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Post-UTME study plan

Post-UTME · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Use of English & Mathematics

  • Diagnose baseline by sitting one timed 40-question English paper and one timed 25-question Maths paper under exam conditions, then record raw scores per topic.

  • Build a personal error log with four columns: question type, cause of error, correct rule or method, and a one-line fix to apply next time.

  • Drill English comprehension by summarising three unseen passages in under 12 minutes each, writing the main idea in one sentence per paragraph.

  • Revise the rules governing concord, tense sequence, and pronoun reference, then rewrite ten faulty sentences you have collected from your own error log.

  • Memorise the first 20 Maths formulas on your syllabus sheet (indices, logarithms, quadratic roots, mensuration) and recite them from memory without notes.

Your checkpoint

A completed diagnostic score sheet plus an error log containing at least 30 logged items with causes and fixes.

Week 2

Mathematics & Use of English

  • Solve 60 algebra and simultaneous-equation problems across three timed sittings, targeting 80 percent accuracy before moving on.

  • Apply the factor and remainder theorems to 15 polynomial problems, showing every substitution step in writing.

  • Complete 30 English vocabulary-in-context and synonym/antonym items, then write a sentence of your own for each word you missed.

  • Practise 20 lexis-and-structure items on prepositions, phrasal verbs, and idiomatic expressions, and group the misses by pattern.

  • Rewrite your five weakest Maths error-log entries as a short worked-example card you can reread in two minutes.

Your checkpoint

A worked-solutions notebook of 20 fully solved algebra and polynomial problems, each with a labelled method step.

Week 3

Use of English & Mathematics

  • Complete two full timed English mock papers and score them against the answer key, recording the split between comprehension, lexis, and oral-form questions.

  • Complete two full timed Maths mock papers and classify every wrong answer as conceptual, computational, or time-pressure.

  • Drill 40 oral-English items covering stress, vowel sounds, and word-class shifts, marking each answer with the rule applied.

  • Rehearse the four-step method for Maths word problems (identify, translate, solve, verify) on 12 mixed problems.

  • Cut your average per-question time on English comprehension to under 45 seconds by practising skimming for the answer location before reading options.

Your checkpoint

Two scored mock papers per domain in a comparison table showing score, time taken, and top three recurring error types.

Week 4

Use of English & Mathematics & Biology & Chemistry

  • Consolidate English by rewriting 15 of your own past wrong answers into correct sentences and explaining each correction aloud in under 30 seconds.

  • Consolidate Maths by re-solving every item in your error log without looking at the previous solution, and flag any that still fail.

  • Cover the Biology core of cell structure, transport across membranes, and enzymes by drawing labelled diagrams from memory and labelling them correctly.

  • Cover Chemistry fundamentals of atomic structure, the mole concept, and stoichiometry by solving 20 calculation problems with units shown at every step.

  • Write a one-page formula and definition sheet for each of the four domains and test yourself by covering the definitions.

Your checkpoint

A combined revision sheet for English, Maths, Biology, and Chemistry, plus a re-test score of at least 70 percent on previously missed Maths items.

Milestones

Week 4: Score at least 65 percent on a timed English paper and at least 60 percent on a timed Maths paper, with no more than 10 unresolved items left in the error log.

Week 6: Score at least 60 percent on timed Biology and Chemistry papers and at least 55 percent on a timed Physics paper, all taken under full time limits.

Week 8: Complete one full-length simulated Post-UTME across all twelve domains and reach an overall score of at least 65 percent with every domain attempted.