Six exams, nineteen days, and no plan. Most people don't fail exams for lack of time. They lose the first week deciding where to start, then cram the last three days.
A study plan fixes that, and it takes less time to make than you think. Here's how to make one yourself, and how to have Kiwi make it for you from a photo of your timetable.
Make it yourself in five steps
- Count the days you really have. From tomorrow to your last exam, minus the days you already know you won't study: a birthday, a shift, the day before a flight home.
- List what's in each exam. Topics or chapters, from the syllabus or the course page. Mark the ones you find hardest.
- Give the hardest subjects the most days, and start with them. You want your first pass over the hard material early, so there's time to come back to it.
- Plan every subject twice. A first pass to learn it, and a second, shorter one a few days later to test yourself on it. Answering questions from memory sticks far better than reading your notes again.
- Keep rest days, and keep the evening before each exam light. A plan with no slack falls apart the first time you're tired.
Then put it somewhere you'll see it, and pick one time of day to start, every day. A plan you have to remember to open is the first thing to go.
Or send Kiwi a photo
Kiwi is an AI assistant you text. Send it a photo of your exam timetable or the syllabus, or just tell it your exams and dates.
When are your exams, and what's in each one? A photo of the exam timetable or the syllabus is perfect
It splits the topics over the days you have left, hardest first, with rest days kept, and sends you the plan as a page with a checklist you tick as you go. Then it texts you once a day, at the time you study, until your last exam.
Here's your plan for the four exams from 12 January. First session tomorrow at 10:00: Micro, topics 1 and 2. I'll text you at 9:50 every day until the 22nd
Nothing to download and nothing to connect. The plan is a page at its own private link, so you can share it with someone you study with.
Change it as you go
Exams move, and some days go wrong. Tell Kiwi in your own words and it changes the plan:
- "Stats moved to the 20th"
- "I lost today, move it to the weekend"
- "Text me at 11 instead"
When your last exam is done, the texts stop on their own.
How to start
Tap Text Kiwi on heykiwi.co. It opens Messages with your first text already written. Then send Kiwi your timetable.
Questions people ask
Is it free? Yes. Kiwi is free to use, with no card needed to start. See Is Kiwi free?
Can it read a photo of my timetable? Yes. Send a photo or a PDF of the timetable or the syllabus, and Kiwi reads the exams, dates and topics from it.
What if I don't know all my topics yet? Send what you have. Kiwi plans the days around the exams it knows and adds the rest when you send them.
Does it work for university and school exams? Yes, for any exams with dates. For the rest of your term, see an AI assistant for university students.
Can it remind me about other things too? Yes. Ask it to remind you every day until something's done. See a reminder that keeps going until it's done.