Finals study schedule maker

Put in your exams and the date of each one, and this makes a study plan from today to your last final. The topics you know least in your earliest exam come first, every exam gets a practice run before it, and the night before stays light.

Exam 1

ClassExam date

Topics on the exam (optional, one per line)

Hours you can study a day

How to use this tool

1
Add each exam and its date.
2
Paste the topics on each exam, one per line, and tap each one to mark it red, yellow or green.
3
Set how many hours you can study each day.
4
Press Make my plan, then copy it, print it or add it to your calendar.

Why this tool exists

Most students plan finals class by class: a day for biology, a day for chemistry, and so on. The trouble is that a day spent on a class you already know well is a day the hardest topics don't get. This schedule sorts by how well you know each topic instead. Red topics, the ones you couldn't explain yet, get the most time and come first. Yellow topics get a refresh. Green topics get no hour of their own, because the practice exam and the review will cover them.

Each exam is planned backwards from its date. Three days before, you take a full practice exam under time with no notes, because that is the closest thing to the real test. The next day goes to fixing what the practice exam showed you missed. The day before the exam is a light review and an early night, with nothing new. Every hour left before the practice exam goes to topics, earliest exam first.

If your topics don't all fit, the plan tells you which ones are left over, so you can find an extra hour a day or start sooner while there is still time to. Your exams and topics stay in your browser: nothing you type here is sent anywhere.

When you'd use this

Three or more finals in the same week
A cumulative final with a whole semester to cover
You keep starting with the class you like instead of the exam that is closest
You want to know now whether everything fits, not the night before

Turn red topics into practice quizzes

Testing yourself on a topic does more for an exam than rereading it. Upload your notes or slides for a red topic to Cereby and it makes a practice quiz from them, then keeps coming back to the questions you get wrong until they stick.

See how practice quizzes work Make flashcards from the same notes

Put the plan on your calendar

Add to calendar downloads a file your phone or laptop calendar opens, with one entry for each day of the plan. In Cereby, class sync can import your classes and put each exam on your calendar with prep sessions before it.

See how class sync plans your weeks

Only have a week?

The same method fits into seven days: sort your topics on day one, build one study guide per class, test yourself, take a practice exam, fix the gaps and review lightly the night before.

Read the one week finals plan Work out the score you need on each final

Frequently asked

How far ahead should I start studying for finals?

Start as soon as you know your exam dates. Two weeks before your first exam gives most students room for every red topic and a practice exam for each class. If you only have a week, the plan still works: it puts the practice exams in and tells you which topics don't fit.

What if two exams are on the same day?

Add both. The plan holds each exam's light review the day before and spreads their practice exams over the days before that, so both get one.

Can I change the plan after I make it?

Yes. Change any exam, topic, color or the hours a day and press Make my plan again. The new plan replaces the old one.

Does this save my exams anywhere?

No. The plan is worked out in your browser and nothing you type is sent to a server. Copy it, print it or add it to your calendar before you close the page.

What do red, yellow and green mean?

Red means you couldn't explain the topic yet. Yellow means you half remember it. Green means you could explain it to a friend right now. Red topics get two hours each, yellow topics one, and green topics are covered by the practice exam and the review.