STEP 1 study during summer research

[little_giant]

How do you all have time to study for STEP 1 during the summer?
I havent been able to start STEP 1 studying bc our curriculum is graded and AOA seems to matter more than a P/F STEP 1 for residency. Yet looking at the vast amount of material covered in STEP 1 makes it seem like I have to get started right now regardless of it being P/F.

I'm currently doing summer research in basic science and don't have much time to do zanki cards during work time (9am-6:30pm), and when I get home and workout/make dinner it's already 9pm earliest to start doing anything else. Meaning I have about 3.5 hours of free time per day.

How do you guys do it? I'm still putting it off bc Im exhausted after research but knowing I wont be able to study STEP during most of MS2 also is frustrating.

How do you get started? I'm watching BNB videos and trying to unsuspend the corresponding zanki cards, but zanki has cards that also come from other resources which I don't use so BNB doesnt correspond 100% with the all cards so I'm straight learning / re-memorizing material from the cards not the videos.

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[deleted1064759]

How do you get started? I'm watching BNB videos and trying to unsuspend the corresponding zanki cards, but zanki has cards that also come from other resources which I don't use so BNB doesnt correspond 100% with the all cards so I'm straight learning / re-memorizing material from the cards not the videos.

Have you matured most of the deck? I've found that maturing most of a comprehensive deck is where things start coming together. Or at least actively going through the cards and trying to piece things together. Chasing down each individual resource in Zanki doesn't seem efficient.

 

[little_giant]

Have you matured most of the deck? I've found that maturing most of a comprehensive deck is where things start coming together. Or at least actively going through the cards and trying to piece things together. Chasing down each individual resource in Zanki doesn't seem efficient.

No I just started so still in the process of maturing the decks. Since the cards are so short I can't put it into context that well so it feels like I'm just regurgitating facts.

So if you dont chase down each individual resource, do you sort of go in blind into the Zanki cards without watching the video or resource the card was made from? Have the Zanki as the primary study material and watch a video or use First Aid as a supplement?

 

[djiboutiman]

I do maybe an hour/day of Step studying, trying to utilize my lunch break or else I try to do it right after I finish my research work for the day. Since you’re using BbB as your primary resource why don't you try light year instead of Anking? The light year cards are also more of a front/back style as opposed to the cloze deletion Anking cards.Here’s the link to the original lightyear:



Other decks have been made from this deck that incorporate more material. But this is probably the one that follow BnB the most.

 

[little_giant]

I do maybe an hour/day of Step studying, trying to utilize my lunch break or else I try to do it right after I finish my research work for the day. Since you’re using BbB as your primary resource why don't you try light year instead of Anking? The light year cards are also more of a front/back style as opposed to the cloze deletion Anking cards.Here’s the link to the original lightyear:



Other decks have been made from this deck that incorporate more material. But this is probably the one that follow BnB the most.

Thank you so much!! Is Lightyear fully comprehensive for STEP? aka doesnt leave out any subjects

 

[SweetBurger]

Thank you so much!! Is Lightyear fully comprehensive for STEP? aka doesnt leave out any subjects

Ive heard it does a decent job. People might disagree but you simply wont know everything so even if a few topics are missed you will live. Also maturing 22000 cards is no joke lmao.

 

[little_giant]

Ive heard it does a decent job. People might disagree but you simply wont know everything so even if a few topics are missed you will live. Also maturing 22000 cards is no joke lmao.

22,000 sounds much better than the 30,000 in zanki!

 

[Musty Goose]

Lightyear is a good deck and was a solid competitor with Zanki but once Anking started reorganizing the entire the Zanki deck it's become far better than lightyear imo. Also I personally like cloze style more than lightyear's flashcards. Anking cards are also organized by videos (both bnb and pathoma) and have lot of useful information on the back side that provides additional explanations.

 

[little_giant]

Lightyear is a good deck and was a solid competitor with Zanki but once Anking started reorganizing the entire the Zanki deck it's become far better than lightyear imo. Also I personally like cloze style more than lightyear's flashcards. Anking cards are also organized by videos (both bnb and pathoma) and have lot of useful information on the back side that provides additional explanations.

I agree that Anking is the best but with my late start and limited time to study Anking bc of my non P/F curriculum, I was trying to see the most time efficient way to study for STEP. Thought I just read on reddit that even though STEP is P/F, someone still gets the 3# score?

 

[Musty Goose]

I agree that Anking is the best but with my late start and limited time to study Anking bc of my non P/F curriculum, I was trying to see the most time efficient way to study for STEP. Thought I just read on reddit that even though STEP is P/F, someone still gets the 3# score?

True but Anking's bnb deck is about 22.9k cards and you could sprinkle in pathoma and FA to supplement gaps? No idea about scores but I would be curious to know what it is even if its not reported to PDs

 

[TelemarketingEnigma]

I thought this was going to be an MS2 asking if they could manage research in dedicated, but it sounds like you're an MS1? If you want to be grinding now, you do you - for some people that's what they need. But I just want to tell you that you're not necessarily behind at all!! myself and many people I know didn't spend our whole M1 summer grinding for step and that was with a scored exam, its gonna be okay

knowing I wont be able to study STEP during most of MS2 also is frustrating.

why not? Ideally, any studying you're doing in MS2 is studying for step, unless your school's curriculum is entirely underwater basket weaving or something... A lot of people ease their way into step by incorporating various study resources into whatever studying they are doing for their classes, then just ramping up the intensity/breadth as you approach dedicated

 

[little_giant]

I thought this was going to be an MS2 asking if they could manage research in dedicated, but it sounds like you're an MS1? If you want to be grinding now, you do you - for some people that's what they need. But I just want to tell you that you're not necessarily behind at all!! myself and many people I know didn't spend our whole M1 summer grinding for step and that was with a scored exam, its gonna be okay


why not? Ideally, any studying you're doing in MS2 is studying for step, unless your school's curriculum is entirely underwater basket weaving or something... A lot of people ease their way into step by incorporating various study resources into whatever studying they are doing for their classes, then just ramping up the intensity/breadth as you approach dedicated

Thank you for this! I'm a rising MS2 now and just being faced with terms I learned months ago but forgot now is frustrating!