), then I would wholeheartedly recommend it. As it stands I would say wait. Since we are getting close to your test date it might just not be worth switching.
If you're a DO, get firecracker DO lol. You can get either MD or DO there isn't a hybrid that I know of. I think DO just has the OMM stuff added in, and I'm not positive but there may or may not be a slightly different focus. If you're talking about MD/DO vs. legacy I'd still go with MD/DO (which is the newer user interface
Oh, you're right I think I got confused because firecracker DO has USMLE material in it. I guess my question was am I missing out on USMLE material by getting the DO version? I don't know if it contains ALL the MD material plus DO stuff or if they've cut out USMLE material to accommodate the COMLEX stuff. No doubt I want to do well on COMLEX but I really want to do an ACGME residency so my main focus is USMLE.
If it was the beginning I would say yes. But since it;s over midway through second year I think it'd be a detriment to you. There's just too much to cover even if you have a good grasp on the material
If you're a DO, get firecracker DO lol. You can get either MD or DO there isn't a hybrid that I know of. I think DO just has the OMM stuff added in, and I'm not positive but there may or may not be a slightly different focus. If you're talking about MD/DO vs. legacy I'd still go with MD/DO (which is the newer user interface
Banked means you have flagged and completed the questions for the topic in question. But seriously, it's January. Go climb a mountain or something
I picked MD just because they have USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 material, whereas DO only has COMLEX Lvl 1 material. I'm not sure how relevant that is for you, but I decided I could keep using FC throughout my third and four year to review relevant information for the rotations, so I wanted the Step 2 stuff as well.
Nice Work!!! Your killing me, I'm at 65% flagged and 31,000 total cards. Goals are to finish FC by March 15 and do 100,000 reviews by Step 1
Nice Work!!! Your killing me, I'm at 65% flagged and 31,000 total cards. Goals are to finish FC by March 15 and do 100,000 reviews by Step 1
Probably not enough data points yet to identify one. I'm sure if it is found to be a good predictor, they'd be the first to publish the data and let everyone know. I'd imagine they just don't know yet since it's relatively new (came out last summer?)Has anyone taken their Practice test for step 1 .. it is one of the standardized tests they are making which replicate the shelf exams... (This is not the Legacy QBank..it is a separate test series)
If anyone has used the practice test then please post your score here. I would really appreciate a correlation of sorts between this test and the final 3 digit score. FC in it's wisdom has not given a 3 digit correlation.
Yay! Thank you, Daitong. We quietly released our new notes experience today, but will be announcing all of its functionality in the morning. Would love everyone's thoughts on this.
I'm back! Yes, we are. The goal is to introduce an Anki-esque snooze feature before the end of February, which will allow you to shuffle a card back into your review session to randomly see again (you can snooze as many times as you'd like, and we'll only record the final review score for the question). Shortly after, we're going to introduce a post review session summary, from which you can relaunch review of questions from different review scores, meaning you could relaunch all the questions you had absolutely no clue on.
Yes - at the top left of a snoozed card will be a little indicator that says 'Previously Snoozed'. It'll be nearly impossible to miss. As for the intervals, they will be much shorter than that; based on all of the feedback we've received, I believe the ballpark will be something more along the lines of a random number of cards between 5 and 15 later.
Whoa, that's odd. I'll chat with my engineering team tomorrow. Maybe they'll have an idea. Sit tight.
Hmm... good questions. I'm going to ask one of our content editors to hop in and give some feedback on this. They're more qualified to respond, and you all will just laugh at me if I try to play med student for even 2 seconds.
I have all of anatomy flagged but I did it during first year when we had anatomy. You might think something is low yield (and technically it is) but if you miss a question on it on step 1, you'll be pissed you didn't do it. I understand what you're saying though. I think firecracker is nearly comprehensive and recently people have said UWorld and FA aren't really enough, so I've stuck with it. I've had it flagged so long though I rarely see it.
I can't wait. I'm really excited. These features make my life way easier. If I'm ever in Boston I'm hitting you up and buying you a drink (assuming this comes out on time !).
Any med students who are in/come to Boston, drinks are on me. (And challenge accepted!)
Honestly, this comes down to a question of personal motivation: Will you feel demotivated/defeated if you fail to reach your goal card count some days? If so, perhaps you should change your goal score. However, I would suggest not doing that. Here's why:
I think I have mine at 250 but I don't remember. I honestly don't think the score changes your card about by much if at all (at least in my experimentation). Right now I have like 235/day, but once I finish flagging I'll probably ramp my review questions up since I won't be spending so much time flagging. 180 review cards should take about an hour/slightly over so if you can keep up with that you should be fine.
