Here We Go Again

In my head I can hear the theme music from Rocky. I am at the point where I must begin my frontal assault on the NBDE II. When I studied for the first part of the national boards I had an entire summer. I went to school every day for a month and a half and poured over review material and published past exams. I walked into the exam feeling prepared. I do not have the luxury of time off for National Board part II. We do not get time off from school to prepare for it because unlike part one it is not part of our curriculum/graduation requirement. I have gathered my armamentarium and although I am not sure which resource will prove to be the most useful on exam day, I plan on using each to its fullest. I will most likely sit for the exam either the end of November or the beginning of December. So I have 5-6 months to prepare for the most important exam of my life. My plan is to spend one hour every day, no exceptions, no excuses going through one book at a time. I will then take the last two weeks prior to the exam and review the text that I found the most helpful. I am going to start today! I figure that if I blog about this, I will have to stick with my plan. I also have the WREB to prepare for. We will be sitting for the WREB as a class in April or May of next year so I will cross that bridge when I am done with the NBDE II. As I go thru the materials I will try to give you an idea what I am finding the most helpful. Of course studying for boards is a very personal thing and what works for me will not work for all.  I would ask you all to wish me luck, but I really believe that if you take the time to prepare…luck has nothing to do with it!