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USTET · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Mental Ability

  • Solve 60 number-series and letter-series items, writing the underlying rule for each before answering

  • Complete 40 verbal analogy items and label every relationship type (part-whole, cause-effect, degree, function)

  • Work 30 logical-deduction puzzles - syllogisms, ordering, and seating arrangements - untimed, then log each error pattern

  • Compress the five most frequent series and analogy patterns onto a single review sheet

Your checkpoint

A timed 25-item Mental Ability mini-test scored at 70% or higher, plus an error log naming at least three recurring mistake types

Week 2

Mental Ability & Mathematics

  • Cut the Mental Ability mini-test to 20 minutes while holding accuracy at 70%

  • Solve 50 arithmetic and number-property problems without a calculator

  • Drill 40 fraction, ratio, and percentage conversions until all 40 are finished inside 30 minutes

  • Rewrite every missed math item as a corrected worked solution in your own words

Your checkpoint

A 30-item mixed Mental Ability plus arithmetic set completed in 35 minutes with 75% correct

Week 3

Mathematics

  • Solve 40 algebra items spanning linear equations, inequalities, and systems of equations

  • Work 30 geometry problems on angles, triangles, and circle properties, sketching a labeled diagram for each

  • Build and memorize a flashcard set of 15 core math formulas, reviewed daily

  • Complete a 25-item timed math set in 30 minutes

Your checkpoint

A formula sheet of at least 15 formulas plus a scored 25-item timed math test with every error reworked

Week 4

Mathematics & Science

  • Complete 60 mixed math word problems at a pace of 90 seconds per item

  • Re-solve every item in the Weeks 2-3 error log and confirm each is now correct

  • Outline the biology strand - cell biology, genetics, ecology - into 20 key-concept notes

  • Sit a 40-item math diagnostic and record the score as your baseline

Your checkpoint

A math diagnostic score of 75% or higher and a finished biology concept outline

Week 5

Science

  • Summarize chemistry fundamentals - atomic structure, periodic trends, reaction types, basic stoichiometry - into 25 notes

  • Work 30 physics items on motion, forces, energy, and simple circuits

  • Solve 40 mixed science recall questions and tag each one by strand

  • Re-teach your three weakest concepts aloud or in writing with notes closed

Your checkpoint

A 40-item mixed science practice set scored at 70% or higher, with a tagged list of remaining weak strands

Week 6

English & Reading Comprehension

  • Complete 40 grammar and usage items covering subject-verb agreement, verb tense, and pronoun reference

  • Build a 50-word vocabulary list drawn from your reading passages and use each word in an original sentence

  • Read 6 short passages and answer 5 questions each, underlining the exact passage text that supports every answer

  • Practice 20 main-idea and inference questions with a one-sentence written justification per answer

Your checkpoint

A passage log of 6 readings with evidence-marked answers and a scored 20-item comprehension set at 75% or higher

Week 7

Reading Comprehension & English

  • Bring average passage completion time down to 8 minutes without losing accuracy

  • Complete 30 vocabulary-in-context and author's-purpose items

  • Write 3 timed passage summaries, each finished in under 10 minutes

  • Redo every missed grammar item from the Week 6 error log

Your checkpoint

A timed 3-passage, 15-item comprehension test completed in 25 minutes at 80% or higher

Week 8

Mental Ability & English & Mathematics & Science & Reading Comprehension

  • Take two full-length timed practice tests under exam-day conditions

  • Re-solve every missed item from both tests and classify each error by domain

  • Review the formula sheet, rule sheet, and vocabulary list once per day

  • Simulate the fastest section, Mental Ability, at least twice under strict timing

Your checkpoint

Two completed full-length practice tests with a per-domain score report and a one-page final review sheet

Milestones

Week 4: Math diagnostic at 75% or higher and Mental Ability mini-tests at 70% or higher under time. If either is below target, redirect Week 5 hours to the weaker domain before starting Science.

Week 6: Science practice set at 70% or higher and comprehension set at 75% or higher. If Science is still below 70%, add two 30-minute science review blocks to Weeks 7 and 8.

Week 8: Both full-length practice tests scored, with every domain at 70% or higher and a written list of the three items most likely to cost points on exam day.