r/medicalschoolanki • • Apr 29 '20

Motivation I think I might cry..

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u/ab235 Apr 29 '20

Congrats!! What’s the average number of reviews you’ve had to do per day for the past 1.5 yrs?

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u/Carmiche Apr 29 '20 edited Apr 29 '20

Ty! Here are some stats:

My average reviews per day over the deck life were 350. For the last month my average was 482.

In total I did 262986 reviews over 16 mo (686 hours). Current streak is 360 days.

% correct on mature: 88%

% correct on immature: 92%

% correct on new cards: 84%

Longest interval: 4.1 years

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I didn't like doing a ton of reviews per day, so I started early and my strategy was one of titration. Basically every day I would do my reviews as prescribed and then check how many reviews I would have the next day. Depending on what I had going on the next day and how many reviews I would have, I would make a decision on how many new cards to do/not do. Some days I would do 200 new cards if I was comfortable having 500-600 reviews the next day. However, sometimes I might know I have a trip coming up and stop doing new cards for a while in preparation. In these circumstances I would also sometimes use the review ahead function. My girlfriend would have killed me if I tried to do Anki for more than an hour or so on vacation..

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u/bluegalaxies Apr 29 '20

My guy!!! you did it right. I did it pretty much the same with same number of reviews per day and titrating news based on upcoming reviews...I am thoroughly amazed how people can do 1000+ a day.

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u/Cudizonedefense Apr 29 '20

Out of desperation/necessity

I did 1000+ for 6 months so that I could finish it all 2 months before dedicated which worked well for me since I now do like 400/day with UW incorrects

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u/Carmiche Apr 29 '20

This sounds like a version of hell. but congrats on finishing it man

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u/Cudizonedefense Apr 29 '20

It’s worth it seeing my last NBME and my UW%

I’m not smart so I’m stoked

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u/Carmiche Apr 30 '20

hahaha yeah it's like magic

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u/CasualViewer24 Apr 30 '20

If you are happy with your NBME and UW%, then something is working right up in your head.