Testimonials

After months of Step 2 CK prep, my score remained at borderline and below the pass until I came across your podcasts and resources 1 month before my test day.  I aggressively studied with your resources(Podcasts & Notes) plus Q-banks for about 2 weeks or less and took an NBME a day before your 10 hours review, I paid/enrolled for and I scored 213. I aggressively reviewed the 10hour course and continued to do question banks and study with your podcasts until my test date. The Step 2Ck (test day) was the only board exam I took and knew for sure I was going to pass. I saw almost a 10-point increase in my final score when compared to the NBME I took two weeks to my test date. I give thanks to God for using you to thoroughly prepare me. I can tell you that my passing this exam was by God’s Divine Intervention.

-OEK

I started working with Divine at the end of 3rd year for Step 2 CK tutoring, and I am so happy that I did. I listened to his podcasts for all subject NBME’s during clinical rotations, and I decided to work with him due to how helpful they were. My Step 1 score was mediocre and I wanted to do well on Step 2, and Divine definitely helped me to make that happen. He provided me with a very detailed schedule, study tips, and help with test-taking strategies. We worked on identifying my weaknesses and building on my strengths. Working with Divine helped me to feel more confident in my knowledge base, which allowed me to feel ready to crush it on test day. I wish we worked together for Step 1! I highly recommend Divine to any medical student. I am so grateful to have worked with him, and I am excited to work on ERAS applications with him in the near future. Thank you so much Divine!

I found Divine through his vodcasts—a classmate recommended his IM shelf review, and when I watched his videos, I realized he explained concepts in a way that made sense to me. I really needed to raise my Step 2 score and, relieved to see that he offered tutoring, I reached out. I heard back from him within hours, and we set up a consultation. He is very approachable and I appreciated his direct-but-kind way of assessing my learning style, scores, and approach to standardized testing, which made me feel that I could be open with him and accept constructive feedback. At my medical school, there is minimal structure, minimal didactics, and exams are intentionally designed not to be reflective of board exams (if you can believe it). This is really detrimental to someone like me, who assimilates information in an intuitive fashion (MBTI – N) and can see where every answer choice in a question could be correct under certain circumstances. I knew that an important missing piece of my study and approach was STRUCTURE. After meeting with Divine, we identified that I needed to solidify my fund of knowledge, to better organize what I knew and to devise a study schedule that clearly laid out review topics and practice exams. I also needed a sound, replicable study strategy, practice executing it, and to be held accountable. Divine was able to help with all of these elements, and I was able to raise my Step 2 score 38 points over my Step 1 score in just 6 -7 weeks. That said, if I could do it again I would start working with him earlier (e.g., at least 12 weeks out) as there is much benefit to consistently reviewing his study materials and practicing his strategies to the point that they are your default when stressed and tired in actual exam. Not only did I improve on my Step scores, but also achieved my highest Shelf score ever on the Family Medicine subject exam—widely accepted as the most difficult. Additionally, I was able to use what I learned from Divine’s lectures and our tutoring sessions to advocate for work ups on patients that led to correct (and life-saving) diagnoses on more than one occasion during my sub-internships. I was able to confidently and knowledgeably discuss patients and their pathologies with patients, their families, residents and attendings, which helped me make a good impression on those whose opinions matter professionally. The Divine Intervention podcasts, vodcasts, one-on-one tutoring sessions, NBME practice exams, and UWorld (though minimally so) were the only tools I used to prep for Step 2 CK and the last few Shelf exams. We also spent a session each on personal statement writing and Step 2 CS prep, which I passed. There are lots of resources available, but what I have already described, coupled with reading Up to Date and other articles on the wards, really streamlined my prep and helped me do well. As a kinesthetic and auditory learner, it was hard for me to find ways to engage with the material I needed to know, especially when I learn best by seeing patients who have the pathologies I need to learn. Working with Divine did not specifically help with the kinesthetic learning aspect, but being able to listen to his videos and podcasts as well as reviewing his notes while working out or walking made a huge difference in getting the information to stick. The auditory repetition also helped. His fee is not inexpensive, but it was worth every penny in my mind. Even if I had not achieved the score I was looking to on Step 2, it would have been due to my inconsistency in applying Divine’s test taking strategy, not a failure of the strategy itself—when I use it, it works. In fact, in this case I still would have worked with him for Step 3 because I believe in his method that much, and am planning to start prep with him early in my intern year.

-4th year medical student.

I found Divine when searching for shelf review podcasts at the end of my 3rd year. I felt that he led comprehensive review sessions that hit on the major high yield topics! I would definitely recommend watching these as a complement to UWorld question prep. I also participated in a one-on-one tutoring session with Divine 2 weeks prior to my Step 2 CK exam. We went over high-yield test taking strategies that I used during the exam! They helped me narrow down the answer choices on the curveball questions. He also identified areas of weakness in my content review, so that I could focus on those areas prior to test day. I improved over 40 points between my Step 1 and Step 2 CK Score. Thank you Divine!

I learned about The Divine Intervention podcast from one of my friends. As per his advice I decided to join the one on one tutoring class and I am extremely happy that I did that. Divine is a great teacher. His areas of teaching include not just subject matter, but also test taking strategies which help you think like ‘your friends at the NBME’ think! I am very happy with my CK score and I wish I had known him before I did my step 1!!! I have learned that he tries to keep himself updated with changes in the testing patterns! When I told him that I struggle with Biostatistics he surprised me by creating a podcast just on Biostatistics and his tips did help with those complex questions on the real exam!!! Thanks Divine, if it was not with your help; I would not have scored this high in CK! I would highly recommend his tutoring without any hesitation to anyone needing to raise their scores! I went from a 211 on Step 1 to a 249 on Step 2CK!
S.S.T
4th year medical student