USMLE WORLD

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The standard of questions given and presented in USMLE world question bank is far better than its competitor Kaplan Q bank.Why i am saying so because you will notice this thing that Kaplan Q bank has certain flaws as far as the "quality of questions is concerned"..!They may be offering more questions to solve on but USMLE world will offer you the same in half questions.Again i am not criticizing Kaplan Q bank and its just a matter of experience and comparing both of the famous banks of questions.What suits you will depend upon your preparation though.Like its wise to start off with the questions given at the end of your Kaplan notes as the first step towards starting your "problem solving" practice as they are easier for a beginner to start with and give you an initial insight to the subject matter.
Then,you can opt for either Kaplan Q bank or USMLE world questions(online versions of both) for practicing your "learned material" the way it is going to appear in the real exam & its the second step towards your learning and skill acquiring in solving questions.Needless to say,you should do the kaplan Q book before taking the online part of questions.
Now,here comes the second thing after starting off with solving questions,and that is to choose between the two main online Q banks.Well,again i'll say choose USMLE world as it has "two major advantages":

1.Its "cheaper" than Kaplan Q bank and saving money is never bad when you will be getting the same thing in lesser price.
2.Questions offered in UWorld are "more closer" to what you see in the real exams.Why?because many times Kaplan questions seem to be of clinical oriented material and with both long and short cases but most of the times they are not presented in a good form so as to co-relate them with the case..!!Yes,it does happen with Kaplan Q bank many times when questions become misleading in the sense that the real question comes in the closing line of question's stem and your time gets wasted.Now,similar pattern can be used in the real exams too,but chances are always slim as its not considered a "professional approach" towards question/case presentation.

So,whether you are going for a step 1 or step 2 exam you should keep all these things in mind.The ultimate decision will be yours only,so choose as required..!

Below is (are) the link(s) related to the file for USMLE World question bank to download.You can check the standard of questions through it and if possible try your best to go for the online exams at least for a month just to make yourself adapted to the "real exam scenario".Good luck..!!

1.USMLE World (2005 Questions): click here to get

its a passworded archive and the password is usmle-tips.blogspot.com

2.USMLE World (2006 questions) : click here to get

The Official/Unofficial war between Kaplan and UWorld might be proving beneficial for students as now Kaplan has launched its "free trial version" of Q bank.Check it by clicking here
Now lets wait for UWorld Rx(n) for the same..;-)..Students would be benefitted both ways..So pray that they become more "student friendly" than "business friendly"..!!

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