Seven days, whole syllabus, rising panic. Here is the plan that extracts the most marks from the time that is left.
Accept the triage mindset
One week is not enough to learn everything — it is enough to score on the majority. That means ruthless prioritisation: chapters with the most exam weight and your partially-known chapters give the highest marks-per-hour. A chapter you never studied is expensive; a chapter you half-know is cheap. Buy the cheap ones first.
Days 1–2: map and gather
- List every chapter with two ratings: exam weight (from past papers) and your current level (0–5).
- Order by weight × gap. That ordering is your week.
- Gather one revision source per subject — your own notes if they exist, else the textbook summaries. No new reference books now.
Days 3–5: the test-first loop
For each chapter, do not re-read first. Test first: take a quick paper on the chapter (7Marks makes one in seconds), mark it with the key, and let the red ink tell you exactly which sections need reading. Then read only those, and get any unfixable doubt explained instantly on 7Solve rather than losing an hour to one problem. Test-first typically halves revision time per chapter.
Day 6: full papers
Two full-length mixed papers under timed conditions. This stitches the chapters together and calibrates your exam-hall pacing.
Day 7: notes, formulas, sleep
Only formula sheets, one-page notes and your error list. Stop by early evening. A full night's sleep converts the week's cramming into retrievable memory — it is the highest-scoring "study session" of the entire plan.