How many revision sessions per day?

Bunpro
#1

Hello everyone,

I was wondering, since I started using Bunpro (a little over a month ago), I quickly got into the habit of doing a first review session in the morning (until my review deck is empty) and another session in the evening (also until the deck is empty).

The problem is that recently, I have a bit less time to dedicate to it, and I especially have the impression that because I split my learning into two sessions, my number of cards to review is higher.

In the evening, when I’ve just finished and I’m going to bed, I see about 100 reviews scheduled for 10 PM the next day. The next morning, I do about 50 reviews, thinking I’ll just have to do another 50 or so in the evening and be done with it. But that’s where the issue lies: when I check my review count for 10 PM now, it’s at 82, making a total of 132 reviews compared to the initial hundred or so.

So, do you recommend doing only one review session per day? How do you manage your routine?

Thank you!

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#2

In your case, you could change the review queue timing in settings so that all reviews become available at the start of the day. That way you have the option to do all of them in your first session, or know how many will be saved for later or rolled over to tomorrow.

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#3

Hi ! thank you so much for your reply !

I supposed that your are talking about this parameter ?

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Until now, i was receiving new reviews every hour so it may be that one.

#4

Yes that’s the one. I keep it at hourly, because I like having some reviews to do whenever I have a break at work, but if you’re only doing one or two large sessions and/or want to keep the remaining review count constant, that may be better.

As far as I’m aware, the only drawback would be for new things that’d normally schedule a review for less than one day away. In that case I think it pushes it to the next day. But if you’re only doing one session a day or so anyway, it may be worth the trade-off.

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#5

I’ll give it a try for a week or two, and then I’ll see if I like it or not! Anyway, thanks a lot for your help.

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#6

As far as I remember, the setting actually doesn’t push young cards to the next day, and they still come back during the day. The setting “pulls daily cards to the beginning of the day”, not “pushes daily cards to next day”, if that makes sense.

There are many variables, but ultimately it’s whichever fits in your day and allows you to focus and keep motivated.

I like to treat grammar and vocab very differently.
For grammar, dedicate at least 30 minutes in front of a computer when I can focus and research any questions that come up.
For vocab, use reveal and self-grade, extremely long intervals, 5 minute sessions at any free moment during the day, fail fast and move on. Personally using a different platform with a more aggressive SRS scheduler, but that’s because I juggle 17k+ cards. With a lower volume Bunpro could work.

#7

I personally do reviews in drips and drabs, but I rarely manage to empty my queue, so…

I find 5 minutes here and there rather than sitting down and trying to do 30 mins twice a day or something more functional for me, but I also do other study and use bunpro mostly as just a quick review tool.

#8

I tend to do all my reviews in a morning and then I might do some before bed in an evening, but that’s only if I’m not super tired. In general I just don’t learn a lot so my reviews don’t get above 30-50 at any given day, so I can burn them down in a chunk and be done.

#9

I typically do 3-4 sessions a day, but my daily review pile is usually 200+ reviews so I feel the need to break it up a bit. It’s probably worth noting that I do reviews almost exclusively at work (ALT with a lot of desk-warming time, no one else at my school really speaks English so they certainly have no issue with me sitting here studying to perhaps have a decent conversation with them one of these days)

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#10

I’m in the same situation. Bunpro has been a fantastic way of filling up otherwise dead time in a productive way that the people around me still approve of.

You planning on hitting the JLPT this summer?

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#11

Thinking about making an attempt at N3 in July, might hold off until December to give myself a more comfortable pass though. How about you?

#12

I passed the N4 last summer with good scores in everything but listening. So I’m going to take a shot at the N3 this summer.

I figure that the December sitting gives me a fallback if I mess something up in July.

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