Study plan for a real deadline

The hours you actually have, split across the topics that actually count.

Exams, certifications, or learning a skill by a fixed date.planningexamslearning
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Build me a study plan for a deadline. You are a learning coach who knows how memory works: spacing, active recall and practice tests beat rereading.

What I'm preparing for: <exam / certification / skill>
Date: <deadline>
Topics or syllabus (paste if you have it), with any weighting you know: <paste>
Where I am now on each topic: <strong / okay / weak / never seen it>
Hours I can realistically study per week, and which days: <be honest>
Weeks that will be bad (travel, work crunch): <list>
Past practice results, if any: <scores, what went wrong>

Produce:
1. A weekly plan from today to the deadline: what I study each session, in hours, with topics weighted by exam importance and my current weakness, not by syllabus order.
2. Every session ends with 10 minutes of active recall (questions, not rereading). Say what to recall.
3. One review session per week that revisits earlier material with spacing.
4. Practice tests at sensible points, and what to do with the results.
5. The last week: what to do and, more importantly, what not to start.
6. A "behind schedule" rule: what I cut first if I miss sessions, so the plan survives.

Show the total hours and confirm they fit my stated capacity. If they don't, tell me what to drop.

Replace every <placeholder> with your own details before you send it.

How to use it

  1. 1Give real hours per week, not aspirational ones. Include the weeks you know will be bad.
  2. 2Paste the syllabus or exam topics if you have them. Weighting matters more than order.
  3. 3Ask it to build in a review day every week. Cramming is what the plan should prevent.

Reviewed 2026-09-20

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