How I scored 260+ on Step 1

[@AnKingMed]

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[@bluevision4976]

Are you able to make voice calls in the Patreon membership? And will you be able to respond to the questions the same day for necessary questions?

[@AnKingMed]

@@bluevision4976 A conference call would be a separate purchase. For Patreons we are able to respond the same day 99% of the time as long as it's during daytime hours.

[@AnKingMed]

@Rishabh Shah yeah that's the one

[@badeeamash3815]

Can I pay via revolut card?

[@AnKingMed]

@@badeeamash3815 I'm guessing Patreon will allow most cards to complete a transaction. There may be other methods if this doesn't work. Let us know.

[@SereneAcoustics]

Absolutely right... Pomodoro is the KEY for me to get through reviews otherwise the cards keep dragging on and on and on. Also congratulations on the score!!!

[@AnKingMed]

And your channel is great for that!

[@SereneAcoustics]

@@AnKingMed thank you 😊

[@DuePancho]

Congrats on the score! Anki has definetly change my life and much of the growth it has had recently is surely in most part because of your channel. You are legendary dude, thank you!

[@hritvikjain__3594]

This dude is absolutely a hero tbh!! Great score and lucid explanation !! Congratulations

[@adhamahmed735]

Thank you for everything you have done for the medical student community. Much deserved bro.

[@chillychicken4249]

seeing your schedule! I feel when do you sleep? joking, but honestly, you have been my inspiration, congrats for the great score!

[@donneyongevans7698]

congrats on your score bro, you have made studies easier for med students.God bless you to get your heart desire specialty.

[@GiAndrei97]

Im starting school next week and I am so happy I found this the week before now I have time to watch the entire series

[@HaVoCX64]

i am 3rd year resident in the rheumatology department (in Syria), but i want to take the step 1/2 exams, your video helped me a lot to get started (even after being so late), but hey! what do we have to lose?

[@pophtc5186]

Congratulations mate..This motivates me to do more Anking cards!!! thank you for sharing!

[@Blackwolf14k]

This makes me feel so much better about starting this journey. Def gonna look into that patreon!

[@gabrielbotbastos]

I have so much admiration for all of you! Congratulations, that was more than deserved.

[@Pattymallany34]

Anki has serious changed the way i study and has helped me so much. I to knew i wanted to do a competitive specialty from day 1. I just finished half of Anking deck after M1! Excited to get through the rest! You guys rock

[@ItsADurantula]

Have yet to watch the video but congratulations! Your overhaul deck and videos on how to use Anki effectively have made my studying experience so much better and without them I don't know if I'd be half as prepared as I am right now. Thank you so much for everything you do and have done! Can't wait for you to take Step 2 so that I can use your deck for that as well (:

[@MrSkull-zx8ob]

Congratulations Nick. Well deserved, hope all the team get the score they want.

[@MohamedHosny-jp3ic]

Congratulations! you are such an amazing team and you deserve all the best. So happy for you and wish you all the best in your upcoming steps. your help has been a life changer, couldn't be grateful and thankful for all your hard work :))

[@madhukarkumar4103]

Thanks man, lotta people lookin up to you around the country. Keep killin' it

[@allsportfreak23]

Thank you for all the work you have done to help the rest of us. Super motivating watching this and congrats on the score!!

[@Swanke]

Thank you for doing all this. I start in August and I feel that I have a good grasp of what I need to do to get to where I want to be. Sincerely, thank you. Best of luck in clinicals! I think you'll do fantastic. Be sure to keep us updated on step 2 :) if you can manage the time.

[@AnKingMed]

Definitely will!

[@yashsolanki6404]

oh finally been waiting for this one🎉 and congratulations🎆

[@sarahashraf7374]

Congratulations on the score! thank you for all your help!!! wish you all the best for the future!

[@dilansarmad3385]

great video! keep up the good work and congratulations, well deserved!

[@ptcapc]

Thank you so much for all that you do! And congratulations 😊

[@abdelrahmanibrahim9535]

Congratulations man, I wish you all the best of luck, and I hope you get your specialty and program of choice when the time comes!

[@meng2821]

Congratulations friend! Haha. You deserve it! I’m sure you’ll get a slot for the specialty you’ve been working hard for. I learned Anki from you too! Thanks a lot!

[@hannahfuson1219]

I appreciate your transparency. :)

[@정윤-t7y]

Thank you so much for your work!! Congrats on getting an amazing score and I hope you match into Derm!!

[@magnuschun2219]

Congrats on the score! Thanks for sharing your ideas in a video so that you can help others!

[@AnKingMed]

Hope it was helpful!

[@maryammmm4739]

Congratulations👏🏼👏🏼🎉🎉

[@Bea_22]

Congratulations! You deserve it!

[@shirleyxian310]

Congrats! You are truly amazing!

[@Maddawg31415]

My dedicated Step period is in April. Because of the AnKing since Week 1 of med school..... I am taking Step 1 two months earlier than expected. Thank you AnKing

[@51spiderwebb]

Great Job. Thanks for your content, and especially for the tag overhauls.

[@TheWheatless]

I'm not a med student, so it's mind-blowing to me that you have time to do tons of studying, experimenting with using anki effectively, making youtube videos, and even going on vacation.

[@tacospicantes3coc745]

Anke cleaned my entire life, also my acne

[@jordanmd6642]

Mmmmmm Anke

[@studymbbsinabroad2582]

Acne ?

[@jaysmith6013]

So many amazing resources and tips available to students these days.

[@DrNOOR-yu7lh]

Actually, I didn't understand most of part. But I am gonna try to watch again n' again. Thanks for your dedicational work bro.

[@mohamedshendy7065]

Thank you for being that awesome I'm sure you gonna be a stellar dermatologist and an amazing father God bless you ❤🌷

[@xXGurgleXx]

I agree so much with what u said about sketchy

[@AnKingMed]

Seriously..

[@jaskaran401]

Congratulations! 👌🏻👏🏼

[@AhsanKhan1998]

Congratulations man

[@ATA-wi2lh]

Hey there, mega congrats! Can’t believe you were able to manage updating the decks, classwork, AND get a 260+ on step. I remember when you first started on this journey and I emailed you for your histology cards haha. Few questionS though, how much did the in house material help you? You said that 1/2 of your cards for “foundations” were self made. So does that mean your deck was 50k cards or so? I feel like I forgot so much class material so I’m getting worried about not keeping track of those cards I made for the class or making more cards. Every once in a while, there’s a UWORLD question on a topic that I don’t recognize at all, only to find out later I had notes on it from in house material. Sorry if I missed this and it has already been mentioned before. Also, regarding Qbanks/Resources, I find that it’s hard to learn using the workflow that everyone recommends with anki. For example, going from Pathoma/BnB straight to anki to USMLERx to UWorld. The resources/anki cards sometimes make’s a finding seem specific when it’s not. For example, I spent so much time trying to memorize the card on target cells and sickle cell anemia, only to find out later that they can be found in other anemia’s. Then when I get a question wrong on USMLERx, the next question on that topic is a completely different style of question, so I can’t test whether I truly learned from the first question. Any thoughts on how to overcome this? What caused your 20pt jump between January and March? And how were you able to do so well on your first practice test in January without completing all the blocks with your curriculum yet? Did you learn ahead? How do you efficiently find specific cards that you missed and tag them? Do you browse/search/tag after each question during your review? If you missed a question that has multiple topics, Do you tag/unsuspend all the topics mentioned on that question or just the topic of the correct answer? Lastly, do you have recommended setting for lapsed cards? Again, thank you so much and best of luck in all your future endeavors.

[@AnKingMed]

I only added about 3k cards in foundations and I suspended them right after. In house stuff helped, but not a ton. But 2-3 points on the exam can push you up quite a bit. If it was P/F, it wouldn't matter at all. On that first exam I looked up any questions in anki that were on material I hadn't covered yet. I browsed to find cards on missed questions. Takes time, but worth it! I used the settings in my recommended settings video and I'd still recommend them :)

[@thomasruta3365]

CONGRATULATIONS!

[@hashemx1ify]

Thanks man You're amazing ❤️❤️

[@lukekintsukuroi2383]

Congrats!

[@abdulansari95]

Did you review the questions you got wrong on AMBOSS everyday? I'm doing that right now and it takes me a while to review all the questions I did for that day.

[@MedHead]

Hi! When you says download the Step 2 deck from day 1, do you mean day one of MS1? If so, how would you recommend adding those cards into my studying for in-house exams? Should it still be 1/2 Zanki and 1/2 in-house or now 1/2 Step 2 deck and 1/2 in-house?

[@AnKingMed]

Honestly I wouldn't pattern yourself after me on that. That was only for my first 6 months. After that I only added 1-200 cards per block for in-house stuff. I would however add the step 2 cards in for your in-house exams if they're relevant

[@MedHead]

The AnKing thank you so much for replying! For clarification, you would filter out relevant step 2 cards from the deck by the tags right?

[@AnKingMed]

@@MedHead Correct

[@MedHead]

@@AnKingMed Thank you so much for you guidance and thoroughness! You really have done more for students than you probably think! :)

[@Dr.Boctor]

Im an M2 and will be taking Step in April. It is currently September. I have never done anki before. Is it worth it to try and do the Anking deck or am I too late?

[@ahamedsalim7609]

NAH mate ,just go on ..you can do it

[@Hbcorso]

Hi , I am immigrant student and i Will be taking the step1 exam in 6 montes. I ‘m confused and would like to know witch anki deck to get and how to configure it. Do you have any vídeo recommendations? And thank you so much for your help

[@LegitWhips]

As a M1 going into his summer, would you recommend me start doing daily Amboss questions right now, or do you think doing them at the end of each organ system to practice for exams as I go along is better?

[@AnKingMed]

I would definitely do one Qbank at the end of each organ system to really solidify things. If you can add another that you're doing random every day, even better

[@chasesteele3716]

Congratulations! Very happy for you! To say thank you for this video is an understatement! Regarding your missed questions filtered deck, did you reschedule your cards based on the answers in the filtered deck? or did you uncheck that option?

[@samuelshepard1735]

On those Monday's you would add only cards you had seen the lecture videos over correct? Say B&B cardio you would watch all the ischemia lecture videos and then unlock all the cards tagged to those lectures correct? You never put new cards in your deck that you had not covered the material first in some way correct?

[@samratspeaks]

Congrats man. Cheers :)

[@SoloJedi_]

@ankingMed There are new NBMEs do you have anyone that can make a video on their perspective with the new exams as the ones from this video aren't available anymore

[@Romaoplays]

Please do a video about 40:18 if you want, it’s really helpful!!

[@AnKingMed]

I'll keep it on my list for when I have time! Glad you like it!

[@shawn60068]

Hey Anking do you have settings for optimal language learning, particularly Japanese? I have the settings on the configuration video you did in 2018 but I'm confused on how the cards categorize the learning cards.

[@ShaheerMannanButt]

Are all cards from the BG Expansion important? I feel some factoids might not be tested, and overburden memory. Eg Cyclophosphamide is selective for cells that express low / no levels of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase. Are cards like these important and are they worth the time?

[@thegooddoc24]

Thank you so much for your advice and congrats on your score! Do overdue cards have any effect on the Anki algo? I am trying to decide between rescheduling cards or just living with the guilt of seeing 3k overdo cards thank you!

[@kennyp5388]

Wow congrats!!! 🙏

[@ticopean]

I'm an IMG and i have about 8 months to prepare for my step 1 and i am HYPERVENTILATING realising that you prepared for basically two years. Lord Help me!

[@AnKingMed]

You totally can! Keep in mind I was doing lecture work, research, summer breaks, winter breaks, etc all in there

[@caetanoboaventura]

Nice video! I'm a brazilian medical student and I'd like to know which anki deck you guys consider the best one to review the most relevant (in a clinical/practical/useful perspective) content of both basic science and clinical subjects. Some popular decks that I've found and tested so far are great but much more focused on the steps and on study sources that aren't common in other countries (such as UWorld, B&B...). Considering that in Brazil there aren't many popular shared decks, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. Thank you in advance!

[@caetanoboaventura]

@The AnKing Good to know! I'd also like to thank you very much for what you've been doing. It's certainly making life easier for countless students (not only in the US as you can see haha). Long live to the king!

[@Jeremywjsc12]

Thanks brother! Im from another country but im looking forward for step 1. Im a little bit lost on my study plan for the test (i have a year to prepare it), any suggestions on how to begin with anki and how to study? (Im in my 2 year of medicine) thanks bro!

[@Pendoo2]

When making a card in a deck, is there a way to add that card also to another deck so that it appears in both decks as two separate cards, but it just says the same thing?

[@aribafaheem7847]

Does the Anking Overhaul have cards from BnB? And do they suffice or should I also go for watching all of the videos?

[@coreycarney4776]

Hey guys, huge fan and congratulations on the score. I was wondering aprox how far out you would have taken NBME 22 and 24 if your test date hadn't been canceled? Would you have done them before UWSA2? Would you have taken more time between actual exam and Free 120 or UWSA2 if your date hadn't been cancelled? Trying to roughly plan out a schedule and your advice has me scoring v well on Amboss Qbanks so far so I want to keep following your tips!

[@AnKingMed]

Yeah I would have saved UWSA2 for last. And free 120 probably

[@mohamedsleem1561]

Congratulations for such great score, you sincerely deserve the best ! i am in early phase of my prep and was wondering how did you integrate amboss library in your studies?? Also, from your experience do you recommend it as a primary resource with BnB followed by their Qbank? For your daily Qbank 20-30 sessions topic specific or chapter wise? Sorry for asking such minutiae)

[@AnKingMed]

I used the library just when I needed to look things up, so not as a primary resource. And I did the daily Qbank sessions by random of all topics I had covered up to that point

[@kinzaahmed8182]

Congrats on your score and thank you for the very informative video! I wanted to know what you would recommend doing over this summer for a rising M2, considering a lot of summer opportunities have been cancelled.

[@AnKingMed]

Enjoy the summer! At most, continue your Anki reviews every day, do 5-10 practice questions every weekday or whenever you can (not a huge urgency) and find clinical research to do especially if you're interested in a competitive residency.

[@kinzaahmed8182]

@@AnKingMed Thank you!

[@thewyattt9668]

This man has a god like memory. And I think he said he scored like a 520 on the mcat. I wouldn’t expect the same result, but you can prob still get a respectable score

[@kazi5586]

After finishing one block and start new block, did you suspended the cards again? or did you accumulate the cards?

[@stevezhang123]

Thank you for making this video! I had a quick question as an Anki noob. In the section where you talk about how many cards you did each day and how you changed how many days pressing the easy button would correspond to, do you have to change the setting each day or is there a way to make that automatically happen? Also congrats on your score btw!

[@stevezhang123]

@The AnKing Gotcha thanks!

[@12tigerful]

How did you make it so that you only have around 400 cards a day? I’ve been doing Anking and lolnotacop for sketchy and I usually have around 1,000 a day. I feel like I’m spending too long on Anki so any advice would be greatly appreciated!

[@BiancaSilva-ls7hv]

When you set the max interval during dedicated, did you ever consider changing it so that your reviews pop-up before your scheduled exam date? How did you manage to review any cards that were scheduled to pop-up as a review after your exam date if you had a max interval set for 6 months?

[@AnKingMed]

I felt like doing questions was higher yield than trying to see all the reviews again. If there was an occasional card worth reviewing for the exam, I manually scheduled it. In the end, you should be retaining like 90% of your Anki cards on any given day regardless so the interval doesn't matter as longs as you've been doing reviews for 18 months to 2 years already.

[@felixm.6191]

Which add-on colorizes your tags? Congrats by the way :)

[@h.f.5912]

thank you! how did you set your amboss questions? were they based on cards learned or based on difficulty or..?

[@AnKingMed]

Random over all organ systems I’d covered so far

[@areos1169]

To do the cards in anking do i need to subsrice to pathoma, osmosis, etc??

[@CM-ug2cu]

For using amboss questions, were those on random on subjects you have previously covered? Or how did you go about doing those vs the organ based structure you had for Rx?

[@AnKingMed]

Yeah it was all organ systems I had previously covered up to that point.

[@stingrayace]

At minute 41, does anyone know if there was an add-on to alter the eases, or if it was just manual ease changing based on the day?

[@nihaalreddy288]

Thanks for the great video. When will the Pomodoro timer add on be available?

[@AnKingMed]

It's currently available for beta test on Patreon! www.patreon.com/ankingmed It's on the lowest tier ($3)

[@JS-ng2ee]

In terms of getting through cards at a faster pace, do you still frequently use the speed focus mode add on or have you been able to achieve higher speeds with the controller/other methods?

[@AnKingMed]

I usually don't use it. Just the controller and Pomodoro timer :)

[@roykadosh6904]

thank you so much for you contribution to medical stutends worlwide! congrats on the score. what do you recommend for MSK deck?

[@AnKingMed]

MSK topics are in our AnKing deck. If you're looking for anatomy, the medical school anki reddit page has various suggestions. We made our own anatomy cards.

[@roykadosh6904]

@@AnKingMed thank you, is the deck in anking based on the MSK that was in the bluegalaxies version?

[@AnKingMed]

@@roykadosh6904 It IS the deck that was in the bluegalaxies version

[@jennifercalderon7184]

Download Step 2 deck from the beginning of med school?

[@anthonydikhtyar2816]

I started doing anki during MS2 and mostly used it for micro/pharm. I used the zanki deck inconsistently and am wondering if it's worth trying to get through all of zanki during the next 13 weeks before I take STEP. My thought is that this will be more active and therefore better than just reading FA. Do you think I should prioritize this in addition to completing UW (a second time) and Amboss?

[@AnKingMed]

I probably would prioritize practice questions and do flashcards based on all questions you miss or are unsure of

[@anthonydikhtyar2816]

@@AnKingMed Thank you for replying so quickly. I also just sent a more in-depth email to you guys because I wasn't sure if you'd respond here.

[@samarthrabadiya5474]

Congratulations, you've worked for it and deserve this great score ! I'm in 2nd year and still have 6 months before this college year completes, and planning on taking another 5-6 months in 2021 for dedicated. Which Q-bank would you suggest for now and then for dedicated ? SUPER THANKS !

[@AnKingMed]

AMBOSS is a good one to choose for a longitudinal study. UWorld is recommended as the question bank to use right before step and during dedicated.

[@gerardobarajas7750]

thaks a lot for the video, do you can share your flashcards please , and did you recomend to take sketchy and uworld for the last 6 monts, and when you before it´s a good date do take it the NBME´s, thanks a lot for your response

[@AnKingMed]

The AnKing overhaul deck is linked on our website or on reddit. I’d definitely recommend those for the last 6 months. I’d take your NBMEs similar to my schedule shown in the video

[@gerardobarajas7750]

@@AnKingMed oh thank you, another question, how many hours to day you study, and really you studing 2 years before the exam it's really extraordinary and congratulates for your score I hope to obtain thats

[@andreia9494]

Hi! I've struggling on how to setup anki in order to study for usmle step 2ck. I've tried many ways but it's not working. Can you help me?

[@AnKingMed]

Of course! We have multiple options! www.ankingmed.com/help

[@armandobraz2613]

For your last point with having your easy button send cards between 2 and 5 days out, did you manually change those settings every morning? Does that affect previous cards?

[@AnKingMed]

Yeah I manually changed it every day and no it doesn't affect past cards :)

[@armandobraz2613]

@@AnKingMed Thanks for the reply. Did you use easy regularly then? I was under the impression that you advised against utilizing the easy button, and instead "Good" should be the most commonly used button!

[@tweety11226]

When I use the anki stimulator, it says that my learning steps (15, 1440, 5760) have to be the same as %of learning steps 🤔. I get an error message when my %of learning steps is lksted as 72 90. Same thing happens for my lapses. My lapses steps are 20 and my %of correct lapse steps are 72 90. It doesn't let me stimulate my deck 😔

[@AnKingMed]

It's because you have 3 learning steps, but only put in % for 2 (72 and 90). Try % with 72 80 90 for learning steps and 90% for lapses and see if that works

[@danieltomeymd]

Hi! I wanna know your opinion on Soze’s master deck. Im studing for the step 1 and Im using cards made by me but I wanna take it to another level to get 260+. I would like your opinion and best advices

[@AnKingMed]

I can’t give an opinion on that deck. I’ve never used it. I honestly don’t think any other decks will boost your score. Practice questions are more important.

[@danieltomeymd]

@@AnKingMed Thank you. And which deck have you use and think is the one that helped you the most?

[@sariasultan5370]

I have a question, I’ve done around 40% of Zanki and I have my exam in 2 months. I’m currently getting overwhelmed with anki, and I know some people have stopped using it since they’re becoming overwhelmed. Should I keep going or stop?

[@AnKingMed]

Rather than stop completely I would just decrease the amount of anki you are doing

[@shawnfrancois5209]

I know you haven't taken it yet, but is your step 2 deck all I need for step2?

[@jfriedman028]

Wait so you did those cards before the qbank questions correct?

[@nita102495]

As an M1 entering summer and taking step sometime next spring (early march probably), is it possible to fully mature your entire deck if I start now? Never done anki before and would like to start but IDK if I'm too late.

[@AnKingMed]

Yes it is! It will take a lot of effort, but its totally possible

[@nita102495]

@@AnKingMed thanks for the reply, congratulations on the score!

[@RA-yb1rp]

When should one start using Amboss (if still in med school)? or should I save Amboss during dedicated

[@shoaib_afzal]

hii.. you can start using Amboss right away. - actually from frist day

[@karanmalhotra9539]

Wat is anking basically and is it like boards and beyond

[@Fulgrim-elitedogkennel]

With p/f changes do i need to get high score in step 1 before actual change occurs? I'm going for step 1 in 3 month

[@jacobking2864]

I would definitely shoot for a high score it can’t hurt getting a high score but not scoring well definitely can hurt.

[@alexandrecac]

Can I ask what add-on should I use to color the tags in Browse view?

[@AnKingMed]

That’s the newest update of the bettertags addon

[@Winston_Smyth]

thank you!

[@notesformeyo823]

Are you ever planning on doing more premed videos?

[@AnKingMed]

Yes we're going to try and get some more! We have a long list of videos we want to make :P

[@deepdark795]

Hi, what's the add-on for "create filtered deck based on search"? You used it at around 23:57

[@AnKingMed]

It’s named just that!

[@deepdark795]

@@AnKingMed thanks so much for replying! Is there also a way to suspend due cards without converting them back to "new" cards (i.e. keep the intervals)?

[@AnKingMed]

@@deepdark795 Suspending due cards will not mess with the intervals. The only challenge is that if you unsuspend them at a later date, all the cards you suspended will now appear as "due" again because many of their due dates are passed.

[@deepdark795]

@@AnKingMed Got it, thanks so much for replying!

[@Mr.C0ffee]

What are the numbers after the NBME?