The current schedule is really stressful. Taking both boards in such a short window is basically impossible if we want to actually pass. Please reconsider.

Just trying to make sure our class gets a fair shot at residency. We really need those extra weeks.

Thank you for all of your hard work and with trying to work with us to achieve maximal studying time for this important exam.

Found this while searching board study time at AZCOM. Seems concerning. What's going on?

I would suggest to go back to school two weeks earlier if we can't resolve the issue to have 6 weeks rather than 4.

I believe that national exams like the COMLEX and USMLE that will dictate the student's direction in life are of primary importance and should supersede all other matters. The ability of the students to get into good residencies is not only a testament to their hard work, but to the school's as well.

More than 50 students that I have talked to (who are now studying for the boards or who has already taken both USMLE and COMLEX) have told me that the number of weeks of dedicated study time will directly reflect on the score because the more review questions a student does, the higher score the student can get assuming the student has learned everything during their coursework. 3.5 weeks instead of 6 weeks will decrease the number of questions we can practice by 2500 questions assuming we can do 1000 questions per week (according to current MS2's). At first, I thought I should just suck it up and start studying early but every upper classmen that I have talked to said starting 1 month early and having two more weeks of dedicated study time after the course is over are completely different story. I just really hope that some kind of change will be made to the schedule and that everyone is fully aware of how bad the current situation is.

6 weeks please