35 days left before COMLEX

1 day until COMSAE 2

We are done with classes, done with ACLS and focused on board prep. My school wants us to have ACLS before we go on rotations, which is great, but the cram it right after finals so we don’t really get the time to treat it like dedicated study. So we had our first comsae 2 weeks ago and I go a 445, now I need a 450 which isn’t much, but my studying has been focused on passing the comsae, instead of the COMLEX. What I mean is I had a plan to re-cover material and really get another pass on a lot of stuff to firm up my knowledge base, but instead I have been trying to game my studying and focus on my weak points. So in the event my 445 was inaccurate and I just guessed correctly on a bunch of questions, I’ll be a little stressed going into next week. Taking that into consideration that I’ve had a stretch of PQ sets that I was scoring 40 to low 50 I am not feeling as good going into it as I should be.

I am still missing a bunch of questions on PQ sets that I know when I am looking back in my reviews. I am thinking that I need to read more thoroughly.

I also took days off from PQ sets, those days I was exhausted. And quite frankly I think that’s why I got a few of those 40% PQ sets.

5/10 – 56.8%

5/10 – 65.9%

5/11 – 79.5%

5/11 – 56.8%

5/12 – 59.1%

5/12 – 61.4%

5/13 – 40.9%

5/14 – 47.7%

5/14 – 45.5%

5/15 – 52.4%

5/15 – 54.5%

5/16 – 43.2%

5/16 – 50%

5/17 – 54.5%

5/18 – 50%

5/21 – 59.1%

My average is still around 10% behind the national average according to TrueLearn

The whole “I wish I had used anki from the very beginning” is catching up to me. I have been diligent going through PQs in TrueLearn and Uworld, but I think over third year I am going to try to use anki everyday, making my own decks, I think I will keep my own Level 1 prep cards, but get rid of a lot of other stuff. 

One tidbit I heard from the change lives make money podcast was “Keep your momentum.” When you get a win, keep doing those same things. Don’t change something that is working. 

I was recently thinking that I am unhappy with a lot of the areas of my life. My life has been so focused on school and board prep, that I have been folding-in on myself. Where I am thinking about my need to “be perfect” and get the outcome, instead of focusing on the process. I am trying to refocus on the gym and doing the things I like to do at the sacrifice of getting that extra hour of studying in.