![]() Granted, I do think that doing anki is worth it for a lot of people, because facts you may have otherwise overlooked can end up earning you points on test day - if you dedicate only an hour a day (which should be realistic for most test-takers) it can only benefit. Content is, for the most part, just the language of the exam. At the end of the day, the MCAT is chiefly a logic test requiring your ability to parse through dense information and draw relevant concepts. I definitely feel where you’re coming from, the best thing you can do for this exam is ensure you have strong conceptual understanding of all concepts. At the end of the day, do whatever study routine works the best for you I like Anki, but personally it doesn't work the best for me except for P/S. ![]() These are my opinions, so please feel free to disagree.Įdit: I'm being hella downvoted, which is fine. I'm personally going to switch back to my previous strategy of reviewing everything to the point where I understand all the concepts, and then just focusing on questions/passages because that was when I really started seeing improvement on my FLs last time I studied. Or perhaps if you're aiming soley for 520+ where you do need to remember every random piece of content to be safe. Then do a lot of passages to practice applying that knowledge! On the MCAT, there's no point knowing a lot of things if you don't practice how you apply them, and some subjects like organic can't just be brute force memorized.Īlternatively if you already have a basic understanding of everything and you're missing questions on FLs because you didn't remember random pieces of content then maybe Anki is for you. If you don't know anything about any of the subject matter, start with a prep book or Khan Academy and learn the basics of each concepts: how the heart works, how does torque work, how redox chemistry works, and focus on UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPTS. Anki can make sure you don't miss any small facts that may show up in the standalone questions, but the vast majority of the questions are passage based or require the application of information. Anki helps you memorize things like the TCA but it doesn't teach you how to use and apply the TCA on questions. It's a test on how you take information from a passage, integrate it with your prior understanding of concepts and then apply THAT to questions. I hadn't used Anki last time and it's fantastic so I thought why not try it this time?īUT the MCAT is not a purely memorization test. Two years ago I didn't know about Anki and instead just cranked out passages, only stopping to relearn concepts I didn't understand or cramming facts into my head. I'm not applying this cycle and my MCAT is expiring so I'm retaking probably in Jan. But I think it's a trap using it for the MCAT. It was a life saver when I took anatomy and pharmacology.
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