How many hours of boards and beyond videos
However, you should definitely spend some time researching different study schedules, studying techniques, resources, etc. Relax during your break as it’s the last long, real break before the intense studying for Step 1. To give you a reference of my timeline, my test date was April 20th, 2019 and I started my pre-dedicated studying in January, after winter break.Ī common question I get asked is, “Should I start studying during winter break?” My answer is it depends! If you’re like me and have your test scheduled in April or later, you have plenty of time and should not start studying during winter break.
He did really well on Step and matched at UCLA! Hopefully, you’ll find this schedule as helpful as I did! The schedule that I’m sharing is adapted from the advice I got from my mentor. Thankfully, my school pairs 2nd-year medical students up with a 4th year AOA medical student/step 1 mentor to help us create a study schedule. However, I didn’t know where to start and struggled to find a good pre-dedicated schedule. When I started thinking about studying for Step 1, I knew I wanted to start preparing well before my dedicated period.