Hi all! I was answering a question about Anki decks, and since they come up all the time on this sub, I thought I could make a healthy contribution to what I think the current state is of each deck and how they may best be used for folks just entering this space. I wish I had something like this when I started prepping last year, because let's face it, information is often scattered, outdated, or personal. So hopefully this is helpful.

Keep in mind the best approach for YOU will vary based on your willingness to grind Anki, time, prior knowledge, learning style preference, and desired comprehensiveness.

TLDR: I’d recommend Anking if you like the cloze style and have a regular study period, Captain Hook if you like the open-ended style and have a longer study period, Aidan if you like the cloze style and have a very long study period, and MileDown if you really need to jam through a very short period (although less recommended). I also included two example Anki-inclusive studying strategies below deck commentary.

I’ll try to be objective below, but obviously this is a subjective thing. For context, I’ve been monitoring the Anki MCAT space for over a year and these opinions are formed from my own experience trying out several decks as I prepare for my own MCAT and the experiences of my peers. Of course, please check the comments of this post for additional perspectives!

Final note as we go in for beginners: Cloze v.s. open-ended? Skip to the next titled section if you already know what this is, and what it means for your memory!

Cloze or open-ended refers to the notecard format. Cloze is "fill-in-the-blank", and open-ended is the more traditional front/back approach. Cloze is probably the most commonly preferred because it is faster to get through than open-ended and requires less discipline to say whether you got it right or wrong. However, facts learned via cloze are vulnerable to "pattern matching" since that memory is more cued than it would be on an open-ended card. You may struggle more to recall that fact if it's not phrased in the same way or asks about a non-clozed part of the card. Yet, moving through faster allows you to get to practice problems sooner and have time to study other ways, so it's all a cost/benefit analysis you'll have to run for yourself!

MAJOR DECK THOUGHTS (subsection for p/s at section bottom)

Anking (includes Pankow P/S deck): Cloze. It's clean, nicely connected/tagged, and cloze-style will make for a modestly quick yet comprehensive push-through. May not capture everything, but has a nice balance of mostly high-yield info with some low-yield. Middle-of-the-road time investment. This is my general recommendation for people who recently took related classwork because I think it gives you the most optimum balance of a solid base while getting you into practice problems for the average MCAT study window. If your classwork is less recent, you can supplement nicely because it's well-tagged. This means it allows you to unsuspend (unlock cards for review) as you go through a wide variety of common learning content, including Kaplan book chapters, UWorld book chapters, IFD High Yield book chapters, UWorld Questions, Khan Academy videos, Pixorize, and AAMC content outline concepts. Its regular updates and organizational backing are also without equal in the MCAT Anki community. What's also nice is that although its mostly a cloze deck, it often includes additional pictures or context that aren't part of getting the card "right," so you can go harder with it if you want.

Jack Sparrow (own P/S deck): Open-ended. Generally seen as the most comprehensive option of the open-ended decks out there, and covers more than AnKing does, but it's riddled with long explanations, and it’s been a few years since it was updated (2020 release). Many very high scorers swear by this one because it includes a lot of both high AND low yield info. But fair warning, it will be a massive drain on your time if you're doing it right. Not really connected to other resources in terms of tags. Has its own P/S, but many end up substituting its P/S with Mr. Pankow's deck (cloze). Alternatively, you can sub with MCATalysts recent P/S deck, which is open-ended, to achieve a similar style as the overall deck.

Captain Hook (includes Pankow P/S deck): Open-ended. An awesome Jack Sparrow deck user built this one. It's a modified JS deck with trimmed explanations, some trimmed/added/updated cards, plus Mr. Pankow P/S instead of JS’s regular P/S. Will still take you a lot of time, just less, and still covers the high and low yield topics. IMO, the most practical “comprehensive” deck. It has occasional KA links, but I wish it was resource-tagged like AnKing is. Like JS, if you like the open-ended style, you can sub out Pankow P/S (cloze) for MCATalysts recent P/S deck. CH was released in 2025, but is based on a 2020 deck. This is the one I use, but I still often add my own additional explanations to the back because some of the cards are briefer than I'd like.

MileDown (own P/S deck): Cloze. The advantage here is low time investment with its low card count focused on the highest-yield topics. Many opt to sub out this deck's P/S for Pankow (will be a significant card addition relative to this deck size btw). If you hate Anki and want to get through it ASAP, Milesdown may be your best bet. Fair warning though, it’s a bit outdated (2019 release), and the things it omits aren't necessarily fluff! I would recommend supplementing with UWorld error cards you either make yourself or unsuspend through AnKing. You should definitely supplement this deck with other learning methods like Khan Academy videos, Kaplan, etc., which is a good idea anyway, but especially if this is what you choose. It includes some links, but lacks resource tagging. Fun fact, the current AnKing deck traces much of its lineage to the original Milesdown deck, and pays homage in its tags accordingly. That said, AnKing MCAT now has a LOT more than Milesdown.

Aidan v2 (own P/S deck): Cloze. Probably the most comprehensive major deck available, but that comprehensiveness comes with a massive workload. The community-built 2026 v2 trimmed its card count to roughly 12,000 by removing genuinely out-of-scope material, correcting many reported errors, removing unsolicited AAMC spoilers, and adding newer P/S terms. For context, AnKing MCAT is ~6,400 cards, and MileDown is almost 2,900. The science sections generally follow Kaplan chapters, while P/S follows Khan Academy/the 300-page document, but it lacks AnKing’s extensive resource tagging. This is best suited to someone with a long study period, probably 5–6+ months, who enjoys Anki and wants to minimize content gaps. Many users instead pull from it selectively for weak subjects. V2 receives occasional community corrections through AnkiHub, but not with AnKing’s update frequency, and occasional errors may remain. I’d strongly recommend v2 over the original.

As for the P/S-specific decks mentioned above:

Mr. Pankow: Cloze. Offered independently or as part of AnKing or Captain Hook. Up until a couple weeks ago, basically the undisputed gold standard P/S deck, and may still be. It's the most battle-tested P/S across several years of MCAT-takers, and most who have completed it swear by it. The fact that other major MCAT decks include it by default should tell you something. It’s based on the Khan Academy MCAT outline for P/S and follows its videos/sheet closely. It’s a grind (definitely a bigger deck), but worth it according to many. Also the dude who made it is funny. Many of those cards have sneaky jokes, and that’s awesome when you're on a long grind.

MCATalyst P/S: Open-ended. The new kid on the P/S block (2026 summer release). Credits Pankow for forming the core of its content, but restructures and re-organizes the deck to be in an open-question format, reformats the cards themselves, and trims and adds some things according to the builder’s idea of what’s more/less important and current to the test. I’m using this personally, but know that this deck is new and therefore largely untested. Still, the fact that it’s grounded in Pankow and its association with the MCATalyst brand offers some reassurance. If you see this post months or years from now, search to see what the latest conclusions are.

GENERAL STRATEGY EXAMPLES THAT INCLUDE ANKI:

Note: I didn't include AAMC full lengths and Q packs here, but they are widely considered to be an essential, late portion of your test-date ramp. Don't neglect this!

The default catch-all “standard” and my general recommendation: AnKing MCAT (includes Mr. Pankow p/s!) with learning supplement and UWorld

1. Read Kaplan/Uworld Book chapter or watch Khan Academy MCAT video according to preference
2. Unsuspend related AnKing cards via tag by your choice of "learning phase" material you just covered.
3. Grind for a bit. Once comfortable with a beginning knowledge base (which doesn’t mean completing the deck/chapters/YT videos!), start doing UWorld Questions
4. Unsuspend Anki cards associated with your UWorld questions that aren't a part of your rotation yet (UWorld Qs also tagged in AnKing). Make your own cards for errors/AnKing gaps.
5. Grind until AnKing deck is mature and UWorld is complete. Note: DO NOT NEGLECT UWORLD IN THIS STRATEGY OR ANY OTHERS! IT IS GOLD STANDARD!

Anki load: medium (cloze style)

Overall time investment: medium-high (can modify to low-medium if your base is strong and you skip books/videos etc. and go straight to practice Qs and cards, though you may have gaps)

Comprehensiveness: medium-high

The mega-comprehensive maniac: Captain Hook (I replaced Mr. Pankow p/s with MCATalyst for P/S since it’s open-ended) with UWorld/Anking and optional learning supplement.

(my approach, but warning… MASSIVE time sink. Not for everyone, or even most. I was a non-trad so I felt I needed to.)

1. Optional: Read Kaplan chapter and unsuspend related cards (note: Captain Hook's subdecks are largely organized by Kaplan chapter, the deck does not have actual tags for Kaplan or any other learning resource like UWorld). If you do this, it will take even MORE time than CH does already. From someone in the middle of that grind... just be warned. This isn't a quick jam.
2. Grind for a bit, unlocking P/S too as you go, and spot-examining topics that come up in your cards that are unclear to you. Once comfortable with your knowledge base, which doesn’t mean completing the deck, start doing UWorld.
3. Unsuspend AnKing cards associated with your MISSED UWorld questions for extra, cheaper reinforcement, and/or make your own.
4. Grind until CH, UWorld, and error AnKing complete.

Anki Load: Large (CH: open-ended, Pankow (default p/s): cloze, MCATalyst (personal replacement p/s): open-ended, AnKing: Cloze)

Overall time investment: high (+higher w/ Kaplan chapters)

Comprehensiveness: high (+higher w/ Kaplan chapters)

CONCLUSION

Hopefully this was useful in demystifying the Anki resources that are out there and how they can be applied! Please share your support/critiques/thoughts below so folks searching this stuff up can get the right context and perspective! GOOD LUCK FUTURE DOCTOR!

Hi all! I was answering a question about Anki decks, and since they come up all the time on this sub, I thought I could make a healthy contribution to what I think the current state is of each deck and how they may best be used for folks just entering this space. I wish I had something like this when I started prepping last year, because let's face it, information is often scattered, outdated, or personal. So hopefully this is helpful.

Keep in mind the best approach for YOU will vary based on your willingness to grind Anki, time, prior knowledge, learning style preference, and desired comprehensiveness.

TLDR: I’d recommend Anking if you like the cloze style and have a regular study period, Captain Hook if you like the open-ended style and have a longer study period, Aidan if you like the cloze style and have a very long study period, and MileDown if you really need to jam through a very short period (although less recommended). I also included two example Anki-inclusive studying strategies below deck commentary.

I’ll try to be objective below, but obviously this is a subjective thing. For context, I’ve been monitoring the Anki MCAT space for over a year and these opinions are formed from my own experience trying out several decks as I prepare for my own MCAT and the experiences of my peers. Of course, please check the comments of this post for additional perspectives!

Final note as we go in for beginners: Cloze v.s. open-ended? Skip to the next titled section if you already know what this is, and what it means for your memory!

Cloze or open-ended refers to the notecard format. Cloze is "fill-in-the-blank", and open-ended is the more traditional front/back approach. Cloze is probably the most commonly preferred because it is faster to get through than open-ended and requires less discipline to say whether you got it right or wrong. However, facts learned via cloze are vulnerable to "pattern matching" since that memory is more cued than it would be on an open-ended card. You may struggle more to recall that fact if it's not phrased in the same way or asks about a non-clozed part of the card. Yet, moving through faster allows you to get to practice problems sooner and have time to study other ways, so it's all a cost/benefit analysis you'll have to run for yourself!

MAJOR DECK THOUGHTS (subsection for p/s at section bottom)

Anking (includes Pankow P/S deck): Cloze. It's clean, nicely connected/tagged, and cloze-style will make for a modestly quick yet comprehensive push-through. May not capture everything, but has a nice balance of mostly high-yield info with some low-yield. Middle-of-the-road time investment. This is my general recommendation for people who recently took related classwork because I think it gives you the most optimum balance of a solid base while getting you into practice problems for the average MCAT study window. If your classwork is less recent, you can supplement nicely because it's well-tagged. This means it allows you to unsuspend (unlock cards for review) as you go through a wide variety of common learning content, including Kaplan book chapters, UWorld book chapters, IFD High Yield book chapters, UWorld Questions, Khan Academy videos, Pixorize, and AAMC content outline concepts. Its regular updates and organizational backing are also without equal in the MCAT Anki community. What's also nice is that although its mostly a cloze deck, it often includes additional pictures or context that aren't part of getting the card "right," so you can go harder with it if you want.

Jack Sparrow (own P/S deck): Open-ended. Generally seen as the most comprehensive option of the open-ended decks out there, and covers more than AnKing does, but it's riddled with long explanations, and it’s been a few years since it was updated (2020 release). Many very high scorers swear by this one because it includes a lot of both high AND low yield info. But fair warning, it will be a massive drain on your time if you're doing it right. Not really connected to other resources in terms of tags. Has its own P/S, but many end up substituting its P/S with Mr. Pankow's deck (cloze). Alternatively, you can sub with MCATalysts recent P/S deck, which is open-ended, to achieve a similar style as the overall deck.

Captain Hook (includes Pankow P/S deck): Open-ended. An awesome Jack Sparrow deck user built this one. It's a modified JS deck with trimmed explanations, some trimmed/added/updated cards, plus Mr. Pankow P/S instead of JS’s regular P/S. Will still take you a lot of time, just less, and still covers the high and low yield topics. IMO, the most practical “comprehensive” deck. It has occasional KA links, but I wish it was resource-tagged like AnKing is. Like JS, if you like the open-ended style, you can sub out Pankow P/S (cloze) for MCATalysts recent P/S deck. CH was released in 2025, but is based on a 2020 deck. This is the one I use, but I still often add my own additional explanations to the back because some of the cards are briefer than I'd like.

MileDown (own P/S deck): Cloze. The advantage here is low time investment with its low card count focused on the highest-yield topics. Many opt to sub out this deck's P/S for Pankow (will be a significant card addition relative to this deck size btw). If you hate Anki and want to get through it ASAP, Milesdown may be your best bet. Fair warning though, it’s a bit outdated (2019 release), and the things it omits aren't necessarily fluff! I would recommend supplementing with UWorld error cards you either make yourself or unsuspend through AnKing. You should definitely supplement this deck with other learning methods like Khan Academy videos, Kaplan, etc., which is a good idea anyway, but especially if this is what you choose. It includes some links, but lacks resource tagging. Fun fact, the current AnKing deck traces much of its lineage to the original Milesdown deck, and pays homage in its tags accordingly. That said, AnKing MCAT now has a LOT more than Milesdown.

Aidan v2 (own P/S deck): Cloze. Probably the most comprehensive major deck available, but that comprehensiveness comes with a massive workload. The community-built 2026 v2 trimmed its card count to roughly 12,000 by removing genuinely out-of-scope material, correcting many reported errors, removing unsolicited AAMC spoilers, and adding newer P/S terms. For context, AnKing MCAT is ~6,400 cards, and MileDown is almost 2,900. The science sections generally follow Kaplan chapters, while P/S follows Khan Academy/the 300-page document, but it lacks AnKing’s extensive resource tagging. This is best suited to someone with a long study period, probably 5–6+ months, who enjoys Anki and wants to minimize content gaps. Many users instead pull from it selectively for weak subjects. V2 receives occasional community corrections through AnkiHub, but not with AnKing’s update frequency, and occasional errors may remain. I’d strongly recommend v2 over the original.

As for the P/S-specific decks mentioned above:

Mr. Pankow: Cloze. Offered independently or as part of AnKing or Captain Hook. Up until a couple weeks ago, basically the undisputed gold standard P/S deck, and may still be. It's the most battle-tested P/S across several years of MCAT-takers, and most who have completed it swear by it. The fact that other major MCAT decks include it by default should tell you something. It’s based on the Khan Academy MCAT outline for P/S and follows its videos/sheet closely. It’s a grind (definitely a bigger deck), but worth it according to many. Also the dude who made it is funny. Many of those cards have sneaky jokes, and that’s awesome when you're on a long grind.

MCATalyst P/S: Open-ended. The new kid on the P/S block (2026 summer release). Credits Pankow for forming the core of its content, but restructures and re-organizes the deck to be in an open-question format, reformats the cards themselves, and trims and adds some things according to the builder’s idea of what’s more/less important and current to the test. I’m using this personally, but know that this deck is new and therefore largely untested. Still, the fact that it’s grounded in Pankow and its association with the MCATalyst brand offers some reassurance. If you see this post months or years from now, search to see what the latest conclusions are.

GENERAL STRATEGY EXAMPLES THAT INCLUDE ANKI:

Note: I didn't include AAMC full lengths and Q packs here, but they are widely considered to be an essential, late portion of your test-date ramp. Don't neglect this!

The default catch-all “standard” and my general recommendation: AnKing MCAT (includes Mr. Pankow p/s!) with learning supplement and UWorld

1. Read Kaplan/Uworld Book chapter or watch Khan Academy MCAT video according to preference
2. Unsuspend related AnKing cards via tag by your choice of "learning phase" material you just covered.
3. Grind for a bit. Once comfortable with a beginning knowledge base (which doesn’t mean completing the deck/chapters/YT videos!), start doing UWorld Questions
4. Unsuspend Anki cards associated with your UWorld questions that aren't a part of your rotation yet (UWorld Qs also tagged in AnKing). Make your own cards for errors/AnKing gaps.
5. Grind until AnKing deck is mature and UWorld is complete. Note: DO NOT NEGLECT UWORLD IN THIS STRATEGY OR ANY OTHERS! IT IS GOLD STANDARD!

Anki load: medium (cloze style)

Overall time investment: medium-high (can modify to low-medium if your base is strong and you skip books/videos etc. and go straight to practice Qs and cards, though you may have gaps)

Comprehensiveness: medium-high

The mega-comprehensive maniac: Captain Hook (I replaced Mr. Pankow p/s with MCATalyst for P/S since it’s open-ended) with UWorld/Anking and optional learning supplement.

(my approach, but warning… MASSIVE time sink. Not for everyone, or even most. I was a non-trad so I felt I needed to.)

1. Optional: Read Kaplan chapter and unsuspend related cards (note: Captain Hook's subdecks are largely organized by Kaplan chapter, the deck does not have actual tags for Kaplan or any other learning resource like UWorld). If you do this, it will take even MORE time than CH does already. From someone in the middle of that grind... just be warned. This isn't a quick jam.
2. Grind for a bit, unlocking P/S too as you go, and spot-examining topics that come up in your cards that are unclear to you. Once comfortable with your knowledge base, which doesn’t mean completing the deck, start doing UWorld.
3. Unsuspend AnKing cards associated with your MISSED UWorld questions for extra, cheaper reinforcement, and/or make your own.
4. Grind until CH, UWorld, and error AnKing complete.

Anki Load: Large (CH: open-ended, Pankow (default p/s): cloze, MCATalyst (personal replacement p/s): open-ended, AnKing: Cloze)

Overall time investment: high (+higher w/ Kaplan chapters)

Comprehensiveness: high (+higher w/ Kaplan chapters)

CONCLUSION

Hopefully this was useful in demystifying the Anki resources that are out there and how they can be applied! Please share your support/critiques/thoughts below so folks searching this stuff up can get the right context and perspective! GOOD LUCK FUTURE DOCTOR!

Hi all! I was answering a question about Anki decks, and since they come up all the time on this sub, I thought I could make a healthy contribution to what I think the current state is of each deck and how they may best be used for folks just entering this space. I wish I had something like this when I started prepping last year, because let's face it, information is often scattered, outdated, or personal. So hopefully this is helpful.

Keep in mind the best approach for YOU will vary based on your willingness to grind Anki, time, prior knowledge, learning style preference, and desired comprehensiveness.

TLDR: I’d recommend Anking if you like the cloze style and have a regular study period, Captain Hook if you like the open-ended style and have a longer study period, and Milesdown if you really need to jam through (although less recommended). I also included two example Anki-inclusive studying strategies below deck commentary.

I’ll try to be objective below, but obviously this is a subjective thing. For context, I’ve been monitoring the Anki MCAT space for over a year and these opinions are formed from my own experience trying out several decks as I prepare for my own MCAT and the experiences of my peers. Of course, please check the comments of this post for additional perspectives!

Final note as we go in for beginners: Cloze v.s. open-ended? Skip to the next titled section if you already know what this is, and what it means for your memory!

Cloze or open-ended refers to the notecard format. Cloze is "fill-in-the-blank", and open-ended is the more traditional front/back approach. Cloze is probably the most commonly preferred because it is faster to get through than open-ended and requires less discipline to say whether you got it right or wrong. However, facts learned via cloze are vulnerable to "pattern matching" since that memory is more cued than it would be on an open-ended card. You may struggle more to recall that fact if it's not phrased in the same way or asks about a non-clozed part of the card. Yet, moving through faster allows you to get to practice problems sooner and have time to study other ways, so it's all a cost/benefit analysis you'll have to run for yourself!

MAJOR DECK THOUGHTS (subsection for p/s at section bottom)

Anking (includes Pankow P/S deck): Cloze. It's clean, nicely connected/tagged, and cloze-style will make for a modestly quick yet comprehensive push-through. May not capture everything, but has a nice balance of mostly high-yield info with some low-yield. Middle-of-the-road time investment. This is my general recommendation for people who recently took related classwork because I think it gives you the most optimum balance of a solid base while getting you into practice problems for the average MCAT study window. If your classwork is less recent, you can supplement nicely because it's well-tagged. This means it allows you to unsuspend (unlock cards for review) as you go through a wide variety of common learning content, including Kaplan book chapters, UWorld book chapters, IFD High Yield book chapters, UWorld Questions, Khan Academy videos, Pixorize, and AAMC content outline concepts. Its regular updates and organizational backing are also without equal in the MCAT Anki community. What's also nice is that although its mostly a cloze deck, it often includes additional pictures or context that aren't part of getting the card "right," so you can go harder with it if you want.

Jack Sparrow (own P/S deck): Open-ended. Generally seen as the most comprehensive option out there, but it's riddled with long explanations, and it’s been a few years since it was updated (2020 release). Many very high scorers swear by this one because it includes a lot of both high AND low yield info. But fair warning, it will be a massive drain on your time if you're doing it right. Not really connected to other resources in terms of tags. Has its own P/S, but many end up substituting its P/S with Mr. Pankow's deck (cloze). Alternatively, you can sub with MCATalysts recent P/S deck, which is open-ended, to achieve a similar style as the overall deck.

Captain Hook (includes Pankow P/S deck): Open-ended. An awesome Jack Sparrow deck user built this one. It's a modified JS deck with trimmed explanations, some trimmed/added/updated cards, plus Mr. Pankow P/S instead of JS’s regular P/S. Will still take you a lot of time, just less, and still covers the high and low yield topics. IMO, the most practical “comprehensive” deck. It has occasional KA links, but I wish it was resource-tagged like AnKing is. Like JS, if you like the open-ended style, you can sub out Pankow P/S (cloze) for MCATalysts recent P/S deck. CH was released in 2025, but is based on a 2020 deck. This is the one I use, but I still often add my own additional explanations to the back because some of the cards are briefer than I'd like.

Milesdown (own P/S deck): Cloze. The advantage here is low time investment with its low card count focused on the highest-yield topics. Many opt to sub out this deck's P/S for Pankow (will be a significant card addition relative to this deck size btw). If you hate Anki and want to get through it ASAP, Milesdown may be your best bet. Fair warning though, it’s a bit outdated (2019 release), and the things it omits aren't necessarily fluff! I would recommend supplementing with UWorld error cards you either make yourself or unsuspend through AnKing. You should definitely supplement this deck with other learning methods like Khan Academy videos, Kaplan, etc., which is a good idea anyway, but especially if this is what you choose. It includes some links, but lacks resource tagging. Fun fact, the current AnKing deck traces much of its lineage to the original Milesdown deck, and pays homage in its tags accordingly. That said, AnKing MCAT now has a LOT more than Milesdown.

As for the P/S-specific decks mentioned above:

Mr. Pankow: Cloze. Offered independently or as part of AnKing or Captain Hook. Up until a couple weeks ago, basically the undisputed gold standard P/S deck, and may still be. It's the most battle-tested P/S across several years of MCAT-takers, and most who have completed it swear by it. The fact that other major MCAT decks include it by default should tell you something. It’s based on the Khan Academy MCAT outline for P/S and follows its videos/sheet closely. It’s a grind (definitely a bigger deck), but worth it according to many. Also the dude who made it is funny. Many of those cards have sneaky jokes, and that’s awesome when you're on a long grind.

MCATalyst P/S: Open-ended. The new kid on the P/S block (2026 summer release). Credits Pankow for forming the core of its content, but restructures and re-organizes the deck to be in an open-question format, reformats the cards themselves, and trims and adds some things according to the builder’s idea of what’s more/less important and current to the test. I’m using this personally, but know that this deck is new and therefore largely untested. Still, the fact that it’s grounded in Pankow and its association with the MCATalyst brand offers some reassurance. If you see this post months or years from now, search to see what the latest conclusions are.

GENERAL STRATEGY EXAMPLES THAT INCLUDE ANKI:

Note: I didn't include AAMC full lengths and Q packs here, but they are widely considered to be an essential, late portion of your test-date ramp. Don't neglect this!

The default catch-all “standard” and my general recommendation: AnKing MCAT (includes Mr. Pankow p/s!) with learning supplement and UWorld

1. Read Kaplan/Uworld Book chapter or watch Khan Academy MCAT video according to preference
2. Unsuspend related AnKing cards via tag by your choice of "learning phase" material you just covered.
3. Grind for a bit. Once comfortable with a beginning knowledge base (which doesn’t mean completing the deck/chapters/YT videos!), start doing UWorld Questions
4. Unsuspend Anki cards associated with your UWorld questions that aren't a part of your rotation yet (UWorld Qs also tagged in AnKing). Make your own cards for errors/AnKing gaps.
5. Grind until AnKing deck is mature and UWorld is complete. Note: DO NOT NEGLECT UWORLD IN THIS STRATEGY OR ANY OTHERS! IT IS GOLD STANDARD!

Anki load: medium (cloze style)

Overall time investment: medium-high (can modify to low-medium if your base is strong and you skip books/videos etc. and go straight to practice Qs and cards, though you may have gaps)

Comprehensiveness: medium-high

The mega-comprehensive maniac: Captain Hook (I replaced Mr. Pankow p/s with MCATalyst for P/S since it’s open-ended) with UWorld/Anking and optional learning supplement.

(my approach, but warning… MASSIVE time sink. Not for everyone, or even most. I was a non-trad so I felt I needed to.)

1. Optional: Read Kaplan chapter and unsuspend related cards (note: Captain Hook's subdecks are largely organized by Kaplan chapter, the deck does not have actual tags for Kaplan or any other learning resource like UWorld). If you do this, it will take even MORE time than CH does already. From someone in the middle of that grind... just be warned. This isn't a quick jam.
2. Grind for a bit, unlocking P/S too as you go, and spot-examining topics that come up in your cards that are unclear to you. Once comfortable with your knowledge base, which doesn’t mean completing the deck, start doing UWorld.
3. Unsuspend AnKing cards associated with your MISSED UWorld questions for extra, cheaper reinforcement, and/or make your own.
4. Grind until CH, UWorld, and error AnKing complete.

Anki Load: Large (CH: open-ended, Pankow (default p/s): cloze, MCATalyst (personal replacement p/s): open-ended, AnKing: Cloze)

Overall time investment: high (+higher w/ Kaplan chapters)

Comprehensiveness: high (+higher w/ Kaplan chapters)

CONCLUSION

Hopefully this was useful in demystifying the Anki resources that are out there and how they can be applied! Please share your support/critiques/thoughts below so folks searching this stuff up can get the right context and perspective! GOOD LUCK FUTURE DOCTOR!

Hey all!

I’m trying to set up an in-house Anki deck for the masters program I’m TAing, but I need help establishing a strong workflow on how those cards are best delivered to the students (will be largely new to anki) so it’s as simple for them as possible.

Ideally, I’d like students to be able to unlock cards that correspond to lectures as we go through the curriculum. However, I’m not sure the best way to go about it. Note that all the cards are not yet made, due to the amount we’ll need to make and verify as TAs, we’ll likely have to make them a block ahead of time.

Main question: Would you have a suggested workflow for this? The ideal workflow would be simple, allow multiple TAs to edit and contribute cards to the official deck, and have a clear structure so students are easily and quickly able to identify what to bite off as we go through. Are there roadblocks I should be aware of?

Below are routes and roadblocks I’ve thought about if it’s helpful, but it’s verbose so you can skip!

1. Ankihub-hosted, upload as we go. Cards uploaded to a main ankihub deck and subdecks corresponding to blocks. Cards tagged by week and/or lecture, but students get access by timing of card upload
   ->Pros: ankihub has the ability for multiple contributors, live updates to decks for errors, and students won’t have to worry about unsuspending cards manually by tags, which for new users can be complicated
   ->Cons: requires manual interaction from deck makers to upload new cards, timing of those upload becomes a burden for TAs and Students if TAs get busy, requires constant exports of the latest deck versions by TAs for users who don’t use ankihub since it requires subscription.u

2. Ankihub-hosted, uploaded for whole block at a time (a block = a month and a half of classes that culminates into an exam). Structure as above, but students have to manually suspend and unsuspend cards themselves as they go through by week or lecture.
-> Pros: less work from TAs to keep up with constant uploads than method above. Students could work ahead of time if they desire and don’t have to wait for the next TA upload. Easier for TAs to get a block “done” and upload to ankihub and to students without ankihub in one fell swoop, only making new versions with corrections.
-> Cons: if the academic schedule changes, could mess with cards students have already unlocked; would still require manual changes as cards would need to be added/removed and possibly retagged. Still largely relies on paid ankihub subscription or students get “othered”. I worry about this becoming disorienting for students. Also relies of students manually and correctly unsuspending cards by tag.

Hey all!

Whats your recommendation for a tato and accompanying strategy for clearing nightmare as easily as possible? Want to unlock that final tater.

Context: I’m a mid tato player/ casual who usually only likes to clear difficulties 3/4 because I don’t like rebooting waves. I have cleared 5 on a couple different potato’s, but ultimately find this difficulty a bit too frustrating. In other words, I’m a filthy casual, so any advice in support of knowing this would be great!

Hi, my in-game name is Ohm, a tournament stadium player for the last couple of seasons. The recent developer update says stadium will no longer have new heros, and will no longer have new maps. I will keep this short as short as I can, because I know statistically most of you don’t play this mode, but I want you to know how hard this is for our community that we’ve built. This is possibly the saddest gaming day of my life, and I think this decision was incredibly short sighted.

I know I know the stats aren’t there right now. It does make sense to allocate resources to modes where people are. But I think to have created something so great, only to not give it the extra legs it needed to be more popular, is very unfortunate. There are things that could’ve been done, like giving it a real ranking system, and a natural matchmaking onboarding process that doesn’t punish new players so brutally by putting them against grandmaster tournament players (literally had this last night.) There are many things within the stadium community we had thought of, and none of it was implemented, or even tried. At least we got those icons (/s, look it up if you’re interested.)

And don’t get me wrong, this decision will kill the mode. No new content but balance updates is putting the game on life support.

It’s sad because I know so many of us in the stadium community won’t return to Overwatch, and opt instead for experiences like deadlock. It’s sad because as an Overwatch player since 2016, I’ve never experienced the joy or dynamic strategy that stadium offered. To go back to core feels like eating vanilla ice cream with perk sprinkles, after having access to so many different flavors. Not to mention, and I know this is limited to the tournament scene, how likely it is that this decision evaporates that, leaving the organizations who were built on this to figure out what’s next.

It’s a shame you couldn’t figure it out Team4, because what you had here was really special. Really freaking special. And this decision will squander it, and the interest in your game as a whole for many current and would’ve-been stadium players.

I’m trying to establish a setup but I can’t decide whether to bite the bullet on a VPS or use my desktop/laptop. I use both regularly, and they’re both pretty good in terms of specs. My use case is “secretary” stuff and research, not running a business or anything. My concerns are:

-Paying needlessly for a VPS. I’m a student looking to keep costs low, and that could be token money.

-Getting inhibited or throttled by a VPS

-Bricking my PC or Laptop. Both are expensive and replacing them would be a painful financial setback.

-Long term damage to PC or Laptop having them essentially run at all times.

Any suggestions on which route to go?

I’m trying to establish a setup but I can’t decide whether to bite the bullet on a VPS or use my desktop/laptop. I use both regularly, and they’re both pretty good in terms of specs. My use case is “secretary” stuff and research, not running a business or anything. My concerns are:

-Paying needlessly for a VPS. I’m a student looking to keep costs low, and that could be token money.

-Getting inhibited or throttled by a VPS

-Bricking my PC or Laptop. Both are expensive and replacing them would be a painful financial setback.

-Long term damage to PC or Laptop having them essentially run at all times.

Any suggestions on which route to go?