Which zanki subjects are overkill/not worth finishing?

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We did our foundations courses last semester (biochem/molecular genetics/histo/biostats/etc) and recently switched to systems based Physiol this semester. I noticed a huge change in how effective zanki is and Im not sure if its because the biochem deck is very dense or if this block (cardio) just aligns more with bnb+costanzo. I try to do all of my reviews for all fo the decks and chip away at biochem but it seems to be a big task and I have heard that it may be too dense for what we need. I have matured about 33% of the deck with about 60% being buried/unseen still. Ihave heard similar thinks about the neuro deck but have heard it is pretty awesome if you get through all of it so I'm planning on doing that during our block. Which are the subdecks that should be cut short when it comes to time?

Right now my general flow is: do reviews, read costanzo, watch BnB video based on that subject, unsuspend zanki. Do new. Wait for class lectures to pile up (since our lectures go out of order compared to costanzo) and skim those for the content not covered in other resources. Make cards on those. Repeat process until right before the exam then go through workshops, continue with zanki, and then read FA for that subject to make sure I've hit all the main points.

 

[slowthai]

Yeah, I've heard they're both overkill, especially biochem. For biochem, the stuff that's high yield is the path stuff, so stuff like the lysosomal/glycogen storage diseases, the urea cycle, and vitamin deficiencies. Someone posted a bare bones version that eliminated 1000+ cards on reddit. I'm using that and then doing the rest of the metabolism stuff after I finish everything else in Zanki because I'm paranoid, lol.

 

[TakotsuboOkazaki]

Zanki neuro was pretty thorough.

Biochemistry is an actual nightmare. Learning pathways piecemeal is no way to live.

 

[4thtimeretaker]

We did our foundations courses last semester (biochem/molecular genetics/histo/biostats/etc) and recently switched to systems based Physiol this semester. I noticed a huge change in how effective zanki is and Im not sure if its because the biochem deck is very dense or if this block (cardio) just aligns more with bnb+costanzo. I try to do all of my reviews for all fo the decks and chip away at biochem but it seems to be a big task and I have heard that it may be too dense for what we need. I have matured about 33% of the deck with about 60% being buried/unseen still. Ihave heard similar thinks about the neuro deck but have heard it is pretty awesome if you get through all of it so I'm planning on doing that during our block. Which are the subdecks that should be cut short when it comes to time?

Right now my general flow is: do reviews, read costanzo, watch BnB video based on that subject, unsuspend zanki. Do new. Wait for class lectures to pile up (since our lectures go out of order compared to costanzo) and skim those for the content not covered in other resources. Make cards on those. Repeat process until right before the exam then go through workshops, continue with zanki, and then read FA for that subject to make sure I've hit all the main points.

How frequent are your exams? I want to do something similar and have been afraid to start Zanki. We recently start Neuro block and the deck is intimidating and I'm not sure where to start since everything doesn't align and its 2.5K cards. How many hours do you spend on Zanki/studying?

 

[4thtimeretaker]

Zanki neuro was pretty thorough.

Biochemistry is an actual nightmare. Learning pathways piecemeal is no way to live.

How did you attack Zanki Neuro? How many new cards did you try to do daily?

 

[Cranjis McBasketball]

How did you attack Zanki Neuro? How many new cards did you try to do daily?

Its a beast but worth it. We did neuro about a year ago and thats been my best subject on practice questions and stuff. Its just so thorough that it ends up just drilling the information into your head.

 

[TakotsuboOkazaki]

How did you attack Zanki Neuro? How many new cards did you try to do daily?

100 per day over a 9 week neuro/psych block. It was rought. Reviews were stacking 5-600/day at the end of it.

 

[deleted979887]

We did our foundations courses last semester (biochem/molecular genetics/histo/biostats/etc) and recently switched to systems based Physiol this semester. I noticed a huge change in how effective zanki is and Im not sure if its because the biochem deck is very dense or if this block (cardio) just aligns more with bnb+costanzo. I try to do all of my reviews for all fo the decks and chip away at biochem but it seems to be a big task and I have heard that it may be too dense for what we need. I have matured about 33% of the deck with about 60% being buried/unseen still. Ihave heard similar thinks about the neuro deck but have heard it is pretty awesome if you get through all of it so I'm planning on doing that during our block. Which are the subdecks that should be cut short when it comes to time?

Right now my general flow is: do reviews, read costanzo, watch BnB video based on that subject, unsuspend zanki. Do new. Wait for class lectures to pile up (since our lectures go out of order compared to costanzo) and skim those for the content not covered in other resources. Make cards on those. Repeat process until right before the exam then go through workshops, continue with zanki, and then read FA for that subject to make sure I've hit all the main points.

Hey man I had a couple questions, could I PM you?

 

[Steve_Zissou]

Yeah, I've heard they're both overkill, especially biochem. For biochem, the stuff that's high yield is the path stuff, so stuff like the lysosomal/glycogen storage diseases, the urea cycle, and vitamin deficiencies. Someone posted a bare bones version that eliminated 1000+ cards on reddit. I'm using that and then doing the rest of the metabolism stuff after I finish everything else in Zanki because I'm paranoid, lol.

Could you post a link to the shortened deck? Working through 2200 biochem cards for minute reactions that are unlikely to be tested does not sound like fun to me.

 

[slowthai]

Could you post a link to the shortened deck? Working through 2200 biochem cards for minute reactions that are unlikely to be tested does not sound like fun to me.

Sure. Here ya go

 

[idkididk]

Soon the answer will be All of it

 

[Steve_Zissou]

Does anyone know of an edited/shorter neuro section or is it worth it to go through all the kaplan cards?

 

[slowthai]

Does anyone know of an edited/shorter neuro section or is it worth it to go through all the kaplan cards?

Yeah I feel you, lol. Everyone on reddit's saying that neuro's been their strongest section in qbanks all because of Zanki. It guess it's just that comprehensive.

 

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Does anyone know of an edited/shorter neuro section or is it worth it to go through all the kaplan cards?

So far doing doing usmlerx and uworld, neuro is by far my best subject and its only because of that zanki deck. Its worth it

 

[Steve_Zissou]

So far doing doing usmlerx and uworld, neuro is by far my best subject and its only because of that zanki deck. Its worth it

I'll do it, but I won't like it. So damn tedious.

 

[Cranjis McBasketball]

I'll do it, but I won't like it. So damn tedious.

You'll do it and you'll like it..