FlashCard Exchange – FlashCards for just about everything that you can create, study, print or download

Posted on July 18, 2007 at 9:47 am

Here’s a really good site called FlashCard Exchange for the folks that are currently studying for some painful exam such as the SAT, GRE, USMLE, MSCE, etc. It currently has over 8 million flash cards that have been created on the site. You can study the flash cards online if you wish, print them and study, or they can be downloaded to your computer in Word or Excel format.

There are three levels of membership: free, premium, and premium with software. With the free account, you can create flashcards, share them with others, and study online. For a one time fee of $20, you can print the flashcards, export them to Word or Excel, advance study with Leitner flashcards (not sure what that is), and create image-based flashcards. For a one time fee of $55, you can download a piece of software to create cards, study, etc.

I would probably only use the free account to study the flashcards that have been uploaded by other users. The nice thing is that you don’t have to register to study online, just click a category and get started. Also, if your native language is not English, you can choose a language under the Languages section and get a list of all the flashcards for that language.

Once you select a topic from the directory listing, check the Favorite Count to make sure it has been given a thumbs up by some people, otherwise you might find a crappy one that’s not very useful. Here, I found a flashcard set under the GRE section called GRE Hit Parade #1 which has a Favorite Count of 30.

Go ahead and click the Study button to view the flashcards. I really like the interface of the site: on the left you have the Study Controls to flip the card, move to the next one, go back, etc so you don’t have to use the mouse at all, on the bottom you have the options change the font size or start a slideshow, and on the top you can view the list of all cards, options and your results.

There is also an option to download flashcards to your PDA, so you can study while on the go! Pretty cool site! I think I could use this site just to learn new stuff, forget about for taking exams. I also checked out the Information Technology section and having taken some of the Microsoft exams myself already, I would have to say that the flashcards were fairly good.

This site is a great resource for anyone looking to take an exam soon! If you know of any other site such as this, post a comment!
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