Free tool · FirstCase Academy by SurgSoul
Your CST study plan
Put in your exam date and how many days a week you can study. You get a daily target, when to sit timed mock exams, and a review week before the exam.
What you enter stays on this page. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere.
How the plan works
- The last 7 days before the exam are for review: timed mock exams and the questions you missed, nothing new.
- Before that, every question is spread over your study days, never fewer than 5 a day.
- In the 4 weeks before review week, take one timed mock exam a week.
- It is a schedule, not a forecast: it does not predict your result.
In Academy the same plan runs on your real progress: the questions you haven’t seen, the ones you missed, and a 10-minute Today session. Create a free account to keep it.
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