TOLC-PSI study plan

Diagnose your starting level by taking one full timed mock covering all five domains and recording the raw score per domain.

Identify the four text types most frequent in the exam (expository, argumentative, narrative, informative) and annotate one short passage of each, marking thesis, evidence, and conclusion.

Build a personal error log template with columns for domain, error type, cause, and correction rule.

Rehearse three calculation shortcuts for percentages and proportions on ten worked exercises without a calculator.

Schedule fixed study blocks for the eight weeks in a calendar and protect two weekly review slots.

Practise skimming a 400-word passage in under 90 seconds and write a one-sentence summary from memory.

Answer ten inference questions and justify each answer by quoting the sentence in the passage that supports it.

Solve fifteen fraction, ratio, and proportion problems under a five-minute timer per block.

Convert between fractions, decimals, and percentages fluently across twenty items.

Review the error log and rewrite each wrong answer as a rule you can apply next time.

Master order of operations, powers, and roots by solving twenty graded exercises from easy to hard.

Set up and solve ten word problems by translating the text into an equation before calculating.

Draw and label a eukaryotic cell and a prokaryotic cell from memory, then list three structural differences.

Explain the roles of the cell membrane, nucleus, mitochondria, and ribosomes in writing without notes.

Re-test the arithmetic items you previously got wrong and confirm at least 80% are now correct.

Describe the stages of mitosis in order and state what happens to chromosomes at each stage.

Compare DNA and RNA on structure, bases, and function in a short written table.

Build a timeline of ten key events in Western history from the ancient world to the twentieth century with dates and one-line significance.

Explain the difference between a hypothesis, a theory, and a law using one scientific example.

Complete a mixed set of thirty biology and general-knowledge questions and log every uncertain item for review.

Summarise the core ideas of three major philosophers in three sentences each, naming one work per thinker.

Match ten scientific discoveries to their discoverers and the century in which they occurred.

Explain photosynthesis and cellular respiration as complementary processes, naming inputs and outputs of each.

Describe the basics of Mendelian inheritance and solve five monohybrid cross problems with a Punnett square.

Review the error log and identify which general-knowledge areas keep recurring as weak.

Complete a grammar diagnostic covering tenses, articles, prepositions, and conditionals, and record your error patterns.

Practise ten reading-comprehension items in English with a strict time limit per passage.

Write five short paragraphs using varied tenses and check them against a grammar checklist.

Learn and actively use twenty academic English words in original sentences.

Re-read two Italian passages and summarise each in English in three sentences to train cross-linguistic comprehension.

Take a full timed mock exam and score each domain separately against your week-one baseline.

Analyse every wrong answer in the mock and classify it as knowledge gap, misreading, or time pressure.

Drill the arithmetic sub-skills that produced the most errors in the mock until you reach 85% accuracy.

Review the biology topics flagged as uncertain and rewrite them as flashcards.

Practise time allocation by completing two sections in exactly the per-question time the real exam allows.

Run two full timed mock exams under realistic conditions and record scores per domain.

Review only your error log and flashcards, avoiding new material in the final days.

Rehearse the general-knowledge facts and English vocabulary you flagged as uncertain until recall is immediate.

Practise a reading strategy for unfamiliar passages: read the questions first, then scan for evidence.

Plan exam-day logistics, including timing per section and a strategy for skipping and returning to hard items.