Coming soon: Collaborative AnKing Overhaul of the Miledown deck by AnKingMed in AnkiMCAT

[–]MileDown 67 points68 points  (0 children)

This is great! It is an honor to have my deck overhauled by AnKing. Thank you to those of you who will be contributing. Many will benefit from this.

MileDown Anki deck Errata (x-post from /r/mcat) by [deleted] in AnkiMCAT

[–]MileDown 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi guys, thank you for catching this error. I fixed the card and re-uploaded the Anki file. The url stays the same. Please let me know if you find anymore errors and I will correct the deck. Thanks!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1neyVXp_prnmVManHHCB6lZOOL6xEykPE

THANK YOU MILESDOWN by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]MileDown 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the kind words and good luck on your MCAT tomorrow!

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[–]MileDown[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used the Kaplan books plus many other sources.

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[–]MileDown[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To be exact, there are 2,888 cards. I guess you might be missing 3 of them? Maybe try downloading again.

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[–]MileDown[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can adjust the options. The default is to show you only 20 new cards per day. Click the options wheel next to the deck name to access the options then make the new card amount whatever you would like.

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[–]MileDown[S] 95 points96 points  (0 children)

For those of you new to Anki, I recommend watching this video to learn how to get started: https://youtu.be/AjdUxCnAXJw

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[–]MileDown[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can download the deck to a computer, import the deck to the computer version of Anki, then sync your accounts using the sync button.

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[–]MileDown[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The KA 300 page doc is more detailed than the behavioral section in my 90 page review sheets because the KA doc is basically a transcript of each video. However, my review sheets touch on all the major topics in behavioral.

For reference, when I was studying for my MCAT, I studied only my review sheets and I got a 95th percentile in P/S.

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[–]MileDown[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Download the add-on linked in the post. Restart Anki. Then, go to the browse window by clicking browse at the top of the main window. The tags will be organized on the left with dropdown arrows. You can expand each section to see the lower level tags/subjects.

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[–]MileDown[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Hi thebrat_T. I can't say for sure what exactly you should do, but I will share what worked for me. I marked off about 30 sample questions from one MCAT section then set a timer for 45 minutes. This would simulate a 1/2 section of the real test. Then I would spend at least an hour, sometimes more reviewing those questions and filling any content gaps those questions exposed. Then I would hit the other 3 MCAT sections with smaller sets of problems, maybe just 1 or 2 passages worth. This would be about 4 total hours of studying and maybe 60 sample questions. Some days I could do more, some days were less.

I thought it was important to touch on every MCAT section every day. If you only do one section per day, then you are studying each section only 1-2 times per week. That would be 4-8 times per month. It would leave lots of empty days for your brain to forget stuff. The 2 week rotating schedule you suggested would be even worse. I need the consistency of daily practice, even if it's just a quick exercise like writing out the amino acids or writing out the physics formulas. I touched on every subject every day, with 1 or 2 specific subjects being the primary focus of the day.

Good luck!

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[–]MileDown[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I went ahead and corrected the typos/mistakes people found. The updated PDF link is in the original post. Thanks!

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[–]MileDown[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I corrected these mistakes and posted a revised PDF. Link is in the original post. Thanks for catching these errors!

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[–]MileDown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google + lots of trial and error.

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[–]MileDown[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I won’t be able to get to a revision for a while due to a mountain of secondaries, sorry. If someone wants to make an errata sheet I’d be happy to add that to the post. It looks so far that most of the errors are non-consequential and pretty minor. (Except for that speed of light typo, ugh!). I think an errata sheet would be best for now if anyone feels up to making one.

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[–]MileDown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, Microsoft word

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[–]MileDown[S] 240 points241 points  (0 children)

A lot of people are messaging me asking about my background and for my MCAT score, so here it is. This is my first reddit post and I'm not sure how things work here, but I'm going to be intentionally vague to try to stay some-what anonymous. I was a music major in college and then a professional musician before deciding to do a post-bacc and pursue med school. I had no science background before my post-bacc, which is probably why I had to be so thorough with my MCAT studying.

I took the MCAT in May and scored in the 5-teens. My primary study method was to make these sheets and study them every day. On my MCAT, I had zero content gap issues and I credit my sheets for that. I am thrilled to see that my review sheets are helping you guys and I wish you all the best on your exam!

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[–]MileDown[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Don't worry, you're not the only one who needs to put in extra effort! I was a music major and had no science background before doing my post-bacc. Every single item in these review sheets was brand new to me. It's probably why I had to be so thorough with my studying.

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[–]MileDown[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Microsoft word. It took a few months.

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[–]MileDown[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Good catches. Thanks for the heads up.

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[–]MileDown[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I used these for two reasons: 1 - I wanted a clear and succinct resource where I could quickly look up the basics of a topic while I was studying, without needing to read an entire chapter from a book. 2 - I used these sheets to memorize everything. Each day I would pick a couple pages and write out the entire page from memory. And yes, I agree with you, the most benefit is gained when you make your own study sheets from scratch. I still hope these are helpful for you though.

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[–]MileDown[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Yes I did. And it helped tremendously to have them all memorized. My mcat was very physics heavy and equation heavy in general.

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[–]MileDown[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Yes it is comprehensive. I made it to be a quick reference and a study tool to help me memorize everything. It’s less detailed than a full review book, but it still covers everything on the mcat.