What you said is pretty much what I do, unsuspend as I cover class material and if something seems relevant but was not explicitly covered in class I still unsuspend it
Just curious but why did you stop? Did the number of reviews become unsustainable?
I read too many posts on SDN of people saying studying during summer of M1 was unnecessary.
Sketchy path is hit or miss. A guy in my class swears by it but I'm not a fan tbh. I think it's worth a trial to see if you like it but pathoma/bnb is more than enough.
I'm also an incoming MS1 and was planning on going this route of only unsuspending cards relevant to the block. My question is, when you go through the deck, do you go through it card by card to see if it's stuff you need to know or do you just unsuspend the whole sub-deck?
It really depends. I use the AnKing deck, so I tend to use the tags to find cards and go through those one at a time, but I also search key words to find relevant material, and I usually don’t unsuspended cards until after I have covered it in class, so I’ve at least had one pass of the material before I start doing cards on it
A lot of this you will have to figure out based on what your school is like. Now that step is P/F there's less pressure to be getting FA decks early on. You will have to see what works for you come M1 year
Also worried I get too lax then we find out that when they said "This policy will take effect no earlier than January 1, 2022" they don't implement it until the next cycle then we're all screwed.
Do you think it's a waste of time to make your own decks? Is Zanki/Anking generally similar enough to class material that you can study for class with the pre-made decks and learn anything not in them through PPT's/lectures and not waste time on making decks.
Again, it really depends on your school. For my lectures, it was easier for me to just make my own cards rather than go through and unsuspend stuff. I also find that I remember things better when there are different formats for the slides. FA all looks the same, but I like the variety from all the different lecturers.
Anki/Anking is basically the high-yield clearly explained parts of any organ system. Studying it won't hurt because it will give you a good foundation. The best thing u can do is reach out to upperclassmen who took the class and ask them which subjects didn't focus on board material. Also always finish ur anki cards a week before the exam to hammer class-specific practice questions and fill in the class-specific info, not in zanki which can be a lot depending on the class.
I still made my own decks, but that’s going to be specific to your school and how much useless bs your professors will make you learn. So I would make decks and unsuspend for a class, then after a class ended I would just continue doing my Zanki cards and forget about the decks I made
Some schools don't use first 2 year grades for AOA so double check on that.
Some professors test on astonishingly low yield details that necessitate either making your own cards or asking a friend to hook it up with their class deck. You can comfortably make that determination when you look at their lecture slides or reflect on past quiz/exam questions.
