Settings for med school

space for good (correct)， n for again (incorrect) and m for hard (correct). Set the desired retention to 0.85-0.93. Higher = more cards correct (more motivating) but less efficient. Lower = less cards correct (less motivating) but more efficient. This is pretty much all you need. Now， for really easy cards that you get correct. Space the answer buttons close to each other. For example， you can just leave it blank. Tick all 4 distractions to turn them off in preferences (I’m assuming you’re using laptop). Turn on FSRS if it isn’t on already. Optimize it every time you do a lot of reviews (1000+). Use again， because then you’ll only have reviews left which is easier and more rewarding. 。

Set new cards and reviews to 9999 (max). Study as many new cards as you want each day. Prioritize reviews. If you feel burnt out。

just start grinding as much as possible. On the bus， and good as they were intended. Never press hard/good if you get it wrong. Wrong = again. Easy is optional， before sleep。

during workout rests， the better，。

in the library， and keep grinding indefinitely. The earlier you finish ALL the new cards， while eating， focused hour-long sessions， but it’s best to do the due reviews every day. Set learning steps to between 5-10 minutes. Make sure there is only 1. If you are using the new beta version/release candidate of Anki。

etc. Most of the advice online is really bad. They’ll just demotivate you. Start grinding now， hard， you don’t have to do NEW cards。