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Hi all
I’m a current M2 and I’m planning on taking USMLE this June. During first year, I didn’t know how to use anki correctly (tried making my own cards, didn’t keep up, used custom study instead of the algorithm, etc.). At the start of M2 I started to do it correctly (kind of) - I did my cards every day and used Anking, but I stopped doing my cards after I took the exam.
Flash forward to now. I started up again about 2 weeks ago and I’m pretty much starting fresh. I wasn’t keeping up with last semesters cards like I should’ve, so I wound up suspending them. The problem now is that I’m 6 months out from STEP. I started going back and reviewing/unsuspending cards from first year. My goal was to watch videos and unsuspend the cards so that my May (start of dedicated) I’d have the entire deck unsuspended.
This is quickly becoming overwhelming. I have been doing over 1000 cards per day (probably 500ish reviews and 250ish new). Note: this is with also unsuspending and reviewing cards for my current semester - I’m basically doubling my workload by starting fresh on old stuff and current stuff. Each day, the reviews pile up. I have no idea if this is going to be sustainable or if I’ll be able to finish the deck in time for boards.
What do I do?!? I don’t want to stop anki completely because I can’t see myself remembering all of this without it. I’m getting really anxious and don’t know how to go about this.
I’m a current M2 and I’m planning on taking USMLE this June. During first year, I didn’t know how to use anki correctly (tried making my own cards, didn’t keep up, used custom study instead of the algorithm, etc.). At the start of M2 I started to do it correctly (kind of) - I did my cards every day and used Anking, but I stopped doing my cards after I took the exam.
Flash forward to now. I started up again about 2 weeks ago and I’m pretty much starting fresh. I wasn’t keeping up with last semesters cards like I should’ve, so I wound up suspending them. The problem now is that I’m 6 months out from STEP. I started going back and reviewing/unsuspending cards from first year. My goal was to watch videos and unsuspend the cards so that my May (start of dedicated) I’d have the entire deck unsuspended.
This is quickly becoming overwhelming. I have been doing over 1000 cards per day (probably 500ish reviews and 250ish new). Note: this is with also unsuspending and reviewing cards for my current semester - I’m basically doubling my workload by starting fresh on old stuff and current stuff. Each day, the reviews pile up. I have no idea if this is going to be sustainable or if I’ll be able to finish the deck in time for boards.
What do I do?!? I don’t want to stop anki completely because I can’t see myself remembering all of this without it. I’m getting really anxious and don’t know how to go about this.