This is the total number of new cards you can see per day. This is because interleaving between sections is not nearly as beneficial. That being said, I strongly recommend that students create a subdeck for each content-based section (C/P, B/B, and P/S), and then study from these subdecks. when you sit down to take C/P, they don’t give you all the redox questions to start, followed by acid-base, etc.) 1 Moreover, this will mimic the test, because questions appear in a random order (e.g. This can maximize a concept called “interleaved learning” whereby each concept is followed by a different concept.

MCAT takeaway: I recommend selecting “show new cards in random order” for this. This allows you to set whether cards appear in the order added or in a random order. If you’re using a premade deck, steps will also have to be shorter (you don’t have context for each card!) Order If you find you’re forgetting cards before they’re graduated, set the steps to be shorter ( ergo, see the card more often early on). You can do fewer steps ( ergo, see the card less often) if your test is further out. I thought this was ideal for a test under 3 months out. MCAT takeaway: I personally set this to 5 20 2160 5760. If a card hasn’t yet progressed past the last step and you mark it “again,” it will start over from the first step. After marking the same card “good” again, you’ll see it in 10 minutes. This means that when you mark a card “good,” you’ll see it again 1 minute later.

These are in minutes, and the default is 1 minute, then 10 minutes. This is how frequently you’ll see a card before it “graduates” to learned status. Let’s take a look at each of the settings so we can optimize them for peak MCAT performance. Anki is set up in a way that maximizes indefinitely long-term retention, but for the MCAT we just want to prioritize retention on test day, rather than memorization forever. The default Anki settings are meant to be changed, especially when studying for the MCAT.

Mcat anki decks for content review