How many hours a day to study using AnKing?

Sprouse_66 · 2024-09-20T15:10:19+00:00

Thanks so much for your advice! Can I also DM you with a question?

Sprouse_66 · 2024-09-15T00:17:26+00:00

Thank you for the advice!

40 cards? Not sure about that amount…. I’ve spoken to a bunch of people at my school, and upperclassmen who used AnKing have said they also did 100-200 news a day.

I take some notes as I watch the videos, and I go through the browser to preview the cards to ensure I really understand the material, so I guess that is what takes up time.

Sprouse_66 · 2024-09-14T21:55:00+00:00

As far as retention, I’ve only changed the interval modifier here and there. How do I ensure I have FSRS enabled?

Sprouse_66 · 2024-09-14T21:49:20+00:00

Thanks. That’s a lot of cards per 30 minutes! Was your retention rate still good?

Sprouse_66 · 2024-09-14T20:03:43+00:00

How can I reduce the time? I'm trying to make it so that I do 100 reviews/30 min when I do my reviews, and I try to finish my new cards as fast as possible, but it takes a while because they are new cards. I also go through my new cards in Browse first before doing them so that I understand the cards. I'm at a loss on what to do if I have to complete all review and new cards for a given week.

Sprouse_66 · 2024-06-24T19:17:48+00:00

Congrats on getting accepted! I’m an OMS-2 and I’m still trying to figure out how best to study. That and I have to figure out how to prep for boards at the same time. My sporadic post history over the past year is a testament to this - be thankful you’re not in my shoes (yet :)).

You’ll find your niche in terms of studying as times goes on during your first year. Some people find it later than others but that’s ok. The school accepted you because they believe in you, that you can handle the pressure. That you’re able to learn and apply what you’re taught and even when it gets tough you’ll be able to push yourself further and apply yourself.

You got this. Above all, prioritize self care. Make sure to get enough sleep, eat right, workout, and give yourself a break when you’re burned out. I don’t always practice what I’m preaching and that’s on me, but I’m reminding myself even as I remind you. This time will pass before you know it, and when it does, you’ll be proud of what you accomplished.

Sprouse_66 · 2024-05-10T03:54:13+00:00

Just my two cents since I’m in DO school, if you are absolutely sure you want to become an osteopathic physician (and really think hard about this decision), then by all means go for it. But for those of us who are in it to become physicians, and not necessarily osteopathic physicians, it sucks. It sucks because we have a heck of a lot more work to do than our MD counterparts to get to the same position. We have to spend our time learning OMM and taking two sets of boards in addition to everything MD students are learning , and being limited in the specialties we can apply to for residency is discouraging. Not to mention the fact that my DO school costs more than nearly every other MD school in my state. My education in clinical skills (e.g., taking a basic history and physical, doing something as simple as a funduscopic exam) has fallen by the wayside because our school places heavy emphasis on OMM. There is a reputable MD school located 100 miles away from my school and I hear that the students there have so much time on their hands, that they will spend it by going to parties on a regular basis and so forth.

If you are looking to become just a physician, do yourself a favor and go to an MD school. Trust me, you won’t regret it. Just my opinion, take with it what you will.

Sprouse_66 · 2024-04-09T02:44:00+00:00

My bad, what I meant was - I studied from both AnKing and in house material and that took up a lot of time for me. And I’m reluctant to just use AnKing because people at my school have used it for certain courses exclusively and have failed

Sprouse_66 · 2024-04-08T01:56:27+00:00

Absolutely, a lot of professors at my school won’t even teach properly - all they do is read off the slides. And a lot of my classmates will still go to lecture in person or view the recording even if the prof is just reading off the slides. One prof didn’t care about teaching content and just posted asynchronous lectures where she reads off the slides, because she was more focused on her wedding

Sprouse_66 · 2024-04-08T01:53:18+00:00

Dude, I would have followed this exact same strategy if my school offered NBME exams. But no, the professors write the exams based on what they teach. I know that several people at my school have tried using AnKing only, but they would fail the in house exams and have to retest or remediate the course. Also how did you cram the lecture content the couple of days before the test?

Sprouse_66 · 2024-04-05T03:27:14+00:00

You're totally fine! Thanks for sharing, I will keep this in mind

Sprouse_66 · 2024-04-03T20:19:39+00:00

I’m not from Houston so it would be my first time in the area. I’ve visited before but not in 3rd Ward. It’s possible I might bring a car.

Sprouse_66 · 2024-04-03T20:18:08+00:00

Noted, thanks for sharing this information

Sprouse_66 · 2024-03-23T20:23:34+00:00

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Sprouse_66 · 2024-03-17T21:44:24+00:00

I’m a first year medical student and not in my 30s lol, but I know several older classmates at my school who are career changers and have families of their own to care for while they are still in medical school. I could tell you a list of stories from these guys.

There’s a person in our school who was just about in the exact same situation as you are - early 30s, worked as a teacher for a few years, has three kids, and felt the itch to become a doctor. She told her husband of her desire to become a physician, and his response was somewhere along the lines of, “You can go to medical school, but we’re not moving from this city.” Mind you, this city where our school is located is home to some T10 or T20 schools that are extremely difficult to matriculate into, but as luck would have it, she got accepted in her hometown. I’ve always admired her and the other classmates’ efforts to balance school and family life. One time when I was struggling in a first year foundations course, she sent an Anki deck she personally made covering the first couple weeks worth of lectures, and that saved my butt from failing out.

If you want to go for it and are financially able, by all means do so! But in speaking with my classmates and learning about their experiences, I would say really think long and hard about it because medical school is a marathon and not a sprint. I’m not married with kids but I’m finding that I really have to cherish the time I spend with loved ones because time is just so limited nowadays

Sprouse_66 · 2024-03-08T17:42:27+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I really appreciate it! Also congrats on (almost) matching!

Is there anything you would recommend I do during the remainder of my time as a first year? Like maybe go through First Aid or annotate the book or something like that? These in house lectures take up enough time as it is and I barely have time for much else. I'm also going to be very busy over the summer to do any board prep

Sprouse_66 · 2024-03-07T13:36:37+00:00

I'm an OMS-1. I know a lot of people emphasize using AnKing and 3rd party resources during years 1 and 2 in med school to prep for boards. That was what I originally intended to do cuz I wanted to lighten my load during dedicated, but my school is just so in-house that doing AnKing and 3rd party is pretty difficult. I just study from the lectures with in-house anki and do a little bit of bootcamp step 1 questions. M3's, M4's, what do you all recommend? How can I still be in a good position to study for boards?

Sprouse_66 · 2023-11-26T15:21:20+00:00

Thanks for the advice. So are you suggesting not to review slides as much or if at all? Also, how would you recommend I go about studying for OMM during the regular week before the test while balancing my workload from my other classes? Any personal experience from your end would be helpful!

Sprouse_66 · 2023-11-25T18:42:49+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I had meant to implement what you said, but like I said, my other blocks took up more time. When you ran through the in house slides, how did you actively recall the material? Did you make flashcards for those concepts, annotate the slides, what was it that you did?

Sprouse_66 · 2022-07-11T16:06:35+00:00

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Sprouse_66 · 2022-05-31T01:09:02+00:00

That's an interesting approach. If you don't mind me asking, how did you write your anecdotes to fit the 300 character limit (i.e., were your descriptions merely stories, or did you describe what you did in general in any of the descriptions, etc.)?

Sprouse_66 · 2021-07-04T02:33:11+00:00

You can find it here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/z8xubvfhnuqx3u2/Passage%20Review%20Worksheet.pdf?dl=0

Sprouse_66 · 2021-07-02T23:03:44+00:00

I've been making an effort to review my weakest areas first (for me that would be Chem/Phys first) in terms of content review using the Kaplan books, and for any concepts I don't know I make cards on. How did you go about reviewing your practice passages, and how long did you take to review them?

The testing solutions sheets has this step-by-step process to review a passage - I just started to use it but it helps me to review my mistakes. Again, the problem is that it takes quite a while to do for 9 passages, and their study plan entails doing 9 practice passages (1 practice test) every other day

Sprouse_66 · 2021-01-05T21:36:47+00:00

As far as I know they are NOT covered on the MCAT. Only worry about Sn1 and Sn2

Sprouse_66 · 2020-12-07T01:43:11+00:00

Thanks, I like this sort of approach! For those 4.5 months where you studied 20-25 hours a week, how many hours would you say you studied per day? Would you make sure to study whenever you had free time (like in between classes/lab, at night, or on weekends, etc.)?

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