Not enough time to study everything is the normal state of affairs, not the exception. The students who handle it aren't the ones who study hardest — they're the ones who study in the right order. Triage is a two-minute exercise that decides where the next three hours go.

The two-axis score

Every topic gets two quick ratings: likely points (1–5) and your weakness (1–5). Multiply them. The product is your priority order.

Likely points comes from evidence, not vibes: lecture hours spent, assignment weight, past-paper frequency, anything the professor flagged. Weakness comes from your last self-test, not from how scary the topic feels — fear and ignorance aren't the same thing.

Running the triage