Final exams study plan for every course
Four or five finals in ten days, each with its own slides, readings and past exams. This prompt has your todo.is agent read your syllabi and lecture slides, plan each day so the earliest exam gets attention first, make practice questions from your own course material and message you each morning with the plan.
The prompt
- Make me a final exams study plan. My exams are [EXAMS AND DATES]. I am attaching my syllabi, lecture slides and past exams: [COURSE FILES]. My current grades and what I need on each final are [GRADES AND TARGETS]. I can study [DAILY HOURS] hours a day from [START DATE], and I am busy on [BUSY TIMES]. Plan day by day so each course gets enough time before its exam, with the hardest topics first and a final review the day before each one. From my files, make a one-page summary and 20 practice questions per course. Give me an Excel schedule and the summaries as a PDF, and send me the day's plan at 8:00 on WhatsApp.
What to change
- [EXAMS AND DATES]: E.g. "Organic Chemistry Dec 9 at 9:00, Microeconomics Dec 11, Statistics Dec 12, Spanish 201 Dec 16".
- [COURSE FILES]: Attach the PDFs, slides or photos of notes. Up to 50 MB per file.
- [GRADES AND TARGETS]: E.g. "Orgo C+, need a B on the final to get a B-". Or "aim for B in all".
- [DAILY HOURS]: E.g. "6".
- [START DATE]: E.g. "Nov 28".
- [BUSY TIMES]: E.g. "work shift Saturday 10 to 16".
Example result
- Finals plan: 4 exams, Nov 28 to Dec 16
- Organic Chemistry Dec 9 · Microeconomics Dec 11 · Statistics Dec 12 · Spanish 201 Dec 16 · 6 h a day · Work shift Saturday 10 to 16
- Why this order
- • Organic Chemistry is first and the hardest (you need a B on the final), so it gets 40% of the time until Dec 9
- • Microeconomics and Statistics are back to back, so both start early and alternate
- • Spanish is last and your strongest, so it starts after Dec 9
- Nov 28 to Dec 3
- • Mornings: Organic Chemistry, 2 sessions of 75 minutes. Reaction mechanisms (SN1, SN2, E1, E2), stereochemistry, then the topics you scored lowest on in the midterm.
- • Afternoons: alternate Microeconomics (elasticity, market structures, game theory) and Statistics (hypothesis tests, confidence intervals, regression)
- • Evenings: 30 minutes of practice questions from the day's topics, made from your slides
- Dec 4 to 8
- • Organic Chemistry: the past exam you attached on Dec 5 and Dec 7, in timed conditions
- • Draw every mechanism from memory, then check against the slides
- • Microeconomics and Statistics: one problem set each a day
- Dec 9 to 12
- • Dec 8: Orgo final review, sleep by 23:00
- • Dec 9 after the exam: rest the afternoon, then light Micro review
- • Dec 10: Micro past exam and graph practice
- • Dec 11 after Micro: Statistics formula sheet and practice exam
- • Dec 12: Statistics exam
- Dec 13 to 16
- • Spanish: subjunctive, preterite vs imperfect, the oral topics from the syllabus
- • One practice composition a day; your agent corrects it
- Sample practice question (from your Orgo slides, lecture 18)
- Predict the major product when 2-bromo-2-methylbutane reacts with sodium ethoxide in ethanol, and name the mechanism. (Answer: elimination, mainly the more substituted alkene, by E2.)
How to do it with todo.is
- List your exams and dates, and gather your syllabi, slides and any past exams.
- Paste the prompt into todo.is on the Today screen and attach the files, or send them to your agent on WhatsApp.
- You get an Excel schedule, a PDF of course summaries and practice questions from your own material.
- Each morning you get the day's plan. Reply "behind on Stats" and your agent reshuffles the remaining days.
Tips for a better result
- Attach past exams if your professor shares them. They show the style and level better than any summary.
- Study the course with the earliest exam first, but touch every course every few days so nothing goes cold.
- Practise in the format of the exam: problems for Statistics, essays for history, mechanisms on paper for chemistry.
- Your files stay in your own agent workspace and only your agent uses them.
final exams study plan: FAQ
- How early should I start studying for finals? Starting 2 to 3 weeks before your first exam gives enough time for every course. If you only have a week, focus on past exams and the topics with most weight.
- How many hours a day should I study during finals? Many students manage 5 to 8 focused hours a day in short blocks with breaks. More than that often lowers quality.
- Can my agent make practice questions from my slides? Yes. Attach the slides or notes and it writes questions with answers based on that material, so they match what your course covered.
- What if my exam schedule changes? Send the new date and your agent rebuilds the remaining days around it.
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