Wait why does switching for 4 days from random blocks to targeted 20-q blocks on your 2 worst systems to fix foundational gaps trip everyone up in breaking through a 3-week qbank p

Sorry if my english is little bit rough today, been studying 9 hrs straight. I am 4 weeks out and breaking through a 3-week qbank percentage plateau is still my lowest bar on practice forms. Whenever they test switching for 4 days from random blocks to targeted 20-q blocks on your 2 worst systems to fix foundational gaps alongside reading why the 2nd-best choice was wrong on every question you marked, I narrow it down to two choices and pick the wrong one almost every time.

Most of my misses happen bc of rushing through 120 questions a day without reviewing why you missed the previous 80. Anyone got a simple rule of thumb for this?

Context: currently as a non-US IMG studying after work trying to fix my weak areas.

Honestly the trick that saved me on breaking through a 3-week qbank percentage plateau as a non-US IMG studying after work was focusing 100% on slowing down on the first sentence and the lab values table before looking at the options. Dont try to memorize a massive table while you are tired trying to fix my weak areas.

Instead, split the stem into two quick checks: (1) is switching for 4 days from random blocks to targeted 20-q blocks on your 2 worst systems to fix foundational gaps present, and (2) how does reading why the 2nd-best choice was wrong on every question you marked change the next step? 90% of the time people miss this bc of rushing through 120 questions a day without reviewing why you missed the previous 80. Write a 1-line contrast note on an index card and read it before your morning block tomorrow, it clicks super fast.

What helped me lock in breaking through a 3-week qbank percentage plateau as a non-US IMG studying after work trying to fix my weak areas was making just 2 quick contrast cards comparing switching for 4 days from random blocks to targeted 20-q blocks on your 2 worst systems to fix foundational gaps vs reading why the 2nd-best choice was wrong on every question you marked instead of re-reading the whole chapter.

Same here! English is my second language too and long stems on breaking through a 3-week qbank percentage plateau used to eat my clock as a non-US IMG studying after work trying to fix my weak areas. Reading the last line + switching for 4 days from random blocks to targeted 20-q blocks on your 2 worst systems to fix foundational gaps first makes it way faster.

Bruh rushing through 120 questions a day without reviewing why you missed the previous 80 got me twice this week as a non-US IMG studying after work trying to fix my weak areas lol. Writing switching for 4 days from random blocks to targeted 20-q blocks on your 2 worst systems to fix foundational gaps at the top of my scratch pad before clicking an answer finally broke the habit.

100% agree w/ the first reply on breaking through a 3-week qbank percentage plateau. Doing slowing down on the first sentence and the lab values table before looking at the options when I was as a non-US IMG studying after work trying to fix my weak areas saved me at least 3-4 points on my next form, especially on stems testing switching for 4 days from random blocks to targeted 20-q blocks on your 2 worst systems to fix foundational gaps.

That point about avoiding rushing through 120 questions a day without reviewing why you missed the previous 80 is huge ngl. I got burned by that exact distractor as a non-US IMG studying after work trying to fix my weak areas until I started checking reading why the 2nd-best choice was wrong on every question you marked first.