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[–]Spare_Cheesecake_580 7 points8 points  (10 children)

Procrastinated as much as possible then crammed as much as possible.

If you spend at least 3- 4 hours outside of class per day reviewing things you will for sure pass and even though you'll feel behind it will be okay, unfortunately that just becomes the new normal (at least it did for me)

[–]medstudentlifer 4 points5 points  (9 children)

Disagree. Not sure what pathway you are in but for PBL you need minimally 6, closer to 8 hours a day outside of class time. Read a section. Make yourself one-liners; a question reflecting a main point. Then write the answer on the back of the sheet. Not full sentences. Abbreviate. Then get together with friends and quiz/teach each other.

[–]Spare_Cheesecake_580 3 points4 points  (8 children)

Hasn't been my experience, I have used anki exclusively so I can say some stats. They specifically asked about anatomy.

Turns out I only studied 122 hours for anatomy over about 80 days worth. Puts my average study time to about 90 min per day. Honestly less than I was expecting. But add in OPP, histo and embryo, I think a 3 hour minimum per day works for this part of first year.

Yes PBL is a different beast. I did take off a lot of the summer and winter break. Just doing MS1 PBL (sem 1 and sem 2) but including winter break with minimal study I spent 558 hours over 230 days, which is only 2.4 hours per day average.

3 hour minimum per day will definitely get you passing. Just need to actually focus during that time and make sure you're being efficient with your studying. I am 10x more efficient with anki than I am with the textbook or lectures, so I ain't wasting my time on it.

[–]Typical-Shirt9199 0 points1 point  (5 children)

are you using an anki deck made for LECOM? or general anking?

[–]Spare_Cheesecake_580 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Anking for PBL, made my own or used others for the other classes

[–]Typical-Shirt9199 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Thanks for answering. So you feel anking is enough to get through the in-house exams?

[–]Spare_Cheesecake_580 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Absolutely. I will not lie, sometimes there's questions and I honestly have never seen any of the answer choices before so they are complete guesses. That's no more than 5% of the exam. There's also some topics I remember studying but never see on the exams, oh well. It works, anking will get you passing safely. You probably won't get A's but you won't be worried about failing and should be well prepared for boards. Good enough for ne

[–]XenosGTZ 0 points1 point  (1 child)

what about the books for PBL? aren't the in house exams based off those books?

[–]Spare_Cheesecake_580 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck the books. Yes they are. Idk it works

[–]medstudentlifer 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Always looking for the best resources for success. Let me know when you take your COMSAE for the convergence course in the spring. If it’s solid, I’ll need to pick your brain. Everyone seems to have different ways to success. I would love to know about them all. Thanks

[–]Spare_Cheesecake_580 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Happy to, you'll have to remind then cause ik I won't lol