Free USMLE Step 2 CK Study Schedule: How I Scored 269 in 5 weeks

Here is my USMLE Step 2CK schedule! Please use this as a resource to help guide your studying. Click here for my dedicated schedule.

Main Resources

Unlike for Step 1, I used one main resource, Uworld.
- You need to master Uworld to do well on Step 2. Go through as many questions as you can!
- I completed the corresponding Uworld questions throughout my third-year clerkships then re-did them all during dedicated.
- I spent most of my dedicated period going through questions and reviewing them. I completed them on random and timed mode.
- I took notes on a Word document and made Anki cards for questions I got incorrect.
Online Med Ed (OME)
- A great supplemental resource. I didn’t review all the videos, only ones on topics I felt weak in. I watched videos on 2x speed while taking notes in the Quick Tables book I purchased for $25. Plus,use my code Lily25 for 25% OnlineMedEd!
Zanki Step 2
- I should have been more diligent about completing my reviews. I honestly just used this when I could fit it in. Maybe 1-2 hours a day during dedicated.
UptoDate
- I highly recommend this for looking up the most current treatment regimens and management algorithms.
Practice Exams
- I completed all the NBMEs (Forms 6-8) and Uworld Self Assessments (UWSA 1-2).
- NBMEs are notorious for underpredicting but are a great learning tool (I completed these first). I then did the two UWSAs. Lastly, I completed the free 120 questions from the NBME, which I thought were the most similar to the actual exam.

My schedule was quite simple. I mostly focused on doing as much Uworld as possible then use OME videos to supplement my knowledge gaps.

8am-11am: Uworld questions, 40 questions x 3 blocks
11am-2pm: Reviewed completed Uworld blocks
2pm-3pm: Break- lunch
3-4pm: Finished reviewing Uworld
4-5pm: OME videos
5pm-8pm: Break: workout and dinner
8pm-10pm: 1 more block of Uworld (the last week of studying, I decided to do all four blocks in the morning when I was most alert)