as far as starting early is concerned, if possible get lecture notes from a student presently in school, but professors change and so do the lecture notes, and
lecture notes usually are the basis of the professor's tests.
no matter what, just read the best book or kaplan lecture notes along with watching kaplan videos, and try to understand, chances are very high you may not remember what you do study if you choose to start early, but always try to understand before attempting to memorize. wikipedia is great for understanding a lot of stuff.
med school can be very challenging, first go through lecture notes, then go through brs and/ or lippincott illustrated for that subject or other book suggested below or kaplan videos along with kaplan lecture notes, then go through topic based usmle question banks' questions, then go through first aid for the usmle step 1, for every fact in usmle step 1- type in a word doc, with explanations from your preferred sources, including wikipedia.
best resources/books for med school/usmle according to most med students,
uworld qbank, first aid for usmle step 1, usmlerx videos 2015 version,
brs for physiology, (some phd possessing prof may say brs physiology is crap, don't listen to that person)
pathoma or goljan for pathology or robbins pathology review- robbins can be a good source of path qs for tests,
lippincott's illustrated for pharmacology and biochemistry, some also like katzung pharmacology review for pharm,
lippincott's illustrated q and a for anatomy and embryology-also recommended for usmle step 1,
brs for histology-especially for class,
clinical microbiology made ridiculously simple for microbiology,
levinson for immunology,
high yield for neuroanatomy,
for other subjects please ask your seniors,
(some professor may advice you otherwise on best resources or resources to avoid, don't listen to some PHD possessing non-md person on which are the best books/resources or ones to avoid unless that phd possessing person is your senior, professors who have not studied for usmle usually don't have a clue as PHD students have different needs than MD students, giving a lecture to med students is very different from actually being a medical student)
this is the advice I wish someone had given me.
all the best
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Accepted yesterday...want to start STEP1 prep now. Am I nuts?
