Study plan from a syllabus prompt template

Convert a syllabus or topic list into a realistic week-by-week study plan that fits your available time and ends with a clear way to test yourself.

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Study plan from a syllabus
Build me a study plan from the syllabus below.

Syllabus or topic list:
{{syllabus}}

Time available: {{time_budget}}
Goal or deadline: {{goal}}

Produce:
1. A short reality check - whether the goal is realistic in the time given,
   and what to cut first if it is not.
2. A week-by-week schedule. For each week list the topics, the rough hours,
   and one concrete deliverable (a summary, a set of solved problems, a
   mini-project) that proves the week worked.
3. Built-in review: schedule revisits of earlier material using spaced
   repetition rather than only moving forward.
4. A final-week plan for self-testing and filling gaps before the deadline.

Keep each week within the stated time budget. If the syllabus is too large
for the time, prioritise foundational and high-weight topics and say which
ones you deprioritised.

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Use the examples as a shape, not as required wording.

{{syllabus}}
The syllabus, module outline, or list of topics to coverExample: Intro statistics: descriptive stats, probability, distributions, hypothesis testing, regression, ANOVA
{{time_budget}}
How much time you realistically have to studyExample: 6 weeks, about 5 hours a week
{{goal}}
What you're studying toward and by whenExample: pass the end-of-term exam in early July

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              Build me a study plan from the syllabus below.

Syllabus or topic list: Intro statistics - descriptive stats, probability, distributions, hypothesis testing, regression, ANOVA.

Time available: 6 weeks, about 5 hours a week.
Goal or deadline: pass the end-of-term exam in early July.

Give me a reality check, a week-by-week schedule with hours and a deliverable per week, spaced review of earlier topics, and a final-week self-testing plan.

            

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