How the planner calculates your schedule

The core idea is simple: compare available study hours to hours needed to cover your topics. Then adjust for real-world efficiency (focus, energy, procrastination, and exam difficulty).

• Days remaining: examDate − today
• Study-days fraction: (studyDaysPerWeek ÷ 7)
• Base hours: daysRemaining × fraction × hoursPerStudyDay
• Efficiency factor: based on focus, energy, and procrastination
• Available hours: baseHours × efficiency

• Topic count: number of non-empty lines in your topics list
• Base minutes per topic: slider (10–180 minutes)
• Difficulty multiplier: 0.85 → 1.55 based on difficulty
• Needed hours: topics × (minutesPerTopic ÷ 60) × multiplier

• Coverage score: how much of needed time you can realistically fit
• Practice score: higher practice focus improves readiness
• Momentum: focus + energy raise the score; procrastination reduces it
• Final score: weighted blend, then clamped to 0–100

A realistic plan in 20 seconds

Suppose your exam is in 14 days. You can study 5 days/week for 2 hours/day. You list 18 topics, estimate 45 minutes each, and set difficulty to 6/10.

• Base hours: 14 × (5/7) × 2 ≈ 20 hours
• Needed hours: 18 × 0.75 × ~1.19 ≈ 16 hours
• Result: you have a buffer for review + a mock exam.

If you change focus to 3/10 (distracted), the available hours drop — your schedule tightens automatically.

Make your plan actually work

The best plan is one you follow. Here’s a simple rhythm that fits almost any exam.

• 10 min warm-up: quick review of yesterday’s mistakes
• 40–70 min main block: new topic or high-yield practice set
• 10 min active recall: explain key points from memory
• 10 min plan next session: write the first task

• Early week: cover new topics (with practice)
• Mid week: revisit weak topics (spaced review)
• End week: timed practice + error log

Frequently Asked Questions

• Is the Readiness Score “scientific”?

  It’s not a clinical or official metric. It’s a practical signal based on your time gap and study conditions. Use it to compare scenarios (“What if I study 30 minutes more?”), not to predict a grade.

• How should I choose minutes per topic?

  Start with 30–60 minutes. If you’re learning a topic from scratch, increase it. If you’re reviewing, decrease it. The planner will adjust your coverage.

• Why does focus/energy matter?

  Two hours of distracted study is not the same as two hours of focused practice. The efficiency factor keeps the plan honest.

• What if I have multiple exams?

  Make separate plans for each exam, save them, then compare which one needs more time. If two exams are close together, prioritize the one with the bigger time gap (the lower readiness score).

• Does the planner include breaks?

  Yes — indirectly. Efficiency assumes your brain needs breaks. If you try to study 8 hours/day, the plan will still recommend splitting into smaller sessions and doing practice over rereading.