I wish I was pushed harder
I desperately needed help studying for Step 1. I had such a hard time finding my footing in 1-2nd year of med school and after listening to the podcast and going through the placement phone calls with MST, I was so certain these would be the guys to really help me establish an effective schedule. I take full responsibility for my studying and my test scores, but I wish that I had more guidance. I felt like I was just given a standard study schedule without much accountability and no adjustments when I wasn’t showing quick enough improvement. I was so nervous throughout the process that I thought if I just stuck to it the improvement would come. I wish there was a little more emphasis on tangible checkpoints and adjusting the schedule when it looked like I needed something different. I got a lot of “its ok we’ll keep trying” as opposed to “you aren’t meeting these goals, we need to switch things up.” I guess I was expecting to hire a service that would be more personalized, but I failed when I didn’t fit into the schedule they set out for me. Again, taking full responsibility for not seeing it sooner, but I was under the impression that I would succeed if I trust the process but that didn’t happen.