With exams four days apart, make the earlier exam the primary focus until it happens, about 70 percent of study time, then pivot the same ratio to the second. If history comes first, flip the subjects in what follows. On work days, aim for two focused blocks and one light block: morning 90 minutes before class or work for the first exam subject, evening 90 minutes at the library 8:00 to 9:30 pm for the second, plus the 30 minute commute as audio flashcards or verbal recall without looking at notes. On non work days, do three 90 minute blocks with a long break midday and stop by 9:45 pm to exit the library before 10. Keep subjects in separate parts of the day and use 50 to 10 focus cycles with five minute stretch breaks so you do not mix integrals with monarchs.
Four and three days before the first exam, for calculus do 25 to 30 mixed problems across derivatives, integrals, and applications with two timed mini sets of 20 minutes each, and for history do 45 minutes of outline recall on two themes plus 15 minutes on dates and names, for example outline causes of the 1848 revolutions and write a thesis and two topic sentences from memory. Two days before the first exam run a half length timed practice for that subject under test conditions and a light 60 minute review for the other. The day before the first exam do one full timed practice if stamina allows, then only error review and a formula or key facts sheet, and cap total study at three hours to protect sleep. On the evening after exam one, switch 70 percent of time to the second subject and do a 60 to 90 minute debrief of weak areas you flagged earlier. Three and two days before the second exam do one full timed practice on one day and on the other day do retrieval practice without notes, target two essay outlines for history or 25 problems for calculus, and keep the night study 7:30 to 9:30 pm at the library. The day before the second exam keep it light with one 45 minute confidence round where you only do problems or prompts you got wrong this week and then a 20 minute formula or timeline write out from memory, aiming for a total of two to three hours and at least seven hours of sleep.
