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Hi Paul,

Colm here! I felt I should drop you an email to give a big thank you to all the team and yourself for the GradMed course. I achieved a respectable 68 and can honestly say your classes were the only prep I did!! (59, 64, 74)

I expected to do fairly poor in the exam. To make matters worse I stayed in a BnB the night before the test in Dublin and due to the uncomfortable bed got absolutely no sleep! However, as I walked to the exam hall I felt fairly relaxed.

My only tip is that when it mattered I did the simple thing right!

For section one, there was some passages that had no relevance to medicine (as you said) but I realised if I knew two were false I had a good chance. 

I followed Los's simple rules for the essays, which were an incredible help!

For section three, I went in at a great pace, half way through I felt I got most correct so far and started enjoying the test!

I say this not to advise the next cohort to follow my prep, its terrible, but to show that you can get a decent score as long as you keep your cool!

The few problems that did arise or looked unfamiliar in the course I asked usually at the end of the class - this was key to my success, because once you got, for example, the products of a reaction in your head, it was easy to remember for the exam!! 

Thanks once again

Colm