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NEET PG 2027 · 15 weeks · one subject at a time

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The 15 weeks

Finishing today’s list ticks the day for you. Missed work replaces the Saturday afternoon block.

Days per subject and what to study from

SubjectDaysSourceNote
Dermatology3WoR + BTR
Psychiatry3BTR + MCQsPlanned light days
Anaesthesia1.5Finish remaining 25%
Radiology2BTR
Orthopaedics3WoR + BTR
OBG8Main videosLibrary days
Medicine17Main videosHard topics at 1x with pauses
Surgery9Main videos
Pediatrics4.5Main videos
PSM6.5BTR + WoRWas missing from the old plan
Pathology5Main videos
Pharmacology5Main videosExtra MCQs: this subject needs bulk practice
Microbiology5Main videos
Anatomy4WoR
Physiology4WoR
Biochemistry3WoROne block a day
Forensic Medicine2WoRExtra MCQs
ENT2WoR + BTR
Ophthalmology2WoR + BTR

Sources follow the topper's notes: main videos where concepts matter (Medicine, Surgery, OBG, Pharmacology, Microbiology), WoR (World of Revision) or BTR for short and pre-clinical subjects. Change any of them on a Sunday if your own notes say otherwise.

Guide

Why the day is built this way

Follow the order, not the clock. The only fixed times are when you sit down, the 7:30 call, and the night stop. About 6 to 7 hours in all, of which 5 to 6 are real work, and 100 MCQs.

Why this order

  • Questions before video: trying to answer first makes the lecture stick better for those points, and keeps attention on the video.
  • Short chunks with movement: two hours of continuous video is where attention drifts. Pausing to recall is what turns watching into learning.
  • Mixed 20: the real exam is mixed, and old subjects fade unless they come back. This is the cheapest way to keep them alive.
  • The old plan repeated 50 MCQs on the same topic the same afternoon. Repeating on the same day adds little. The same effort a day, a week and three weeks later is worth much more, which is what the diary clips do.
  • Sleep at 11 is part of the study plan. A month of steady sleep predicts results far better than extra late hours.
The wrong-answer diary

Writing it

  • One page per date.
  • Write each miss as a question on the left, with the answer on the right so you can cover it.
  • Tag it: Recall (revise the fact), Concept (re-read the topic), Silly (time or fatigue), Application (revise the flowchart).
  • Answers you got right but marked Unsure go in too. So do answers you were sure about and got wrong; those come back unless you retest them.

Using it: three paper clips

  • Clip three pages: yesterday, 1 week ago, 3 weeks ago.
  • Each evening, Monday to Saturday, cover the answers and test yourself on those three pages. Move the clips forward one page. Sunday evening is off.
  • Right on two different days: strike it out. It is done.
  • Reading the diary is not revision. Only covering the answer and trying counts.
Rules that keep you on track

Low day

Dizzy, unwell, flat, or just not happening: 1 video chunk + 25 MCQs + diary clips. That counts as a full tick. Rest is recovery, not failure.

Never two in a row

After a low day or a zero day, the only thing owed tomorrow is the low-day minimum. Anything above that is a bonus. One missed day changes nothing; a habit of missing does.

Missed work has one home

Saturday afternoon. Missed work replaces that afternoon’s normal block. If it does not fit there, drop it and let revision catch it. Never push it into the evening, the call, or Sunday. After a rough week with nothing owed, take that afternoon off.

No re-planning mid-week

The plan is decided on Sunday and pinned up. During the week you only follow it. Wanting to redo the plan on a Wednesday is usually avoidance.

Hard stop at 10:15

If you are in flow at night, write one line about where to resume and stop. Late-night focus feels productive and costs the next two days.

What to say after a bad day

"That was one day. The plan has room for it. Tomorrow is the minimum, and then I am back." Being harsh with yourself makes the next day less likely, not more.

Things worth trying

  • A visible timer on the desk for each video chunk.
  • Tick the printed wall chart as well as this page. Seeing the row fill up is the point.
  • Pick the day's small reward in the morning, and a bigger one for Sunday after the test.
  • The 7:30 call: two minutes on "did the boxes get ticked, was it a low day?", with no judgement either way. Then talk about anything else.
  • Track your cycle on the wall chart for two months. If the days before your period are reliably harder, mark them as planned low days in advance.
  • White or pink noise while studying, if it helps.
  • Any question about medication timing or dose is for your psychiatrist.
Sunday

The loop

  1. 9:00 test. The real exam runs 9:00 to 12:30.
  2. Lunch and proper rest.
  3. Analyse: 45 minutes at most after the 180 MCQs, 90 minutes after a full GT. Every wrong and unsure answer goes into the diary under its tag.
  4. Until 17 January, one afternoon block on the current subject: 3 video chunks and 30 MCQs, then stop.
  5. Plan next week in 15 minutes. Subjects, then pin it up.
  6. The evening is off. No study.

Which test

  • Until 17 January: 180 mixed MCQs from finished subjects only, in the exam format: 5 sections of 36 questions, 42 minutes each, no going back. Then half a study day on the current subject.
  • From 24 January: a full GT every Sunday (6 in total), and no subject study that day. By then 10 of the 19 subjects are done.
  • The notes say to start regular GTs after half the course. Before that, a full GT mostly tests what you have not read yet.

Reading the score

  • The first GT totals will be low because 9 subjects are not yet finished on 24 January. That is expected.
  • Watch accuracy in finished subjects. Above 75% is good. Around 40% in an unread subject means nothing; do not dwell on it.
  • Skipped questions should stay under 10. If you can rule out even one option, answer.
  • Each section locks when its 42 minutes end, so mark your best guess before it closes.

Sunday check: do I need an easy week?

  • ☐ 2 or more low days this week
  • ☐ Asleep after 11:30 on 3 or more nights
  • ☐ Accuracy falling while hours go up
  • ☐ Dread on most mornings

Two ticks: next week runs at 70%. Two video chunks per block instead of three, and skip the mixed 20. Keep the diary clips and the sleep time.

What changed from the 80-day plan, and why
The biggest change: 80 days became 15 weeks. The old plan had no PSM, 12 days for Medicine, 2 days each for Pharmacology and Anatomy, and 3 spare days in 80. It would have slipped in December, and a slipping plan is the main thing that makes people give up. The topper in the notes took 3 months for her first read. This one ends on 28 February, your deadline.
ChangeWhy
PSM added (6.5 days)It was missing, and it is one of the three or four largest subjects in the paper.
Medicine 12 → 17 days, Surgery 6 → 9, Pathology 4 → 5, Pharmacology 2 → 5, Microbiology 4 → 5, Anatomy 2 → 4, Physiology 3 → 4, Biochemistry 2 → 3The old blocks were shorter than the video hours allow at 4 to 5 hours a day.
Slack: 3 days → Saturday afternoons for missed work, 2 catch-up days and a 1-day bufferEveryone underestimates how long study takes. A plan with room in it survives a bad week.
Full GTs start only after half the subjects are done, on 24 January, then every Sunday. Before that, Sundays are 180 mixed MCQs plus a half study dayThe notes themselves say to start regular GTs after half the course. Full GTs on a mostly unread syllabus mostly produce discouraging numbers. 180 mixed questions from finished subjects still train the exam timing, and the half day keeps the plan inside February.
GTs in the new exam formatNEET PG changed in 2026 to 180 questions in five timed sections.
Clock-time blocks → an ordered sequenceA fixed timetable breaks the first time a morning starts late. A sequence just starts from step 1.
10 MCQs before the video; video in 40-minute chunks with recallBoth keep attention on the lecture and improve what stays afterwards.
Afternoon repeat of 50 MCQs → 30 topic + 20 mixed from older subjectsSame-day repetition adds little. Mixing in old subjects keeps them from fading.
Diary gets a retest schedule (3 clips)A diary that is only re-read does very little. Retesting at 1 day, 1 week and 3 weeks is where the retention comes from.
"Never two in a row", one home for missed work, the Sunday easy-week check, a free Sunday eveningThese are the burnout guards. They decide in advance what happens after a bad day, so there is nothing to decide on the day. Until 17 January, Sunday afternoon is study time, so every evening after the diary and the whole of Sunday evening stay off.
Kept as they wereOne subject at a time, the four error buckets, the low-day minimum, same-day GT analysis, Sunday planning, 11 pm sleep, the 7:30 call, 16 December off.

If the first read must end by 3 February

That is 25 days sooner. It only fits by using WoR or BTR in place of main videos for Medicine and Surgery as well, and by dropping the catch-up days. That trades understanding for coverage and leaves no room for a bad week. Ending on 28 February is the safer choice.

Exam facts (checked 15 Nov 2026)
  • Date: not announced. The 2026 exam was on 30 August 2026, so August 2027 is a reasonable guess, not a fact. Finishing on 28 February would leave about 5 to 6 months for revision cycles.
  • Pattern since 2026: 180 MCQs, 720 marks, 210 minutes, one shift from 9:00 to 12:30.
  • Five sections of 36 questions and 42 minutes each. A section locks when its time ends and you cannot go back.
  • Marking: +4 for right, −1 for wrong, 0 for blank.
  • 2026 scores on the 720 scale: rank 1 scored 641; ranks 101 to 200 scored about 593 to 600; 500 marks was about rank 12,000. The "450 to 500 plateau, then 600+" in the notes is on the old 800 scale and is one person's experience.

Should I guess?

Options ruled outChance rightAverage marks per guess
025%+0.25
133%+0.67
250%+1.50

Every row is positive, so once you can rule out one option, answer. With two ruled out, always answer.

Rough questions per subject (of 180)

Medicine with Derm and Psychiatry~27
Surgery with Ortho, Radiology, Anaesthesia~27
OBG~18
PSM15–20
Pathology~15
Pharmacology, Microbiology~12 each
Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry~10 each
Pediatrics6–9
ENT, Ophthalmology, Forensic~6 each

An estimate. NBEMS publishes no official split, and coaching-site tables disagree with each other.

Evidence behind the plan

How strong the support is for each piece, stated plainly. No study has tested a whole plan like this for someone with ADHD preparing for an exam; the parts are borrowed from the research below.

Part of the planWhat the research foundStrength
MCQs as the main way of learningPractice testing beats re-reading and re-watching (classroom meta-analysis, effect about 0.5). Residents who were tested repeatedly remembered more 6 months later.Strong
10 MCQs before the videoAttempting questions first improves learning of those points (effect about 0.5) and cuts mind-wandering during lectures.Moderate
Diary retest at 1 day, 1 week, 3 weeksSpacing reviews works best when the gap is roughly 10 to 20% of the time until the test. Recalling something correctly on three separate days gave 68% retention a week later, against 26% for three recalls in one sitting.Strong for spacing, moderate for exact gaps
Sure / Unsure taggingConfident errors are corrected well by feedback but return within a week unless retested.Moderate
One subject at a time, plus a daily mixed setMixing helps most once the basics are learned; beginners did better with blocked practice. A small mixed set gives both.Moderate
Video at 1.5x in chunks with recallSpeed up to 1.5x costs little. Quizzing during a lecture roughly halved mind-wandering.Moderate
Sleep at 11, fixed wake timeSleep length and regularity over a month explained about a quarter of the difference in grades in one study; the night before the test did not matter. Adult ADHD often comes with a delayed body clock.Moderate to strong
20-minute nap, walksAfternoon naps improve memory (effect about 0.4). Short exercise helps memory and gives a brief attention boost in ADHD.Moderate
5 to 6 hours of real work, not 12Top performers in other fields average about 4 hours a day of truly hard practice. "12 hours a day" stories are self-reported and include passive time.Weak on the exact number
One planner, small chunks, daily reviewThese are the core skills of CBT programmes for adult ADHD, which roughly doubled the response rate in trials.Strong
Order instead of clock times; "when I sit down, I do X"If-then plans improved self-control in ADHD studies, though mostly in children.Moderate
Extra slack and catch-up slotsStudents finished projects in 56 days after predicting 34; even their worst-case guess was too early. Missing one day did not harm habit formation.Moderate
Small immediate rewards, visible ticksPeople with ADHD discount distant rewards more steeply, so a result months away barely motivates day to day.Strong for the mechanism, moderate for the fix
Kind self-talk after a missOne lapse tends to become giving up on the whole day. Self-compassion goes with less procrastination.Moderate
Free Sunday evening, rest days, the callIn medical students, social support and switching off at weekends go with less burnout. No trial links rest days to exam scores.Moderate
Easy-week triggersExpert consensus only; not tested.Weak but sensible
Cycle trackingReviews find ADHD symptoms worsen around the period for many women, but the timing varies by person.Moderate
Phone in another room, app limitsSelf-set limits cut phone use in a large trial. The claim that a phone merely being nearby drains thinking did not replicate.Moderate

Popular advice that the research does not support

  • The exact Pomodoro timing of 25 minutes on, 5 off. No trial in ADHD. Use whatever chunk length works; 40 minutes is a starting guess.
  • Body doubling. Almost no controlled data, though many people like it. Keep it if it helps.
  • Brown noise. Never studied; white and pink noise have small support.
  • Re-reading and highlighting as main methods.
  • Learning styles.
  • "21 days to form a habit." The measured average was about 66 days, with a wide range.
Main sources
  • Dunlosky et al. 2013, Psychological Science in the Public Interest: review of study techniques
  • Yang et al. 2021, Psychological Bulletin: testing effect in classrooms
  • Larsen, Butler & Roediger 2009, Medical Education: repeated testing in residents
  • Cepeda et al. 2008, Psychological Science: optimal spacing gaps
  • Rawson et al. 2018: successive relearning
  • Butler, Fazio & Marsh 2011: return of confident errors
  • Brunmair & Richter 2019, Psychological Bulletin: interleaving meta-analysis; Monteiro et al. 2017: blocked practice in novices
  • Murphy et al. 2022, Applied Cognitive Psychology: lecture speed; Szpunar et al. 2013, PNAS: quizzes during lectures
  • Okano et al. 2019, npj Science of Learning: sleep and grades; Leong et al. 2022, Sleep Medicine Reviews: naps
  • Roig et al. 2013: exercise and memory; Chueh et al. 2021: exercise and attention in ADHD
  • Safren et al. 2010, JAMA; Solanto et al. 2010, American Journal of Psychiatry: CBT for adult ADHD
  • Gawrilow & Gollwitzer 2008, 2011: if-then plans in ADHD
  • Buehler et al. 1994: planning fallacy; Lally et al. 2010: habit formation
  • Dyrbye et al. 2010, Medical Education: burnout and recovery in medical students
  • Kooij, de Jong et al. 2025, Frontiers in Global Women's Health: hormones and ADHD
  • Allcott et al. 2022, American Economic Review: phone limits; Ruiz Pardo & Minda 2022: failed "brain drain" replication
  • Exam pattern: Medical Dialogues and Careers360 reports on the NEET PG 2026 pattern

This is a study plan, not medical advice.