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By askdoc, on August 1st, 2008%
Back in 2004 when I was just starting my preparation for the USMLE, my greatest fear was in failing this examination. My status as an old graduate made failing a stark reality for me. Every person I asked told me that as an old graduate I have no chance. The most encouraging response I got was, “maybe you’ll pass, but it’s impossible to match with really low scores.” When I went to forums, I hear horror stories of people failing which frightened me even more. Then once in a while, when I read of people celebrating and crowing about their 99′s, I secretly wished that that was me. Even my own family thought it was impossible for me to make it. It got so bad, it took me over a year to get around to seriously preparing for it. 
Now 4 years later, with a double 99 in my belt, I feel bad whenever, I read about people failing the examination. If I can make it, they should be able to make it, too. 2 years ago I wrote an advise to someone who had failed already thrice and was plaintively asking people “What to do”. I’m happy she eventually passed her exam with an 82. Since that time, I am happy to note that a lot of people have passed and raised their scores and even got 99′s using that advise. A couple of them had the opportunity to catch me between Steps and was couched by me through emails to raise their scores with varying results. However, since that time, hundreds of people still failed. Some had read my advise but were doing exactly opposite of what I had written. Others, I found out did not understand how to implement what I had written.
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By askdoc, on July 28th, 2008%
Today I’ll not talk about the USMLE but something else. Although I set up my blog on March 23, 2008, My first real post on the USMLE was posted exactly 4 months ago on March 28, 2008. So in a sense we are celebrating my fourth month as blogger and I’ll start by posting the different milestones my blog have reached.
After 4 months (as of July 27, 2008)
Total posts: 30
Number of pageviews: 7,046 – 4,439 in July alone
Number of Visitors: 2,290 – 1,528 in July alone
Number of Countries: 87 from 812 cities
Top 5 countries: United States: 1, 548; Canada: 122; India:117; Philippines:86; Pakistan: 48
Number of downloads of my ebook “How to Create a Study Plan for the USMLE”: 524
Alexa top rank for all websites: 3 month average rank: 2,852.091 (8,600,000 6 weeks ago)
1 week average rank: 751,712
Continue reading Milestone
By askdoc, on May 20th, 2008%
I would like to announce that I’ve compiled my series of posts on “How to Create a Study Plan for the USMLE” into an eBook in PDF format. I’ve also included the last 4 posts and completed the series. It is downloadable from this site. This ebook is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works . . . → Read More: How to Create a Study Plan for the USMLE – Download Page
By askdoc, on April 28th, 2008%
Hi everyone. Although it is with a heavy heart, I have decided to temporarily stop writing in my blog or anywhere for that matter at least for the next few weeks or maybe even permanently. A few days ago, I found out that someone from Egypt has been copy-pasting all the contents of my blog to his blog. He edits it to remove all reference to me as well as any links that will identify me as the author. In other words, he has passed off my works as his. Continue reading I have decided to temporarily stop from writing anything about the USMLE
By askdoc, on April 27th, 2008%
I have decided to stop writing on this topic in my blog. It seems there is a blog called usmle.egmedicine.com who is not only copying my work, but is editing it to eliminate all references I have to any of my other posts. Not only does he not have the courtesy to ask for permission to . . . → Read More: Why I am stopping writing on the topic “How to create a study plan on the USMLE”
By askdoc, on April 18th, 2008%
We previously tackled one common myth about the USMLE. (See “Is the version of the USMLE for IMGs harder than for AMGs?” ) Now we will tackle another one. In order to answer this question we need to understand how the USMLE come up with questions to include in the USMLE.
The USMLE states that in order to pass the exam, one should answer correctly between 55% to 65% Continue reading Is the USMLE getting tougher every year?
By askdoc, on March 26th, 2008%
I am actually asking myself that question… With all the Blogs by recent USMLE takers sprouting all over the place, do we really need one more? 
However, the main reason I am starting this blog is to help people. With all the information I have in my head on how to prepare and ace this exam, should I just Continue reading Why another USMLE Blog?
By askdoc, on March 26th, 2008%
Welcome to my USMLE blog. I hope you will enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy writing them. If the words in this blog benefit even one person, I will consider it a task well worth doing. Please come and visit as often as . . . → Read More: Welcome to Askdoc’s USMLE blog!
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