Twelve-Week Plan
Assumes about 5–6 hours per week. Each week has a reading part (topic pages), a problem part (sets on the site) and a review part (your error queue). The review part is not optional; it is where the score comes from.
The weekly rhythm
| Day | Activity | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Read the week's topic pages; work the examples on paper | 60 min |
| 2 | Topic set A (site: Practice → category or topic) | 45 min |
| 3 | Review queue (site: Review) + error log entries | 30 min |
| 4 | Topic set B | 45 min |
| 5 | "Recommended for you" practice (weak topics) | 45 min |
| 6 | Timed mini-mock or full mock (see schedule) | 45–75 min |
| 7 | Go through every miss from the week with the solutions; write one line per miss in the error log | 45 min |
Schedule
Weeks 1–2: Foundations and error hygiene
- Read: Overview & scoring, Formulas & facts. Memorize the cheat sheet items marked "must".
- Sets: S01 Problems 1–10 drill, S02 Problems 11–15 drill. Goal: 100% on S01 with time to spare.
- Track adjustments: Foundation track also reads the topic pages for its two weakest categories.
- Checkpoint end of week 2: 2019 AMC 10B, timed. Target: no wrong answers in 1–12.
Weeks 3–8: Topic cycles (two topics per week)
Order the cycles by your diagnostic: weakest category first. A suggested default order, which matches how often each area appears in problems 11–20:
| Week | Topic A | Topic B |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Counting: basic counting, arrangements with restrictions | Number theory: divisibility & factors, primes |
| 4 | Geometry: triangles (area, Pythagorean, similar) | Algebra: linear word problems, ratios & percents |
| 5 | Probability (basic, conditional, geometric) | Number theory: modular arithmetic, bases & digits |
| 6 | Geometry: circles, quadrilateral areas | Algebra: quadratics, sequences |
| 7 | Counting: stars and bars, inclusion-exclusion, paths | Geometry: coordinate, solid |
| 8 | Algebra: functions, manipulation tricks | Statistics, logic, clocks; expected value |
Each week: read the two topic pages, do the topic sets (S05–S09 by category, then the leaf's problem list from easiest up), and add every miss to the error queue.
- Checkpoint end of week 6: 2023 AMC 10A, timed. Re-choose your track for weeks 9–12.
Weeks 9–11: Mixed timed work
- Sets: S14–S16 Qualifying zone (difficulty 3–4, 15 problems in 45 minutes), one per week.
- Sets: S10–S13 technique sets for any technique still below 70% on your dashboard.
- Two full contests under exam conditions (pick any 10A/10B from 2016–2021 not yet used), one in week 9 and one in week 11.
- Every miss goes through the error log with a named cause.
Week 12: Taper
- No new topics. Re-do every problem in the review queue until it is empty.
- One last full contest (2024 AMC 10B) five to seven days before the real exam, then only light review.
- Re-read the scoring strategy: 4-minute rule, guess only with two eliminations, last five minutes for checking 1–10.
Tracks
Foundation (diagnostic below 80). Spend weeks 3–8 at difficulty 1–3 only. Add a third weekly topic day instead of the mini mock until S01 and S02 are at 100%. Move to Consolidation when a timed mock has no wrong answers in 1–12.
Consolidation (80–100). Follow the schedule as written. Prioritize the categories where the diagnostic showed W or B-could in 11–20.
Sharpening (above 100). Replace topic sets with the leaf pages' difficulty 4 problems in your weakest three leaves, take S14–S16 in weeks 5–7, and do a full contest every second week from week 3.
Signs the plan is working
- Wrong answers in 1–12 reach zero on timed tests by week 4.
- Dashboard accuracy for problems 11–15 above 85% by week 6.
- Review queue stays under 15 problems.
- Timed score rises about 6–9 points every two weeks; that is one or two more correct answers.