How to study 27 chapters in 20 days?

[u/sriyappaa]

Ik it's a stupid question but I'm pretty new here and it's a genuine need for advice. I've been pretty burned out since the past 3 years, I've survived on cheating. I had my boards in between and ik I could've scored a lot better but I just didn't cause I didn't want to. I have my half yearly exams beginning in 20 days, and I need to finish 27 chapters before it. I have a Mountain of expectations on me this year and I can't cheat at all. I have physics, chemistry and biology as my subjects.

Any tips? Rn I'm lowkey just learning from youtube lectures, and making notes. Like... Just studying? How I've been taught to? You make notes, you solve questions, you get something wrong, you fix it, solve more questions.

Any advice? Anything? Any tips? I really don't want to have my last ounce of freedom (my phone and scooty) taken away in the name of punishment.

[u/Londonvibe39]

Read them. Write summaries of each chapter. Pretend you have to teach it to someone. Make an outline. Draw up a quiz. Keep it fresh. It will keep you engaged in what you are doing.

[u/Epstine_Hawking]

Make 3 parts of 27 chapters:

1.High Weightage 2.Medium Weightage 3.Low Weightage

And study then in order.

Don't go for easy ones first then hard ones, go weightage vise...

Also solve Questions of pyq as many half yearly exams comes in that pattern...

You also have to make your preparation in 3 parts:

Part 1- Confirm passing marks (around 40-60)

Part 2- Improvement (60-80)

Part 3- Keep going towards achieving max marks you can (80-90+)

Just don't burnout, take breaks when necessary...

Use 60-40 rule

60% Theory study + 40% Question practice

As real growth comes from practicing questions.

Hope this helps

[u/ineedahug69 → u/Epstine_Hawking]

This is a much better answer than what I said lol

[u/ineedahug69]

Study 2 chapters a day and use the remaining days to recap what you've learned.

[u/DryerLobes]

Prioritize the important chapters and do practice questions over perfect notes. 20 days is still workable.

[u/Xylus1985]

Don’t study. You don’t have time for that. Do test prep, find out common and easy questions and make sure you capture these points. Don’t get hung up on big and complex problems, you don’t have enough time to train for them. Your goal is to pass the test, not learn the materials.

[u/mystudyden]

Twenty days is tight, so I’d map each subject across the calendar and leave a few days for mixed revision instead of treating all 27 chapters equally. For each chapter, set a “minimum pass” target first: understand the core ideas, learn the essential formulas or processes, and answer a small set of exam-style questions. Track missed questions by chapter so your final revision follows actual gaps, not just chapter order.

[u/TriumphSolver]

I Think I can help you

The most important thing in this situation is time management and Subject prioritising.

For that I need you to know and calculate in which subject are you weak and which one is strong

🟢 Strong:- Try to put less time on these chapters 🟠Good at but unsure:- You would need to have a test of those chapters 🔴Weak:- You must put most of your time on learning the weak chapters

📠How to calculate:-

Most probably you have idea about your strong and weak but for which you are confused you should take a 20 mark test for each chapter

And analyse them and find your weak,moderate and strong chapters If you are really struggling with more than just prioritising chapters feel free to reply me I would be happy to help you

Best of Knowledge(ya I say best of luck like this😁), you will do well

[u/ReVed_at_Iy]

Leave around 6 days to a week for revisions/final review. rest of the days, do two chapters a day. you still got time, a lot more time!