My 6 Week Schedule To Score 260+ On STEP 2CK (2024) | Harvard Medical Student Advice

Today, I go through my exact schedule for studying for STEP 2 CK (from scratch!). I hope that this episode is a helpful reference/guide for you to return to when you are making your dedicated period schedule. I also go through what my day-to-day schedule actually looked like and what other resources I used (divine intervention, amboss, etc.). Good luck and work hard!

[@JustinGoucher]

Thank you I’m about to go into my dedicated starting next week and this video is extremely helpful! It’s no secret that practice makes perfect but 1000 uworld questions a week sounds really intimidating 😅

[@Navigatingmedicalschool]

It's a lot of work, but if you can block out all other distractions and focus hard for 6 weeks, I'm sure you can do it! Good luck.

[@emmakiage7872]

Currently for Step2 with also a 6 week period. Amazing video! Thank you so so much really great advice

[@Navigatingmedicalschool]

Good luck, you'll crush it!

[@michelin860]

Hi! Just wondering, were you able to go through the qbank for your shelf exams?

[@Navigatingmedicalschool]

Hi! Yes-- I finished all of UW for the shelf exams. Then I reset UW before my step 2 dedicated. If you want to see how I spaced out my questions, check out my other video on the shelf exams :) I also have a bunch of podcast episodes on clinical rotations if that would be helpful for you.

[@Vegetta-pu7qw]

awesome guys could you tell us what app you use to record this type of videos?

[@Navigatingmedicalschool]

I recorded it with my iphone and my ipad!

[@alvarotaveras7751]

Did you review your Uworld blocks after doing them?

[@Navigatingmedicalschool]

Yes! See response to comment above on how I reviewed

[@giveemdagunny3388]

You should make a video about how to go through Uworld

[@Navigatingmedicalschool]

Definitely on my list! See the reply above on how I went through Uworld

[@bbgggg123]

Very informative video! Quick question, going through 2 blocks in 4 hours meant you took one hour to do the block and one hour to review. Can you expand on how you reviewed the block that quickly. I understand you took anki cards. Did you read the whole explanation (including the wrong answers) and make an anki card on your incorrects?

[@Navigatingmedicalschool]

Thanks for the question! I would do the questions in "tutor mode", i.e. it would give me the answer after every question. 30s-1 min per question + 1-2 min to review the right answer before moving to the next question means I was able to go through each question in about 3-4 minutes. If I got the answer right/remembered the answer from my shelf exam studying, I wouldn't spend any time on it. I got ~70-75% correct, so I would only spend 3-4 minutes on the incorrects (~10 questions per block), and quickly review the rest. This allowed me to get through efficiently.

[@NoLimitsMD]

@@Navigatingmedicalschool Dam this makes alot of sense and cuts through time! Bless

[@Navigatingmedicalschool]

@@NoLimitsMD Glad it helps!

[@gps000-r3t]

@@Navigatingmedicalschool so to do and review 3 blocks in 5 hours in that 7-12pm time frame you aimed to get 24q done in a 50 min pomodoro (120q/5hrs)? Cus that’s even faster at a 40 min per block review rate as opposed to one hour per block.

[@Navigatingmedicalschool]

@@gps000-r3t Sounds about right. I didn't spend much time on questions I got right/questions I remembered from shelf exams, so it went quickly!

[@taqikhan313]

Where you always an ANKI person? And if not, what deck did you do?

[@Navigatingmedicalschool]

I made my own cards-- I did not use prior made decks!

[@taqikhan313]

@@Navigatingmedicalschool Ugh, I have 5 weeks. I dont think I'll be able to do that.

[@UmamaFatima-o9i]

did you take the NBMEs online or the offline pdfs?

[@Navigatingmedicalschool]

I took the online NBMEs! they are the most updated, so I don't recommend doing older offline ones.