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A subreddit to share and discuss Anki decks for use in studying for the MCAT and premed studies

A subreddit to share and discuss Anki decks for use in studying for the MCAT and premed studies


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Resetting learning steps

Does anyone know how to reset the learning steps in Anki? I tried changing in settings but it seems to be the same as when I used Anki months ago

https://preview.redd.it/s1mydq7k95yd1.png?width=468&format=png&auto=webp&s=22e50eee139480ec58ae806e72ca3b55f87e3417

i would like to change to something similiar to what Anking suggest for FSRS:

3 Comments
2024/10/31
19:36 UTC

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Duplicate cards Anking V2

Does anyone know why i keep seeing 2 of the same cards in Anking v2 (free) under 'browse' ?

I tried to check for duplicates and it didn't work

https://preview.redd.it/wyi8tsfu45yd1.png?width=1041&format=png&auto=webp&s=8aed310f0cb67c4f980605b56083f3442496c813

1 Comment
2024/10/31
19:09 UTC

2

AnKing: MileDown MCAT deck w/ pictures?

Basically what the title says. I'm trying to track down a copy of the deck that has pictures as the one seen on a post a while back from AnKing was without pictures due to copyright reasons.

I came to learn that a top comment provided the version with pictures, but that comment has since been deleted. Any help to find this version (V2 I believe) would be greatly appreciated.

3 Comments
2024/10/30
00:03 UTC

5

35% through MilesDown, do I ditch for another deck?

Hi all. I downloaded Milesdown a little while back and have been doing about 10 hours a week on it. I am about 35% done and came back to this subreddit to find that there is another better deck I could have used that also incorporates Pankow and other stuff called Anking? I am so clueless when it comes to this stuff but would really appreciate some guidance on if I should ditch Milesdown and start doing that instead. Also, I saw some stuff about syncing? Does that mean it is possible for the Anking deck to recognize my progress on my cards of my MilesDown deck and incorporate that so that I do not need to redo them? I was planning to use Anki as my general content review (scheduled to finish MilesDown around 23rd), do some practice questions followed by a diagnostic on Thanksgiving weekend, and see what else I need to review prior to digging in on UW and FLs. Test date probably in May. Thanks in advance.

15 Comments
2024/10/29
01:05 UTC

0

What does ‘dative’ mean? Is this a typo?

16 Comments
2024/10/26
18:36 UTC

2

Aidan’s deck link

Hello guys, Does anyone have the latest link for Aidn 2024 deck? The link I have is not working and I cannot download the cards. Also, does anyone have any better options than Aidan especially for Psych/Soc review?

Thank you!

4 Comments
2024/10/26
11:07 UTC

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Seeing some potentially wrong information in Aidan's deck?

Aidan's deck says that "Trans-isomers have higher boiling points than cis-isomers due to having more intermolecular interactions with each other." The justification for this is stakcing is better for trans-isomers, but wouldn't cis-isomers have higher boiling points since they're more polar and have the actual stronger intermolecular forces/

Also, they said that opiates are NOT depressants, which is the first time I've heard that, as I was taught otherwise.

Thanks for any and all help!

6 Comments
2024/10/24
18:14 UTC

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anki keeps glitching out on me...new computer

has anyone had this happen?

I just bought a new computer and anki just doesnt really work right. (still find on phone and old computer)

biggest problem is I press 1/2/3/4 for answer choice and then it just skips a card or shows the same card again. very annoying. help!

2 Comments
2024/10/22
17:24 UTC

2

Help with Anking Deck

So a couple of months ago I downloaded the Anking V2 deck from reddit. I thought it was the updated one but just found out today abt ankihub.
I already edited + added some cards, made progress, and dont know if I should download the latest one or how I should do it while saving my progress.

Help is very much appreciated, thank you

edit: also is anki v12 worth it over v2 (from 2019 i think)

2 Comments
2024/10/22
05:07 UTC

1

Recover Deleted Anking sections

I deleted the psych/soc section of a king about 3 weeks ago and I was wondering if there is any way to get those cards back.

Thank you.

2 Comments
2024/10/21
20:11 UTC

1

Princeton Review -- Anki Deck

Hi everyone, I'm taking a MCAT class at my school and we're using the Princeton Review books. I'm a beginner in utilizing Anki as well. I've been trying to find an Anki deck that correlates with TPR (and Khan Academy as an added bonus) and have yet to find one. Can anyone advise, share, or point me in the right direction please?

Note: I know about the typical decks and that even if it's not based on TPR, they do correlate by chapter, just wanted to have a more seamless match.

Thank you kindly for your time and assistance!

7 Comments
2024/10/20
07:25 UTC

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Anking x Pankow Synching Glitch?

Did anking MCAT and I deleted all the psych cards. I then got the pankow deck so that all the cards can be organized.

Everytime I sync my decks, it says that my decks are too different from what I have in ankihub and so I have to re-upload my decks. But when I do, it adds psych cards into the anking deck and moves them out from my pankow deck.

How is this possible? Is this normal? How do I fix this?

8 Comments
2024/10/18
19:01 UTC

1

How to Use Anking Deck for Behavioral?

Hi all, currently just started using the Anking MCAT deck, and am finding it incredibly useful to unsuspend the cards as I am moving along through the chapters in the Kaplan book. However, the Behavioral section does not have any correlation to Kaplan. Furthermore, if you go by the Khan Academy tag has it sorted you could potentially be unsuspending several hundred cards at once. How did you guys navigate evenly spacing the Behavioral content with this deck? Thanks!

3 Comments
2024/10/18
08:30 UTC

2

Trouble with Aidan Deck

Hi, I tried downloading the Aidan Anki deck on my iPad. When downloading it, I see it only had added 9k cards. I thought the Aidan had 15k. I even changed the studying limit. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks and have a good day.

https://preview.redd.it/faxh55zl3fvd1.png?width=2360&format=png&auto=webp&s=4bab19f6f5ca6d2999a0b51f689f2a95c3987cf3

https://preview.redd.it/0y5vl7zl3fvd1.png?width=2360&format=png&auto=webp&s=1a48459fba09e74b2df8e4243c806886e083ba0d

3 Comments
2024/10/18
01:12 UTC

29

2025-2026 kaplan behavioral sciences updated review deck (miledown + pankow)

i struggled to find the "best" deck for the behavioral sciences portion of the mcat. i downloaded the most up to date MileDown deck i could find and was also using Pankow at the same time which ended up just being a mess. none of the subdecks matched up to my 2025-2026 kaplan book chapters. i decided to just go through both decks and completely sort according to the chapters in my current kaplan book and copy over every card from both decks. im sure there's tons of duplicates because i combined 2 decks, but i guess the more the merrier when it comes to study. the deck ended up being 2566 cards total. if anyone thinks this could be useful in anyway here it is for your usage

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FJo_24T2IZO-ZY9Yf2RvZudIZpWvRhYo/view?usp=drive_link

also ive never posted on reddit so i dont get this flair business, sorry

2 Comments
2024/10/17
21:01 UTC

0

ANKI MCAT

IS Abdullahs Deck Better than Miles Down?

1 Comment
2024/10/17
19:18 UTC

3

Beta amylase-Aidan

0 Comments
2024/10/16
18:56 UTC

3

Anki dilemma (Help)

When I first set up FSRS, I mistakenly set my retention rate to 0.97 because of a YouTube video I watched. After a while, I realized I was constantly seeing the same cards and not making much progress, especially with my test in 4 months. So, I adjusted the retention to 0.90. However, I think changing it messed up some cards because now the 'Good' button shows intervals like 4 months. While I know these cards, 4 months seems excessive. I'm unsure about using the 'Hard' button since I've heard not to use it with FSRS, so I keep using the 'Again' button, but it feels like I'm not progressing.

Also, I didn’t know I needed to review the unsuspended chapter cards immediately after finishing the chapters. I was waiting for Anki to present them to me after unsuspending, but now I feel behind and as if I've forgotten things since Anki hasn't shown them at all and I'm on chapter 8 for most of my books.

Please help! I have 4 months left before my test, and I believe I still have time to grind and use Anki correctly. I just need some guidance on how to fix this situation. Your advice would be greatly appreciated!

5 Comments
2024/10/16
02:43 UTC

4

Studying JackSparrow without spoilers

Hey everyone!

So I’ve started to look into studying for the MCAT and I’ve seen that the JackSparrow deck is one of the most popular. I also noticed however that it has AAMC spoilers which people say to avoid.

So, how do people study the deck before doing the AAMC without getting spoiled?

Maybe I’m wrong but don’t people normally study a decent amount of the content before doing practice? So then how would they study the decks with spoilers without being spoiled? (Especially since b/b is rated as jacksparrow’s best deck 🤔)

Any answers and suggestions on how to study it are greatly appreciated!!

6 Comments
2024/10/16
01:54 UTC

1

FSRS vs SM2

Can someone explain this to me? Which is better and why?

8 Comments
2024/10/15
19:36 UTC

1

Anki Setting

Could someone please help me with the intervals that are best for review?

2 Comments
2024/10/15
06:04 UTC

3

Helppp. Card from Mr. Pankow deck won’t import

730 of the cards from Mr. Pankow deck won’t import into anki. I’ve tried redownloading the file twice same thing. 🥴😬😬some please help me out.

8 Comments
2024/10/14
19:16 UTC

1

Undo "reset default settings"

I was fooling around with editing cards but accidentally hit "reset default settings" which made all the cards no longer have the formatting like before. I am using a premade deck. I have already tried to hit "file > switch profile" like someone suggested but it didn't work. Is there any way to undo this?

3 Comments
2024/10/13
22:13 UTC

21

Uworld with anki

Obviously everyone knows that Uworld wont let you copy and paste, how did you guys make your Uworld anki deck, for the questions that you missed anyways? Just looking for any nifty ways to increase my score and maximize Uworld potential. Any suggestions?

Edit: I got the extension that allows you to copy from Uweewee! For chrome extension!

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/absolute-enable-right-cli/jdocbkpgdakpekjlhemmfcncgdjeiika?hl=en

11 Comments
2024/10/12
23:16 UTC

2

How to study separate subjects from the same deck?

so I'm using anking

let's say

card numbers are

1 2 3 are biochem

4 5 6 are GI

7 8 9 are endo

10 11 12 are cardio

I want to study biochem, endo, and cardio, focusing on chapter 1 of each subject, and I aim to see 6 new cards every day. Currently, I have unsuspended biochem, endo, and cardio.

Ideally, I'd like to study two cards from each subject every day, such as

1, 2, 7, 8, 10, and 11.

However, in reality, the system shows me

1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, which means I won't be able to study cardio until I finish all the cards from biochem and endo.

One simple solution would be to randomize the order of fresh cards, but I want to study from chapter 1.

I've heard about filtered decks, but I'm not sure what tags to filter. I'm concerned that using tags like 'biochem', 'cardio', 'endo' might include partially irrelevant subjects with those tags.

I'm also unsure if I should customize the tags of all cards.

Even if I use a filtered deck, I'm afraid it will show up the same way as before because the innate order of cards doesn't change.

What should I do to solve this issue?

3 Comments
2024/10/12
03:16 UTC

2

pankow deck pls help

how do ppl use the pankow deck for studying p/s? it's so unorganized and jumbled up (i used MD the first time around and i liked it because it was separated by topics and i just unsuspended by topics), but how am i supposed to unsuspend for pankow. did anyone have any tips or tricks on unsuspending the deck. did yall go by the subdeck or? pls send help LOL, bc this deck is literally making my type a high conscientiousness ocd go crazy

14 Comments
2024/10/11
18:31 UTC

1

Syncing Anki

Hello guys i have a question about syncing. So say i have a deck downloaded from ankihub on one profile of my anki. Then on another profile i want to make cards on my own that have no relation to ankihub. Is there a way to sync to ankiweb without interference from ankihub? Thanks

3 Comments
2024/10/10
08:28 UTC

3

Anki decks for McAT

Which one is the best?

5 Comments
2024/10/09
08:01 UTC

24

ode to the aidan deck (+changing things)

i am in love with the aidan deck. shoutout aidan you rock bro. the b/b and p/s sections are perfection and i highly recommend.

however, i wouldn't recommend it for c/p just because it's so freaking long you will not finish with time to review (esp. if you start now and r taking the jan 24th mcat like me). so, i am doing anking for c/p and aidan for b/b and p/s. i think this is the best way to go if you are studying for ~4 months.

just wanted to put it out there because the aidan deck is super comprehensive which is awesome but just not possible in 4 months if you want to do other things as well. i spent a couple weeks toiling over this predicament, but that's where anking's concision is great. just some advice for people who want a high score/comprehensive studying while also only 4 months out!!!

14 Comments
2024/10/09
02:36 UTC

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Do you need to watch the KA videos for Mr.Pankow P/S?

I have the 300 page doc and was just wondering if the KA videos are a requirement, or if I could get away with skipping them and reading the doc. Thanks

4 Comments
2024/10/09
02:28 UTC

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