SMASHUSMLE is the best mentorship &… SMASHUSMLE is the best mentorship & coaching service on the market. It is not just a product. Dr. Adesina is an expert in medical education and he delivers that expertise to you through a conplete solution. This is a true one stop shop. Compiles first aid, all high yield information into understanding concepts. No shortcuts, but all the rught frameworks and mindset that help not only crushing USMLE exams, but also learning to think like a physician!! Highly recommend giving this product a whole hearted try.

The best platform for an IMG As an IMG there is more anxiety. This is definitely the best program out there for an IMG. It Covers the high yield concepts and focuses on the key associations. The masterclass is worth watching, it compresses the subject as a whole. Dr.Adesina teaches with great passion and is a great mentor. His motivational videos really boost our morale. Constant tutoring helped me go a long way, it is hard to study for USMLE by itself, getting a plan on how to go about it reduced half the tension.

Bad coordination of class time and email notifications The class coordinator is not doing consistent work. We missed the first hour of the live class (if it was live) without being appropriately notified ahead of time. No one from the team has offered any solution or apology. The only thing the coordinator was doing is "I don't. get your question."

I think it misses some important topics… I think it misses some important topics and when I sent them an email about that issue no body responded

Bad and lying Absolutely not worth the price; spend your money on UWorld, Sketchy, Osmosis, AMBOSS, Boards and Beyond, Pathoma, Kaplan, whatever. I bought the 4 week Step 1 "live" masterclass. Lectures: I signed up for a live course in order to have an outside class to attend to keep me on track because I have issues with ADHD, so admittedly it served its purpose there, but I could have gotten the same experience from any Step 1 prep course. I have suspicions that these "live" classes are actually pre-recorded and the company uses poorly concealed tricks to make it seem live. There is a live chat where you can ask questions and they will be answered. But the answers aren't very nuanced. Additionally the chat is probably filled with bots pretending to be real students, they ask the most basic questions to mimic engagement and constantly praise the class with comments like "Dr Adesina where have you been I'm really enjoying this lecture". The chatbots are sometimes off sync and talking about completely different subjects than what the lecture you're watching is about. It's overall very skeevy. The lectures themselves are alright, though are often just reading off of First Aid. Question bank/quizzes: terrible. Questions are poorly organized and sometimes out of order, or will refer to a vignette/picture that... isn't included. They are probably pulled from outside qbanks/review books. Explanations are frequently lacking as well. It does not have any of the functionalities of other qbanks to mimic the real USMLE exams: no highlighting, no crossing out answer choices, no reference values, no flagging or searching for questions... You'd think the quiz would at least match the content of the associated video lecture but they don't... Personal tutor: probably the most helpful resource, but you should be able to get something similar from your medical school's academic help services