Mondaze: Worst Subjects

I decided to update the blog; I hope you like it!  It's a cleaner, crisper look and I thought it was time for a change.

Part of studying for Step 1 has been a lot of adjusting.  I am trying to zone in on my worst subjects because they obviously need more of my time than the subjects I'm doing well in.

I decided my worst subjects were those that fell at or below my current percentile (29th).  It feels like I've been stuck at 29th percentile FOREVER!!! Anything at or below the 29th percentile is something I really need to focus on:

Subjects

Anatomy

Embryology

Genetics

Immunology
Microbiology

Systems

Cardiology

Gastrointestinal

Genitourinary

Neurology

Pulmonary

Renal

This list is kind of surprising.  I loved and excelled at anatomy. I did better than the average on every practical I took, including neuro, which has historically been my worst subject.  I would also consider myself above average at genetics (it was one of my best subjects when I took the MCAT).  Embryo and Immuno are no huge shock to me.  Embryo is glossed over at my school and I've already discussed Immunology. 

Cardiology, Pulmonary, and Neurology have always  been tough classes for me…it's a lot of math/physics and I was an English major.   Neuro is just neuro, it confuses me.  

Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary, and Renal were my jam this year and last year, not sure what's going on here...maybe I just need to do more questions in these subjects.  

In terms of goals.  Last week my goals were:

1. Do not drop below 40% on any UWorld blocks and aim for at least 50% on most days.  Wahoo!  I totally met this.  My lowest score last week was 50%. 
2. Really try to learn from the UWorld questions.  I was a lot better about this because I broke up reviewing my exam into two blocks so I didn't feel desperate to just "get it over with" by the time I was on question 15. 
3. Get through 3 Pathoma chapters this week. So, two of these were for class, but I'm still counting it because 3 chapters is 3 chapters. 

This week I have two exams so I will mostly be studying for those two exams, so my only goal is:

1. Do not drop below 50% on any UWorld blocks and aim for 55% on most days.  I just need to get more questions right than I do wrong and then I can get past 49% cumulative.