How many hours a week should I put down?

The number that survives a bad week, not a good one. A plan built on the hours you manage when nothing goes wrong fails the first time something does, and starting over costs more than the extra hours would have won.

Why does the plan stop new material before the exam?

Because a topic started in the last fortnight is not learned, it is half-learned, and half-learned topics cost marks in a way untouched ones do not — they produce confident wrong answers. From the papers phase onward the work is practice and repair on what you already have.

Why does one mock cost twice its own length?

Because reviewing it takes at least as long as sitting it, and the review is where nearly all of the gain is. A mock you sat and did not review told you a number. A mock you reviewed told you what to do on Monday.

Where do the numbers come from?

The exam's duration and question count are the awarding body's, taken from the same published formats the exam pages and the score calculator use. The phase split, the mock-review ratio and the cut-off for new material are our method rather than anyone's published rule, and the tool says so on the page.

What if the plan says I do not have enough time?

Then it has done its job early rather than late. The usual answer is not more hours, which you probably do not have, but fewer topics — pick the ones carrying the most marks on your paper and let the rest go deliberately instead of by accident.

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fit in your weeks?

Most preparation plans are built out of intention. This one is built out of division: your paper's real length, the weeks you have left, and the hours you can honestly give it.

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Your exam

Sets the paper length and pace

Time left

weeks

Between 1 and 52

Per week

hours

Be honest — a bad week, not a good one

Week 1Week 12

Study hours: 60; 12 weeks × 5 hours
Full papers: 8; 1.75h each, sitting plus review
Your pace target: 75s; 40 questions in 50 minutes · EPS-TOPIK paper
New material until: Week 9; After this, practice and repair only

Diagnostic

Week 1 · 5h

Find out where you actually are

One diagnostic across the whole syllabus, then read the topic breakdown rather than the score. The score is not meant to be encouraging; the breakdown is the only part you act on.

Build

Weeks 2–9 · 40h

Weakest topics first, in that order

Work down the diagnostic's list from the bottom. Topic practice with the explanation read every time, not just when you are wrong — a right answer for the wrong reason is a mark you will lose later.

Papers

Weeks 10–12 · 15h

8 full timed papers, each reviewed as long as it was sat

Each paper costs about 1.75 hours — 0.88 to sit and the same again to review. No new topics from week 10 onward; everything from here is practice and repair.

Durations and question counts are the awarding body's. The phase split, the mock-review ratio and the cut-off for new material are our method, not published rules.

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The four rules

What the generator is applying

Stated plainly, because a plan you do not understand is a plan you will abandon the first week it is inconvenient.

Week one is a diagnostic

You cannot prioritise topics you have not measured. The first week buys you the order for every week after it, which is why it is never the week to skip.

The last quarter belongs to full papers

Not topic drills, not notes. Full length, timed, in one sitting — because stamina and pace are separate skills from knowledge, and only a full paper trains them.

A paper costs twice its own length

Sitting it is half the cost. Reviewing it properly is the other half, and it is the half that changes your score.

New topics stop when the papers start

A topic begun in the last fortnight produces confident wrong answers rather than marks. From there it is repair work on what you already have.

Questions

About the plan

How many hours a week should I put down?: The number that survives a bad week, not a good one. A plan built on the hours you manage when nothing goes wrong fails the first time something does, and starting over costs more than the extra hours would have won.

Why does the plan stop new material before the exam?: Because a topic started in the last fortnight is not learned, it is half-learned, and half-learned topics cost marks in a way untouched ones do not — they produce confident wrong answers. From the papers phase onward the work is practice and repair on what you already have.

Why does one mock cost twice its own length?: Because reviewing it takes at least as long as sitting it, and the review is where nearly all of the gain is. A mock you sat and did not review told you a number. A mock you reviewed told you what to do on Monday.

Where do the numbers come from?: The exam's duration and question count are the awarding body's, taken from the same published formats the exam pages and the score calculator use. The phase split, the mock-review ratio and the cut-off for new material are our method rather than anyone's published rule, and the tool says so on the page.

What if the plan says I do not have enough time?: Then it has done its job early rather than late. The usual answer is not more hours, which you probably do not have, but fewer topics — pick the ones carrying the most marks on your paper and let the rest go deliberately instead of by accident.

Score calculatorWhat a wrong answer costs on your paper.

Try three questionsThe pace target, felt rather than read.

How it worksThe method these four rules come from.

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