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How bad is my situation?

Free120 NBME - 39% (47/120 correct answers)

NBME 31 - 32%

Test is in a few days. I feel terrible.

My fortes are behavioral sciences (especially ethics), psychiatry and genetics. Immunology slightly less, but also relatively good. But those tests barely contained those topics. Although they're all supposed to constitute at least ~30-40% of the exam.

Where do I stand and what can I do to increase my prospects of passing?

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u/Compensate1995 — 1 day ago
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NBMEs - worth it?

I have the NBMEs until 31 (including 31). I don't know if I should purchase 32 and 33. Is it worth it?

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u/Compensate1995 — 1 day ago

Best strategy to buy these items in the lowest price?

I want to buy a silver bracelet (probably a barrel), 2 studded clips and the items in the photos (2 from each). The prices are very high, and I want to minimize the costs as much as possible. Please help me come up with a strategy, what to get on each upcoming sale. And if you think any of those items will even be on sale.

I'm thinking - next B2G1 event (don't know when) - a bracelet and 2 flowers. About the rest - I don't know if they'll even be on sale and when. Should I place another order for them in the B2G1 too (requires another shipment) or wait for a sale?

I should mention that every shipment costs me \~23$.

I want to do it smart and think it through. It's terribly expensive for me, and I don't want to execute it wrong and then not being able to afford things or pay a lot more.

u/Compensate1995 — 3 days ago

Will lab-grown diamond items be included in discounts?

I've been wanting this charm or bracelet (mainly the charm). When do you think either of them will be included in sales, and how much off? Not spesific to the UK, it's just an example of the product, I'm flexible with countries. Do you think it would go down to (the equivalent of) 90$ or less? And when? And what are the cheapeast ways to buy their lab-grown items, such as this charm?

u/Compensate1995 — 5 days ago

9c gold bracelet price

I don't understand much about jewelry pricing. I've been looking at snake chain bracelets (in the style of pandora and compatible with pandora charms) made of yellow or rose gold. I think about 9 karat. I want to avoid big markups. What are the prices, if I were to find good deals? And btw, if we're already at it, which websites do you recommend?

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u/Compensate1995 — 7 days ago

Should I shave my head off because of persistent lice?

I've (21f) had lice for a while now. I tried to treat it - I have a lice comb, I use anti lice products. I use an anti lice shampoo. I change my bedding often. I have someone helping me, giving me lice treatments and checks.

But I can't get rid of them and it's becoming increasingly difficult to manage and burdensome on me. The lice checks with my lice comb, the treatments with the strong smell that lingers afterwards, constant clothes and sheets washing. I'm a student and don't have the time and energy for that. I've been thinking about shaving my head off. I've been going back and forth about actually doing it and becoming bald. But lately I want to do it. I already found a barbershop near me, and I keep thinking about going there and asking the barber to shave off my head to be bald. The more I think about the situation, the more I ask myself, "why not?". I wonder if I should follow through with it.

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u/Compensate1995 — 8 days ago
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I have lice AMA

I have had lice for a while. It's difficult to treat your own hair, so I have someone close helping me with it, which I appreciate. I treat it, but they're difficuly to get rid off. I get my hair regularly checked by a family member, who also gives me lice treatments. He has me sitting while he combs my hair, checking for eggs and lice, and getting them out. When I get treatments, he puts anti-lice products on my head and rubs them in, then combs my hair afterward with my lice comb.

I have my very own lice products on the shelf in the bathroom - my anti lice products, my anti lice shampoo, my lice comb.

When I shower, I (almost) always use my anti lice shampoo.

It doesn't happen with all my products, but after I get treatments with strong materials, my hair usually smells like an anti-lice product for a few days. Or sometimes my family member tries new things on me. For example, he put Mayonnaise on my hair a couple of times.

I take it really well, but my situation still makes me feel childish and humiliated at times. Needing lice products, treatments and checks. The situations of having to be checked thoroughly for lice. Buying the products physically. Being told I need a lice treatment and then getting one.

I'm here to answer all of your questions. I know this is something rarely talked about, so I'm glad to talk about it and answer all you want to know.

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u/Compensate1995 — 9 days ago

Charm defect

I got my online order of the enchanted beauty and the beast rose. Is this a defect or is it supposed to be? And what can I do? On the website it appears like they don't sell it anymore in the country, and genuinely in most other countries too.

u/Compensate1995 — 10 days ago
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Not scoring well in UWorld

I'm doing UWorld, currently on average 30-45% of full blocks by subject (Pathology, Histology, Immunology, Genetics, Histology). Higher grades of 70-75% in the module of social sciences (which I fully completed).

In total I did 408 questions (11% of all qs) and 43% of these are correct (composed mainly of the aforementioned modules). All were made in real 20 or 40q blocks, timed, no assistance, extra time or breaks.

I feel like it's not going well for me. I still plan to work on Psichiatry and Biostatistics, and think I can do better in those.

I don't know what to do. My exam is in a week. I don't have time to learn everything and I feel like I don't score well. No matter how much I study my mistakes and try, I don't see improvement. And I still want to do the NBMEs and "investigate" them too.

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u/Compensate1995 — 14 days ago

Pearls sourcing

I'm looking for reliable websites for genuine round freshwater/Edison pearls in good quality (AAA). I don't know which websites are reliable, and there are too many bad ones that send unreal or bad quality ones. Also, a lot of websites have exorbitant prices that don't reflect the value. I'm looking for fair prices. I'm a jeweler and I want to use them to make jewelry.

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u/Compensate1995 — 19 days ago
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Looking for pearls

I'm looking for reliable websites for genuine round freshwater/Edison pearls in good quality (AAA). I don't know which websites are reliable, and there are too many bad ones that send unreal or bad quality ones. Also, a lot of websites have exorbitant prices that don't reflect the value. I'm looking for fair prices. I'm a jeweler and I want to use them to make jewelry.

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u/Compensate1995 — 19 days ago
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Uworld subscriptions

I'm torn between the Uworld subscription options. Timewise I have fewer than 30 days. But I see that the different options offer more advantages, like prompts, assesments, study planner, etc. What are those 3 things and how important are they? Which package is recommended?

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u/Compensate1995 — 22 days ago

Faceted and twisted snake chain bracelets

I like the faceted, but I heard it tarnishes every 3 days, is it true? Also, looking for other reviews and experiences with both bracelets. I like shiny bracelets. How much shinier are they than the regular snake chains? I find that the regulars aren't that shiny outside of the store (due to the special lighting).

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u/Compensate1995 — 22 days ago

רשימת אוניברסיטאות לחילופי סטודנטים

היכן ניתן לראות את רשימת האוני' המשתתפות בתוכנית ארסמוס של האוניברסיטה העברית? אני סטודנטית בחו"ל ומעוניינת לבוא (באוניברסיטה שלי אין לי אפשרות לראות רשימה).

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u/Compensate1995 — 23 days ago

General Practitioner Salary

What is the salary of a western general practitioner who studied in the EU, and has an EU + American (USMLE) licenses + speaks English, German and Arabic? I'm so sick of seeing very low salaries online, data collected from Indians. The internet is entirely useless. Obviously such a person doesn't get 12k Qatar rial, it's not even close to the salary he gets in the west. I can work as a secretary in my home country and get more than that.

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According to my understanding, they offer in Qatar exceptionally good working conditions to tempt western doctors, and they like the prestige of my listed qualifications in their clinics. Also, what are the bonuses (reaching goals/leave/etc)? And what are the benefits (housing allowance, car leasing, flights and more - and what are their limits?).

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u/Compensate1995 — 24 days ago

Sales in Germany

What are the next sales in Germany and which discounts do they typically offer (after the June one)? Also, spesifically asking about August and black friday - what the discounts are. And if the free bracelet event happens. Answers are based on last year or two.

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u/Compensate1995 — 25 days ago

Free bracelet event

It doesn't happen in my country (I'm in Europe). I'm thinking about placing an order from another country and paying a reliable package-forwarding service to ship it to my country. I was thinking mainly of Germany, or the UK, but I'm open to more countries. Can you recommend a reliable service or any other way to order from other countries? Also, recommend the most lucrative country in Europe to order from during this event (lowest prices, technical bugs that allow to use the 10% discount, more discounts in addition to the free bracelet, etc).

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u/Compensate1995 — 1 month ago

Women, if you could only have one, which trait would you rather have?

It doesn't matter what you have now. Let's say that you have neither one of these - and then you can only get one.

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u/Compensate1995 — 2 months ago