NYCSPREPReviews of nycsprep.com

Hi Dr Somas, the SPs and the team! I received my score report a few days ago and passed! Took my test in Philly and the mock exam prepared me for the worse. Thank you NYCS Prep!

My name is Rafaella and I'm an IMG from Brazil. I took a full mock exam at NYCSPREP on November 30th & December 1st and took my CS exam on December 9th, 2019, in Philadelphia, which I passed with stars in all components. I had already prepared with a partner for 1 month before taking the mock exam, which is why we decided not to do the full 3-day course. The experience at NYCSPREP was great. The SPs are really professional, and provide good feedback after each encounter which really helped me smooth out all the flaws in my preparation. There is the option to take the full exam in one day or divide it in two, which is what I did, and what I recommend doing to make the most out of it. After the mock you schedule a meeting with Dr. Somas so he can go over your patient notes and give you feedback on that. He gave me some great and easy to apply tips which greatly improved my notes, made them cleaner, more organised and easier to write. Never having had any contact with SPs before, I believe the mock test was exactly what I needed to go into the exam with more confidence and feeling fully prepared. A great bonus at NYCSPREP is that you can continue to practice at their facilities after you finish your course/mock test. There are always groups of students/doctors practicing there, so it's a great opportunity to practice with different people before the exam I only took out a star from my review because I believe NYCSPREP could improve in terms of punctuality. My mock was late on both sessions and with a little more organisation I'm sure this could be easily fixed. The facilities were also a bit crowded, but they've now moved to a new location which I've heard has a lot more space. All the best to the NYCSPREP team and thank you for all your help!

Great location and great professionals! The only thing I would complain of is that I scheduled 1-day mock (12 cases) and when I showed up to the place it ended up being a 2-day mock (6 cases each day). My schedule was tight by the time but fortunately I could fit that extra day in it. Lost $10 from the bus trip I had during that day though.

Dr. Somas is just amazing

very strong personal statement, well revised, medically and grammatically. The only comment is that they take a long time to reply, but I understand because of the revision of the documents and the volume of PS they have to write and/or edit

I took my CS in Philadelphia and did very well! I am very glad I spent about a week at the NYCSPREP center and I got to practice every day with different people. By far the most valuable part of the course is the feedback from the SPs who helped me get a * on CIS. My only suggestion is that I wish there was someone to review the patient notes throughout the day as many students couldn't wait until the end of the day and this is a critical part of the exam for many of us.

Being an IMG, facing CS exam was very stressful for me. After joining NYCS prep, I received valuable guidance/ experience from the clinical encounters with Dr. Somas (some even case-to-case basis), and kept working on my weak areas, practiced cases with other students as well and in the end, felt more confident, especially with their mock exams (I received many valuable suggestions/inputs from the mock test patients as well, which boosted my confidence big time!). The coaching very helped me with the CIS & ICE components. I cleared the exam in my 1st attempt from Philly! Many thanks to NYCS prep!

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