Studying for USMLE Step 1 is a very lonely experience. While I see many others "doing it", still the highs and lows of study are lone and solo. The camaraderie of suffering thru class, while still painful, is somewhat blunted by the fact that there is a room full of people sharing the same experience. And while I know there are many 1000's of persons doing what I'm doing, it's hard to connect beyond it just being me vs. the ocean of content that is the mostly non-patient orientation of Step 1.
Drowning is NOT an option.
Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. 
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