# Complete Sketchy Micro in 6 Days. Actually Remember It.

> The WRWRT method and a day-by-day order for finishing all ~85 Sketchy Micro organisms in 6 days, with First Aid page numbers for same-night MCQs.

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## Summary

A six-day plan for completing Sketchy Micro using the WRWRT loop: Watch at 1x with no notes, Recall the story chronologically from memory, Watch again at 1.5–1.75x for gaps only, Read the Sketchy PDF, then Test with Vault MCQs on that day's First Aid pages. The stated goal is completion, not mastery — the real retention comes when the visual story returns during UWorld two months later. Days run DNA viruses, RNA viruses, parasites, fungi, gram positives, then gram negatives plus atypicals, mycobacteria and spirochetes, with organism lists and First Aid page ranges for each day.

## Key facts

- WRWRT = Watch (1x, no notes) → Recall → Watch again (1.5–1.75x, gaps only) → Read the PDF → Test with MCQs
- ~20 hours of Sketchy content completed in 6 days; 100+ students tested the system
- Do these from First Aid instead of Sketchy: TB, COVID, HIV, Bunyaviruses, and malaria
- Day 1 DNA viruses (13 organisms, 3–4 h, First Aid pp. 160–163); Day 2 RNA viruses (3–4 h, pp. 164–173); Day 3 parasites (2–3 h, pp. 152–158); Day 4 fungi (2–3 h, pp. 149–150); Day 5 gram positives (3–4 h, pp. 132–137); Day 6 gram negatives plus atypicals/myco/spirochetes (4–5 h, pp. 139–144 and 145–148)
- Open the Sketchy PDF after every 6–7 videos and highlight what you can't recall
- End each day with MCQs after 15–20 videos; target understanding at least 70% by end of day, hitting each organism 4 times in 4 formats
- What not to do: 2x speed, notes while watching, repeat viewings during the sprint, passive multitasking, memorising before moving on
- After day 6: days 7–9 general pharmacology 3-day sprint, then day 10+ the 13-week system schedule starting with Renal

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## Source

USMLE Vault — https://usmlevault.com
Author: Dr. Marish Asudani

Updated: 2026-08-26