Blueprint Med School Blog (formerly Cram Fighter & Med School Tutors)

The blog for Blueprint Medical, supporting your MedEd journey with our exam study planner, tutoring, residency consulting, and advanced boards.

Why You Should Become a Campus Hero for Cram Fighter

4 reasons to join our campus rep program and start helping your peers in med school handle Step 1 study planning. At Cram Fighter, our Campus Heroes Program allows medical students to become ambassadors for Cram Fighter at their campus. Over the course of our 7+ years providing board exam study planning software, we’ve consistently

May 13, 2020

How to Manage Your Blueprint Prep Study Plan When Your Exam Date Is Unexpectedly Moved or Cancelled

We surveyed our network of Campus Heroes for advice about how students are reshaping their schedules in light of the uncertainty brought about by the pandemic. For second-year med students, coronavirus has thrown a major wrench into the works. Having closed down for more than a month, testing centers are now rescheduling board exams, and

Sep 18, 2019

Blueprint’s Med School Study Planner Now Offers a Free Study Plan Consultation with 12-Month and 2-Year Subscriptions

As a special bonus, subscribers to our 12-month and 2-year plans can now chat with a Cram Fighter expert as they create the ultimate boards study plan. For a limited time, we’ve added an extra benefit for med students who choose Cram Fighter’s 12-month or 2-year subscriptions. Subscribers to either of those Cram Fighter plans

Sep 13, 2019

Blueprint’s Med School Study Planner Now Officially Supports the NBMEs

Medical students can now create a study plan specifically for the NBME Basic Science and Clinical Science tests with Cram Fighter. We’re pleased to announce that students may create NBME study schedules on Cram Fighter! The NBME allows students to prepare for the USMLE Step 1 by taking a self-assessment with the same content and

Aug 12, 2019

Use Blueprint’s Med School Study Planner to Organize Your Med School Classwork Too

See all your med school tasks in one place by using Cram Fighter for courses. While many students are using Cram Fighter to study for medical board exams, thousands of students are also using Cram Fighter for their daily classes in medical school. Cram Fighter has a database of more than 260 different medical courses

Jan 22, 2019

How to Plan Your Spring Semester of Your Second Year of Med School

Our Campus Heroes share advice for M2 students as they prepare to tackle their spring semesters. With the new year under way, most second-year medical students are gearing up to take their USMLE Step 1 or COMLEX Level 1 board exams in the spring. At Cram Fighter, our stats show that the most popular months

Sep 12, 2018

When To Choose Your Step 1 Resources

We polled medical student leaders on the best time to select USMLE Step 1 study resources. Although the new school year has just begun, it’s not too early for second-year med students to start choosing their boards prep resources now. We conducted a survey of our Campus Heroes who have already taken Step 1 or

Jun 13, 2018

Blueprint Prep versus Excel

We explain how Cram Fighter helps students avoid the stress and manual work that comes with creating an Excel study plan. Every great USMLE score starts with a plan. But for a busy medical student, creating a boards study plan will sound like a daunting task. Creating a study plan by hand or in Excel

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