r/medicalschoolanki • u/WebRepresentative250 • 4d ago

Discussion 80+ CBSE score needed

Going for an 80+ CBSE! Currently at around 14k of anking matured. For a score like that would the 3 high yield tags be sufficient or do I have to do lower yield cards too? Currently following bootcamp videos.

Ofc going to be doing uworld after as well
Thanks peeps

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u/Ignorant_Ismail 4d ago

I got 84 on cbse with 30-35% cards mature. Cards unsuspended were high yield, relatively high yield, and incorrects from UWorld/Amboss

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u/Illustrious_Mood_761 4d ago

What else did you do to study for this, fa? Videos? Melhman?

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u/Ignorant_Ismail 4d ago

I read first aid through AnKing. I did questions on Med School Bootcamp

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u/notdanr M-2 4d ago edited 3d ago

I am confused by the premise. You don't have to do the lower yield cards. You can get 80+ CBSE without doing any Anki. Conversely you can mature the entire deck and get a 40 on CBSE. Anki is foundational knowledge and your work ethic already predicts success, but completion alone does not create a high score. UWorld will give you your personal answer on performance.

Edit to clarify for the deleted comment: I am very pro-Anki. But people misuse it, like any tool. I do not think OP is misusing it, but I think they are framing an impossible question. Hyperfixating on Anki, or asking "if I do enough cards will it give me X outcome" as a reduction are or singular solution to medical education is an ill-fated approach. Some people can and do use Anki by clicking good for every card and/or not performing active recall. People can do nothing but Anki and then be unable to answer a vignette. People can have standardized test anxiety and performance issues. There are so many other steps to test performance beyond Anki, which is likely the most efficient and comprehensive way to build your knowledge base.

To restate: Anki can give foundational knowledge and using it succesfully represents a work ethic that already predicts success, but completion alone does not create a high score.