Study & Exam Planner

A study system for one professional exam - bar, USMLE, MCAT, or any date that matters. Five passes per subject are generated backwards from the exam date, and a recall log books when you look at each idea again.

Setup takes the exam, its date, your study days per week and a daily cap. Rate each subject once and give it a minutes-per-pass. The schedule builds itself from there, and Countdown says whether what is left still fits in the days that remain.

WHAT'S INSIDE

Dashboard - days left, work left, and whether the two still fit

Start Here - how the file works and which cells are yours

Setup - the exam, its date, your cap, and the two ladders

Subjects - the subjects, rated once

Schedule - five passes per subject, ticked off here

Recall Log - one row per self-test

Countdown - the figures behind the Dashboard, and what is next

THE PART NOBODY ELSE BUILDS

You will disappear for a week at some point, and the file is built for it. Type a Restart date on Setup and every session before it is waived: not missed, not counted, not coloured red. There is no record of the gap anywhere in the workbook. Rest is scheduled the same way. Study days per week defaults to six because the seventh is booked before the plan starts rather than left over after it fails, and when the work no longer fits, Countdown says what to cut. It never tells you to work more.

WHAT YOU GET

Excel workbook (.xlsx)

Google Sheets template - one click to copy

Setup instructions (PDF)

Free updates for life

BEFORE YOU BUY

Works in Microsoft Excel 2016 and later, and in Google Sheets. It schedules your passes and books your next look from how you rated yourself; it does not test you, and it contains no questions or flashcards. Digital download, all sales final.