Make a Priority Map First
List every exam with its date, weighting, and your current confidence level. This turns stress into something visible and manageable. Subjects that are both soon and weak should get the most attention first.
A priority map also prevents a common mistake: spending lots of time on the subject you like best while avoiding the one that actually needs the most work.
Divide Revision Into Daily Rotations
Main Subject
Use your best energy on the exam that is nearest or most challenging.
Secondary Subject
Review a second exam later in the day to keep it active in memory.
Quick Review
End with flashcards or a short recap from memory for a third subject.
Interleave Instead of Bingeing One Subject
Studying one subject for six hours straight often feels productive, but it leads to mental fatigue and weaker discrimination. Interleaving — rotating between subjects or problem types — helps you stay engaged and improves your ability to choose the right method on the exam.
Use Retrieval to Spot Weakness Fast
When time is limited, you need an honest picture of what you know. Start each subject session with recall questions, practice problems, or a blank-page brain dump. This reveals exactly where to spend the next 30 minutes.
Leave Buffer Time Before Each Exam
Do not schedule revision so tightly that one bad day ruins the entire plan. Leave small buffer windows for catch-up, especially in the last two or three days. A realistic plan is always better than an ideal plan you cannot actually follow.