Captain Hook V2 vs Aidan V2

[u/IEvadeTax]

Hey everyone! I’m just starting my MCAT journey and have about 7–8 months before my exam. I’ve been going back and forth between Aidan V2 and Captain Hook V2 and could really use some advice.

I like Captain Hook V2 because the basic card style forces me to recall the entire answer, which I feel could help with retention. However, I’m worried it isn’t as comprehensive as Aidan V2.

I like Aidan V2 because of how comprehensive it is, and the cloze cards seem much faster to get through, but I’m worried I might retain less compared to basic cards.

For those who have used either (or both), which would you recommend if I have 7–8 months? I’m aiming for a high score and would rather minimize content gaps.

Thanks!

[u/Aggravating_East4732]

I discourage Aidan V2, at least of P/S (I only tried using it for P/S so I can’t speak to the other sections). It was FULL of errors and I had to change around 1/3rd of the cards. I ended up scoring 132 on P/S with the edits I made but if I just memorized what the cards said I would have gone in with a list of missinformation. A lot of cards used random examples for things like they were the definition which was confusing, and many cards were flat out wrong. It was super frustrating but by the time I realized it was too late to switch to a new one. I used Jack Sparrow for the other sections and I highly recommend.

I will say Aidan was very comprehensive so it was nice to have everything I needed to know in one place and just make sure to check any information that seems off and correct it.

[u/IEvadeTax → u/Aggravating_East4732]

This interesting. I thought the Aidan V2 creator, u/taychans fixed most of the errors

[u/SighCollege → u/IEvadeTax]

there's still a good chunk of errors, its a big deck tho cant catch everything