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How To Build The Perfect Study Plan

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  1. START HERE

    College Is Different Than High School
  2. College Should Be Fun
  3. Why Your Grades Matter
  4. What Is a Real Study Plan?
  5. FIND YOUR STUDY TIME
    Schedule
  6. Awake Time
  7. Commitments
  8. Me Time
  9. How to Build Your Schedule in Shovel
  10. Commute Time
  11. Adjust Study Time
  12. Month View
  13. Study Time Recap
  14. CALCULATE YOUR WORKLOAD
    What Is Workload?
  15. Everything In One Place
  16. Import Tasks
  17. Create Tasks
  18. Due Dates
  19. Task Categories
  20. Estimate Tasks
  21. Reading Tasks
  22. Start Dates
  23. Create Repeat Tasks
  24. Adjust Multiple Tasks at Once
  25. Workload Recap
  26. KNOW IF YOU CAN GET IT DONE
    Can You Get It Done?
  27. Cushion Example
  28. How to Make the Cushion Positive
  29. See Your Cushion in the Plan Sidebar
  30. Cushion Recap
  31. TIME-BLOCK YOUR TASKS
    Time-Blocking (Planning)
  32. Ways to Plan
  33. Time Left to Plan
  34. How Far Out to Plan
  35. Big Study Blocks
  36. Small Study Blocks
  37. Planning Exams
  38. Time-Blocking Recap
  39. TRACK & ADJUST
    Check Things Off or Replan
  40. Make Adjustments
  41. Adjust Time per Page
  42. Flexibility
  43. Personalize
  44. NEXT STEPS
    Where You Are Now
  45. Next Steps

When you filter your plan sidebar to view tasks within their start date and encounter a large task, such as an exam or a final paper, you should start planning it in small chunks right away. This reduces the chance of cramming the night before an exam or missing a deadline on your paper. A little effort every day goes a long way.

This is how to make an exam study schedule.

For example, you can start planning your exam three weeks ahead of the exam day. In the first week, you can plan an hour every day. In the second week, you can plan an hour and a half every day. By the third week, you can increase this to two hours every day. Spacing things out like this is proven to be much more effective than cramming.

So just open your plan sidebar. Find your exam, make sure you estimate enough time for studying for the exam, and start dropping it into small and big study blocks during the weeks leading up to the exam, until all the estimated time has been fully planned out.

We'll cover all this in more detail in our "80/20 College Success Masterclass."