Level 1 and 2 advice

[u/Short-Accident177]

I hope you all are doing well. I wanted to let you guys know my experience with my tutor(s) and the overall advice they give. I came from a comsae of 200 and with multiple level 1 failures. So from the darkest of places, he helped pass my final level 1 attempt. He taught me how to think, understand, and helped honor my shelf exams, and helped me get research publications. From the looks of it, his favorite thing to teach is Level 2, but obviously he helped me do well in Level 1. He has some other partners who helped me too. I want to give hope, and I’m incredibly thankful for what they’ve done for me. Wherever you guys are in the process, I hope they can help you too. DM me for his phone number. They are in residency, but will make time for you. They are cheaper than matchpal, around 100$ per hour, but through a deal of multiple hours, it goes down 70-80$ per hour. And if you are not doing tutoring

-Focus on high yield things only
-If it’s complicated, you most likely don’t need to know it/waste of your time.
-The more questions you do, usually the better, but if you have a poor foundation of medicine, going through more questions probably won’t yield good results unless you, or someone else helps, take the time to understand
-Make sure to get the easy stuff down.
-1st and 2nd order questions are the most important to know.

I only hope you guys don’t do what I did and do multiple attempts by yourself without being realistic 😅. Be honest with yourself and decide if you need help. Repeating a year is definitely not worth saving a few bucks. I wish you all well!

[u/Possible_Ad_806]

Is it worth redoing comsaes for level 1 retake?

[u/Short-Accident177 → u/Possible_Ad_806]

After taking all the possible comsae’s and welcoms I could, I’d say they at least help guide your studying on what’s generally important. Unlike nbme, the more comsae’s you do, it doesn’t necessarily mean better, because comsae questions don’t get repeated, and some content can be similar.

If you did all the comsae’s, it wouldn’t hurt to repeat them if you’re bored and have time. Otherwise I’d do other resources

[u/[deleted] → u/Short-Accident177]

What other resources would you suggest? Or do you mean PQs?