✦Study · 13 recordsExam revision timetable

A revision timetable that is only a schedule tends to produce a lot of re-reading. This splits the topics from the practice, because doing questions is what reveals what you actually know and re-reading reliably does not.

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Goal

Walk into the exams having tested myself Week 8

Two passes over the material, with past papers proving which parts stuck.

Cover the topics Week 6

Every topic mapped against the weeks that are left.

  • List every topic and mark the shaky onesDo firstDay 2
  • Spread them across the weeks availableDo firstDay 4
  • Finish the first pass over everythingWeek 5

Past papers Week 8

The part that tells the truth about what I know.

  • Do one paper under timed conditionsWeek 2
  • Mark it honestly and list what went wrongDo firstWeek 2
  • Do a second paper on the weak topicsWeek 6

Routines

  • Revision blockdaily
  • Test myself on last week's topicsweekly
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First exam

Week 809:00180 min
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Re-reading is not revision

Re-reading notes produces a strong feeling of familiarity that is almost unrelated to whether you could answer a question. Doing questions is the only cheap way to find out.\n\nThat is why past papers are a separate project with their own dates, rather than something to get to once the topics are covered.

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Exam revision timetable, answered.

This plan runs on eight weeks, which is enough for two passes over the material with practice in between. Starting much earlier tends to produce a beautiful timetable and a slow first pass; much later removes the second pass entirely.
Because they are the only part that tells you the truth. Re-reading notes produces a strong feeling of familiarity that is almost unrelated to whether you could answer a question, and the practice project exists so that check keeps happening.
Short enough to actually start — the routine here is a daily block rather than a heroic weekend. Consistency across eight weeks beats intensity across two, and the timetable is built on that assumption.
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