Is it feasible to mature all of Zanki Step 2 in the second half of 3rd year?

[confusedpremed12345]

Hey all! I'm a 3rd-year med student. I am halfway through my clerkships (done with 4 out of 8) and I used Anki for all my clerkships so far in 3rd year except for IM (crazy I know, but there were just too many cards and I got overwhelmed and threw out the whole thing). I want to get back into using it and also review cards from old blocks in preparation for Step 2. Is it feasible for me to mature the full Step 2 deck in the second half of the year?

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[Schwifty]

Hey all! I'm a 3rd-year med student. I am halfway through my clerkships (done with 4 out of 8) and I used Anki for all my clerkships so far in 3rd year except for IM (crazy I know, but there were just too many cards and I got overwhelmed and threw out the whole thing). I want to get back into using it and also review cards from old blocks in preparation for Step 2. Is it feasible for me to mature the full Step 2 deck in the second half of the year?

How many cards is it? If it’s <10k I would say yes you could do it. I matured about 15k cards in 6 months when studying for step 1, but doing it while on rotations would be tough.

 

[confusedpremed12345]

How many cards is it? If it’s <10k I would say yes you could do it. I matured about 15k cards in 6 months when studying for step 1, but doing it while on rotations would be tough.

It's 12K

 

[KirksvilleKrunk]

Sounds really hard with rotations going on, and you'd get burned out quickly. Best bet is try just Zanki Step 2 deck, not Dorian. Dorian is too big and better for wards/pimping. Whereas Zanki step 2 is UW based, and UW is golden for step 2 (moreso than it was for step 1 even)

 

[Schwifty]

It's 12K

Yeah 12K is a lot, I would just try and do as many as you can and just make sure you get through all of UW.

 

[confusedpremed12345]

Sounds really hard with rotations going on, and you'd get burned out quickly. Best bet is try just Zanki Step 2 deck, not Dorian. Dorian is too big and better for wards/pimping. Whereas Zanki step 2 is UW based, and UW is golden for step 2 (moreso than it was for step 1 even)

Is the Anking deck the Dorian one?

 

[KirksvilleKrunk]

Is the Anking deck the Dorian one?

It has both Dorian and Zanki step 2 in there. So yeah A LOT of cards. Dorian is like 10k and Zanki is like 6k.

 

[confusedpremed12345]

It has both Dorian and Zanki step 2 in there. So yeah A LOT of cards. Dorian is like 10k and Zanki is like 6k.

Ohh ok that explains it. I'll try your suggestion. 6K cards seems a lot more reasonable. Thanks!