"Update: I did ACE x1.5, Dr. Sharma for ethics, and the official CDM tests. That's it. Don't buy the expensive courses. Trust the hive mind. Now, who wants to buy my gently used Toronto Notes?"
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74 days later, when Samira saw the word on her MCCQE1 result, she did not thank a single fancy prep company. She didn't thank a $3,000 bootcamp. "Update: I did ACE x1
She clicked a third link. This one was quieter, only 14 upvotes, but the title screamed: Don't buy the expensive courses
Samira leaned back. She created a new post, her fingers trembling:
Sam scrolled through the comments. A user named MapleSurg had written a 1,200-word essay on why the was the only one that mimicked the vague, "wtf-is-this-question" style of the real exam. "UWorld is for Step 2 CK," MapleSurg argued. "ACE is for the weird Canadian ethics and public health questions. Do ACE twice. Then cry. Then do it again."
But then she found the war zone. A thread titled "Is Toronto Notes even enough anymore?" had 247 comments.