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Anki for the MCAT
Your prep chapters, turned into cards you'll actually review. Upload a prep chapter and get Anki cards in a minute.
Free to start · Quote and page on every card
How it works
- UploadSlides, notes, PDFs or YouTube.
- CheckEvery card shows its quote and page.
- DownloadOne file that opens in Anki.
- Lecture notes or a textbook chapter as a PDF? PDF to Anki converter
- Learning from videos? YouTube to Anki
Every card shows where it came from
A card is only kept if its quote is really in your file.
From the source
the person will often need to take larger amounts of the drug to produce the familiar high—an effect known as tolerance.
The card · MCAT Basic
What is the effect called when a person needs larger amounts of a drug to produce the familiar high?
Tolerance
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Made for the MCAT
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Psych/soc terms
Psych/soc rewards knowing exact terms. Your chapter's terms become cards with their meaning.
Concepts, not just words
Basic cards test how things work, like what neurons release at a synapse, which is what science passages ask about.
Videos count too
Paste a content-review video with captions. Each card links to the second it was said.
Fewer, better cards
Pick Fewer, Normal or More. Leave out definitions you already know with one switch.
Example MCAT Anki cards
- Basic
Which brain region powers thinking, planning, problem solving, decision making, and self-control over impulses?
The prefrontal cortex
The prefrontal cortex powers the ability to think, plan, solve problems, make decisions, and exert self-control over impulses.
- Basic
According to current scientific thinking, what is dopamine's main role in drug use?
Reinforcement — getting us to repeat pleasurable activities
scientists now think dopamine has more to do with getting us to repeat pleasurable activities (reinforcement) than with producing pleasure directly.
- Cloze
A burst of dopaminec1 signals that something important is happening that needs to be remembered, leading to habit formation.
a burst of dopamine signals that something important is happening that needs to be remembered. This dopamine signal causes changes in neural connectivity that make it easier to repeat the activity again and again without thinking about it, leading to the formation of habits.
- Make cards from your own file
How to use Anki for the MCAT
Anki covers the memory side of the MCAT. Practice passages cover the rest.
A premade deck or your own?
Cards from your own prep book match its wording, and you can add what you miss in practice.
What to put in Anki
Amino acids, equations, hormones and psych/soc terms. Not CARS: it tests reasoning, not memory.
Settings that work
Turn on FSRS in Deck options and keep desired retention at 90%, Anki's default. Keep learning steps short, such as 10m. Stop new cards a few weeks before test day.
A study-week routine
Review daily. Finish a chapter, upload it, add the cards. Turn missed practice questions into cards.
When you fall behind
Pause new cards until your daily reviews are manageable, as Anki's manual recommends, and clear the overdue ones a few hundred a day.
Free to start. Pro when you study every day.
Free is enough to try it on a few lectures. Pro covers one or two classes every week, Max every class.
Pro
For one or two classes$7.99/ month
or $54.99 a year (5 months free)
- 50 decks a month
- Up to 100 pages per file
- 300 image occlusion diagrams a month
- Your decks are made first when it's busy
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Big textbooks or every class? Max takes files up to 200 pages and unlimited decks. Compare plans · Export to Anki is never paywalled.
Questions
Should I use a premade MCAT deck or make my own?
Premade decks cover common content. Cards from the book you're actually studying match its wording and order, and you can add the facts you got wrong in practice.
What if a card is wrong?
Each card shows the exact quote and page it came from, and a card is only kept if that quote is really in your file. You can still edit, redo or delete any card on the Review screen before you download.
Can it make cards from Khan Academy or other videos?
Yes, from YouTube videos with captions. Each card links to the second in the video where it was said.
Does it work with Anki on my phone?
Yes. You download a normal .apkg deck. It opens in Anki on a computer, AnkiMobile and AnkiDroid, with no add-ons. Image occlusion cards need Anki 23.10 or newer.
Is it free?
Yes. Free makes 3 decks a month from files up to 15 pages. Pro ($7.99 a month) makes 50 decks a month from files up to 100 pages. Downloading to Anki is never paywalled.
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