How I Scored 272 Without Taking a SINGLE Note (USMLE)

[@krutikpatel1330]

At the end of the day, every topper says “ do questions man “

[@bangtanforever5358]

That's an indian thing, I can relate😭😂

[@Дэни-д6ю]

loooolll

[@fatimak7825]

exactly! none of what he said was revolutionary. just proven methods for adult learners

[@brahmaputramoskva1215]

I have immense respect for your study techniques.I always love when people come with unorthodox way of studying and manage to best all the others going by rule book.I Never liked taking notes,never liked highlighting,never made flash cards,never read those humongous texts(except Robbins),but I always doubted myself if I was on wrong path. You are saviour,a lot to learn from you

[@renee6989]

Completely agree. Took notes going over the books for a month and got the same pitiful score on a practice test. Did 120 q a day for 2 weeks and my score improved by 30 on the next practice test

[@chellearmend3962]

I just dropped in a practice score by doing the first 😭 gonna try what you said cause the books aren't working 🙈

[@renee6989]

@@chellearmend3962 yesssss practicing recognizing the diseases in a question is v different from stand alone studying. Good luck!!!

[@dominicandrewz]

I am curious how you covered 120 in a day. I am struggling through 80. How do you review your questions? I review right and wrongs

[@renee6989]

@@dominicandrewz I just reviewed wrong or the ones I guessed right but rly didn’t understand the concept. When you first start it takes forever Bc you’re relearning or learning concepts. When you get through the entire bank it takes less time to review Bc maybe you mixed one thing up to get the question wrong rather than straight up not knowing the concept. Plus you start missing less so it’s less time to review.

[@dominicandrewz]

@@renee6989 Thanks. I go through this slump every time I start studying for standardized tests. I am so so slow, but I only started studying few days ago.

[@eswyatt]

You've coined a brand new pedagogical term: "The familiarity problem". That nails it. Reviewing my notes is like, 'been there, done that.'

[@chemdaddy602]

came across this video going into my dedicated. Realized I’ve been doing what you’re saying this whole time. I’ve used just UWorld on 3rd year rotations with zero cheesy, BNB, etc. I make my own Anki cards for the stuff I get wrong. Before my shelfs I would randomize my marks and incorrect, and keep “marking” any questions that I want. Have pulled honors or high pass on everything this year (missed honors on surgery and IM by 1 point each time, and both times it was because I got only 85% of UW done for those). As soon as I ramped up # of questions I murdered the rest of my shelf exams

[@dizarelle93]

Completely mindblown! Definitely gonna try this out for Step 1 and see how it goes. Thank you!!!

[@Holameana]

Me tooo

[@ValhallaTwice]

How did it go fams?

[@francoisjpdutoit]

Man, you are really a Boss!!! I have watched and watched and watched so many videos of so many students/ residents on here covering similar topics all saying the same things, and afterward I always just think to myself:" Bullshit " That cannot work and doesn't work for everyone and anyone. You touch on so many valid points in your content and answer so many questions that all of us want to ask, but nobody can give you a proper answer. I am taking Step in 2 weeks and you are literally my saving grace right now, helping me through this last stretch. Keep it up!!

[@SantiagoAQ]

Best of luck in the test, hope you crush it!

[@reminemi1153]

how did it go?

[@ΘΨΩ]

@@SantiagoAQ This video you uploaded is Golden, u are so helpful.

[@drpepper7801]

Lol how did it go

[@anjali2530]

Sir let me know how can j contact u because I've many doubt's which are to be clarified !! Hope u understand

[@ZahraHasanpourMD]

I’ve been trying this method recently... and it is excellent! This video was a kind of reassuring! Thank you! I doubted that if this is a right way to do this?! And you show me that it is! I really appreciate that!

[@luqi01]

hey zahra, so i can completely skip videos and all and jump straight to UW? Would i still be able to learn properly if i have a weak foundation?

[@ZahraHasanpourMD]

@@luqi01 hey to you... what videos do you mean? Actually I watched pathoma first... and then I did UW.... but i did not take any notes from videos... or I did not study anything else before UW... my foundation is not good either... you can try this method for a week, if you were satisfied then you can go on.... pathoma videos do not take you much time... before each UW session, I recommend to watch them...

[@hibsnad]

@@ZahraHasanpourMD hey how did you end up doing? i was thinking of using this strategy too

[@Dr.Bpatel]

Uworld is now allowing us to make notes. It has done pretty good job of dividing everything by creating subjects and topics. New section of notes is under the name of My notebook in Uworld. Thank you for this video!

[@vivianle3746]

Started doing this without realizing and glad to hear someone else is doing it also, and being successful w it!

[@magentableue7540]

Thanks to your videos I started focusing my study on doing questions. It has helped me a lot. So again, thank you

[@RiyaBhosale-hx3xi]

absolutely loved it , you literally changed my perspective of studying and notetaking

[@fabehaali5509]

This is amazing advice.It saves both money spent on books and time.Thank u!!

[@JuanGarcia-kx8ez]

Your content is definetly game-changer (for the best). Keep it up!

[@DanielKaganov]

This is Epic Santiago! I’m just starting 3rd year and starting off with internal med rotations 😁😁

[@laxmineupane3168]

Workshop l hunkkkpppllppp

[@loliwemoyo5680]

Santiago may God bless you. I'm not a great note maker coz my own writing is illegible but always learnt better from Qbanks.

[@aarajubhatta6815]

This is the video I exactly needed right now. Thank you so much! :)

[@vanshdeepsingh9263]

Subscribed bro. I used this technique (sort of) during my NEET exam (Pre-med exam in India) and it worked wonders. Guess I had to be reminded of it from you. Thanks a lot :)

[@ΘΨΩ]

Very informative and helpful video Santiago. You are so generous to share your personal experience with the USMLE and help dozens of medical students perform better on the Step 1. I am very impressed by your method of studying . It is very original and I am not sure why I didn't come up with that idea. Guess it never crossed my mind. You are making studying so much easier and with less headaches. Looking forward to trying this method. I hope it works for me too. Thank you so much for posting this you are awesome.

[@Milka_1901]

breaking the SYSTEM bro. good job. it works for IT certifications too!!!

[@journeyofsaul9487]

As always, the best videos on USMLE 💯

[@shahin2324]

Your videos are consice and easy to understand! Thanks for making them!

[@krisram100]

*SLAPS ON THE DESK* THIS IS JUST WHAT I NEEDED! OMAAAAIGHAAAAD

[@momalqureshi9823]

Me too...I put away my books for one year bcs repeated watching wasn't helping ...but now it's amazing Why this works wonders is because we already have base knowledge from med school

[@NXTDoctor]

I'm familiar with this technique . I used to read all answer , even the incorrect ones to compare and contrast . Thanks for sharing it.

[@OliviaH0920]

This is GOLDEN! Mil gracias, Santiago!🙏🏼⚕️

[@enochbrown8178]

You have discovered the genie in the bottle. With question banks, you get multiple viewpoints because there are several if not many authors and therefore you get the perspective that matters to each of those authors. That's one hell of a lot of perspectives. I can't imagine any important bit of information being left out. Your method is the holy grail. Only a fool would not take your advice to heart and actually apply it.

[@kritikadubey2992]

Dude... You're seriously making my prep easier. Thnx :)

[@mattgroo1820]

I didn’t click on this algorithm suggested video for weeks because it screamed “bullshit” to me. Now I regret not watching it sooner! You offer maybe the best advice I’ve come across on KZbin! Thank you so much for your content!

[@miguelgomez5004]

Thanks Dr. Santiago. I am recently studying usmle step 1 and I thought just like you but i wasnt sure if it could work. Thanks for reaffirm me that.

[@dr.mikiyasolaniofficial1816]

Its such a wonderful video, thank you and keep up the good work!

[@shervin814]

Incredible work! Wishing you the utmost best in your journey to become a US IM resident

[@manikmadaan]

SMASH THE LIKE BUTTON ! AMAZING VIDEO

[@5t4rl0rd]

Crack! Necesitaba ver este video. Yo tampoco tomo apuntes para estudiar, no me parece productivo. Éxitos en tu futura residencia, yo también voy por este camino!

[@Factor2121]

Estás en medical school?

[@5t4rl0rd]

@@Factor2121 Sí

[@ΘΨΩ]

@Santiago AQ This video is gold

[@TimboSlice08]

One of my new favorite pages. Santiago is a BEAST

[@roysuraiya8422]

True and clearly stated thoughts on step exam study strategy ! Love it. Thank you for motivating me

[@laminjawo5586]

One of the smartest medical student out there.

[@sadmedstudent1183]

Hey, you should make a step by step guide on how you study. Before class, in the class, after the class, before exams, etc

[@rhamdosparrow2791]

Good stuff man. You should be proud.

[@sophiaavien5527]

Oh my gosh! This is so great, so helpful. Thanks a lot!

[@rahulsarkar2313]

Have tried the concept - like reverse learning via QBs. Thanks for elaborating.

[@rahmahdalhat8484]

Please what is this banks.......and reverse learning

[@nz7780]

@@rahmahdalhat8484 by reverse learning he means instead of watching videos and reading study books and Then testing his knowledge comprehension afterwards via question sets, he instead *starts with question sets and by doing questions he’s evaluating his knowledge basis. Then based off the questions you get incorrect and youridentified weaker areas, those are the topics you would review more of and maybe refer to first aid and maybe watch a video on. So rather than learn via books/videos -> then do questions , you *Instead do question sets first to identify a more targeted scope of what your knowledge gaps are -> and then you would refer to additional review items like FA or videos OR in this youtubers case, he chose to do questions and then mark those specific questions in order to later on do an additional review of the specific question answers/explanations. Hope this helps!

[@nz7780]

@@rahmahdalhat8484 banks= UWorld and AMBOSS are question resources with 2000+ practice questions each

[@rahmahdalhat8484]

@@nz7780 wow....heroes definitely don't always wear capes .Thanks so much for this.Hopefully you will be successful in all your endeavors 😁

[@rafaelguilarte1891]

Great info Santiago! I’m aiming highly now for the step 1!!

[@SantiagoAQ]

Best of luck!

[@rafaelguilarte1891]

@@SantiagoAQ Gracias Santiago!

[@livvyy4life]

completely changing my study plan after watching this video. Thank you so much! My anxiety is tremendously decreased

[@hemanshuchaudhari4899]

Did it work?

[@MyLizbeth20]

Weeeeey jaja no sabia que hacías videos en ingles, veo tus videos desde hace mucho en tutorías Med interna, me da un chorro de gusto! Ojalá tenga mucho éxito tu canal!

[@aidanfoley3805]

Great video! Well explained and thought out

[@DrVivekJha]

Preparing for ck here.Thanks for the video bro.Good content man.

[@Cerebrospine07]

Thank You so much. I do really appreciate it a lot for sharing such an amazing content. I will try to apply it

[@paulaalvaradoa]

Lady’s and gentlemen... a genius right here. 😂

[@michellerueff9791]

I keep hearing "learn from the questions" but it felt so vague I never got exactly how to do that or what they really meant.. This was a great way to reframe that concept and add an explanation I can get on board with. Thanks for making this video!

[@rubiksdude4178]

I want to do this but I’m so nervous about switching everything

[@tianahill4528]

I hope I can pass USMLE I Don't haves a job,I am 36 years old all my dreams related to USMLE,if I can choose between my life and USMLE I would choose USMLE

[@alexserban6626]

I've always believed USMLE is not all about studying, you need God's grace to pass

[@carislinkon3356]

So sorry about that am still looking forward too take my USMLE exam on June just studying hard and praying to God I know I can make it.

[@rhondaaceret2524]

USMLE exam is so difficult & I don't know the reason why it should be?

[@johnsongilbert6799]

After, 3-4 years of studying we are being challenged be the ultimate exam "USMLE" many students face difficulties in acquiring their license

[@marymathews2741]

I failed my USMLE exam 2 times first was 2020 second was 2021 and I lost money on review questions and also wasted a lot of time studying which never helped me .

[@feruzaraeva3886]

Guy is a genius. Usmle monster💔💔💔💔

[@rahabkhan7970]

Really helpful video, I will still use the dogma but I will now add qbank notes as well

[@LiaChi0213]

Gracias ☺️ I love to make my own notes, charts and all that crap that later I don’t remember and I wasted the all day instead of being doing practice questions 😒🤣🤣 Almost done with my 1st semester of med school, so I will follow your advice for the future semesters and step 1 😅 Me encanto el video! Exitos

[@kunjgor1261]

Thanks for a well placed explanation

[@thaispedra-prosperity1564]

GREAT. I like it very much. I think it makes total sense.

[@ghaidassweetdream8180]

Subscribing because I know I'm not gonna pass Med school without you

[@erinmorgan7706]

I passed my USMLE exam i couldn't believe it, all thanks to my aunt who introduced me to Mr Marcus

[@zoyamufti833]

I appreciate this content.

[@s96822]

Excelente. I am a graduate of a Latin American university. (1980's) completed US postgrado residency training a long time ago. Me hace falta Colombia, nice people, beautiful country. Saludos a mis amigos en FOSCAL, Clinica Barraquer, y amigos de parapente.

[@Be1smaht]

This only makes sense towards the end of your studying. Didnt make any sense months ago.... but now I do this instinctively

[@nz7780]

This makes sense and definitely is awesome seeing your results! Congrats! It would be helpful to get a better understanding of this updated dogma, if you were able to make a video of what this (‘all at once’- simultaneous learning, reviewing, & applying) review looks like in real time. Would be awesome if you took us through like 5 Q demo, how you reviewed the Qs you got right/wrong, reasoning behind which questions you marked, or how often you revisited the marked ones, unless just that one extra time. So is the majority of the extra time really spent reviewing all of the other answer choices per question, in addition to the correct answer, as opposed to taking notes and watching videos? How many questions did you do per day since the Qbanks were your primary resource? Were you doing them on untimed tutor mode vs going through a timed set of 40 and then reviewing them all? Thank you for sharing your method and insight! Super helpful! 🤓✨

[@SantiagoAQ]

Hey thanks NZ! I've thought about a "Study with me" video solving questions (I just think no one would watch it lol). On most days I did 80-120 questions. A handful of days I did mocks with anywhere from 200-280 questions (Reviewing them the next day). Did all on random tutor mode first pass and random exam mode second.

[@lichh64]

Ah this reminds me when I used to solve questions and use the marking scheme as a learning/answering guide during my A Levels. I also didnt like taking notes except in certain subjects, I didnt even go back to read those notes, I just made them as a way for me to focus and arrange the information in my head.

[@kits5960]

I wish you could demonstrate live how you do it 🥺. I was kind of lost.

[@Drshahidamin]

Same here

[@laurengailey863]

They say third times a charm, i finally passed usmle exam 🎉🎉 for all my repeat test takers don't give up and don't be discouraged.

[@Tito171091]

but isn't it like super hard to get matched with fails on the usmle?

[@laurengailey863]

@@Tito171091 I will advice you to contact Mr Marcus he helped me pass my exam

[@laurengailey863]

@@Tito171091 W•H•A•T•S•A•P•P. •1•8•3•1•5•7•6•2•5•9•3

[@omarsadikmohamoudali5284]

Great advice!!! Thanks.

[@safaajb3250]

I love the way he saying informations bless you bro

[@bernnyfelix7565]

I might not agree with some things you have said in the past, but I have to agree with this one. Questions are the way to go.

[@darrenrodrigues5962]

Theres a flaw with this method that ive come across is that if you do qbanks itself there are alot of errors within the qbanks itself and you wouldnt realise it until youve watched a lecture where you ask the professor and points out the flaw in the mcq or the options.

[@darrenrodrigues5962]

Also doing individual mcqs takes much longer time but i noticed that watching a prerecorded video and then solving mcqs not only helped me solve alot of mcqs in a single go but also catch those mcqs that may have errors or multiple correct answers.

[@tomare6479]

Yep this is what I did. I made it a thing to avoid writing and doing more copy pasting especially if questions I got wrong or wanted to look at. this is just like that in ways.

[@alekyadevi7304]

Thank you so much!

[@winifredburkled]

Thanks for the advice. will do this for mine end of June. will come back if it works..

[@danielcastilo1840]

Gracias Dr, se aprecian los consejos. Estoy estudiando para mi examen en Julio y la verdad es q los bancos de preguntas son esenciales y una gran ayuda

[@sherifmahmoud2164]

This is smart and practical 👌. I like it. 👍 Thanks for the 💡

[@christopherchapman3212]

Santiago, amazing video. Greetings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 Can you make a video on how you studied for your in-house exams? Did you relay on question banks too?

[@ayeshasadiq5664]

Thank you for making this video and sharingh your process with us...appreciate it

[@detailed8962]

that's why i always loved review books . they're literally notes made by an expert. why then make yours and waste time?

[@102bro]

so what you're basically saying is that all we need to do is answer question banks without actually learning the topic beforehand?

[@vigneshs9056]

I would like to take step 1 ..is only studying uworld will help me to get above 270

[@jonyphilips7010]

Great, u just made my doubt clear

[@linaarias1768]

Amo tus videos 😍

[@علياحمد-ث1س9ف]

Thank you This is great

[@junaid2957]

doubt: when you dont know the concept how will you go through questions ? you just read question and see the answer to learn concept? if you do this you are not putting your brain to solve the problem on your own but you are doing which is readymade

[@RomaBaiMD]

I just need your score 🥺 I still can't believe, you quitted this field.

[@AlfaMedtech]

Title should states it’s step 2 focus .

[@medicinusacademicus9114]

I'm a first year student preparing for usmle. Can you make a video rating different q banks ? Cause I can't really afford all of them ... also love your approach!!

[@christavernon4198]

Hi! I remember watching one of your videos where you mentioned how much you liked “crush step 1” book, and I was wondering if you’d recommend this method over using that book + questions. Thanks!

[@GodBecameMan]

Brilliant!

[@firasbourghol574]

my only inquiry is when do you actually solve these qbanks like timewise,; do you do it after youve taken all the lectures for a specific subject or midway or from the begining? for example in med school you have to wait till the 4th week till they present all the lectures and what's required for the exam. So how can you actually solve the questions before studying the material? thanks in advance

[@SantiagoAQ]

For step 1 I first watched the BNB videos (thus I first reviewed the material) and then I did questions. But with Step 2 I realized that you don't necessarily need to know a topic to start doing questions. Sure, at first you'll get the question wrong (obviously), but you'll learn from it. And in my experience, that learning experience is much more meaningful: it's embedded in a context, you know first hand how is presented, you recognize what's important, etc... And you can always mark the question to review later (And thus make sure you retained the information)... Now that's not to say that everybody should start doing just questions and that's it, I reckon this strategy might make a lot of people feel "unsafe" (for lack of a better word). But it goes to show that including application resources early on in your prep can go a long way. What I suggest to most is to start doing questions system-wise as you're learning the material (instead of JUST learning first and THEN applying) and then just play around to see which ratio of input/application works best for you. Hope I answered your question

[@firasbourghol574]

@@SantiagoAQ thanks much appreciated!

[@smokerx6291]

AHHHHHHH HE UPLOADED!!

[@josedanielaltamargarcia9491]

santy, gran fan de tu contenido, me ha ayudado demasiado.

[@tanaytejus5726]

Thanks a lot❤

[@captainMAE]

I noticed that this is your STEP2 score. Did you also do the same study plan of just Qbanks for STEP1?

[@SantiagoAQ]

Hey Captain. No it wasn't I apologize if that wasn't clear. For Step 1 I learned (From BNB mainly) and then applied the content through qbanks (a bunch of them hah). But for step 2ck just pure qbanks.

[@sahityabk]

Can you use this same method for step 1? I'm 7 weeks away and just aiminng for pass/fail. Do you have any other resource suggestions other than UFAP? I have a high end tablet that I would like to integrate to study as well

[@МадинаАбжапарва]

Good luck 🤞!!!

[@honeoluchi9320]

Thanks very much. Please which videos are the best?

[@drcesarvarela]

Hey Santiago. I'm glad you're doing good. I wonder if you made your own flashcards or you took an already-made flashcard from the Anki repository. Saludos desde Colombia.

[@FocaFlix]

In another video he said it's better for you to make your own flashcards

[@drcesarvarela]

@@FocaFlix even tho that’s time consuming but yes, I think it’s the best way to approach your own flashcards.

[@FocaFlix]

@@drcesarvarela yes, but once you only make flashcards of really difficult subjects it doesn't take so much time, he said we have to do flashcards of concepts we know it's hard for us to keep it in mind, I'm doing it and it's helping me. Best of luck! 🥰❤️

[@drcesarvarela]

@@FocaFlix You got a point! Best of luck for you too. We will get our desire score 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙌🏽☺️

[@serahwilson160]

The USMLE test is really frustrating, I can't believe I failed again after studying so much🥺🥺😓😭😭

[@katelynncox3431]

Well I've taken the step 1 exams for the second time now and still didn't succeed, i wonder how those who succeeded did it

[@allisonbenjamin2832]

You will pass everyone has their own season, just keep praying and believe you will receive

[@angelarodri1421]

I used some Kaplan, and took some much time in my online classes still my step 1 result came back failed

[@Dralbastaki]

​@@katelynncox3431 uworld, first aid and pathoma. those will get u to pass but if u want more than that then u gotta do sketchy for ur weak points eg: biochem thats it. ggwp 290

[@Sumit-bl7qm]

I understand your pain 😢

[@thecovering]

absolutely, but I only came upon that by myself just recently...

[@barbaraonifade5278]

Hi , by any chance are you accepting students to tutor at the moment? Thank you

[@Medy.uli8]

Cómo aprendisteis hablar inglés así ?podrías subir cómo fue tu método para hablar inglés en especial médico 🧑‍⚕️

[@AbdulAli-ku9he]

Genius.

[@manalelhelow8597]

I’m planning to take ck 2 before step 1 “ since it’s pass or fall” so my question is step 1 the foundation for step 2 ?

[@mabdulmateen]

Yes it is

[@drpepper7801]

Lol you are weird doing step 2 before step 1 who does that