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Study Pace Planner
Tell it your exam date and what's left. It gives you a daily pace — with revision days set aside first.
Key facts
- Study days = (days to exam − revision days) × (7 − days off) ÷ 7.
- Units per day = units left ÷ study days. Round up — partial units carry over.
- Protect revision days first; they're what slip when you fall behind.
- Hours per unit tells you if the plan is realistic for the hardest chapters.
- Re-run weekly with the units actually left — the pace corrects itself.
Worked example
30 days to exam, 7 revision days, 1 day off a week, 24 units:
(30 − 7) × 6 ÷ 7 ≈ 19.7 days → 24 ÷ 19.7 ≈ 1.2 units/day
At 4 hours a day, that's about 3.3 hours per unit.
FAQs
How many revision days should I keep?
A common rule of thumb is a quarter of the time left, with at least a week before board or university exams.
What counts as a unit?
Whatever you track progress in — chapters, topics or lessons. Keep units roughly similar in size.
Several subjects?
Run it per subject with the hours you give each, or add all units together for one combined pace.