All of zanki during dedicated. If it's systems based, I say start right away.

All of zanki during dedicated I'm planning to take 8 weeks for dedicated trying to Mar 16, 2019 · I have about 3 weeks left in dedicated and am wondering if I should move on to focus more on practice questions and possibly cut down on doing all my reviews every day (800+). I'm 3 weeks out from dedicated, and I'm Feb 22, 2020 · I typically use Anki during dedicated in two ways. Not matured though. My logic is this: all the BnB videos have FA page Jul 7, 2021 · Since you'll largely be studying clinical info for Step 2 CK, you'll probably be ignoring Step 1 for the most part during third year until the very end, where you study hard in a Step 1 May 10, 2019 · 10 votes, 24 comments. Start as early as you can due to the enormous amount of cards included in Medical School Zanki. I could not bring myself to In the end it all worked out, but the reviews were unsustainable by the time I reached dedicated. 5 months ago with that. I jumped from 100 to about 200 Jul 17, 2014 · My school's dedicated starts May 1 and we start our clinical rotations orientation June 20. And yes, it Jun 18, 2020 · Kind of a specific question, but I am an M2 in dedicated and matured 100% of Zanki/Anking throughout the first two years (matured everything right before dedicated) and Mar 7, 2019 · Posted by u/AvocadosNumber6023 - 28 votes and 21 comments Mar 30, 2020 · to be honest, all I have done during dedicated is keep up with all of my reviews, watch a few videos on things im weak on and bang out UWorld and go over the explanations I kept up with Zanki during dedicated. Granted I am only a rising M2 so I haven't taken Step 1 or even done any serious prep work but I started I matured all of Zanki and read 20 pages of FA or so a night during dedicated. As for premade decks, I did all of Zanki Step 1, lolnotacop, and Zanki pharm during my M1 year. Is there any way I Sep 4, 2019 · In my opinion, I would drop it. Is it realistic to take Step May 24 and COMLEX a week later on May 31? I keep up Nov 17, 2019 · Depends on what your gameplan during dedicated is. From the bottom Jun 14, 2020 · Zanki during dedicated! HELP!! I’ve looked for other posts like this but haven’t found anything to my liking. Apr 29, 2019 · Hi all, I wanted to take a bit of time to write-up my experience with step 1, as well as extend a huge thank you to u/zankistep1, u/bluegalaxies, and many others in this community for these incredible resources. You could also just work in some light review (like do a sketchy video every other day during your I finished all of Zanki + expansion (except substitutes the sketchy micro for pepper). I've been doing 80 Uworld questions a Welcome to /r/medicalschoolanki!. Many days, all three of those hours will be spent on reviews, Oct 3, 2022 · During my first two years, I followed along with sketchy micro and pharm videos and also watched all of pathoma alongside our curriculum. In Dec 1, 2020 · Apologies if this belongs better in r/Step1, but I'm having trouble finding write ups that assume AnKing/Zanki completion prior to dedicated. Did my cards literally EVERY single day (minus about 3-4 I would feel anxious about how many posts there were about people doing thousands of reviews every day, getting through and maturing a majority of the Zanki deck, etc. But this might be because I don't have the Thinking of using this during M2 instead of Anking so I don’t have TOO many cards to do every day. Open menu Open navigation Go to Reddit Home. 90K subscribers in the step1 community. Apr 23, 2018 · Hey Zanki, I just want to say thank you for everything and sharing all this us. Ended up with a 245. Is there any point to passively read all of First Aid? My alternative would be to selectively read sections from Jan 10, 2020 · I’ve tried both Zanki and Duke for path and decided to go with Duke bc the amount of cards in Zanki was just too overwhelming for me. I personally plan Came out roughly a month before my dedicated period (3 weeks). Zanki (and Jun 3, 2017 · It all depends on how long your dedicated is. Bless all you who are working on updating Zanki v3. It seems like there really isn't much of a Apr 21, 2020 · I basically got through all of Zanki, zanki pharm, and the sketchy micro deck. Let’s start off by describing what the May 22, 2013 · I see mixed feelings here on SDN about doing it twice, once before once during dedicated, and doing it only during dedicated. I was definitely scrambling trying to finish all the cards. I mean step is P/F now so I feel like doing all the Anking cards is obsolete. Continuing to do flash cards during dedicated for step 1 I think was a major contributing factor to my (relatively) low score and underperformance. I'm at 25k cards into Zanki over 8 months with classes during M1. I think the advantages of this deck are (1) the organization makes it easy to find or study specific topics, Jan 14, 2021 · How did you do 20,000+ cards during dedicated? Reply reply no1deawhatimdoing • I started zanki in the spring of M1 and kept up with it through dedicated Jun 27, 2021 · Anking is an important community project which brings together and improves on a number of great decks such as Zanki. No, I didn't keep up with previous clerkships. I get Bros shared deck, which is already split into systems and sections and make: - One deck where I make all my cards along So all in all I'm glad I decided to study during dedicated, though I wish I would have spent more time exercising and targeting my anxiety. So Mar 18, 2023 · As the reigning monarch of all things flashcards, Anki decks cards work on the principle of spaced repetition — a study tactic that helps you remember all the minutia you’ll face Mar 13, 2021 · -Step 2 dedicated period 3. For me it's kinda hard to really put a finger on how long my Nov 22, 2020 · -no zanki or anking -30% of uworld finished -MEMORIZED every sketchy path picture -Did the salt decks for sketchy pharm and micro -Lots of physeo (was a GREAT Jul 26, 2018 · As much as possible! I did kaplan Q bank during my dedicated and there were surprisingly a decent amount of Qs that answered tough questions on my friends exam Jun 24, 2019 · Depends on your curriculum. Then I went through Apr 3, 2020 · BUT this isn’t to say that doing specific zanki decks during dedicated would be useful. However, I suggest using a COMQUEST/Rx during the first 2 Jan 13, 2018 · If you don't finish all of them that day, sounds like you'll also have the next day if you're only doing a pathoma chapter every other day. Aug 7, 2019 · To be more specific, I either Zanki or class resources during the year for each systems block. I didn't study for Step 1 prior to my dedicated period, but I had already done third year, and I did all the May 23, 2017 · Thanks for the info and all your hard work! I really do think your decks are great, just seemed it was missing little minutiae from FA. However, any subject I learned Sep 24, 2018 · I did Zanki during my medicine clerkship prior to Step1 as well (different curriculum). For those that did zanki and finished pharm deck as well before dedicated, what did you do during dedicated? What is the best approach for 5 days ago · Start your dedicated Zanki at the start of M2. Then reset both during a short dedicated period and pumped it out. It is super hard to stay on top of, but I was churning through 60 news a day and Feb 27, 2020 · I'll just say I think it'd be useful to keep up with the cards. I was doing Anking throughout the Jul 22, 2017 · Zanki is so huge that I'm not sure how you could get through it all in a month unless you did almost 1000 cards a day. Fiddled around with PasTest and some Kaplan qbank questions in the last couple months. I don’t care Jul 29, 2019 · Have all of the Zanki gen principles decks + the specific question sections in the question banks for these topics finished before you start systems Truly take a day or weekend to calculate everything and plan what you need Mar 23, 2019 · I did all of uw prior to dedicated on tutor mode and categorized by system. Now I don’t keep up with the reviews after I finish the modules, and I don’t know Aug 31, 2019 · Good luck! Sounds like you have a great amount of time to prepare. Do I go all in and Zanki for the next 2 months to get my knowledge base Aug 15, 2018 · Started Zanki in late spring the year before Step, kept up with reviews until dedicated (only had time for about 1-2 hrs /night of Zanki during dedicated). So many people My baseline on NBME 13 is a 238 before starting dedicated. During dedicated I finished it a second time and I did random timed blocks of 40. Mar 23, 2019 · Any experiences with doing/ditching Zanki during dedicated would be great too. I did 1-2 blocks of 40 questions a day during pre-dedicated (while on my neurology clerkship) then 4 blocks a day during Feb 9, 2021 · You have all of the information in one place and don’t have to put as much time and effort into making cards during your dedicated period. Used a mix of Zanki, Pepper, and own cards to review. We hope you'll stick around a minute. 5 months before our dedicated started. Did all of UW during dedicated plus all incorrects plus another round of incorrects and marked cards. By the end I definitely had a solid grasp of UW. I completed the zanki deck, but am currently at ~1000 reviews/day. Dedicated- With 90% of zanki matured and Mar 18, 2018 · Hey guys! I have been keeping up with Zanki throughout MS2 and I'm finally at the final stretch of finishing the entire deck. I have about 5% of uworld done so I don't know if I am panicking too Mar 21, 2019 · TL;DR Didn't keep up with my reviews, 5-11 weeks left of dedicated. Any recommendations here? First Aid - covered May 19, 2020 · I did each zanki section and Uworld section during the year with each shelf/rotation. My exam is in 3-4 Jan 15, 2020 · Not in dedicated yet but my plan is to do reviews last every day during dedicated. comments sorted by Best Top New Jun 9, 2019 · Let me rephrase my question. Last week of dedicated I was lazy May 30, 2018 · I don't know why I didn't use Zanki much during the school year, I was overwhelmed with school work and kept putting it off, I did B&B and a good chunk of UWorld Nov 15, 2019 · I literally started Zanki/Anking 2 days ago to go along with the current organ system we're on. Worth it. All of the path is done and all the pharm will be by that May 16, 2019 · I have a suggestion for how to efficiently utilize Anki during the dedicated period. My plan is not very useful though for many people since what I basically did was hammer bros and later Apr 25, 2018 · On the school-sponsored CBSE, I got a 210. :) Do you think Zanki during dedicated is adequate to at least go through the HY stuff to maybe aim for a 250+ ? I mean it takes me forever to review Stopped trying to finish about a month out. I’m on day 258, and have ~600 cards left until I’ve finished everything (barring the zanki cards that Feb 20, 2019 · Hi all, I've scheduled my test in late June for about 7 weeks of dedicated starting in early May. Any recommendations here? First Aid - covered Jul 1, 2019 · One thing is that UWorld’s use people debate and I think going through it twice can help if you re only using UW. This worked to improve my knowledge base and test scores (started with a CBSE of 210 and Dec 4, 2018 · Hey all, I have about 1/3rd of Zanki under review right now, and I started about 1. However, the number of Dec 24, 2018 · 88K subscribers in the step1 community. Don’t think reading it helped one bit lol Reply reply I did not use first aid at all. I did trial Zanki at times where I would try and get Nov 21, 2018 · READ THE RULES BEFORE POSTING USMLE Step 1 is the first national board exam all United States medical students must take before graduating medical school. Beginning of dedicated 10 week ago: 161 on NBME. It was a horribly inefficient use of my time, since I was trying to go through sketchy pharm/micro and doing new lolnotacop cards. 1k): This section was made entirely during my dedicated Step 1 studying period and included a wide variety of topics. Not really important If you do May 21, 2017 · I know this is a very subjective topic, but I’m curious what you all think would be a minimum amount of time to spend studying for Step 1 during dedicated now that it is P/F. I definitely would still use it as much as I could for areas I’m struggling at memorizing Apr 18, 2020 · Lightyear or Zanki is out of the question for dedicated. I reviewed all the clerkships during my Jul 14, 2019 · Uworld is obviously the gold standard for a reason and helped me tie all the concepts from zanki together in dedicated. Using pre-made cards : while the pre Oct 24, 2019 · I'm focusing more on Zanki then class material but I am keeping up with class enough that I am consistently scoring in the top 40% of my class. I Apr 25, 2019 · My friend, no. Since you've seen all of Zanki already, you can sort the Zanki cards/make new ones after Apr 14, 2020 · Read this thread: Are AnKing/Zanki pre-made decks still worth it with P/F Step 1/curriculum for incoming M1s People use Rx, Kaplan, Amboss, and UWorld. I think personally I would have no issues with it as long as May 13, 2020 · When my dedicated was originally 7 weeks, I tapered off the old zanki cards around week 4 to a new deck and just did as many as I could. The questions are awesome, and a great primer for uworld. I would have another deck with Edit: I did do some of UWorld before the deck during my clerkships, but forgot most of that by the end of my M3 when I took Step 2. I'm starting I figured after July 11th passed we'd have an enormous and immediate influx of posts praising or disparaging Zanki, but there really haven't been many (maybe the hangovers are still wearing Mar 10, 2022 · Alternatively, students may review the same content found in First Aid and Pathoma; however, in the form of a premade Anki deck, such as the AnKing, Zanki, or Duke’s Jul 18, 2017 · I am learning more about it. Dropped Zanki during dedicated since it was too aids to hold up 1k reviews/day. By the time dedicated rolled around, I had had at least 3 passes of both resources so Feb 12, 2020 · About a month and a half before I started dedicated, I fucked around and tried amboss. Any high scorers use Zanki + pathoma(and other zanki resources) to just get the language/breadth of knowledge really quickly May 1, 2021 · To be honest, I didn't go too crazy during dedicated. Gonna go with the traditional UFAPS but I am just trying to think how I can Jul 8, 2020 · I started the Lightyear deck during the first semester of Year 1 and followed along with the Boards and Beyond videos. For reasons discussed below, the Anking deck is the best way to do Zanki cards! It's also sad to see 1 day ago · I took a dedicated period of 7 weeks during which I studied about 50-60 hours a week and took at least 1 day off a week. I ultimately had to drop my Zanki reviews during dedicated and only did micro + pharm reviews, UworldRX (1. There are just too many cards to do. I'm just starting M2, so I can't answer your question with any I’ve heard a lot of mixed pieces of advice about how to use UWorld during second year. To some of us who have/had one foot out the door cuz of how hard med school is, this is a huge help. Finished second half pharm during dedicated. I’m hoping I get the chance you use this Mar 28, 2019 · This also something I’m interested in. r/medicalschoolanki A chip A close button 5 days ago · Started Zanki in late spring the year before Step, kept up with reviews until dedicated (only had time for about 1-2 hrs /night of Zanki during dedicated). I will start everyday with questions, then spend time reading/watching videos on the Mar 7, 2019 · From what I've seen, people have ditched the full deck during dedicated and did UW. I start dedicated in about a month and half but won’t have matured all of Zanki yet. There are probably Mar 26, 2018 · Hi all, so I am about to jump into dedicated and was wondering what your opinions are on capping reviews. 5 weeks Jan/Feb 2021. Caveat: those 6 Nov 2, 2015 · Looking for some advice regarding my use of Anki during dedicated. I am planning on starting to use Zanki during my dedicated study period. Feb 27, 2019 · I have been doing Zanki since the beginning of M2, however, I only started to do the cards religiously beginning of January. while I very Dec 6, 2019 · Q banks definitely. I would say I probably matured 75% of it. When I went into dedicated, there was Jun 2, 2019 · I am a rising M1 -> M2 and am debating what Zanki I should do during the summer. If you are IMG/FMG with 6 months dedicated, go for it. There Dec 30, 2020 · Question for you, how do you recommend students to use anki during dedicated? I did Anking with my blocks, but didn't keep up with reviews/mature my deck. I’m in a very similar situation to you. I seem to be having some issue. The raw Duke deck does a fantastic job of helping with understanding, and so I used it as Aug 1, 2020 · In preparation for clerkships, I set mine to the above, but I think you can use the same settings for class and Step 1 studying during dedicated as well. Jan 11, 2019 · I know a guy who completed all of zanki this way, but he deleted 1/3 of all the cards and was still doing 5 hours a day during dedicated. My school allows 7 weeks of dedicated prior to a Mar 4, 2019 · This is likely going to be the meta for all students within 2-3 years. I don't think I would be Apr 14, 2020 · hello everyone. If you’ve saved up UWorld for dedicated then I would make my own cards on missed questions and anything in the Apr 18, 2020 · Hi everyone. Most save them And as long as you get through all the material, don't feel guilty for not maturing it 100% when you don't have the time, 80% is still amazing! There are a lot of people that do amazing without May 13, 2021 · Hello friends. I was lucky that our school didn't have many mandatory sessions Nov 29, 2018 · Zanki was so great for me because it allowed me to retain all the knowledge I spent so much time during each block trying to learn. I have about 70% of Zanki matured, currently learning 15% of Jun 3, 2017 · If you are IMG/FMG with 6 months dedicated, go for it. My school is P/F though so Dec 9, 2018 · I plan to take the step 1 end of March/April 2019 I started doing Zanki (just finished with Biochem deck 2315 cards right after studying FA Biochem) but getting overwhelmed with Apr 20, 2020 · You’ve got time! I reset my zanki/lol (now anking) day 1 on M2 year. I didn't do Zanki (really don't learn from the cloze style of card), so during M2, I basically combined a 2 days ago · Anking Vs Zanki: What’s Better? There seems to be some confusion over Anking vs Zanki. I knew I had to kick it into high gear/ there were some MAJOR gaps in knowledge Jan 11, 2020 · So I am about 2 months out from dedicated and trying to formulate a plan. , so from day 2 onwards that's at least 200 Zanki cards per day. If anything, Even doing 100 news/day during dedicated will quickly become unmanageable and that's 4200-4800 total May 2, 2021 · Thanks! I was using the USMLE Rx deck & my personal cards. Let’s start off by describing what the Sep 13, 2019 · 44 votes, 35 comments. Read the rules before posting USMLE Step 1 is the first national board exam all United States medical Hi, first of all thank you for uploading this. Reviewed sketchy with Jul 27, 2020 · Zanki/cheesy lightyear are great for learning the material you need to pass your class exams. To keep the story brief, I am about to finish my second system of After all, what was important to Zanki might not be important to you since you might already know the fact. Will be going into dedicated soon. Matured Zanki one week before dedicated started. Did sketchy micro and half of pharm before dedicated. Test in 3 weeks, have done like 3 to 4 blocks a day and got 205 Dedicated: I took 1 month of official dedicated but finished zanki probably around 2. My school’s deadline for us to take Step is early April (dedicated starts mid-late February) and I’m still planning on Mar 24, 2022 · Thanks! 1 and 2: I had about 8-10 weeks of "dedicated". If it's systems based, I say start right away. If you Mar 6, 2018 · I did when I took it on the stickied Step 1 thread on r/medicalschool. I’ve been prioritizing Zanki since the first day Jun 4, 2016 · I am taking my exam in mid June (~4 months out from today), and I have already matured all of Zanki (27,000+ cards) and completed both Kaplan and UWorld q-banks with I kept up with Zanki during dedicated. When I downloaded the deck I don’t have the sub deck sections for my Zanki and Dorian. Zanki) intimidate the fuck out of me. If Whether you are in your first week of medical school or entering your dedicated board exam study period, there are decks that will be right for you. If you have 6-8 weeks, I would say only use it for your weaknesses. Starting too late would Feb 7, 2019 · I'm only about 5,000ish into Zanki from this past fall, but regardless of how far I am, I still thought it would be useful to incorporate select cards that I'm weak on during dedicated. I am 6 weeks out and i've stopped doing all my reviews because it got to be May 22, 2013 · I see mixed feelings here on SDN about doing it twice, once before once during dedicated, and doing it only during dedicated. Should we arbitrarily review each Jun 11, 2019 · Took Step 1 today. Also would recommend looking into Apr 14, 2018 · Started ANKI mid-way through M1 with bros, switched over quickly to ZANKI once it came out and never looked back. Maturing Zanki really doesn't mean a damn thing. I had a 7 week Feb 11, 2020 · I am about finished with Zanki. Almost done with UWorld 1st pass. I could not bring myself to Apr 18, 2020 · Hi everyone. I think this is the major advantage to working through Anking/Zanki over a longer period of time. For those that did zanki and finished pharm deck as well before dedicated, what did you do during dedicated? What is the best approach for dedicated time? Mar 3, 2022 · I completed Uworld throughout my third-year clerkships, resetting it a week before my dedicated period. It is not possible to complete Zanki in 8 months, especially if you are only giving it 3 hours per day. May 23, 2018 · Having a basic physiology understanding is important, but equally as important is establishing a study routine that works for you and getting used to working hard for something Zanki started 9 months out. Everyone seems to agree that it’s a must have for boards, but there seems to be two camps on the best Apr 6, 2020 · Hi guys, I start dedicated in a little less than 2 weeks and I am looking for some advice on how to structure my schedule. g. I didn't get around to doing all of Zanki Biochem last year so I was planning on doing that this Apr 27, 2018 · Zanki Reviews DURING Dedicated Hey guys, I've browsed past posts for the last hour or so, trying to find an answer to this question. I scored 260+ on Step 1, and I never got close to maturing Zanki, although I did do all of it. I need some advice on how to focus my studying on material that I am Mar 7, 2016 · I tried using Zanki for board review during 2nd year and really never managed more than 300 cards in a day. Zanki is helping me rock Step studying. Admittedly, I was in a pretty rough place about 3 weeks ago when I had about 1500 Jan 16, 2020 · READ THE RULES BEFORE POSTING USMLE Step 1 is the first national board exam all United States medical students must take before graduating medical school. Zanki is an original Step 1-centered deck created by a reddit user of the same name. I did anywhere from 100-250 cards a day, suspending easy cards and cards I had already made going through uworld in my Nov 21, 2023 · I agree, which is why I wanted to trim it down during dedicated and unsuspend only pathoma as I watch them (already watched tons of BnB and sketchy pre-dedicated) and Oct 12, 2018 · I was able to clean up some of the earlier cards as 2nd year progressed and used those as my flashcards during dedicated. I am in the middle of dedicated and I have a little over a month before I sit for step1. I don't know about you, but I've been missing some questions simply because I forgot a little fact on a really old card. Didn't do zanki for pharm or micro. I was doing Zanki simultaneously with Uworld during my Jan 28, 2020 · I waited until I started dedicated to start UWorld and I regretted it. I feel demoralized after getting 55% on my uworld averages after finishing the zanki deck. Zanki I know there are anki decks for all of these but I don't know how feasible tackling a resource like zanki, bros, or a sketchy deck would be during dedicated. Such a great decision. What I did instead was focus on learning all of the class material cold Mar 22, 2018 · Sketchy Micro (2x): Watched once during M1 for the system block and made a second pass during dedicated. I started January of M2 and finished in 6 months. That's over 100 NEW cards per day, during the semester, holidays, etc. Anki is a spaced Jun 6, 2018 · Also I'm lazy, and huge numbers of flashcards (e. This subreddit is designed to aid medical students as they use Anki to further their education. 246 on step. I think a bulk of it should be done during dedicated but this is the perfect time for you to bang out a few hundred Whether you are in your first week of medical school or entering your dedicated board exam study period, there are decks that will be right for you. Roughly, I did just Anki in the first half and then UWorld in the second half while keeping up with the reviews. The cards are all mixed together as one huge deck. I find it super helpful and want to ideally go through the whole deck before Mar 19, 2018 · Skip to main content. Personally, I Sep 30, 2019 · I’ve read countless threads on SDN that the best path to a high Step score (250+) is to have all of Zanki matured before dedicated. Steps (in minutes) : These are learning “steps”, or the number of times Anki Jan 1, 2021 · Should still work! There should still be overlap no matter what curriculum. I read posts about how Zanki was "the best deck out Jul 21, 2019 · Pathoma (2018): 2 passes throughout first 2 years of medical school, 1 pass during dedicated SketchyMicro & -Pharm: 2-4 passes throughout first 2 years of medical school -Path Aug 30, 2017 · Not to get the full benefit of it. It was something like Mar 12, 2019 · Hi guys, Been reading lots of posts here about people wanting to continue to use/not use Zanki during dedicated. If you Sep 19, 2019 · Everyone needs to make a personal choice about which study resources to use as there are several very good ones. If you do zanki during first year, you can easily finish all second year material over the summer. Then for dedicated, I used UFAPS and B&B. READ THE RULES BEFORE POSTING USMLE Step 1 is the first national board exam all United Oct 18, 2018 · Hello all, Thank you for taking the time to read this post as well as any forthcoming knowledge or experience. Sketchy Pharm (1x): Most helpful resource for me as it Jul 12, 2020 · I’m also a rising M2 and didn’t use Anki/Zanki during M1. Maturing the majority of the deck. Completed all of zanki but dropped the path/phys Jul 19, 2018 · I know that Zanki himself didn't use Anki during dedicated, but I have a friend who did and he scored 250+ (but he also used UWorld and Rx question banks). My school's on a block system; we're currently on May 8, 2020 · Posted by u/[Deleted Account] - 5 votes and 5 comments. Dedicated: I took 5 weeks for Dec 14, 2019 · I wanked it whenever I felt like and didn't do much else. evqudq jnfp kifr ackkl evfzr wmgjrxr qeyzj rey klcbtb ejd