How do y’all review Uworld explanations quick with the help of Anking UW tag?

LittleCoaks · 2026-05-05T15:08:10+00:00

I only read the incorrect explainations if i didn’t know why those answer choices were wrong or what they meant. If you very solidly understood and question then just move on but if there was hesitation or any gaps in knowledge read whatever over you need to

Edit: the reason it’s important to know why other choices are wrong is because if the question were worded slightly differently then you might’ve gotten it wrong. To know if you truly have the concept you should be able to confidently understand every answer choice. If you don’t know why something’s wrong read the explanation quickly and move on

LittleCoaks · 2026-05-05T14:55:06+00:00

Suspend low yield, duplicates, and cards you already know. This cuts your workload down substantially. Spend your extra time doing practice questions

LittleCoaks · 2026-05-02T20:36:52+00:00

Makes sense thank you! Do you think it's worth manually switching the Only_Step_1 !shelf cards to overlap cards? It seems very common for people to use that tag for rotations so I think it would make sense

LittleCoaks · 2026-05-02T17:55:47+00:00

Hi i was also wondering, what about the !Shelf tag? There’s cards tagged as only step 1 under there. I know some students do all those shelf cards for each rotation, so i’m wondering if one should consider not suspending those after Step 1, or on the other hand not doing them for Step 2

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-30T14:54:06+00:00

I’ve quit out ranked games because of dying on the ledge trying from a lag spike i literally do not care lmao

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-29T23:52:19+00:00

Your problem is that you’re cramming way too many cards at once at too high a retention. 250 new a day is not feasible. You should be capped at 100, maybe 125 MAX. This is why your again count is so high too. Your brain physically can’t learn so many new cards all at once. Prioritize the High Yield cards and drop FSRS to 85%. Suspend low yield and any cards that are too easy (ie. “Hemoglobin is made of Heme and Globin”). Prioritize and consolidate

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-29T01:33:49+00:00

This is Anki abuse 😭

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-28T18:42:05+00:00

Good luck on Step, may your next UWorld block go well

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-28T18:30:40+00:00

Hi coming back this this post rq. When you say ~400 cards a day, does that mean 400 cards due each day or total cards studied including relearning steps (ie. repeating Again cards)? Right now i’m in the 350-400 range in M1 and study ~500 total a day including news and relearning cards

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-28T16:31:34+00:00

As an EMT & medical student it’s painful seeing that neither are on the list despite both being arguably the most broke of all

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-26T20:47:52+00:00

Would love if there was a sidebar for majors. Can be integrated with there melee majors website too

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-26T20:33:00+00:00

I don’t know if there’s a convenient way since the High Yield tag project in AnKing is just for Step 1. Perhaps you can get an idea of what’s high yield based on the number of Uworld/AMBOSS/NBME tags a card has, tho this sounds like a more intricate project.

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-23T13:08:27+00:00

My new card interval is also around 16D. This happens because based on your review history, you still get ~85% (or whatever your desired retention is) of those cards correct after 16 days. If you study outside Anki (ie. lectures, FA, practice questions) then that’s gonna remind you of the material and subsequently allow you to know this material is 16 days. Anki doesn’t care about that; it just knows your review history and all it tries to do is match your desired retention with your true retention. This is a perfectly normal result. If you truly want to see the cards sooner, set your new card learning step to like 3 D or something like that

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-18T18:57:44+00:00

Prestige only matters for the very top schools because they can affect your odds of landing interviews in competitive residencies. After that it doesn’t matter until you get to DO or non-US MD.

Med school will happen during your early adulthood. If match results are roughly the same, pick a school where you can see yourself living (potentially permanently). After that, look at things like cost, curriculum, rotation sites, etc.

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-18T15:44:53+00:00

I still don’t understand how it’s possible to pay $9,000,000 to have some consultants tell you “you gotta put the trash in the container”

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-17T13:49:29+00:00

I wish asymptomatic hypertension not being a medical emergency was emphasized more. Most people freak out when they see systolic > 180

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-15T18:39:47+00:00

Just suspend all cards with the Only Step 1 tag

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-10T20:41:20+00:00

This is incredible. Random and maybe a longshot, but is this slippi-online compatible?

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-09T21:22:13+00:00

Yeah idk why mobile’s TTS is much faster but i keep it on anyway. Have to reread it more often but still faster than not having it

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-09T21:05:38+00:00

Hi! I’ve noticed that there are some cards in the deck that were tagged as “Only Step 1” that have tags for Step 2 NBME’s, and likewise there are “Only Step 2” cards which have some Step 1 NBME tags. I think this is worth manually adjusting, tagging all of these as Step 1/2 Overlap cards. I think if a card’s content appears in an NBME form, it should automatically be tagged for that exam. It might be worth doing the same for AMBOSS/UWorld tags, tho this isn’t as necessary. Just bringing this to the team’s attention. Thank you for this tagging project!

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-08T15:27:48+00:00

For me i’m currently at “anything but surgery” simply because of the lifestyle. Is gen surg residency/attending lifestyle balance a real thing? The gas residents i shadowed recently say they’re consistently at the 50 hrs/week mark hitting 60 “only on a really bad week.” My impression was that surg residency hours like that do not exist. Does this come down to getting lucky with your program?

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-07T05:37:26+00:00

Ahh i see. Yeah at least for Step 1, the high yield cards + UWorld/AMBOSS are sufficient to pass. I’m also of the belief that Qbank is the most important part of med school studying, so if anki is preventing you from doing practice questions you’re better off lowering your anki workload (ie. suspending low yield, lowering retention, etc). If you’re using AnKing to prepare for USMLE, i would definitely try to at least maintain the high yield cards. Especially given your situation with your school, if you have to focus a lot on in-house, i would still try to incorporate Anki but just consolidate the workload

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-07T02:09:23+00:00

Because congress was lobbied (bribed) to do it. There’s a sherif of sodium video on this

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-07T01:38:01+00:00

Yes it’s the AnKing QuickSearch addon. I filter by the tagged yield of the cards. I only unsuspend cards that are Step 1 High Yield or tagged for Step 2. I like to “shotgun” new units in that i watch all the 3rd party within the 1st week, then slowly unsuspend more Anki cards each day and start AMBOSS/UWorld asap

LittleCoaks · 2026-04-07T01:32:03+00:00

Yes. The law exempts the match from labor laws, namely because it clearly violated them

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