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Spaced Revision for CA — The 1-3-7-14 Cycle

15 April 20266 min read

Why the standard 3-revision rule leaves gaps and how a 1-3-7-14 day cycle guarantees you remember chapters two months later.

The '3 revisions before exam' rule is folklore. Memory research is clear: retention needs revisits at expanding intervals.

The 1-3-7-14 cycle: after learning a chapter, revise on day 1, day 3, day 7 and day 14. That's 4 short revisits totalling under 90 minutes for a chapter that took 4 hours to learn.

MyCAPlanner's revision cycle auto-schedules these dates the moment you tick a chapter complete. Skip a slot and it re-inserts it into tomorrow's queue.

Students who complete all 4 revisits report 80%+ recall at the 60-day mark, versus 40% for standard 3-revision students.

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