am highly, highly concerned at this point to the point where I can't even focus to study because of how underprepared I feel. I'm not sure how this even happened. I studied pretty hard for the past 5 weeks, very very hard for the past week. I think I spent too long on some concepts at the beginning and then ignored others entirely. I haven't even memorized the antibiotics or psych drugs yet. I don't even know the antiviral drugs. I am currently do sketchy for the pharm I don't know, but still I am having palpitations just thinking about how screwed I am. I am really, really scared. I don't know what my options are at this point. I'd obviously be happy just to pass, but the prospect of failing is too great to ignore. Should I try to meet with my dean? Take a year off? My exam permit only goes until June 30, so I'm guessing rescheduling is not really an option, 5 extra days might not even help me. Please, what should I do? and no, I'm not trying for any competitive specialities. those dreams are over. I'd be happy as a family med doctor. I just want to pass. What can i do at this point to just pass? Should I continue with sketchy and just focus on knowing all the drugs and a cursory understanding of the rest of everything else? should I cancel my exam and take the year off? please advise. thank you

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