Session 195 In this episode, Ryan talks with Amit Mathew, an entrepreneur and creator of the Cram Fighter, a personalized study scheduling tool that helps students develop a better and more effective studying habit regardless of their studying style. Married to a physician, Amit watched his wife (who was a medical student at that time) struggling as she was studying for the boards and coming up with a plan and schedule to study for the boards. With all the different materials she's using, Amit thought there's gotta be a better way of doing this and so this sparked his entrepreneurial mind that led him to create the Cram Fighter. Cram Fighter is a software that enables you to plug in all of your study materials to help you create a custom schedule based on the day you're taking the test, the day you're starting to study, along with several other variables. Here are the highlights of the conversation with Amit: Being a spouse of a medical student: Started dating her spouse while a premed student Having a unique perspective from the outside Seeing his wife preparing for her tests with colored pencils and big sheets of paper What Amit has seen in people preparing for tests: Everybody studies differently with a lot of overlap The need for a day-to-day plan The commonality of successful students is having a plan The importance of having steps in order to achieve a goal The power of having a calendar There's no one perfect schedule or one perfect schedule for any student Products should be personalized and adapt to your study style What is Cram Fighter? It helps you build a personalized, detailed study plan so you know what to do each day to prepare you for your exams. Based on the information you give them, Cram Fighter gives you a very detailed daily checklist of what to do and builds a schedule for you. If you need to make changes, Cram Fighter re-calculates and re-balances your schedule on the fly (add resource, switch around subjects, etc.) It serves as a task management and scheduling system. Cram Fighter also has a  pre-populated list of resources that you might be using The benefits of using Cram Fighter: Time Detail specificity Habits that keep students motivated and stay on schedule: Starting your preparation and adding it up little by little each year Course correction When you need to start looking at using Cram Fighter: Have an idea first of what resources you're using Cram Fighter maintains a list of popular resources many students are using Links and Other Resources: www.cramfighter.com Get 50% off their MCAT study schedule by using this Coupon Code: medschoolhq2017. This offer is good through August 2016. www.mededmedia.com www.medschoolinterviewbook.com