Map everything before scheduling anything
List every topic across every subject, then count them. Panic comes from an unmeasured pile. Once it is a list of forty topics with days attached, it becomes a schedule.
Assign every topic to a week
Work backwards from the first exam date. Give each topic a specific week and a specific day, and leave the final week for review only. If the topics do not fit, that is a real signal to start earlier or cut depth deliberately.
Revise actively, not by re-reading
Re-reading feels productive and teaches very little. Use recall instead: cover the page, write what you remember, then check. Past papers under timed conditions are the highest-value hours you have.
Protect sleep in the final fortnight
Trading sleep for revision in the last two weeks usually costs more marks than it gains. Schedule sleep and one rest evening as if they were examinable, because in effect they are.
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