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04 · Calendar & Weekly Routine
1. Your Subjects (11 subjects, 1200 marks)
Compulsory (6 × 100 = 600)
- English Essay (own day)
- Pakistan Affairs
- Islamic Studies / Comparative Religion
- English (Précis & Composition)
- General Science & Ability (GSA)
- Current Affairs
Optional (5 subjects = 600)
- Computer Science (200 marks, two papers)
- Gender Studies
- Sociology
- Criminology
- Public Administration
Computer Science carries double marks, so it gets two half-days every week (Tuesday and Saturday); other subjects have their regular weekly slot, with selected Friday support for Gender Studies and backlogs. Pakistan Affairs uses Monday Half A for the modules and merged YouTube notes. International Relations is not your subject and is not in this plan.
2. The Weekly Template (repeat every week; each week runs Thursday → Wednesday)
| Day | Type | Half A (first half of the day) | Half B (second half of the day) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | 🟧 Optional | Sociology | Criminology |
| Friday | 🟦 GSA + targeted support | General Science & Ability | Pass 1: Gender Studies / catch-up / buffer as listed by week. Pass 2–3: timed-answer clinic. Pakistan Affairs remains Monday only. |
| Saturday | 🟧 Optional | Public Administration | Computer Science (second slot: Paper-II) |
| Sunday | ✍️ Essay Day | English Essay: outline practice + one full timed essay | Review, rewrite intro and conclusion, weekly review of the whole plan |
| Monday | 🟦 Compulsory | Pakistan Affairs | Current Affairs (deep half) |
| Tuesday | 🟧 Optional | Computer Science (first slot: Paper-I) | Gender Studies |
| Wednesday | 🟦 Compulsory | Islamic Studies | English Précis & Composition |
Add-ons every single day (small, not a half-day):
- Current Affairs reading: 20 minutes (your existing rule; it decays fast if skipped). In Pass 1 this daily slot also covers the Global Issues deep-dive pages listed in section 5.
- 10-minute night recap: write 5 key points from today without looking
- 10 new vocabulary words from your GRE/964-word bank (feeds Précis, Part-I MCQs and the essay)
- Log the day in the Daily Study Log database on the dashboard
Why this pairing: each day mixes one heavier subject with a lighter one (for example Computer Science with Gender Studies), related subjects sit together (Sociology with Criminology), Computer Science (200 marks) gets two half-days spaced apart, and every subject appears at least once a week, so nothing is forgotten for more than 7 days.
3. How to Run One Half-Day (use the same routine each time)
Split each half-day in this ratio, whatever its length:
- 20%: Recall first. Close the notes and write what you remember about the topic.
- 40%: Revise. Read your Notion notes for that topic; mark gaps.
- 30%: Practise. Past-paper question or self-test questions, timed, written by hand.
- 10%: Fix list. Add every mistake or gap to the subject's Weak Areas section.
Pass 1 now lasts 10 weeks. Catch-up work uses existing weekday halves and Friday support slots; no additional Sunday study block is required. Chapter lengths vary: use the listed topics as targets, including sub-pages, MCQ traps and self-test questions. If a target exceeds the available session, record what remains and adjust the following week before advancing. Rule inside every chapter: open its page and go through every sub-page in its outline; nothing on that list is optional.
7. The Calendar (Thursday → Wednesday)
| Week | Dates | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| W1–W2 | 15–28 Oct | Historical assignments; completed topics recorded separately |
| W3 | 29 Oct–4 Nov | Complete remaining sessions; start Gender Ch.1; CS Programming part 2; remaining English grammar |
| W4 | 5–11 Nov | Gender Ch.2 Friday and Ch.3 part 1 Tuesday; English correction |
| W5 | 12–18 Nov | Gender Ch.3 part 2; Sociology institutions Friday |
| W6 | 19–25 Nov | Gender Ch.4 Friday and Ch.5 Tuesday; mini self-test 22 Nov |
| W7 | 26 Nov–2 Dec | Gender Ch.6 Friday and Ch.7 Tuesday |
| W8 | 3–9 Dec | Gender Ch.8; Pakistan Affairs Module 6; Friday buffer |
| W9 | 10–16 Dec | Gender Ch.9; Pakistan Affairs Module 7; diagnostic 13 Dec |
| W10 | 17–23 Dec | Added Pass 1 week: Pakistan Affairs Module 8; remaining Global Issues; finish gaps and audit |
| W11–W13 | 24 Dec–13 Jan | Pass 2: timed questions and summary sheets |
| W14–W15 | 14–27 Jan | Pass 3: mock papers, marking and rapid revision |
| Final review | 28 Jan | Light recall and exam preparation |
| Written exam | 29 Jan | User-confirmed start date |
9. Rules So the Plan Survives Real Life
- Keep prerequisites in order. If a half-day overruns, record exact unfinished pages, use the next Friday buffer and defer dependent work. Friday support replaces the former Sunday catch-ups. Review workload each Wednesday; do not keep extending Pass 1 beyond 23 December.
- Sunday essay day is fixed. Writing practice is the hardest skill to catch up on.
- Every half-day ends with the 10% fix list. Unfixed mistakes are what Pass 2 is for.
- Current Affairs never waits. 20 minutes daily, plus the Monday deep half, plus a refresh in Week 15.
- Keep KIPS classes as inputs, not extras. If a class covers a subject on a different day, use that class time for the matching subject's chunk instead of adding hours.
- Update the dashboard Progress Snapshot every Sunday.
10. Quick Daily Checklist (copy to the Daily Study Log)
- Half A done (subject and chunk written down)
- Half B done
- Current Affairs 20 minutes
- 10 vocabulary words
- Night recap: 5 points
- Fix list updated