WELCOME TO THE EXPERIMENT

what's the deal?:
As the 2nd year of medical school comes to a close, students must take USMLE Step 1, an 8 hour marathon of a test that covers material learned in the first two years, to ensure that they are prepared for a further 2 years of rotations. The test must be passed in order to proceed. One must also do better than just passing if he or she wants to pursue a competitive specialty. At UC Davis, students have roughly 1-2 months to review for this exam.
This is the situation I am in now. Tomorrow I begin begin studying 6 days a week, 12 hours a day for the next month and a half.
But is it enough? Everyone else is doing at least as much, if not more. How can someone as average as me expect to score well enough to be considered for the more competitive specialties? What is a resource that I can tap into that they can't?

the ace up my sleeve:
Optimal functioning of the mind can only be achieved in perfect health. In order to maximize the potential of the mind, the body must cleansed and strengthened. Daily exercise and a clean diet, a pure diet, of raw fruits, nuts, vegetables, seeds, and grains can be used to achieve perfect health. This will be my leg up on the competition.

The outcome of this test determines my future. Time to see if this raw food stuff works...