Anki with short blocks

[Osteosaur]

---

Members don't see this ad.

Once I started using Anki I found M1 got a lot easier making my own cards. We had a classical curriculum with exams every 3-5 weeks. It worked great. I regularly scored above average and was fine with that.

Now that I'm in M2 with Path and Pharm we have exams every 2 weeks on a friday. I am not feeling so good about my latest exam. I feel like I barely got to learn the information from Monday/Wednesday. There is a premade deck of cards made by previous students I thought I might try, but its got about 1000 cards per block. It seems like a lot. I guess this is curriculum specific to an extent, but I'm wondering if its just not meant for this sort of situation or if you guys have found it doable. Making my own cards while watching lectures did eat up a bit of time so I'll have that back.

Just bummed about that first set of exams I guess.

 

[MakeLifeHappen13]

Save yourself the time and use pre-made decks like Zanki or Lightyear. Draw cards from those decks that match up with what you're learning and add a few professor specific cards if needed. This is what I did during second year and I did better than first year, where I was using a similar system to yours.

 

[Medic741]

Once I started using Anki I found M1 got a lot easier making my own cards. We had a classical curriculum with exams every 3-5 weeks. It worked great. I regularly scored above average and was fine with that.

Now that I'm in M2 with Path and Pharm we have exams every 2 weeks on a friday. I am not feeling so good about my latest exam. I feel like I barely got to learn the information from Monday/Wednesday. There is a premade deck of cards made by previous students I thought I might try, but its got about 1000 cards per block. It seems like a lot. I guess this is curriculum specific to an extent, but I'm wondering if its just not meant for this sort of situation or if you guys have found it doable. Making my own cards while watching lectures did eat up a bit of time so I'll have that back.

Just bummed about that first set of exams I guess.

Check out Firecracker — the premade cards got me through M2

 

[Osteosaur]

Save yourself the time and use pre-made decks like Zanki or Lightyear. Draw cards from those decks that match up with what you're learning and add a few professor specific cards if needed. This is what I did during second year and I did better than first year, where I was using a similar system to yours.

How did you prepare for exams?

Did you just watch the lecture once? Do Anki AND review notes for the lectures? Pure anki?

And thanks!

 

[wanderingorion]

How did you prepare for exams?

Did you just watch the lecture once? Do Anki AND review notes for the lectures? Pure anki?

And thanks!

I switched from self-made cards to Zanki during 2nd year, watched the lectures once, and reviewed notes before the final. Anki was helpful in preventing me from doing the usual "in one ear, out the other" process that happens with so much information

 

[deleted600623]

YouTube the Anking. It’s gold.

 

[MakeLifeHappen13]

How did you prepare for exams?

Did you just watch the lecture once? Do Anki AND review notes for the lectures? Pure anki?

And thanks!

Watched the B&B videos for the block I was in and then did the corresponding anki cards from Lightyear. Then weekend before exam I would quickly go through lecture material and make a few extra professor specific cards that were not in B&B/Lightyear.

Most of the time B&B covered 90% of material that was in my lectures and covered it better + other HY things professors skip over.

Same thing can be done with Zanki + Anking tag overhaul

 

[Osteosaur]

Watched the B&B videos for the block I was in and then did the corresponding anki cards from Lightyear. Then weekend before exam I would quickly go through lecture material and make a few extra professor specific cards that were not in B&B/Lightyear.

Most of the time B&B covered 90% of material that was in my lectures and covered it better + other HY things professors skip over.

Same thing can be done with Zanki + Anking tag overhaul

I'll try that. Honestly I am just sorta done with notetaking. I've often felt it is a distraction rather than productive, but i always worry. Sounds like maybe its fine.

 

[7331poas]

You should be able to do 1000 cards in a week to 10 days max.

 

[deleted600623]

You should be able to do 1000 cards in a week to 10 days max.

New or reviews?

 

[7331poas]

New or reviews?

news.

You should be able to do 1000 reviews in a day.

 

[Chelsea FC]

news.

You should be able to do 1000 reviews in a day.

Most people cant do this for a sustained time.

 

[wanderingorion]

Most people cant do this for a sustained time.

THis always occurred towards the end of each block. Doing 900 reviews. 2-3+ hours a day doing cards. Was rough

 

[deleted600623]

news.

You should be able to do 1000 reviews in a day.

That’s what I was hoping you meant.

 

[7331poas]

Most people cant do this for a sustained time.

If you get good then you should be able to do 1000 reviews in about 3 hours or less. Give yourself another 2 hours for new cards then you day is done. More than reasonable.