“It’s all in your head.” When my friends, family, and mentors said these five words to me in the days leading up to the pre-pass/fail USMLE Step 1 exam, they meant it literally: everything you need to know to succeed is already in your head. When my internal dialogue repeated those words, they took on
The cost of overpreparing: my experience with the USMLE and what I learned originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
