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USMLE Step 1 Crash Course: pass in 10 days.

60 hours of recorded, high-yield instruction from a team of 270+ Step 2 scorers. Finish the course, and if you don't pass, you get your money back.

USMLE Step 1 Ultra High-Yield Crash Course
99.3%Pass rate
17,000+Students trained
270+Instructor Step 2 score
100%Pass guarantee
The real problem

Every year, strong students fail Step 1, and it's rarely for lack of effort.

They grind through UWorld, memorize First Aid cover to cover, and drown in Anki decks and random PDFs. Then exam day comes: the facts they crammed don't surface fast enough, the look-alike answer choices blur together, and biostats and ethics quietly cost points they couldn't afford to lose.

They've poured hundreds of hours into low-yield material while missing what the NBME actually tests.

They've memorized everything but never learned the test-taking tactics, the elimination skills, or the pacing that gets them through a block on time.

And the resources they're studying from are outdated, built before the post-2022 surge in ethics, nutrition, and biostatistics.

Scores don't rise with hours logged. They rise with precision.

Why this course works

Built around what actually moves your score.

60 hours. Zero fluff.

Every session targets exactly what the NBME tests most. If it's not high-yield, it's not in.

Rebuilt for the 2026 syllabus.

Rebuilt line by line for the current blueprint, including the surge in ethics, nutrition, and biostatistics.

Question-powered teaching.

NBME-style vignettes from minute one, so you train your knowledge and your test-taking at the same time.

The N+1 method.

Each lesson stacks on the last so recall becomes automatic, and it carries straight into Step 2.

Taught by 270+ Step 2 scorers.

You'll learn from doctors who beat this exam and reverse-engineered exactly how it's built.

Recorded. Rewatchable. Any pace.

Start today, study on your own schedule, and rewatch any lesson as many times as you need before exam day.

Curriculum

10 days, 10 lessons, in the order that builds.

01

Biochemistry and Genetics

5.5 hours of recorded instruction.

02

Microbiology

6 hours of recorded instruction.

03

Pathology, General Pharm & Immunology

6 hours of recorded instruction.

04

Endocrinology and Renal

6 hours of recorded instruction.

05

Biostats, Ethics and Cardiovascular

6 hours of recorded instruction.

06

Respiratory and Psychiatry

6 hours of recorded instruction.

07

Gastrointestinal

8 hours of recorded instruction.

08

Hematology and Reproductive

6 hours of recorded instruction.

09

Musculoskeletal, Rheum, Derm

6 hours of recorded instruction.

10

Neurology

4 hours of recorded instruction.

Your instructor

Built by the world's most-followed USMLE expert.

Dr. Manik Madaan
Dr. Manik Madaan
260 on Step 1 · 271 on Step 2
700,000+ followers · 17,000+ students taught

I'm Dr. Manik Madaan, and I built this course because I had to learn Step 1 the hard way first.

When I was preparing, the content was completely overwhelming: resource stacked on resource, every one labeled “high-yield,” and not one of them telling me what actually mattered.

Only about 20% of what's in the traditional resources actually moves the needle.

The other 80% is outdated fluff that just slows you down, and Step 1 gives you very little time to dig for a fact that isn't worth the minute it costs you.

So I built the course I wish someone had handed me: ten days, only what the NBME actually tests. Students who were sure ten days couldn't be enough passed. Students who'd already failed once, and were terrified to sit again, passed too.

Since Step 1 is pass/fail, a clean pass is the whole win, and every week you save here goes straight into Step 2, the exam that actually ranks you.

How we compare

Side by side, here's what actually sets this apart.

USMLE WiseOther crash courses
2026 alignment
Rebuilt line by line for the 2026 syllabus, including the ethics and nutrition surge
Often reuses older decks with partial updates
Focus
60 hours, zero fluff, only what the NBME repeatedly tests
Broad sweep, mixed yield, time dilution
Teaching engine
Question-powered: NBME-style vignettes train knowledge and test-taking together
Lecture-heavy, QBank left for homework
Instructors
270+ Step 2 scorers who reverse-engineered the patterns
Limited experience and credentials
Accountability
Built-in daily question drills that make you apply each lesson
Passive watching, little pressure to execute
Pass guarantee
Finish the course and drills, don’t pass, full refund
No guarantee, or store credit only
Reported outcomes
20–40 point jumps on practice NBMEs
Modest gains over months
Step 2 bridge
N+1 consolidation leaves you with a ready Step 2 launchpad
No structured bridge beyond Step 1
What you get

Everything you need to pass, in one course.

The 10-day, 60-hour recorded crash course
Lifetime access: rewatch anytime, including future updates
The USMLE Step 1 Rapid Review 2026 slide deck
$199

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Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

It's 100% self-paced and pre-recorded. You start the moment you enroll, study on your own schedule, and pause, rewind, or rewatch as often as you need. There's no cohort to wait for.
Honestly, both. If it's your first attempt, you get a clean high-yield map. If you're retaking, it resets the usual leak points: timing, reasoning, and ethics.
Longer chart and SOAP-style stems with distracting detail, more ethics and communication, immunology and microbiology up while pure biochemistry is down, and pathophysiology over trivia. Every lesson is rebuilt against these patterns.
We teach through NBME-style vignettes from minute one. You learn the idea, solve a question, then break down the logic and drill the variations until it sticks.
Instructors who scored 270+ on Step 2, coordinated by Dr. Manik Madaan (271 on Step 2). The team reverse-engineered NBME patterns across thousands of real items.
Lifetime access to all 10 days on demand, plus the USMLE Step 1 Rapid Review 2026 slide deck to keep.
Yes. Keep whatever QBank you already use. The course teaches you what to actually memorize and how to apply it under time. It isn't a replacement for practice volume.
Finish the sessions and the required drills, sit your exam, and if you don't pass, you get a full refund within 14 days of your score report.
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