:Exam Tips


These are some really nice tips I have found on www.studentconsult.com

Multiple Choice/USMLE tips

.Read the question and quickly come up with your own answer BEFORE you read the answer choices - this
will help you avoid distracters that look good but aren't the best answer

.When there are questions which ask "all of the following EXCEPT", be sure to mark each answer choice as T or F to avoid accidentally selecting a true answer

.If you hit a VERY hard question, skip it and come back to it later if you have time

.Your first instinct is almost always right - don't ever go back and change an answer unless you misread the question or a later question tips you off to the correct answer

Leila Rowland Zucker - Georgetown SOM




.NEVER leave an answer blank

.Try to eliminate obviously wrong answers then make an educated guess

.Always watch your time and pace yourself so that you don't end up with unanswered questions when the time is up

Alex Zusman - UF COM



.Use Board Review books and do the questions in them.

.Eliminate at least two to three possible answers, think about associations with the material

.Use First Aid and online Q-banks

Drew Villamanga - Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine


.Once you've read the question, cover the possible answers and think first what answer you would give. Then look to see which given answer matches up. (It helps! Otherwise you easily get confused when you see other possible answers if you haven't decided for yourself first!)

Helen Hutchinson - of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences


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