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Appleton & Lange's Practice Tests for the USMLE Step 2

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I think that the book that I had must have been different from the one the other reviewers purchased, because my "Appleton & Lange's Practice Test for the USMLE Step 2" had poorly written questions, with many answers that were out of date and/or incorrect. The questions were nothing like those seen on the Step 2. Questions in the book were generally 2-3 sentences long, where as on the computer based test the most of the questions were paragraphs long. The only redeaming part of the tests were that sets of questions would build on one another, forcing you to take several looks at a question. For instance- based on answer for question 'a' and 'b', what is the answer for question 'c'. This type of questioning, however, is nothing like that found on Step 2. For a quick glance at a penny store, this would be an okay book. For improving test taking skill and knowledge at it's full price tag, this one's a joke. For some much better books look at the "Crush the Boards" and "NMS-tests"

This book is not as good as I expected. I did the NMS 900 Qs first. Then I did 900 Qs from this book. They are much different! Although I rate this book 3 stars, do you know how many stars I gave to NMS? Six stars---if I were allowed.

But, I have to say most of the cases in this book are good---even very good. The problem is the case arrangement and the explanation. Most of the cases are too short---as some other friends mentioned in their comments. A lot of the explanations are really bad, the authors did not explain directly---why A or B is right. Most of the time, they did not explain why the other answers are wrong. For some explanations, you really do not know what they were talking about. In addition, there are some obvious errors---like A is the right answer and B is given in the explanation.

But anyway, I still learned a lot from this book.

I found this book useful for step 2 review.The content is relevant and the question format is also very similar to that in the actual exam.All in all this book is good value for money.

I'm sure the Author of this book tried to make the maximum effort struggling to make a simulating test just as the USMLE 2 test. I'm sorry folks to tell you that this exam is just for good resource of a bunch of questions and answers but it is far cry from the format of the USMLE real test. The drawbacks
that I found on this test are: most of the questions are short histories WITHOUT complete labs that always come in the usmle based test. I have found some questions in the CD that do not match the answering content in the software, the answers are not 100% updated, the test frame occupy 2/3 of the screen which I found like a bad design of the test, resuming all I can tell that is complete a lie telling that REPLICATE the ctual exam, I think that this author just wanted to be lucrative instead of making a piece of work that resembles the usmle based test, I recommend to try the Princeton
Review is more accurately than this hoax.

This book is an excellent source especially for computer based exam and for student who prefer to study online. Content of the questions and explanations are compatible with real exam. However, it gives your percentile of true answers right away. It would be better if it was at the end of each session.

This is an excellent source for especially computer based USMLE Step2 Exam and for student doctors who prefer to study online. Content of questions are similar to real exam. It contains excellent explanations as well. However, when you answer a question it gives your percentile of true answers right away. It would be better to give your percentile at the end of the session.

I am a graduate medical doctor. I always study with the lange series books, and this book is ideal for the doctors who will take step2. Because it contains the ideal type of questions that are asked in usmle.