Build one capacity calendar
Put all exam dates, fixed commitments and usable study blocks in the same place. Deduct travel, classes and other obligations before distributing tasks. Counting the same evening as available for three subjects creates a plan that cannot be completed even with perfect discipline.
Allocate by deadline and remaining work
For each subject, estimate unresolved outcomes and sample performance. Give more near-term capacity to an urgent weak subject, while reserving smaller foundation blocks for later exams. Use published assessment weights when available; do not invent topic probabilities from a handful of old questions.
Rebalance after each checkpoint
Review the calendar after a practice session or completed exam. Release time from secure outcomes and move it to unresolved ones. Switching subjects every few minutes is not necessary: use a block long enough to complete and check one meaningful task before changing courses.
Worked example
Three exams fall on days 7, 10 and 14. During the first week, a student initially assigns four blocks to the first exam and two to each later exam. A diagnostic shows the second subject has a missing prerequisite, so one first-exam review block moves to that foundation. The allocation changes again after day seven; the numbers are a starting example, not a universal ratio.
Before you finish
- No study block is counted twice.
- Later exams have preparation before the nearest exam ends.
- Allocation changes when deadlines or evidence change.