Should I continue doing psych MCAT flashcards even after MCAT

[Imaginarydoc]

Hello, I received my MCAT score back and I am happy with my score and am not planning on retaking. I wanted to continue doing my Biology Anki cards (as they are like 60 a day and not that much) but I wanted to know if I should also continue doing my psych ones. Is there any of the psych material I need to know for medical school or the step exams?


Thank you.

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[stew_md]

PLEASE, take a break. If you are happy with your score don't keep studying. A good chunk of the material on the mcat will not be necessary to know for medical school. Focus on the other areas of your application that need attention.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Why are you still doing MCAT cards? Basically none of that stuff is relevant to being a doctor. Or matching dermatology.

If you’re going to be a gunner, go add the AnKing cards that match up with biochem because it’s fresh.

But I would advise you to go have some fun and relax. You’re about to work 80ish hours a week for the next 7+ years. Go talk to your mom

 

[AJS59]

With all due respect go do literally anything else. Studying before med school is pointless.

If you're really that desperate to learn then by all means crack open a path or pharm textbook and read, but there is no "advantage" you can build yourself in medical school at this point. The volume of material is simply too much. If you want to be a gunner, then go maximize your research output or start a charity or something.

 

[Imaginarydoc]

Why are you still doing MCAT cards? Basically none of that stuff is relevant to being a doctor. Or matching dermatology.

If you’re going to be a gunner, go add the AnKing cards that match up with biochem because it’s fresh.

But I would advise you to go have some fun and relax. You’re about to work 80ish hours a week for the next 7+ years. Go talk to your mom

I have a couple of friends who are in med school, and they would tell me how they forgot the very basic bio stuff (nothing super important), but I thought it might be good idea to continue doing at least the my biology cards (again its very little and takes me like maybe 30 min). So you say they aren't worth doing? Not even the biology/biochem ones?


So my logic was that if these stuff are going to come back, I rather spend a little bit of time everyday to not forget rather than to re study them all over again. But non of my friends have taken the step exams so I wasn't sure if any of those show up there.

Also thank you for your response.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I agree with everyone else... there's no benefit to pre-studying for medical school.

If they forgot things in biology that weren't super important, were they worth remembering? If it were important, you'll refresh your memory about how many ATPs are produced for every turn of the Krebs cycle. Unless you decided to tattoo it on your body somewhere... (points back at GIF).

 

[Hollow Knight]

A lot of the super niche stuff from college biology is good to have a background, but actually having it memorized isn’t worth it.

If you have cards over like the Krebs’ cycle, beta oxidation, OK, maybe. You’ll have to relearn that stuff in med school anyway.

But again, I’d use that time to chill. And honesty I was working with a geneticist recently (the kind of doctor who arguably needs that biochem knowledge the most) and he didn’t have those pathways memorized. I honesty don’t know why we still make med students do it, but it is what it is.

If you’re gonna do cards, do AnKing cards, not whatever you did for the MCAT.

 

[Imaginarydoc]

A lot of the super niche stuff from college biology is good to have a background, but actually having it memorized isn’t worth it.

If you have cards over like the Krebs’ cycle, beta oxidation, OK, maybe. You’ll have to relearn that stuff in med school anyway.

But again, I’d use that time to chill. And honesty I was working with a geneticist recently (the kind of doctor who arguably needs that biochem knowledge the most) and he didn’t have those pathways memorized. I honesty don’t know why we still make med students do it, but it is what it is.

If you’re gonna do cards, do AnKing cards, not whatever you did for the MCAT.

Got it thank you so much for the feedback.