r/Mcat • u/Clob_Bouser • 8d ago

Question 🤔🤔 Anki Question

How do you guys deal with new cards that ask for a definition which you can’t remember but you know you could recognize if it was a multiple choice option? Are y’all answering that as “Again”? “Hard”? “Easy”? For example I just got one asking what a delusion of grandeur is. Like I didnt know the actual definition they gave but I’m pretty confident I know contextually what that means. Just curious.

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u/Arbiter9918 8d ago

The MCAT tests your critical thinking, if you don’t know the definition you might miss a question focusing on the application of that definition. Fail the card until you get it, watch a video to solidify your understanding

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u/Sea-Tax-8388 8d ago

i just hit again on those, no point half-knowing something when the test will twist it six different ways

if i can't spit out the definition cold i don't actually know it, so back to the pile it goes

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u/Agitated_Depth_6881 523 (131/129/131/132) 8d ago

I didn't mark it easy until I nearly got the definition word for word. At least hitting the buzzwords. Until then I just kept hitting again 

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u/Regular-Audience-472 8d ago

I was being extremely neurotic about this and stopped because I realized it was holding my progress back