FREE TOOLS/EXAM SCHEDULE

Exam study schedule generator.

Enter your exam date and topics — get a day-by-day study plan, review days included. Export to calendar or print. Free, no signup.

How it works

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    List your topics. One per line. If a topic is harder than the rest, add *2 or *3 after it and it gets two or three times as many days.

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    It fills your calendar. Every day between your start date and the exam becomes a study day — except the rest days you tick — and each day gets a topic.

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    The last days are for review. Roughly the final 15% of days are kept free of new material: you go back over everything, so it's all fresh on exam day.

Why save days for review? Because what you studied in week one is half-forgotten by exam day. A quick second pass over every topic right before the exam is the cheapest way to raise your score — and it's the part most people skip when they plan by feel.

Getting the most out of your study days

On each study day, test yourself instead of re-reading: close the notes, try to explain the topic from memory, then check what you missed. Do past-paper questions early — they show you which topics need more time while you can still adjust. And keep your rest days; memory settles in while you sleep.

If your exam has a published syllabus, paste its topics straight into the list. And if you're preparing for something bigger — a certification, an interview, a new field — PlanAny builds the study plan and the daily lessons, then checks you can actually explain each topic before it lets you tick it off.

Frequently asked questions

What do *2 and *3 after a topic mean?

They mark how hard a topic is for you. A plain topic gets one share of your study days; a topic ending in *2 gets two shares, *3 gets three. Put them on your weakest subjects — for example "Organic chemistry *3" — and the schedule automatically gives them more days.

How do I get the schedule into my calendar?

Build the schedule, then click "Download .ics calendar". Opening that file adds every study, review and exam day to Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook. Prefer paper? "Print schedule" gives you a clean printable version of the same table.

How many days before an exam should I start studying?

A useful rule of thumb is one study day per topic, plus 15–20% on top for review — so a 10-topic exam wants roughly two weeks of daily studying, or four weeks at every other day. Starting earlier lets spacing work for you: the same total hours spread over more days produce measurably better recall than a compressed sprint.

What if I have more topics than days left?

The generator still builds a schedule — it doubles up topics on shared days and tells you how many days short you are. When that happens, triage: give your highest-weight topics real time, skim the rest for the main ideas, and prioritize past-paper questions over complete coverage. Partial mastery of the important topics beats superficial coverage of everything.

Should I study the day before the exam?

Review, yes — learn, no. New material studied the night before barely survives to the exam and crowds out consolidation of what you already know. That's why this schedule ends with review days covering all topics: light retrieval practice, an early night, and you walk in with everything fresh.